Editing Demographics of Iceland (section)

==History==

[[File:Icelandic population 1703-2017 from Statistics Iceland.png|thumb|The population of Iceland from 1703 to 2017, using data from Statistics Iceland.|329x329px]]

The population of Iceland probably wavered between about 30,000 and 80,000 for most of the time since settlement. Official statistics begin in 1703, since when the population has grown from 50,358 to 376,248 (January 2022).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__mannfjoldi__1_yfirlit__yfirlit_mannfjolda/MAN00000.px|title=Population – key figures 1703–2017|website=Px.hagstofa.is|access-date=8 November 2017}}</ref>

===Migration===

==== Settlement ====
Most [[Icelandic people]] are descendants of [[Norway|Norwegian]] settlers, and of [[Gaels]] from [[Ireland]] and [[Scotland]] who were brought over as slaves during the [[settlement of Iceland]] in the ninth century AD. Recent DNA analysis suggests that about 66 percent of the male settler-era population was of Norse ancestry and that the female population was 60 percent Celtic.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Agnar Helgason|author2=Eileen Hickey|author3-link=Sara Goodacre|author3=Sara Goodacre|author4=Vidar Bosnes|author5=Ka´ri Stefa´nsson|author6=Ryk Ward|author7=Bryan Sykes|date=2001|title=mtDNA and the Islands of the North Atlantic: Estimating the Proportions of Norse and Gaelic Ancestry|journal=Am. J. Hum. Genet.|volume=68|issue=3|pages=723–737|doi=10.1086/318785|pmid=11179019|pmc=1274484 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Agnar Helgason|author2=Sigrún Sigurðardóttir|author3=Jeffrey R. Gulcher|author4=Ryk Ward|author5=Kári Stefánsson|date=2000|title=mtDNA and the Origin of the Icelanders: Deciphering Signals of Recent Population History|journal=Am. J. Hum. Genet.|volume=66|issue=3|pages=999–1016|doi=10.1086/302816|pmid=10712214|pmc=1288180}}</ref> Iceland remained extremely homogenous from its settlement era until the twentieth century.

==== Emigration ====
Large numbers of Icelanders began to emigrate from Iceland in the 1850s. It has been estimated that 17,000 Icelanders migrated to [[North America]] in the period 1870–1914, and that 2,000 of them moved back to Iceland; this net loss, 15,000, was about 20% of the Icelandic population in 1887.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=History of Iceland|last=Karlsson|first=Gunnar|year=2000|page=236}}</ref> According to historian Gunnar Karlsson, "migration from Iceland is unique in that most went to Canada, whereas from most or all other European countries the majority went to the United States. This was partly due to the late beginning of emigration from Iceland after the Canadian authorities had begun to promote emigration in cooperation with the Allan Line, which already had an agent in Iceland in 1873. Contrary to most European countries, this promotion campaign was successful in Iceland, because emigration was only just about to start from there and Icelandic emigrants had no relatives in the United States to help them take the first steps".<ref name=":0" />

In the wake of the [[2008 Icelandic financial crisis]], many Icelanders went to work abroad.<ref>Guðbjört Guðjónsdóttir. “ ‘We Blend in with the Crowd but They Don’t’: (In)visibility and Icelandic Migrants in Norway.” ''Nordic Journal of Migration Research'' 4 (2014): 176–183.</ref>

====Immigration====
Before the 1990s, there was little immigration to Iceland, and most of it was from other Scandinavian countries: about 1% of Icelanders in 1900 were of [[Danes|Danish]] heritage (born either in Denmark or to Danish parents).<ref>{{Cite book|title=History of Iceland|last=Karlsson|first=Gunnar|year=2000|page=234}}</ref> In the mid-1990s, 95% of Icelanders had parents of Icelandic origin, and 2% of Icelanders were first-generation immigrants (born abroad with both parents and all grandparents foreign-born).<ref>Kristín Loftsdóttir, “[https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/njmr.2017.7.issue-2/njmr-2017-0012/njmr-2017-0012.pdf Being ‘the Damned Foreigner’: Affective National Sentiments and Racialization of Lithuanians in Iceland.]” ''Nordic Journal of Migration Research'' 7.2 (2017): 70–77 (p. 72) {{doi|10.1515/njmr-2017-0012}}.</ref><ref name="auto">'[https://web.archive.org/web/20180301221616/https://www.statice.is/publications/news-archive/population/immigrants-and-persons-with-foreign-background-2017/ Immigrants and persons with foreign background 2017]' (16 June 2017).</ref>

