Editing Demographics of Iceland (section)

===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>