Iceland
Iceland is in Europe, in the Northern Europe region. Its capital is Reykjavík. It has a population of about 392,404 and an area of 103,000 km². Its flag has 3 colors, and the one that takes up the most space is blue, at 65.3% of the total.
The flag of Iceland as a pie chart
- Blue 65.3%
- Red 18.2%
- White 16.4%
- Design
- Complex design (cross, diagonal, triangle or canton)
- Symbol
- No coat of arms or symbols
Each slice shows how much of the flag each color covers. It's the same data as CakeFlag, our game where you guess countries from the colors of their flag.
Iceland at a glance
- Capital
- Reykjavík
- Continent
- Europe
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Official languages
- Icelandic
- Currency
- Icelandic króna
- National day
- June 17
- Highest point
- Hvannadalshnúkur (about 2,110 meters)
- Anthem
- “Lofsöngur”
- Area
- 103,000 km²102nd smallest out of 208
- Population
- 392,40430th least populous out of 204 · 2025 data
- Population density
- 3.8 people/km²5th least densely populated out of 204 · 2025 data
- GDP
- US$ 38.6 billion94th lowest GDP out of 200 · 2025 data
- GDP per capita
- US$ 98,3247th highest GDP per capita out of 200 · 2025 data
- Life expectancy
- 82.8 years25th highest life expectancy out of 204 · 2024 data
More facts
- Joined the UN in 1946
Fun facts about Iceland
Featured in GeoFacts #10
- There has been no McDonald's there since 2009. Source: Wikipedia (EN) - McDonald's in Iceland
- There's an app to check that your date isn't a relative of yours. Source: CBC News
- One of its volcanoes grounded flights across Europe for days in 2010. Source: Wikipedia (ES) - Erupción del Eyjafjallajökull de 2010
Neighboring countries
Iceland has no land borders with other countries.
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Data: World Bank, world-countries, Wikidata and CIA World Factbook. See all sources.