Iceland
Iceland
Capital Reykjavík
103,000 km² · 392,404 people (2025) · Icelandic króna
Iceland sits astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, so the North American and Eurasian plates pull apart across the country at about 2 cm a year. Roughly eleven percent of it is under glacier, Vatnajökull alone covering some 7,900 km². Almost all its electricity and heating come from hydro and geothermal sources.
The facts
- Capital
- Reykjavík
- Area
- 103,000 km² — 39,769 sq mi
- Population
- 392,404 (2025)
- Density
- 3.8 people per km²
- Currency
- Icelandic króna (ISK, kr)
- Official language
- Icelandic
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +354
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- IS · ISL
- Continent
- Europe
How it compares
- By area
- 107 of 200
- By population
- 176 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Cuba | 110,860 | 10,937,203 |
| Guatemala | 108,889 | 18,687,881 |
| Iceland ← | 103,000 | 392,404 |
| South Korea | 99,720 | 51,684,564 |
| Hungary | 93,028 | 9,514,251 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Iceland?
- Reykjavík
- What currency does Iceland use?
- The Icelandic króna (ISK).
- How big is Iceland?
- 103,000 km², or 39,769 square miles — 107 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Iceland drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)