Intent of Population Policies
They were in need of population growth due to severe economic damage in 2009 and while they have steadily gone up and grown their population quite a bit the reproduction rate is still quite low and they have done nothing to enforce a higher reproduction rate.
Intent of Immigration Policies
They wanted to grow their population because it was very low so they allowed more immigrants to be granted citizenship.
Effects of Population Policies
While they haven't enforced any policies to grow their population it continues to grow due to a positive emigration balance.
Effects of Immigration Policies
Due to more immigrants being granted citizenship more people moved to Iceland than people who moved away from their and the population saw a growth of 2.5% since 2018.
Ways to Promote and Discourage Population Growth
They promote population growth by allowing more immigrants to be granted citizenship but discourage population growth by not enforcing any hard population policies.