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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Iceland was 404,610 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iceland's population is 412,970 people compared to 39,426,577 in Ukraine.

Population statistics:

  • Ukraine's population is 95.5 times bigger than Iceland's.
  • Iceland is ranked the 172nd most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
  • The countries together account for 0.48% of the world: 0.005% for Iceland vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
  • For the last 10 years, Iceland has had an average growth rate of +2.05% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
  • Since 2005, the population of Iceland has increased from 297K people to 413K (39.2% growth), while Ukraine has declined from 47.6M to 39.4M (17.1% decline).
  • Iceland is projected to reach its peak in 2049 at 445K people, while Ukraine's population already peaked in 1993 at 52.4M people and is projected to decrease to 15.2M people by 2100.

Iceland vs Ukraine: live population counter

Iceland Ukraine
Current population
412970
39426577
Population rank 172/197 40/197
Percent of world population 0.005% 0.48%
One net population change
46.7 minutes
4.13 minutes
One birth every
2.02 hours
2.48 minutes
One death every
3.37 hours
1.06 minutes
One migration net change every
2.47 hours
27.5 seconds
Annual migration change +3,543 +1,146,012
Daily growth/decline +31 +349
Annual growth/decline +11,261 +127,385
Annual growth/decline rate +2.86% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 21/197 146/197

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

Iceland
Population

Growth rate
Ukraine
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Iceland Ukraine Iceland Ukraine
1960 175,574 42,824,093 - -
1961 179,029 43,399,766 1.97% 1.34%
1962 182,378 43,943,674 1.87% 1.25%
1963 185,653 44,462,372 1.8% 1.18%
1964 188,983 44,951,156 1.79% 1.1%
1965 192,286 45,386,892 1.75% 0.97%
1966 195,570 45,802,519 1.71% 0.92%
1967 198,751 46,215,988 1.63% 0.9%
1968 201,488 46,614,325 1.38% 0.86%
1969 203,369 46,976,256 0.93% 0.78%
1970 204,438 47,261,306 0.53% 0.61%
1971 206,098 47,573,287 0.81% 0.66%
1972 209,137 47,946,893 1.47% 0.79%
1973 212,317 48,277,121 1.52% 0.69%
1974 215,209 48,576,570 1.36% 0.62%
1975 217,979 48,865,229 1.29% 0.59%
1976 220,154 49,120,842 1% 0.52%
1977 221,799 49,336,481 0.75% 0.44%
1978 223,537 49,521,243 0.78% 0.37%
1979 225,735 49,721,381 0.98% 0.4%
1980 228,138 49,955,152 1.06% 0.47%
1981 230,755 50,189,281 1.15% 0.47%
1982 233,860 50,402,724 1.35% 0.43%
1983 236,977 50,637,029 1.33% 0.46%
1984 239,511 50,887,599 1.07% 0.49%
1985 241,405 51,108,770 0.79% 0.43%
1986 243,180 51,318,745 0.74% 0.41%
1987 245,859 51,515,732 1.1% 0.38%
1988 249,740 51,724,853 1.58% 0.41%
1989 252,852 51,917,817 1.25% 0.37%
1990 254,826 52,054,092 0.78% 0.26%
1991 257,797 52,170,961 1.17% 0.22%
1992 261,057 52,323,671 1.26% 0.29%
1993 263,725 52,350,126 1.02% 0.05%
1994 266,021 52,075,998 0.87% -0.52%
1995 267,468 51,665,539 0.54% -0.79%
1996 268,916 51,226,109 0.54% -0.85%
1997 271,128 50,786,885 0.82% -0.86%
1998 274,047 50,379,731 1.08% -0.8%
1999 277,381 49,976,446 1.22% -0.8%
2000 281,205 49,556,660 1.38% -0.84%
2001 284,968 49,106,855 1.34% -0.91%
2002 287,523 48,677,281 0.9% -0.87%
2003 289,521 48,315,136 0.69% -0.74%
2004 292,074 47,979,507 0.88% -0.69%
2005 296,734 47,585,556 1.6% -0.82%
2006 303,782 47,278,694 2.38% -0.64%
2007 311,566 47,062,798 2.56% -0.46%
2008 317,414 46,819,175 1.88% -0.52%
2009 318,499 46,623,731 0.34% -0.42%
2010 318,041 46,456,003 -0.14% -0.36%
2011 319,014 46,307,853 0.31% -0.32%
2012 320,716 46,210,056 0.53% -0.21%
2013 323,764 46,126,770 0.95% -0.18%
2014 327,386 45,972,380 1.12% -0.33%
2015 330,815 45,784,896 1.05% -0.41%
2016 335,439 45,616,832 1.4% -0.37%
2017 343,400 45,436,041 2.37% -0.4%
2018 352,721 45,208,907 2.71% -0.5%
2019 360,563 44,957,458 2.22% -0.56%
2020 366,463 44,680,014 1.64% -0.62%
2021 372,520 44,298,640 1.65% -0.85%
2022 382,003 41,048,766 2.55% -7.34%
2023 393,349 37,732,836 2.97% -8.08%
2024 404,610 37,860,221 2.86% 0.34%
2025 409,614 38,980,379 1.24% 2.96%
2026 413,792 39,535,850 1.02% 1.43%
2027 417,406 39,245,208 0.87% -0.74%
2028 420,691 38,952,086 0.79% -0.75%
2029 423,592 38,654,416 0.69% -0.76%
2030 426,158 38,353,848 0.61% -0.78%
2031 428,479 38,050,624 0.54% -0.79%
2032 430,544 37,746,688 0.48% -0.8%
2033 432,406 37,442,088 0.43% -0.81%
2034 434,083 37,135,839 0.39% -0.82%
2035 435,646 36,828,149 0.36% -0.83%
2036 437,132 36,519,767 0.34% -0.84%
2037 438,466 36,209,679 0.31% -0.85%
2038 439,670 35,897,705 0.27% -0.86%
2039 440,754 35,584,263 0.25% -0.87%
2040 441,687 35,270,911 0.21% -0.88%
2041 442,487 34,957,580 0.18% -0.89%
2042 443,200 34,641,778 0.16% -0.9%
2043 443,884 34,324,132 0.15% -0.92%
2044 444,457 34,004,074 0.13% -0.93%
2045 444,812 33,680,448 0.08% -0.95%
2046 445,028 33,351,499 0.05% -0.98%
2047 445,183 33,017,828 0.03% -1%
2048 445,283 32,680,968 0.02% -1.02%
2049 445,335 32,338,515 0.01% -1.05%
2050 445,330 31,990,136 -0.001% -1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Iceland's population will grow by 7.84% to 445,330 people with a rank change from 172nd to 173rd. The population of Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.

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