Denmark vs Iceland statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 387K in Iceland (ranked 173/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 130th vs. 104th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 37/197 ($425B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.3B). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,026), while Iceland ranks 9/197 ($86,041).

Denmark and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Iceland economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Iceland
1960	$6,361,166,545	$260,984,499
1961	$7,058,361,229	$266,711,460
1962	$7,953,274,741	$299,309,938
1963	$8,466,044,980	$357,240,896
1964	$9,677,401,337	$456,206,299
1965	$10,870,670,865	$550,150,988
1966	$11,931,740,293	$660,663,763
1967	$13,059,064,806	$652,609,076
1968	$13,505,574,133	$498,365,200
1969	$15,414,902,667	$435,659,610
1970	$17,075,457,733	$545,115,909
1971	$19,086,192,720	$693,679,545
1972	$23,230,667,549	$869,002,946
1973	$30,718,181,337	$1,194,794,186
1974	$34,125,712,481	$1,568,154,077
1975	$40,418,967,666	$1,456,052,700
1976	$44,503,607,444	$1,727,845,419
1977	$49,711,709,588	$2,285,707,749
1978	$60,320,089,218	$2,599,627,089
1979	$70,393,030,603	$2,953,176,971
1980	$70,811,287,816	$3,499,616,683
1981	$61,459,941,461	$3,615,094,820
1982	$60,084,214,872	$3,318,714,326
1983	$60,331,158,447	$2,862,634,164
1984	$58,868,891,335	$2,964,568,006
1985	$62,452,421,011	$3,088,359,967
1986	$87,748,695,217	$4,129,080,094
1987	$109,183,446,340	$5,713,281,235
1988	$115,540,189,705	$6,320,093,411
1989	$112,312,200,761	$5,870,854,233
1990	$138,217,740,684	$6,694,851,159
1991	$139,180,507,778	$7,151,260,062
1992	$152,966,494,260	$7,328,497,599
1993	$143,111,306,004	$6,435,952,174
1994	$156,017,919,221	$6,612,804,056
1995	$184,848,481,008	$7,372,640,169
1996	$187,481,157,846	$7,686,566,105
1997	$173,241,365,735	$7,716,781,803
1998	$176,877,077,513	$8,637,732,542
1999	$177,887,720,536	$9,107,644,691
2000	$164,043,817,224	$9,140,168,922
2001	$164,881,594,415	$8,323,401,820
2002	$178,788,209,558	$9,416,199,700
2003	$218,421,193,436	$11,564,687,742
2004	$251,986,155,631	$13,963,943,244
2005	$265,150,087,712	$17,146,410,561
2006	$283,386,151,544	$17,671,649,843
2007	$320,213,157,595	$21,960,110,030
2008	$354,979,471,960	$18,247,921,360
2009	$322,619,152,195	$13,212,543,838
2010	$322,345,594,075	$13,922,711,577
2011	$344,315,595,263	$15,394,005,872
2012	$326,792,574,245	$14,943,757,823
2013	$344,631,016,965	$16,244,319,959
2014	$352,832,602,064	$18,052,183,515
2015	$301,758,922,338	$17,700,486,957
2016	$312,181,849,372	$21,083,713,310
2017	$331,610,593,962	$25,060,086,488
2018	$355,293,374,912	$26,677,652,544
2019	$345,401,473,013	$24,985,687,022
2020	$355,631,021,932	$22,034,665,041
2021	$406,110,162,088	$26,234,872,402
2022	$400,114,306,337	$29,166,102,877
2023	$404,651,706,118	$31,677,891,897
2024	$424,524,722,037	$33,255,181,469

