Landshagir - 01.12.2015, Qupperneq 31

Population
LANDSHAGIR 2015 STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF ICELAND 2015
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Statistics Iceland provides detailed infor-
mation on the resident population in
Iceland 1 January each year. Figures for
the population on 1 December and prelim-
inary quarterly figures, including main
demographic events, are also published.
Figures on changes in the demographic
characteristics of the Icelandic population
are published yearly, e.g. information on
marriages, consensual unions, divorces,
births, deaths, adoptions, changes in resi-
dence, in citizenship and religious affilia-
tion.
A population increase by 1%
The total population 1 January 2015 was
329,100 compared with 325,671 in 2014.
This constitutes an increase of 1%.
Net external migration was 1,119 in 2014
compared with 1,159 in 2013. The number
of immigrants was 6,988 in 2013 compared
with 7,071 in 2013. At the same time the
number of emigrants increased from 5,473
in 2013 to 5,875 in 2014.
Norway is the most popular country of
destination for Icelandic citizens
Of the 3,400 Icelandic citizens who
migrated in 2014, a total of 2,396 migrated
to Norway, Denmark or Sweden. Most
of them migrated to Norway, or 1,004.
Norway has been the most popular desti-
nation for Icelandic citizens since 2009.
These countries were also the major coun-
tries of origin for immigrating Icelandic
citizens, as 1,837 out of 2,640 immigrants
came from these countries.
Most of the foreign citizens emigrating
from Iceland migrated to Poland, or 601
out of 2,475. Poland was also the biggest
contributor to immigrants with foreign
citizenship, 1,393 persons out of 2,475
foreign immigrants.
Live births stays the same
Live births in Iceland were 4,375 in 2014.
The number of boys was 2,233 and girls
2,142 or 1,042 boys for every 1,000 girls.
There is small increase in the number of
births from the previous year when 4,326
children were born. The total fertility rate
in 2014 was 1.93, or the same as in 2013.
The total fertility rate peaked during the
late 1950s and early 1960s, was 4.27 in 1960
and 4.24 in 1959.
The dependency ratio
The dependency ratio was 68.4% 1 January
2015, same as in the previous year. The
dependency ratio is calculated as the ratio
of the young and old age population rela-
tive to the working age population (defined
as 20–64 years of age). The number of
nuclear families, i.e. couples with or
without children under the age of 18 years
or parents with children under 18 years,
was 79,354 on the 1st of January 2015,
compared with 78,780 families at the same
date in 2014.