Crude birth rate in Iceland
Iceland recorded 11.2 live births per 1,000 people in 2025.
Iceland, 2025
11.2
Change from 2024
0per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
8.1 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
1st of 43
Crude birth rate in Iceland over time
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Live births per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.2 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 11.2 per 1,000 people | 7.9 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 11.2 per 1,000 people | 8.2 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 11.5 per 1,000 people | 8.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 9.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 12.3 per 1,000 people | 9.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 12.3 per 1,000 people | 9.3 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 12.0 per 1,000 people | 9.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 11.9 per 1,000 people | 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 12.0 per 1,000 people | 9.9 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 12.5 per 1,000 people | 9.8 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 13.4 per 1,000 people | 9.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 13.4 per 1,000 people | 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 14.1 per 1,000 people | 10.0 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 14.1 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 15.4 per 1,000 people | 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 15.8 per 1,000 people | 10.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 15.2 per 1,000 people | 10.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 14.6 per 1,000 people | 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 14.5 per 1,000 people | 10.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 14.4 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 14.5 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 14.3 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 14.1 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 14.4 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.5 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.3.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Iceland has the highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.7 per 1,000 people.
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All statistics for Iceland
Total fertility rate
1.56 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
6.8 per 1,000 people
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Population on 1 January
389,444 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
389,444 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
15.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
37.2 years
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