Population, ages 12-17, total in Iceland
Iceland: Population, ages 12-17, total was 25,217 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, ages 12-17, total in Iceland, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
Analysis
In 2015, population, ages 12-17, total in Iceland stood at 25,217. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, ages 12-17, total in Iceland peaked at 27,216 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 25,217, in 2015.
That places Iceland 173rd out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,314 | 25,260 | 25,378 | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,610 | 25,515 | 27,216 | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,068 | 25,217 | 26,941 | 6 |
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More education data for Iceland
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 3,568 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.52 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, ages 12-17, total in Iceland?
- Population, ages 12-17, total in Iceland was 25,217 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
- What is the highest population, ages 12-17, total recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 27,216 in 2008.
- What is the lowest population, ages 12-17, total recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,217 in 2015.
- How does Iceland rank for population, ages 12-17, total?
- Iceland ranks 173rd out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, ages 12-17, total rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived), published as part of Population, ages 12-17, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population, ages 12-17, total is the total population age 12-17.