Population in Iceland compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iceland and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	United States	Iceland	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	175,574	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	179,029	183,691,481	1.97%	1.67%
1962	182,378	186,537,737	1.87%	1.55%
1963	185,653	189,241,798	1.8%	1.45%
1964	188,983	191,888,791	1.79%	1.4%
1965	192,286	194,302,963	1.75%	1.26%
1966	195,570	196,560,338	1.71%	1.16%
1967	198,751	198,712,056	1.63%	1.09%
1968	201,488	200,706,052	1.38%	1%
1969	203,369	202,676,946	0.93%	0.98%
1970	204,438	205,052,174	0.53%	1.17%
1971	206,098	207,660,677	0.81%	1.27%
1972	209,137	209,896,021	1.47%	1.08%
1973	212,317	211,908,788	1.52%	0.96%
1974	215,209	213,853,928	1.36%	0.92%
1975	217,979	215,973,199	1.29%	0.99%
1976	220,154	218,035,164	1%	0.95%
1977	221,799	220,239,425	0.75%	1.01%
1978	223,537	222,584,545	0.78%	1.06%
1979	225,735	225,055,487	0.98%	1.11%
1980	228,138	226,542,250	1.06%	0.66%
1981	230,755	229,465,744	1.15%	1.29%
1982	233,860	231,664,432	1.35%	0.96%
1983	236,977	233,792,014	1.33%	0.92%
1984	239,511	235,824,908	1.07%	0.87%
1985	241,405	237,923,734	0.79%	0.89%
1986	243,180	240,132,831	0.74%	0.93%
1987	245,859	242,288,936	1.1%	0.9%
1988	249,740	244,499,004	1.58%	0.91%
1989	252,852	246,819,222	1.25%	0.95%
1990	254,826	250,131,894	0.78%	1.34%
1991	257,797	253,492,503	1.17%	1.34%
1992	261,057	256,894,189	1.26%	1.34%
1993	263,725	260,255,352	1.02%	1.31%
1994	266,021	263,435,673	0.87%	1.22%
1995	267,468	266,557,091	0.54%	1.18%
1996	268,916	269,667,391	0.54%	1.17%
1997	271,128	272,911,760	0.82%	1.2%
1998	274,047	276,115,288	1.08%	1.17%
1999	277,381	279,294,713	1.22%	1.15%
2000	281,205	282,162,411	1.38%	1.03%
2001	284,968	284,968,955	1.34%	0.99%
2002	287,523	287,625,193	0.9%	0.93%
2003	289,521	290,107,933	0.69%	0.86%
2004	292,074	292,805,298	0.88%	0.93%
2005	296,734	295,516,599	1.6%	0.93%
2006	303,782	298,379,912	2.38%	0.97%
2007	311,566	301,231,207	2.56%	0.96%
2008	317,414	304,093,966	1.88%	0.95%
2009	318,499	306,771,529	0.34%	0.88%
2010	318,041	309,327,143	-0.14%	0.83%
2011	319,014	311,583,481	0.31%	0.73%
2012	320,716	313,877,662	0.53%	0.74%
2013	323,764	316,059,947	0.95%	0.7%
2014	327,386	318,386,329	1.12%	0.74%
2015	330,815	320,738,994	1.05%	0.74%
2016	335,439	323,071,755	1.4%	0.73%
2017	343,400	325,122,128	2.37%	0.63%
2018	352,721	326,838,199	2.71%	0.53%
2019	360,563	328,329,953	2.22%	0.46%
2020	366,463	331,526,933	1.64%	0.97%
2021	372,520	331,893,745	1.65%	0.11%
2022	382,003	333,271,411	2.55%	0.42%
2023	393,349	334,914,895	2.97%	0.49%
2024	404,610	340,110,988	2.86%	1.55%
2025	409,614	341,931,772	1.24%	0.54%
2026	413,792	343,664,369	1.02%	0.51%
2027	417,406	345,331,185	0.87%	0.49%
2028	420,691	346,981,137	0.79%	0.48%
2029	423,592	348,601,982	0.69%	0.47%
2030	426,158	350,176,974	0.61%	0.45%
2031	428,479	351,725,612	0.54%	0.44%
2032	430,544	353,249,060	0.48%	0.43%
2033	432,406	354,749,644	0.43%	0.42%
2034	434,083	356,234,239	0.39%	0.42%
2035	435,646	357,694,316	0.36%	0.41%
2036	437,132	359,119,002	0.34%	0.4%
2037	438,466	360,517,853	0.31%	0.39%
2038	439,670	361,895,407	0.27%	0.38%
2039	440,754	363,229,908	0.25%	0.37%
2040	441,687	364,512,364	0.21%	0.35%
2041	442,487	365,753,139	0.18%	0.34%
2042	443,200	366,969,419	0.16%	0.33%
2043	443,884	368,146,925	0.15%	0.32%
2044	444,457	369,258,123	0.13%	0.3%
2045	444,812	370,318,770	0.08%	0.29%
2046	445,028	371,328,255	0.05%	0.27%
2047	445,183	372,299,116	0.03%	0.26%
2048	445,283	373,230,539	0.02%	0.25%
2049	445,335	374,119,803	0.01%	0.24%
2050	445,330	374,986,259	-0.001%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.