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Iceland — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Iceland, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.51%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -22.3% since 1961
Population growth for Iceland was 1.51% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.68% in 2018. The lowest was -0.14% in 2010 (about -10.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.39% per year.
Iceland ranks 71 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Iceland sits above it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 43% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 45%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.51%
First (1961)
1.95%
Change
-22.3%
Highest
2.68%
in 2018
Lowest
-0.14%
in 2010
Average
1.24%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.39%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.51% |
| 2024 | 0.22% |
| 2023 | 0.95% |
| 2022 | 2.51% |
| 2021 | 1.64% |
| 2020 | 1.62% |
| 2019 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.68% |
| 2017 | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 1.39% |
| 2015 | 1.04% |
| 2014 | 1.11% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.