Immigration to Iceland rose rapidly in the late twentieth century, encouraged by Iceland's accession to the [[European Economic Area]] in 1994, its entry into the [[Schengen Agreement]] in 2001, and the country's [[Icelandic outvasion|economic boom in the early twenty-first century]]. The largest ethnic minority is [[Polish immigrants in Iceland|Poles]], who are about a third of the immigrant population. In 2017, 10.6% of the people were first-generation immigrants.<ref name="auto"/>

Iceland is also developing relatively small populations of religious minorities, including [[Catholic Church in Iceland|Catholics]] (about 15,000 in 2020, 4.02% of Icelanders),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__menning__5_trufelog/MAN10001.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=4cfc6e75-3bf7-4455-ba53-5cb62900aa65|title=Populations by religious and life stance organizations 1998-2017|website=Statistics Iceland|access-date=2017-08-22|archive-date=2019-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913113045/http://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__menning__5_trufelog/MAN10001.px/?rxid=4cfc6e75-3bf7-4455-ba53-5cb62900aa65|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statice.is/|title=Statistics Iceland|website=Statistics Iceland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://grapevine.is/news/2019/10/24/catholic-congregation-in-iceland-growing-rapidly/ |title=From Iceland — Catholic Congregation in Iceland Growing Rapidly |publisher=Grapevine.is |date=2019-10-24 |accessdate=2022-03-21}}</ref> [[Baháʼí Faith in Iceland|Baháʼís]] (about 400 in 2010),<ref name="govstats">Demographic data as published by [[Statistics Iceland]], found online for the period of 1990 and later [http://statice.is/Statistics/Population/Religious-organizations ''Hagtíðindi'' for the years 1973-1989] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607200930/http://www.statice.is/Statistics/Population/Religious-organizations |date=2009-06-07 }}</ref> [[History of the Jews in Iceland|Jews]] (about 250 in 2018),<ref name=visir>{{cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2018180219791|title=Fyrsti íslenski rabbíninn mun beita sér gegn umskurðarbanninu|last1=Jónsson|first1=Stefán Ó.|date=12 February 2018|website=www.visir.is}}</ref> [[Buddhism in Iceland|Buddhists]] (about 1,500 in 2021),<ref name="StatisticsIceland">{{cite web|url=https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__menning__5_trufelog/MAN10001.px|title=Populations by religious and life stance organizations|publisher=[[Statistics Iceland]]|access-date=2021-09-12|archive-date=2021-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713105712/https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__menning__5_trufelog/MAN10001.px|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Islam in Iceland|Muslims]] (about 1,300 in 2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projection-table/|title=Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050|date=2015-04-02|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|access-date=2017-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__menning__5_trufelog/MAN10001.px/|title=Populations by religious and life stance organizations 1998-2018|website=PX-Web|access-date=2019-01-15|archive-date=2022-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127015955/http://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__menning__5_trufelog/MAN10001.px|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Eastern Orthodox (about 995 in 2024).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistics Iceland: Religious organisations |url=https://statice.is/statistics/society/culture/religious-organisations/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Statistics Iceland |language=en}}</ref>

Research on the experience of immigrants to Iceland is in its early days.<ref>Hanna Ragnarsdóttir, ''Collisions and Continuities: Ten Immigrant Families and Their Children in Icelandic Society and Schools''. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008.</ref><ref>Skaptadóttir, UD 2004, ‘Mobilities and cultural difference: immigrant’s experiences in Iceland’ in Topographies of globalization: politics, culture, language, eds V Ingimundarson, K Loftsdóttir & I Erlingsdóttir, The University of Iceland Press, Reykjavík pp. 133-149.</ref> There is some evidence that racism is not as acute in Iceland as in neighbouring countries.<ref>Rannveig Thorisdottir, “Armed with a Pen.” In ''Black Light, White Shadows: Young People in the Nordic Countries Write about Racism''. Edited by Leena Suurpää, 85–97. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, 1998.</ref><ref>Kristín Loftsdóttir, “ ‘Still a Lot of Staring and Curiosity’: Racism and the Racialization of African Immigrants in Iceland.” In ''New Dimensions of Diversity in Nordic Culture and Society''. Edited by Jenny Björklund, Ursula Lindqvist, 263–78. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.</ref><ref>Gunnar J. Gunnarsson, Gunnar E. Finnbogason, Hanna Ragnarsdóttir and Halla Jónsdóttir. “Friendship, Diversity and Fear: Young People’s Life Views and Life Values in a Multicultural Society.” Nordidactica: Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education (2015 part 2): 94–113.</ref> But, while it is popularly believed in Iceland that racism does not exist there,<ref>Kristín Loftsdóttir, “The Country without Racism: Multiculturalism and Colonial Identity Formations in Iceland.” Social Identities 17 (2011): 11–25.</ref> there is evidence that in some respects immigrant populations experience prejudice and inequalities.<ref>Kristín Loftsdóttir, “[https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/njmr.2017.7.issue-2/njmr-2017-0012/njmr-2017-0012.pdf Being ‘the Damned Foreigner’: Affective National Sentiments and Racialization of Lithuanians in Iceland.]” ''Nordic Journal of Migration Research'' 7.2 (2017): 70–77 {{doi|10.1515/njmr-2017-0012}}.</ref> For example, Iceland has a higher dropout rate from upper secondary school among young immigrants than the EEA average.<ref>Hanna Ragnarsdóttir, “Competences for Active Communication and Participation in Diverse Societies: Views of Young People in Iceland.” In ''Intercultural Competence in Education: Alternative Approaches for Different Times''. Edited by Fred Dervin and Zehavit Gross, 73–93. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. p. 75.</ref>