Denmark and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Iceland
1960	$1,389	$1,486
1961	$1,531	$1,490
1962	$1,711	$1,641
1963	$1,807	$1,924
1964	$2,049	$2,414
1965	$2,284	$2,861
1966	$2,487	$3,378
1967	$2,701	$3,284
1968	$2,776	$2,473
1969	$3,151	$2,142
1970	$3,464	$2,666
1971	$3,846	$3,366
1972	$4,654	$4,155
1973	$6,117	$5,627
1974	$6,764	$7,287
1975	$7,988	$6,680
1976	$8,773	$7,848
1977	$9,770	$10,305
1978	$11,818	$11,630
1979	$13,757	$13,082
1980	$13,822	$15,340
1981	$12,000	$15,666
1982	$11,740	$14,191
1983	$11,797	$12,080
1984	$11,517	$12,378
1985	$12,213	$12,793
1986	$17,137	$16,980
1987	$21,296	$23,238
1988	$22,525	$25,307
1989	$21,882	$23,219
1990	$26,886	$26,272
1991	$27,003	$27,740
1992	$29,579	$28,072
1993	$27,582	$24,404
1994	$29,968	$24,858
1995	$35,321	$27,565
1996	$35,622	$28,584
1997	$32,780	$28,462
1998	$33,346	$31,519
1999	$33,426	$32,834
2000	$30,722	$32,504
2001	$30,768	$29,208
2002	$33,257	$32,749
2003	$40,519	$39,944
2004	$46,625	$47,810
2005	$48,926	$57,784
2006	$52,119	$58,172
2007	$58,632	$70,483
2008	$64,617	$57,489
2009	$58,413	$41,484
2010	$58,105	$43,776
2011	$61,810	$48,255
2012	$58,444	$46,595
2013	$61,378	$50,173
2014	$62,520	$55,140
2015	$53,094	$53,506
2016	$54,501	$62,854
2017	$57,522	$72,976
2018	$61,325	$75,634
2019	$59,404	$69,296
2020	$60,985	$60,128
2021	$69,341	$70,425
2022	$67,781	$76,350
2023	$68,044	$82,139
2024	$71,026	$86,041

Denmark vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Iceland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Iceland
1950	70.3	71
1951	70.9	71
1952	70.8	72.4
1953	71.2	72.3
1954	71.3	73.3
1955	71.9	73.3
1956	72	72.9
1957	71.8	73.4
1958	72.2	73.3
1959	72.2	72.6
1960	72.2	74
1961	72.5	73.4
1962	72.4	73.6
1963	72.4	72.9
1964	72.5	73.5
1965	72.4	73.8
1966	72.5	73.1
1967	73	73.7
1968	73.1	73.9
1969	73.2	73.7
1970	73.4	73.8
1971	73.4	73.5
1972	73.5	74.4
1973	73.7	74.3
1974	73.8	74.1
1975	74.1	75.3
1976	73.8	76.6
1977	74.7	76.1
1978	74.4	76.4
1979	74.2	76.5
1980	74.1	76.6
1981	74.3	76.2
1982	74.6	76.8
1983	74.5	76.4
1984	74.6	77.3
1985	74.5	77.4
1986	74.6	77.9
1987	74.7	77.1
1988	74.8	76.9
1989	74.9	77.9
1990	74.9	77.7
1991	75.2	77.8
1992	75.3	78.6
1993	75.2	78.8
1994	75.4	79
1995	75.3	77.5
1996	75.7	78.6
1997	76	78.7
1998	76.4	79.4
1999	76.6	79.2
2000	76.8	79.5
2001	77	80.4
2002	77.1	80.3
2003	77.4	80.8
2004	77.8	80.7
2005	78.2	81.2
2006	78.2	80.9
2007	78.3	81.1
2008	78.7	81.2
2009	79	81.4
2010	79.2	81.6
2011	79.8	82
2012	80.1	82.3
2013	80.3	81.7
2014	80.6	82.4
2015	80.7	82.2
2016	80.9	81.8
2017	81.1	82.2
2018	81	82.5
2019	81.4	82.8
2020	81.5	82.7
2021	81.4	82.8
2022	81.3	81.6
2023	81.9	82.7
2024	82.1	83
2025	82.2	83.2
2026	82.4	83.3

