Recognised as Country

Iceland

IS
Europe
ISK
.is

Iceland (IS/ISL) is a country in Europe with its capital at Reykjavik. It covers about 103,000 km² with a population of roughly 380,000, uses the ISK, dials on +354, owns the .is internet domain and keeps its capital on Atlantic/Reykjavik. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameIceland

CapitalReykjavik

ContinentEurope

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2IS

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ISL

Internet TLD.is

Calling code+354

Currency codeISK

Geography

Approximate centre64.9631, -19.0208a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude64.9631° N

Longitude19.0208° W

HemisphereNorthern and Western

Area103,000 km²39,769 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London1,845 kmto the approximate centre of Iceland, not to Reykjavik. NNW, bearing 331.3°

Antipode-64.9631, 160.9792the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalAtlantic/Reykjavikthe IANA zone for Reykjavik; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+00:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+00:00

Offset in JulyUTC+00:00

Current offsetUTC+00:00

Local time now13 Sept 2026, 13:15

Hours ahead of UTC0

Population & scale

Population380,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density3.7 per km²≈

Share of world population0.005%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset106 of 196

Population rank in this dataset173 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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