Iceland does not formally collect data on the ethnicity or racial identification of its citizens, but does collect data of the origin and background group by birth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shendruk |first=Amanda |date=2021-07-08 |title=Are you even trying to stop racism if you don't collect data on race? |url=https://qz.com/2029525/the-20-countries-that-dont-collect-racial-and-ethnic-census-data/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
| percentages = pagr
|footnote = Source: [[Statistics Iceland]]
|title=Historical population<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://px.hagstofa.is:443/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__mannfjoldi__1_yfirlit__yfirlit_mannfjolda/MAN00000.px/|title=Population - key figures 1703-2023|website=PxWeb}}</ref>
|1703 | 50358
|1750 | 48241
|1800 | 46176
|1850 | 59586
|1860 | 67754
|1870 | 69463
|1880 | 71981
|1890 | 70581
|1900 | 77967
|1910 | 84528
|1920 | 92855
|1930 | 106360
|1940 | 120264
|1950 | 141042
|1960 | 173855
|1970 | 204042
|1980 | 226948
|1990 | 253785
|2000 | 279049
|2010 | 317630
|2020 | 354042
|2024 | 383726
}}

===Migration data===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Net Immigration in Iceland (1961–2024) <ref>https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__buferlaflutningar__buferlaflmillilanda/MAN01401.px/table/tableViewLayout2/</ref>
! Year !! Total Immigration !! Total Emigration !! Total Net Immigration !! Icelandic Citizens Immigration !! Icelandic Citizens Emigration !! Icelandic Net Immigration !! Foreign Citizens Immigration !! Foreign Citizens Emigration !! Foreign Citizens Net Immigration
|-
| 1961 || 1,618 || 1,689 || -71 || 1,438 || 1,568 || -130 || 180 || 121 || 59
|-
| 1962 || 1,728 || 1,730 || -2 || 1,521 || 1,557 || -36 || 207 || 173 || 34
|-
| 1963 || 1,524 || 1,600 || -76 || 1,308 || 1,422 || -114 || 216 || 178 || 38
|-
| 1964 || 1,753 || 1,673 || 80 || 1,459 || 1,480 || -21 || 294 || 193 || 101
|-
| 1965 || 1,812 || 1,781 || 31 || 1,488 || 1,536 || -48 || 324 || 245 || 79
|-
| 1966 || 1,832 || 1,727 || 105 || 1,469 || 1,459 || 10 || 363 || 268 || 95
|-
| 1967 || 2,146 || 1,992 || 154 || 1,633 || 1,582 || 51 || 513 || 410 || 103
|-
| 1968 || 2,358 || 2,216 || 142 || 1,647 || 1,696 || -49 || 711 || 520 || 191
|-
| 1969 || 2,198 || 2,077 || 121 || 1,401 || 1,476 || -75 || 797 || 601 || 196
|-
| 1970 || 2,326 || 2,169 || 157 || 1,350 || 1,418 || -68 || 976 || 751 || 225
|-
| 1971 || 2,136 || 2,010 || 126 || 1,184 || 1,303 || -119 || 952 || 707 || 245
|-
| 1972 || 2,213 || 1,907 || 306 || 1,087 || 1,150 || -63 || 1,126 || 757 || 369
|-
| 1973 || 2,705 || 2,087 || 618 || 1,163 || 1,141 || 22 || 1,542 || 946 || 596
|-
| 1974 || 2,802 || 2,007 || 795 || 1,144 || 1,031 || 113 || 1,658 || 976 || 682
|-
| 1975 || 2,630 || 1,890 || 740 || 1,114 || 979 || 135 || 1,516 || 911 || 605
|-
| 1976 || 2,736 || 2,028 || 708 || 1,171 || 1,076 || 95 || 1,565 || 952 || 613
|-
| 1977 || 2,688 || 1,971 || 717 || 1,041 || 963 || 78 || 1,647 || 1,008 || 639
|-
| 1978 || 2,592 || 2,080 || 512 || 1,022 || 1,013 || 9 || 1,570 || 1,067 || 503
|-
| 1979 || 2,402 || 2,146 || 256 || 1,005 || 1,012 || -7 || 1,397 || 1,134 || 263
|-
| 1980 || 2,437 || 2,368 || 69 || 1,030 || 1,113 || -83 || 1,407 || 1,255 || 152
|-
| 1981 || 2,195 || 2,262 || -67 || 926 || 1,001 || -75 || 1,269 || 1,261 || 8
|-
| 1982 || 2,203 || 2,144 || 59 || 976 || 969 || 7 || 1,227 || 1,175 || 52
|-
| 1983 || 2,073 || 2,066 || 7 || 954 || 974 || -20 || 1,119 || 1,092 || 27
|-
