Drawn by low unemployment and a high standard of living, more and more foreign nationals have been moving to Iceland in recent years. The number of foreign nationals who live in Iceland has increased 16% December, population data from Registers Iceland reveals. A total of 43,726 foreign nationals were registered as residing in Iceland on the first of November, 5,914 more than on December 1, 2017. Most of the immigrants come from Eastern Europe.
Most of these foreign nationals come from Poland, with Lithuanians making up the second largest group. According to Registers Iceland 19,025 Polish nationals live in Iceland, while 4,038 Lithuanian nationals live in Iceland. Together these two nationalities make up more than half of all immigrants in Iceland, Poles making up 43.5% of total immigrant population and Lithuanians 9.2%. Latvians make up the third largest group (1,810, 4.1%), followed by Rumanians (1,463, 3.3%).
Germans, Portuguese and UK nationals make up the fifth, sixth and seventh largest immigrant communities: 1,281 Germans, 1,205 Portuguese and 1,003 UK nationals lived in Iceland on November 1.
Drawn by low unemployment and a high standard of living, more and more foreign nationals have been moving to Iceland in recent years. The number of foreign nationals who live in Iceland has increased 16% December, population data from Registers Iceland reveals. A total of 43,726 foreign nationals were registered as residing in Iceland on the first of November, 5,914 more than on December 1, 2017. Most of the immigrants come from Eastern Europe.
Most of these foreign nationals come from Poland, with Lithuanians making up the second largest group. According to Registers Iceland 19,025 Polish nationals live in Iceland, while 4,038 Lithuanian nationals live in Iceland. Together these two nationalities make up more than half of all immigrants in Iceland, Poles making up 43.5% of total immigrant population and Lithuanians 9.2%. Latvians make up the third largest group (1,810, 4.1%), followed by Rumanians (1,463, 3.3%).
Germans, Portuguese and UK nationals make up the fifth, sixth and seventh largest immigrant communities: 1,281 Germans, 1,205 Portuguese and 1,003 UK nationals lived in Iceland on November 1.
