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title: "Iceland — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Iceland: capital Reykjavík, area 103,000 km², population 392,404 (2025), currency Icelandic króna. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/iceland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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

- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)
- [Guatemala](https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/)
- [South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-korea/)
- [Hungary](https://atoneplace.net/country/hungary/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]