Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Reykjavik
- Region
- Europe, Northern Europe
- Population
- 392,404 (2025)
- Area
- 103,000 km²
- Currency
- Icelandic króna (ISK)
- Languages
- Icelandic, English, German, Danish, Swedish
- Calling code
- +354
- Internet domain
- .is
- ISO codes
- IS, ISL, 352
- Time zone
- UTC
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Iceland covers about 103,000 square kilometres. By area it ranks 109th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Guatemala and a little larger than South Korea. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 65° north, 18° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 392,404 people live in Iceland (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 180th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 3.8 people to each square kilometre. About 94 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 83 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Icelandic, English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian. A person from Iceland is called Icelander.
Money and economy
The currency is the Icelandic króna (code ISK, symbol kr). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 38.6 billion (2025), which is about US$ 98,323 for each person (2025).
Time
Iceland uses one time zone, UTC (Atlantic/Reykjavik). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Reykjavík | 118,918 |
| Kópavogur | 40,040 |
| Hafnarfjörður | 31,525 |
| Reykjanesbær | 19,724 |
| Akureyri | 19,219 |
| Keflavík | 15,930 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Northern Europe
Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.