| 1984 || 2,239 || 2,124 || 115 || 955 || 939 || 16 || 1,284 || 1,185 || 99
|-
| 1985 || 2,242 || 2,243 || -1 || 942 || 972 || -30 || 1,300 || 1,271 || 29
|-
| 1986 || 2,401 || 2,362 || 39 || 999 || 1,039 || -40 || 1,402 || 1,323 || 79
|-
| 1987 || 2,425 || 2,484 || -59 || 980 || 1,050 || -70 || 1,445 || 1,434 || 11
|-
| 1988 || 2,736 || 2,753 || -17 || 1,105 || 1,131 || -26 || 1,631 || 1,622 || 9
|-
| 1989 || 3,066 || 2,777 || 289 || 1,278 || 1,182 || 96 || 1,788 || 1,595 || 193
|-
| 1990 || 3,498 || 2,908 || 590 || 1,415 || 1,229 || 186 || 2,083 || 1,679 || 404
|-
| 1991 || 3,052 || 2,566 || 486 || 1,305 || 1,087 || 218 || 1,747 || 1,479 || 268
|-
| 1992 || 2,769 || 2,452 || 317 || 1,124 || 1,011 || 113 || 1,645 || 1,441 || 204
|-
| 1993 || 3,001 || 2,644 || 357 || 1,279 || 1,137 || 142 || 1,722 || 1,507 || 215
|-
| 1994 || 3,029 || 2,651 || 378 || 1,225 || 1,126 || 99 || 1,804 || 1,525 || 279
|-
| 1995 || 3,154 || 2,623 || 531 || 1,169 || 1,040 || 129 || 1,985 || 1,583 || 402
|-
| 1996 || 3,865 || 3,062 || 803 || 1,429 || 1,137 || 292 || 2,436 || 1,925 || 511
|-
| 1997 || 4,597 || 3,404 || 1,193 || 1,770 || 1,374 || 396 || 2,827 || 2,030 || 797
|-
| 1998 || 4,412 || 3,498 || 914 || 1,566 || 1,351 || 215 || 2,846 || 2,147 || 699
|-
| 1999 || 4,266 || 3,445 || 821 || 1,476 || 1,245 || 231 || 2,790 || 2,200 || 590
|-
| 2000 || 4,089 || 3,433 || 656 || 1,574 || 1,329 || 245 || 2,515 || 2,104 || 411
|-
| 2001 || 5,002 || 4,034 || 968 || 2,487 || 2,959 || -472 || 2,515 || 1,075 || 1,440
|-
| 2002 || 4,215 || 4,490 || -275 || 2,360 || 3,380 || -1,020 || 1,855 || 1,110 || 745
|-
| 2003 || 3,704 || 3,837 || -133 || 2,351 || 2,964 || -613 || 1,353 || 873 || 480
|-
| 2004 || 5,348 || 4,820 || 528 || 2,838 || 3,276 || -438 || 2,510 || 1,544 || 966
|-
| 2005 || 7,773 || 3,913 || 3,860 || 3,093 || 2,975 || 118 || 4,680 || 938 || 3,742
|-
| 2006 || 9,832 || 4,577 || 5,255 || 2,762 || 3,042 || -280 || 7,070 || 1,535 || 5,535
|-
| 2007 || 12,546 || 7,414 || 5,132 || 3,228 || 3,395 || -167 || 9,318 || 4,019 || 5,299
|-
| 2008 || 10,288 || 9,144 || 1,144 || 2,817 || 3,294 || -477 || 7,471 || 5,850 || 1,621
|-
| 2009 || 5,777 || 10,612 || -4,835 || 2,385 || 4,851 || -2,466 || 3,392 || 5,761 || -2,369
|-
| 2010 || 5,625 || 7,759 || -2,134 || 2,637 || 4,340 || -1,703 || 2,988 || 3,419 || -431
|-
| 2011 || 9,457 || 10,571 || -1,114 || 6,163 || 7,521 || -1,358 || 3,294 || 3,050 || 244
|-
| 2012 || 9,869 || 9,781 || 88 || 6,536 || 7,380 || -844 || 3,333 || 2,401 || 932
|-
| 2013 || 11,166 || 9,402 || 1,764 || 6,778 || 6,746 || 32 || 4,388 || 2,656 || 1,732
|-
| 2014 || 10,939 || 9,892 || 1,047 || 6,113 || 6,912 || -799 || 4,826 || 2,980 || 1,846
|-
| 2015 || 11,629 || 10,526 || 1,103 || 6,077 || 7,194 || -1,117 || 5,552 || 3,332 || 2,220
|-
| 2016 || 15,368 || 10,574 || 4,794 || 6,765 || 6,543 || 222 || 8,603 || 4,031 || 4,572
|-
| 2017 || 19,045 || 11,140 || 7,905 || 6,556 || 5,977 || 579 || 12,489 || 5,163 || 7,326
|-
| 2018 || 18,538 || 13,207 || 5,331 || 6,062 || 6,127 || -65 || 12,476 || 7,080 || 5,396
|-
| 2019 || 16,529 || 14,065 || 2,464 || 5,800 || 6,146 || -346 || 10,729 || 7,919 || 2,810
|-
| 2020 || 15,249 || 13,170 || 2,079 || 6,301 || 5,389 || 912 || 8,948 || 7,781 || 1,167
|-
| 2021 || 15,416 || 11,288 || 4,128 || 5,426 || 4,679 || 747 || 9,990 || 6,609 || 3,381
|-
| 2022 || 22,209 || 13,549 || 8,660 || 5,220 || 5,746 || -526 || 16,989 || 7,803 || 9,186
|-
| 2023 || 21,560 || 14,771 || 6,789 || 4,939 || 5,154 || -215 || 16,621 || 9,617 || 7,004
|-
| 2024 || 19,789 || 15,745 || 4,044 || 4,993 || 5,132 || -139 || 14,796 || 10,613 || 4,183
|}


