The bar chart shows the percentage variation of the age of iceland citizens (i.e., 65+, 55-64, 25-54, 15-24 and 0-14), in the decades between 1990 and 2020.
Overall, the year with the most equally distribuited citizens, based on their age, were 1990; on the contrary, 2020 were the year with highest differences, expecially for people in the 25-54 years. It is also clear that most of the population were in the range 25-54 in all years.
In 1990, the smallest group of people was the one with more than 65 years, which slightly surpasses 10%, followed by the range 55-64 with approximately 14%. People with 25-54 years represented the smallest group compared to the other years, which was above 30%. The second greater cluster was 0-14 with more than 35%, followed by 15-24 with almost 20% of citizens. Instead, in 2020, people in the ages 25-54 were the most compared to the other clusters, with a range close to 50%. On the contrary, young in the 15-24 where the lesser with a value slightly below 10%, followed by the group of 55-64, with exactly 10%. Then, the category of people with more than 65 years extensively overcame 10%, while the 0-14 was slightly under 20%.
About the two central decades, people with more than 65 years were fewer in 2000 than in 2010, with around 12% and 15%, respectively. The same as for the group of 25-54, with about 35% and 39%, respectively. Contrarly, people in with 15-24 and 0-14 years were more in 2000 (close to 20% and 25%) than in 2010 (almost 15% and slightly over 20%). Finally, cluster of people in the ages 55-64 were almost equal in the two decades, with more than 10%.