Immigration in Iceland
Iceland recorded 9,946 immigrants in 2024.
Iceland, 2024
9,946
Change from 2023
−11.5%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
30th of 33
Immigration in Iceland over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9,946 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 11,235 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 14,878 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 8,996 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 8,544 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 9,872 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 11,830 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 12,116 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 8,710 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 5,635 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 5,368 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 6,406 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 4,960 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 4,073 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 3,948 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 3,921 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2008 | 10,288 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 12,546 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 9,832 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 7,773 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 5,350 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 3,704 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 4,215 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 5,002 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 5,203 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −11.5% from 11,235 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 5,368 immigrants, the figure has changed by +85.3%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Iceland has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Emigration
5,700 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
638 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
2,709 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
1,660 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
8.0 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
11.9 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division