{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="3" |Background Groups
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1996<ref name=":23">{{cite web|title=Population by origin, sex and age 1996–2021|url=https://px.hagstofa.is:443/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__mannfjoldi__3_bakgrunnur__Uppruni/MAN43000.px/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=PX-Web}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name=":23"/>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name=":23"/>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name=":23"/>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name=":23"/>
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name=":23"/>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
![[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|20x20px]] Icelanders
!260,054
!97.10%
!270,106
!95.32%
!278,975
!93.02%
!286,606
!89.99%
!292,326
!87.90%
!300,369
!81.44%
|-
|Icelanders of two Icelandic parents
|251,057
|93.74%
|259,109
|91.44%
|265,711
|88.60%
|270,771
|85.02%
|274,115
|82.43%
|279,236
|75.71%
|-
|Born abroad, Icelandic background
|3,490
|1.30%
|4,214
|1.48%
|4,880
|1.62%
|5,449
|1.71%
|5,971
|1.79%
|6,634
|1.79%
|-
|Born in Iceland, one parent born abroad
|5,507
|2.05%
|6,783
|2.39%
|8,384
|2.79%
|10,386
|3.26%
|12,240
|3.68%
|14,499
|3.93%
|-
!Foreign
!7,755
!2.90%
!13,255
!4.67%
!20,916
!6.97%
!31,846
!10%
!40,203
!12.09%
!68,423
!18.55%
|-
|Immigrants
|5,357
|2.00%
|10,073
|3.55%
|16,690
|5.56%
|25,697
|8.06%
|31,819
|9.56%
|57,126
|15.49%
|-
|Descendants of Immigrants
|345
|0.12%
|543
|0.19%
|1,116
|0.37%
|2,586
|0.81%
|4,152
|1.24%
|6,117
|1.65%
|-
|Born abroad,  one Icelandic parent
|2,053
|0.76%
|2,639
|0.93%
|3,110
|1.03%
|3,563
|1.11%
|4,232
|1.27%
|5,180
|1.40%
|-
!Total
!267,809
!100%
!283,361
!100%
!299,891
!100%
!318,452
!100%
!332,529
!100%
!368,792
!100%
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Foreign-born communities of over 300<ref name="auto1"/>

