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Population 1 January 2010
| The population of Iceland has decreased for the first time since 1889. On 1 January 2010 the population was 317,630, compared with 319,368 1 January 2009. The population decrease is due to a record negative net migration in 2009, while the natural increase (births less deaths) was 1%. The population has nevertheless grown in the past five years by an annual average growth rate of 1.6%. |
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Issue date: 2010/03/16
Statistical Series Vol. 95 No. 22
ISSN: 1670-4479