Europe · Northern Europe
Iceland
Iceland covers about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²), the 108th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to South Korea, at about 98,500 km².
- 102,000km²Area, main territory
- 364,000Population
- 3.34In Belgiums
100 km
- Iceland
Facts
| Area, main territory | 102,000 km²39,500 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 103,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 3.34 |
| Capital | Reykjavík |
| Population | 364,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 3.6 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 63°N to 67°N |
| In other languages | Islandia Español · Island Deutsch · Islande Français · Islândia Português · アイスランド 日本語 · 冰岛 中文 · 아이슬란드 한국어 |
| Continent | Europe#16 of 50 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Iceland
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 166× the size of Iceland.
- Iceland ranks 107th of 239 by area but only 177th of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
- At 3.6 people per km², Iceland is the 179th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 65°N is drawn about 5.6× too large in area, so Iceland looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Iceland's main territory stretches about 351 km north to south and 512 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 km², to within 2%.
How Iceland measures up
Iceland holds 0.4% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 50 countries listed for Europe. In Northern Europe it is the 5th largest of 14.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 102,000 km² | 107th of 239 |
| Population | 364,000 | 177th of 237 |
| Density | 3.6 per km² | 179th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 65.0°N | 4th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Iceland is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 3.34× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.42× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.29× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.27× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.19× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
Where Iceland sits
- Iceland's centre lies at 65.0°N, 18.6°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 7,230 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 63°N to 67°N, about 350 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Iceland had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Iceland would have 128.2 million people. It has 364,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Iceland would have 381,000 people. It has 364,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 7.4 million.
About the same size as
Largest in Europe
- Russia16,980,000 km²
- Ukraine572,000 km²
- France548,000 km²
- Spain499,000 km²
- Sweden446,000 km²
- Iceland#16 · 102,000 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2019; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11