Share of foreign citizens in Iceland 2000-2024

The share of foreign citizens increased significantly in recent years; in 2000, the share was below three percent. It then increased until 2009, before falling slightly after the financial crisis hit Iceland's economy hard. However, it increased from seven percent in 2015 to nearly 17 in 2024, meaning that the share of foreign citizens in Iceland doubled over the last eight years. In 2022, the biggest share of foreign citizens migrating to Iceland came from Poland.