Iceland is a North Atlantic island, one of the world's most geologically active places. Famous for Northern Lights, geysers, and volcanoes. The Althing is one of the world's oldest parliaments.
Icelandic
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 3.8 people per km² rank 193 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.00479 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Europe | 0.052% of its people, 0.447% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 39,769 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | South Korea (100,210 km²) |
| Closest in population | Bahamas (399,440 people) |
Iceland is the only country in our list that uses ISK.