Iceland: foreign inhabitants by birth country 2022

Of the foreign inhabitants residing in Iceland in 2022, the highest number had a Polish origin. Over 20,000 people with a Polish origin lived in Iceland. Danes, who made up the second largest group of foreign-born citizens, only counted 3,800 people. People from Poland also made up the largest group of people immigrating to Iceland in 2022.

Number of foreign inhabitants in Iceland in 2022, by country

Characteristic	Number of inhabitants
Poland	20,927
Denmark	3,839
Lithuania	3,420
United States	2,888
Romania	2,505
Philippines	2,374
Germany	2,367
Sweden	2,352
Latvia	2,252
United Kingdom	1,976
Foreign country not specified	1,505
Thailand	1,497
Norway	1,369
Spain	1,331
Portugal	1,113
France	1,080
Viet Nam	1,073
Croatia	898
Czechia	841
Italy	758

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November 2022

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Iceland

Survey time period

2022

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Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: 'Until 1992 Croatia was a member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Persons are classified as born in Croatia who declared this when registering for the first time after 1991 or who have changed their registration after that. Some persons born within the current boundaries of Croatia may still be registered as born in Yugoslavia.'

'In 1993 Czechoslovakia was divided into the Czech and Slovak Republics. Persons are classified as born in the Czech Republic who declared this when registering for the first time after 1992 or who have changed their registration after that. Some persons born within the current boundaries of the Czech Republic may still be registered as born in Czech or Slovak Republic, unspecified (Czechoslovakia).'

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