According to Statistics Iceland, there were just 390,000 people living in Iceland at the end of last year.
To be specific, 389,450 individuals now call the land of ice and fire home, as reported by RÚV. To put that into some kind of perspective, we need look back only a century ago to 1925, when Iceland’s population was little more than 100,000 people.
In the last quarter of 2024, 660 people moved to Iceland. In the same time period, 1050 babies were born, 650 people died, and 250 more people immigrated to the country than emigrated away. Of course, with more births than deaths, Iceland’s population continues to increase.
Who makes up Iceland’s population?
Historically a homogeneous nation, Icelanders still make up the bulk of their population by a large margin. Even so, this once isolated Nordic island is increasingly becoming a more multicultural country. The three largest demographic groups following Icelanders are Poles, Danes, and Lithuanians, followed by Americans.
At this rate, Iceland’s population can be expected to exceed 400,000 people in the space of a few years. The country remains a popular choice among those hoping to make a new life abroad due to its reputation for education, healthcare, and safety. On top of that, almost every Icelander speaks English—the lingua franca that so often connects different nationalities—making settling here easier than in some other places.
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