Population in Iceland compared to Taiwan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iceland and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Taiwan	Iceland	Taiwan
1960	175,574	-	-	-
1961	179,029	11,030,385	1.97%	-
1962	182,378	11,392,513	1.87%	3.28%
1963	185,653	11,762,101	1.8%	3.24%
1964	188,983	12,137,143	1.79%	3.19%
1965	192,286	12,511,863	1.75%	3.09%
1966	195,570	12,874,153	1.71%	2.9%
1967	198,751	13,210,344	1.63%	2.61%
1968	201,488	13,548,537	1.38%	2.56%
1969	203,369	14,068,984	0.93%	3.84%
1970	204,438	14,582,944	0.53%	3.65%
1971	206,098	14,913,564	0.81%	2.27%
1972	209,137	15,220,495	1.47%	2.06%
1973	212,317	15,505,121	1.52%	1.87%
1974	215,209	15,784,817	1.36%	1.8%
1975	217,979	16,075,128	1.29%	1.84%
1976	220,154	16,401,413	1%	2.03%
1977	221,799	16,730,895	0.75%	2.01%
1978	223,537	17,042,272	0.78%	1.86%
1979	225,735	17,372,779	0.98%	1.94%
1980	228,138	17,704,538	1.06%	1.91%
1981	230,755	18,029,982	1.15%	1.84%
1982	233,860	18,354,855	1.35%	1.8%
1983	236,977	18,653,146	1.33%	1.63%
1984	239,511	18,929,866	1.07%	1.48%
1985	241,405	19,191,510	0.79%	1.38%
1986	243,180	19,411,454	0.74%	1.15%
1987	245,859	19,617,046	1.1%	1.06%
1988	249,740	19,839,704	1.58%	1.14%
1989	252,852	20,055,492	1.25%	1.09%
1990	254,826	20,278,946	0.78%	1.11%
1991	257,797	20,503,568	1.17%	1.11%
1992	261,057	20,704,227	1.26%	0.98%
1993	263,725	20,899,019	1.02%	0.94%
1994	266,021	21,086,645	0.87%	0.9%
1995	267,468	21,267,653	0.54%	0.86%
1996	268,916	21,441,432	0.54%	0.82%
1997	271,128	21,634,124	0.82%	0.9%
1998	274,047	21,835,703	1.08%	0.93%
1999	277,381	22,010,489	1.22%	0.8%
2000	281,205	22,184,530	1.38%	0.79%
2001	284,968	22,341,120	1.34%	0.71%
2002	287,523	22,463,172	0.9%	0.55%
2003	289,521	22,562,663	0.69%	0.44%
2004	292,074	22,646,836	0.88%	0.37%
2005	296,734	22,729,753	1.6%	0.37%
2006	303,782	22,823,455	2.38%	0.41%
2007	311,566	22,917,444	2.56%	0.41%
2008	317,414	22,997,696	1.88%	0.35%
2009	318,499	23,078,402	0.34%	0.35%
2010	318,041	23,140,948	-0.14%	0.27%
2011	319,014	23,193,518	0.31%	0.23%
2012	320,716	23,270,367	0.53%	0.33%
2013	323,764	23,344,670	0.95%	0.32%
2014	327,386	23,403,635	1.12%	0.25%
2015	330,815	23,462,914	1.05%	0.25%
2016	335,439	23,515,945	1.4%	0.23%
2017	343,400	23,555,522	2.37%	0.17%
2018	352,721	23,580,080	2.71%	0.1%
2019	360,563	23,596,027	2.22%	0.07%
2020	366,463	23,582,179	1.64%	-0.06%
2021	372,520	23,468,275	1.65%	-0.48%
2022	382,003	23,319,977	2.55%	-0.63%
2023	385,663	23,342,541	0.96%	0.1%
2024	386,506	23,410,331	0.22%	0.29%
2025	391,286	23,308,308	1.24%	-0.44%
2026	395,277	23,205,944	1.02%	-0.44%
2027	398,729	23,102,120	0.87%	-0.45%
2028	401,867	22,996,693	0.79%	-0.46%
2029	404,639	22,890,335	0.69%	-0.46%
2030	407,090	22,781,040	0.61%	-0.48%
2031	409,307	22,667,327	0.54%	-0.5%
2032	411,279	22,549,689	0.48%	-0.52%
2033	413,059	22,428,721	0.43%	-0.54%
2034	414,660	22,302,402	0.39%	-0.56%
2035	416,153	22,170,689	0.36%	-0.59%
2036	417,573	22,034,775	0.34%	-0.61%
2037	418,847	21,893,029	0.31%	-0.64%
2038	419,997	21,746,001	0.27%	-0.67%
2039	421,032	21,594,236	0.25%	-0.7%
2040	421,924	21,436,947	0.21%	-0.73%
2041	422,688	21,274,187	0.18%	-0.76%
2042	423,370	21,105,682	0.16%	-0.79%
2043	424,023	20,932,105	0.15%	-0.82%
2044	424,570	20,754,623	0.13%	-0.85%
2045	424,909	20,571,741	0.08%	-0.88%
2046	425,115	20,384,903	0.05%	-0.91%
2047	425,264	20,194,425	0.03%	-0.93%
2048	425,359	19,999,753	0.02%	-0.96%
2049	425,409	19,801,293	0.01%	-0.99%
2050	425,404	19,598,997	-0.001%	-1.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iceland increased by 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iceland gained 59,875 (a 17.8% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2006 and is 173rd in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Iceland's population will grow by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd. The population of Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.