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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Yemen	Iceland	Yemen
1960	175,574	5,532,301	-	-
1961	179,029	5,655,232	1.97%	2.22%
1962	182,378	5,782,221	1.87%	2.25%
1963	185,653	5,911,135	1.8%	2.23%
1964	188,983	6,048,006	1.79%	2.32%
1965	192,286	6,195,593	1.75%	2.44%
1966	195,570	6,351,494	1.71%	2.52%
1967	198,751	6,516,444	1.63%	2.6%
1968	201,488	6,690,524	1.38%	2.67%
1969	203,369	6,875,859	0.93%	2.77%
1970	204,438	7,065,279	0.53%	2.75%
1971	206,098	7,257,462	0.81%	2.72%
1972	209,137	7,460,068	1.47%	2.79%
1973	212,317	7,672,796	1.52%	2.85%
1974	215,209	7,896,783	1.36%	2.92%
1975	217,979	8,133,598	1.29%	3%
1976	220,154	8,384,113	1%	3.08%
1977	221,799	8,648,222	0.75%	3.15%
1978	223,537	8,926,586	0.78%	3.22%
1979	225,735	9,224,194	0.98%	3.33%
1980	228,138	9,543,358	1.06%	3.46%
1981	230,755	9,882,362	1.15%	3.55%
1982	233,860	10,241,006	1.35%	3.63%
1983	236,977	10,621,499	1.33%	3.72%
1984	239,511	11,025,597	1.07%	3.8%
1985	241,405	11,453,825	0.79%	3.88%
1986	243,180	11,901,040	0.74%	3.9%
1987	245,859	12,369,912	1.1%	3.94%
1988	249,740	12,859,708	1.58%	3.96%
1989	252,852	13,364,174	1.25%	3.92%
1990	254,826	13,887,862	0.78%	3.92%
1991	257,797	14,430,201	1.17%	3.91%
1992	261,057	14,989,494	1.26%	3.88%
1993	263,725	15,563,914	1.02%	3.83%
1994	266,021	16,149,147	0.87%	3.76%
1995	267,468	16,740,058	0.54%	3.66%
1996	268,916	17,313,177	0.54%	3.42%
1997	271,128	17,873,936	0.82%	3.24%
1998	274,047	18,446,013	1.08%	3.2%
1999	277,381	19,029,420	1.22%	3.16%
2000	281,205	19,624,141	1.38%	3.13%
2001	284,968	20,226,147	1.34%	3.07%
2002	287,523	20,835,086	0.9%	3.01%
2003	289,521	21,456,379	0.69%	2.98%
2004	292,074	22,095,167	0.88%	2.98%
2005	296,734	22,790,085	1.6%	3.15%
2006	303,782	23,543,083	2.38%	3.3%
2007	311,566	24,318,082	2.56%	3.29%
2008	317,414	25,111,941	1.88%	3.26%
2009	318,499	25,927,724	0.34%	3.25%
2010	318,041	26,754,387	-0.14%	3.19%
2011	319,014	27,582,897	0.31%	3.1%
2012	320,716	28,433,647	0.53%	3.08%
2013	323,764	29,312,952	0.95%	3.09%
2014	327,386	30,226,309	1.12%	3.12%
2015	330,815	31,159,379	1.05%	3.09%
2016	335,439	32,109,010	1.4%	3.05%
2017	343,400	33,090,921	2.37%	3.06%
2018	352,721	34,085,182	2.71%	3%
2019	360,563	35,111,408	2.22%	3.01%
2020	366,463	36,134,863	1.64%	2.91%
2021	372,520	37,140,230	1.65%	2.78%
2022	382,003	38,222,876	2.55%	2.92%
2023	385,663	39,390,799	0.96%	3.06%
2024	386,506	40,583,164	0.22%	3.03%
2025	391,286	41,773,871	1.24%	2.93%
2026	395,277	42,961,650	1.02%	2.84%
2027	398,729	44,145,620	0.87%	2.76%
2028	401,867	45,323,685	0.79%	2.67%
2029	404,639	46,497,573	0.69%	2.59%
2030	407,090	47,667,649	0.61%	2.52%
2031	409,307	48,827,503	0.54%	2.43%
2032	411,279	49,979,089	0.48%	2.36%
2033	413,059	51,129,867	0.43%	2.3%
2034	414,660	52,279,989	0.39%	2.25%
2035	416,153	53,429,308	0.36%	2.2%
2036	417,573	54,578,046	0.34%	2.15%
2037	418,847	55,724,259	0.31%	2.1%
2038	419,997	56,872,152	0.27%	2.06%
2039	421,032	58,024,713	0.25%	2.03%
2040	421,924	59,181,514	0.21%	1.99%
2041	422,688	60,345,667	0.18%	1.97%
2042	423,370	61,517,965	0.16%	1.94%
2043	424,023	62,696,517	0.15%	1.92%
2044	424,570	63,880,172	0.13%	1.89%
2045	424,909	65,066,344	0.08%	1.86%
2046	425,115	66,253,578	0.05%	1.82%
2047	425,264	67,438,796	0.03%	1.79%
2048	425,359	68,620,844	0.02%	1.75%
2049	425,409	69,799,794	0.01%	1.72%
2050	425,404	70,976,389	-0.001%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iceland increased by 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iceland gained 59,875 (a 17.8% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2006 and is 173rd in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.