Where is Iceland?
Iceland is an island country in Northern Europe, with no land borders.
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Crazy but True
Iceland has no mosquitoes. It is one of the only inhabited places on Earth where the insect simply does not live, and scientists are not entirely certain why, since neighboring Greenland has plenty. Iceland also has an official naming committee that must approve any name given to a child.
Iceland facts
- Capital
- Reykjavik
- Population
- 392,404 (2025)
- Area
- 103,000 km²
- Continent
- Europe
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Currency
- Icelandic króna (ISK)
- Languages
- Icelandic
- Coordinates
- 65°, -18°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- IS · ISL
How Iceland compares
- Iceland is the 107th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Guatemala and larger than South Korea.
- It is the 165th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It has no land borders, one of 16 such countries on our map.
- Within Europe, it is the 16th largest of 39 countries by area.