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The population of Iceland at the end of the second quarter 2026 was 396,500, 203,080 males, 193,180 females and non-binary/other were 230. The population increased by 1,450 from the previous quarter. Inhabitants of the Capital region were 253,230 and 143,270 lived in other regions.
Immigrants in Iceland were 77,226 on 1 January 2026 or 19.6% of the total population. The proportion of immigrants is larger than last year when it was 18.9% (73,795). The number of second generation immigrants rose from 7,838 in 2025 to 8,351 in 2026. Combined, first and second generation immigrants, made up 21.7% of the population. The percentage has never been higher. The number of individuals…
In 2025, the life expectancy in Iceland was 81.0 years for men and 84.2 years for women. Life expectancy at birth measures how long, on average, people can expect to live based on population age-specific mortality rates.
The population of Iceland at the end of the first quarter of 2026 was 395,050. Thereof 202,560 males, 192,260 females and non-binary/other were 230. The population increased by 520 from the previous quarter. Inhabitants of the Capital region were 252,580 and 142,470 lived in others regions.
There were 4,387 live births in Iceland in 2025, up from 4,311 in the previous year. The number of boys was 2,292 and the number of girls 2,095, i.e. 1,094 boys for every 1,000 girls.
Net external migration in Iceland in 2025 was 3,167. This is somewhat fewer than in 2024, when immigration exceeded emigration by 4,044. Net migration peaked in 2022, when 8,660 more people moved to the country than away from it, but it has been steadily declining since then.
According to a new estimate by Statistics Iceland, the population in Iceland on 1 January 2026 was 394,324 and the population had increased by 4,880 from 1 January 2025, or by 1.3%. A total of 202.181 males, 191,927 females and 216 non-binary/other lived in the country at the beginning of the year. The number of males increased by 1.3% from the previous year, females by 1.2% and non-binary/other…
The population of Iceland at the end of the fourth quarter 2025 was 394,530, 202,220 males, 192,090 females and non-binary/other were 210. The population increased by 1,370 from the previous quarter. Inhabitants of the capital region were 252,080 and 142,450 lived in other regions.
In 2024, most people died from circulatory diseases, or 711 individuals, which corresponds to almost a third of all deaths (27.3%). The second largest group, or 653, died from tumours (25%). Moreover, a total of 302 died from diseases of the nervous system (11.6%) and 235 from diseases of the respiratory system (9%).
Immigrants in Iceland were 73,795 on 1 January 2025 or 18.9% of the total population. The proportion of immigrants is larger than last year when it was 18.2% (69,690). The number of second generation immigrants rose from 7,352 in 2024 to 7,839 in 2025.