Acquisitions of citizenship in Iceland
638 people acquired the citizenship of Iceland in 2024.
Iceland, 2024
638
Change from 2023
−1.7%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
30th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship 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 | 638 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 649 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 706 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 905 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 395 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 437 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 569 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 637 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 703 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 801 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 595 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 597 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 413 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 370 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 450 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 728 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 914 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 647 people | – |
| 2002 | 434 people | – |
| 2001 | 423 people | – |
| 2000 | 328 people | – |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −1.7% from 649 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 595 people, the figure has changed by +7.2%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Iceland has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Immigration
9,946 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
5,700 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
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
Net migration
2,709 people
2025 · World Bank