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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Iceland was 404,610 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iceland's population is 412,970 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.

Population statistics:

  • Vietnam's population is 247.1 times bigger than Iceland's.
  • Iceland is ranked the 172nd most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
  • The countries together account for 1.24% of the world: 0.005% for Iceland vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
  • For the last 10 years, Iceland has had an average growth rate of +2.05% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
  • Since 2005, the population of Iceland has increased from 297K people to 413K (39.2% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
  • Iceland is projected to reach its peak in 2049 at 445K people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.

Iceland vs Vietnam: live population counter

Iceland Vietnam
Current population
412970
102063551
Population rank 172/197 16/197
Percent of world population 0.005% 1.23%
One net population change
46.7 minutes
49.6 seconds
One birth every
2.02 hours
22.7 seconds
One death every
3.37 hours
47.8 seconds
One migration net change every
2.47 hours
8.81 minutes
Annual migration change +3,543 -59,645
Daily growth/decline +31 +1,741
Annual growth/decline +11,261 +635,494
Annual growth/decline rate +2.86% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 21/197 124/197

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

Iceland
Population

Growth rate
Vietnam
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Iceland Vietnam Iceland Vietnam
1960 175,574 32,531,933 - -
1961 179,029 33,409,059 1.97% 2.7%
1962 182,378 34,288,560 1.87% 2.63%
1963 185,653 35,249,101 1.8% 2.8%
1964 188,983 36,201,563 1.79% 2.7%
1965 192,286 37,129,656 1.75% 2.56%
1966 195,570 38,024,836 1.71% 2.41%
1967 198,751 38,895,080 1.63% 2.29%
1968 201,488 39,734,609 1.38% 2.16%
1969 203,369 40,582,096 0.93% 2.13%
1970 204,438 41,475,230 0.53% 2.2%
1971 206,098 42,449,276 0.81% 2.35%
1972 209,137 43,429,168 1.47% 2.31%
1973 212,317 44,409,861 1.52% 2.26%
1974 215,209 45,413,537 1.36% 2.26%
1975 217,979 46,482,903 1.29% 2.35%
1976 220,154 47,684,931 1% 2.59%
1977 221,799 48,954,872 0.75% 2.66%
1978 223,537 50,249,552 0.78% 2.64%
1979 225,735 51,378,211 0.98% 2.25%
1980 228,138 52,490,101 1.06% 2.16%
1981 230,755 53,738,141 1.15% 2.38%
1982 233,860 55,011,289 1.35% 2.37%
1983 236,977 56,337,921 1.33% 2.41%
1984 239,511 57,706,067 1.07% 2.43%
1985 241,405 59,060,622 0.79% 2.35%
1986 243,180 60,347,048 0.74% 2.18%
1987 245,859 61,584,651 1.1% 2.05%
1988 249,740 62,843,228 1.58% 2.04%
1989 252,852 64,147,348 1.25% 2.08%
1990 254,826 65,504,552 0.78% 2.12%
1991 257,797 66,891,775 1.17% 2.12%
1992 261,057 68,260,337 1.26% 2.05%
1993 263,725 69,586,384 1.02% 1.94%
1994 266,021 70,854,391 0.87% 1.82%
1995 267,468 72,049,940 0.54% 1.69%
1996 268,916 73,156,447 0.54% 1.54%
1997 271,128 74,226,889 0.82% 1.46%
1998 274,047 75,299,660 1.08% 1.45%
1999 277,381 76,287,452 1.22% 1.31%
2000 281,205 77,154,011 1.38% 1.14%
2001 284,968 77,969,361 1.34% 1.06%
2002 287,523 78,772,224 0.9% 1.03%
2003 289,521 79,563,777 0.69% 1%
2004 292,074 80,338,971 0.88% 0.97%
2005 296,734 81,088,313 1.6% 0.93%
2006 303,782 82,167,897 2.38% 1.33%
2007 311,566 83,633,375 2.56% 1.78%
2008 317,414 85,175,788 1.88% 1.84%
2009 318,499 86,460,018 0.34% 1.51%
2010 318,041 87,455,152 -0.14% 1.15%
2011 319,014 88,468,314 0.31% 1.16%
2012 320,716 89,510,356 0.53% 1.18%
2013 323,764 90,573,104 0.95% 1.19%
2014 327,386 91,679,578 1.12% 1.22%
2015 330,815 92,823,254 1.05% 1.25%
2016 335,439 94,000,117 1.4% 1.27%
2017 343,400 95,176,977 2.37% 1.25%
2018 352,721 96,237,319 2.71% 1.11%
2019 360,563 97,173,776 2.22% 0.97%
2020 366,463 98,079,191 1.64% 0.93%
2021 372,520 98,935,098 1.65% 0.87%
2022 382,003 99,680,655 2.55% 0.75%
2023 393,349 100,352,192 2.97% 0.67%
2024 404,610 100,987,686 2.86% 0.63%
2025 409,614 101,598,531 1.24% 0.6%
2026 413,792 102,177,434 1.02% 0.57%
2027 417,406 102,727,392 0.87% 0.54%
2028 420,691 103,255,746 0.79% 0.51%
2029 423,592 103,761,151 0.69% 0.49%
2030 426,158 104,254,900 0.61% 0.48%
2031 428,479 104,737,913 0.54% 0.46%
2032 430,544 105,204,401 0.48% 0.45%
2033 432,406 105,656,307 0.43% 0.43%
2034 434,083 106,097,515 0.39% 0.42%
2035 435,646 106,530,671 0.36% 0.41%
2036 437,132 106,945,842 0.34% 0.39%
2037 438,466 107,346,046 0.31% 0.37%
2038 439,670 107,732,019 0.27% 0.36%
2039 440,754 108,097,653 0.25% 0.34%
2040 441,687 108,437,634 0.21% 0.31%
2041 442,487 108,752,199 0.18% 0.29%
2042 443,200 109,040,314 0.16% 0.26%
2043 443,884 109,292,559 0.15% 0.23%
2044 444,457 109,506,274 0.13% 0.2%
2045 444,812 109,685,396 0.08% 0.16%
2046 445,028 109,827,664 0.05% 0.13%
2047 445,183 109,930,243 0.03% 0.09%
2048 445,283 109,994,024 0.02% 0.06%
2049 445,335 110,018,017 0.01% 0.02%
2050 445,330 110,008,910 -0.001% -0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.

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