! scope="col" | Country !! 2010 
!2015
!2020
!2021
!2024
|-
| {{flag|Poland}} || 10,088 
|10,967
|20,515
|20,558
|22,431
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}} || 3,236 
|3,283
|3,644
|3,701
|3,792
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}} || 1,442 
|1,499
|3,299
|3,292
|3,579
|-
| {{flag|United States}} || 1,849 
|2,019
|2,516
|2,680
|2,752
|-
| {{flag|Romania}} || 205 
|400
|1,995
|2,117
|2,992
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}} || 1,407 
|1,565
|2,223
|2,276
|2,631
|-
| {{flag|Germany}} || 1,697 
|1,649
|2,065
|2,180
|2,065
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}} || 1,846 
|1,920
|2,173
|2,245
|2,419
|-
| {{flag|Latvia}} || 641 
|735
|1,965
|2,087
|2,229
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 1,095 
|1,307
|1,836
|1,960
|1,733
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}} || 1,062 
|1,196
|1,428
|1,465
|1,512
|-
| {{flag|Norway}} || 987 
|1,036
|1,273
|1,305
|1,381
|-
| {{flag|Spain}} || 288 
|540
|1,076
|1,161
|1,345
|-
| {{flag|Portugal}} || 607 
|576
|1,131
|1,034
|1,300
|-
| {{flag|France}} || 444 
|538
|913
|966
|878
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}} || 479 
|613
|885
|988
|1,602
|-
| {{flag|Croatia}} || 148 
|169
|828
|825
|864
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}} || 152 
|246
|851
|792
|943
|-
| {{flag|Italy}} || 218 
|260
|556
|607
|770
|-
| {{flag|China}} || 481 
|582
|709
|729
|740
|-
| {{flag|Hungary}} || 154 
|218
|506
|550
|732
|-
| {{flag|Bulgaria}} || 135 
|240
|550
|551
|491
|-
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|36
|39
|229
|391
|1,371
|-
| {{flag|Serbia}} || 312 
|307
|516
|528
|606
|-
| {{flag|India}} || 272 
|305
|387
|439
|746
|-
| {{flag|Russia}} || 294 
|364
|502
|515
|634
|-
| {{flag|Slovakia}} || 234 
|243
|511
|463
|556
|-
| {{flag|Ukraine}} || 210 
|274
|430
|457
|3,704
|-
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|19
|35
|331
|402
|771
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}} || 297 
|288
|401
|431
|432
|-
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|48
|57
|279
|400
|467
|-
| {{flag|Canada}} || 231 
|277
|328
|331
|351
|-
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|25
|45
|228
|260
|567
|-
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|13
|21
|173
|227
|522
|-
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|144
|150
|277
|272
|277
|-
| Other || 7,066 
|7,489
|8,561
|9,014
|
|-
| '''Total immigrant population''' || '''35,121''' 
|'''39,221'''
|'''66,767'''
|'''68,938'''
|'''81,795'''
|}
<references group=notes />
Due to a shortage of labor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arionbanki.is/library/Skrar/Greiningar/onnur-efnahagsmal/170915_flottamenn.pdf|title=Efnahagslegt sjónarhorn á móttöku flóttamanna|publisher=Arion Banki|access-date=2016-01-10|archive-date=2017-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311180211/https://www.arionbanki.is/library/Skrar/Greiningar/onnur-efnahagsmal/170915_flottamenn.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> immigration to Iceland will most likely increase in the future.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/island-ad-breytast-i-innflytjendathjod|title=Ísland að breytast í innflytjendaþjóð|website=RÚV|date=8 January 2016|access-date=2016-01-10}}</ref> As of 2024, immigrants made up over 18% of Iceland's total population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hagstofan: Innflytjendur 18,2% íbúa landsins |url=https://hagstofa.is/utgafur/frettasafn/mannfjoldi/mannfjoldi-eftir-bakgrunni-1-januar-2024/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Hagstofa Íslands |language=is}}</ref>