Denmark and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Iceland

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Iceland
1960	4,579,603	175,574
1961	4,611,687	179,029
1962	4,647,727	182,378
1963	4,684,483	185,653
1964	4,722,072	188,983
1965	4,759,012	192,286
1966	4,797,381	195,570
1967	4,835,354	198,751
1968	4,864,883	201,488
1969	4,891,860	203,369
1970	4,928,757	204,438
1971	4,963,126	206,098
1972	4,991,596	209,137
1973	5,021,861	212,317
1974	5,045,297	215,209
1975	5,059,862	217,979
1976	5,072,596	220,154
1977	5,088,419	221,799
1978	5,104,248	223,537
1979	5,116,801	225,735
1980	5,123,027	228,138
1981	5,121,572	230,755
1982	5,117,810	233,860
1983	5,114,297	236,977
1984	5,111,619	239,511
1985	5,113,691	241,405
1986	5,120,534	243,180
1987	5,127,024	245,859
1988	5,129,516	249,740
1989	5,132,594	252,852
1990	5,140,939	254,826
1991	5,154,298	257,797
1992	5,171,370	261,057
1993	5,188,628	263,725
1994	5,206,180	266,021
1995	5,233,373	267,468
1996	5,263,074	268,916
1997	5,284,991	271,128
1998	5,304,219	274,047
1999	5,321,799	277,381
2000	5,339,616	281,205
2001	5,358,783	284,968
2002	5,375,931	287,523
2003	5,390,574	289,521
2004	5,404,523	292,074
2005	5,419,432	296,734
2006	5,437,272	303,782
2007	5,461,438	311,566
2008	5,493,621	317,414
2009	5,523,095	318,499
2010	5,547,683	318,041
2011	5,570,572	319,014
2012	5,591,572	320,716
2013	5,614,932	323,764
2014	5,643,475	327,386
2015	5,683,483	330,815
2016	5,728,010	335,439
2017	5,764,980	343,400
2018	5,793,636	352,721
2019	5,814,422	360,563
2020	5,831,404	366,463
2021	5,856,733	372,520
2022	5,903,037	382,003
2023	5,946,952	385,663
2024	5,976,992	386,506

Fertility rates in Denmark and Iceland

Fertility rate

Denmark

Iceland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Iceland
1960	2.57	4.29
1961	2.55	3.88
1962	2.55	3.98
1963	2.67	3.99
1964	2.6	3.88
1965	2.61	3.73
1966	2.62	3.59
1967	2.35	3.28
1968	2.12	3.06
1969	2	2.99
1970	1.95	2.81
1971	2.04	2.92
1972	2.03	3.09
1973	1.92	2.94
1974	1.9	2.66
1975	1.92	2.65
1976	1.75	2.52
1977	1.66	2.31
1978	1.67	2.35
1979	1.6	2.49
1980	1.55	2.48
1981	1.44	2.33
1982	1.43	2.27
1983	1.38	2.24
1984	1.4	2.08
1985	1.45	1.93
1986	1.48	1.92
1987	1.5	2.06
1988	1.56	2.26
1989	1.62	2.19
1990	1.67	2.3
1991	1.68	2.18
1992	1.76	2.21
1993	1.75	2.22
1994	1.81	2.14
1995	1.8	2.08
1996	1.75	2.12
1997	1.75	2.04
1998	1.72	2.05
1999	1.73	1.99
2000	1.77	2.08
2001	1.74	1.95
2002	1.72	1.93
2003	1.76	1.99
2004	1.78	2.04
2005	1.8	2.05
2006	1.85	2.08
2007	1.84	2.09
2008	1.89	2.15
2009	1.84	2.23
2010	1.87	2.2
2011	1.75	2.02
2012	1.73	2.04
2013	1.67	1.93
2014	1.69	1.93
2015	1.71	1.8
2016	1.79	1.74
2017	1.75	1.71
2018	1.73	1.71
2019	1.7	1.74
2020	1.68	1.72
2021	1.72	1.82
2022	1.55	1.59
2023	1.5	1.59

Denmark and Iceland demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Iceland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Iceland
1960	33	25.4
1961	33.1	25.2
1962	33	24.9
1963	33	24.7
1964	32.9	24.4
1965	32.8	24.2
1966	32.6	24.1
1967	32.5	24.1
1968	32.5	24.2
1969	32.5	24.3
1970	32.5	24.5
1971	32.5	24.7
1972	32.6	24.8
1973	32.7	24.9
1974	32.8	25.1
1975	33	25.4
1976	33.2	25.7
1977	33.4	26
1978	33.7	26.4
1979	33.9	26.7
1980	34.3	26.9
1981	34.7	27.2
1982	35.1	27.5
1983	35.5	27.7
1984	35.7	28
1985	36	28.4
1986	36.2	28.8
1987	36.5	29.1
1988	36.7	29.3
1989	36.9	29.6
1990	37.1	30
1991	37.3	30.2
1992	37.4	30.5
1993	37.5	30.8
1994	37.6	31.1
1995	37.7	31.5
1996	37.7	31.8
1997	37.9	32.1
1998	38	32.4
1999	38.2	32.6
2000	38.4	32.8
2001	38.6	33
2002	38.8	33.4
2003	39	33.7
2004	39.2	34
2005	39.5	34.2
2006	39.8	34.5
2007	40.1	34.6
2008	40.2	34.5
2009	40.4	34.6
2010	40.5	34.9
2011	40.7	35.1
2012	41	35.4
2013	41.2	35.5
2014	41.4	35.7
2015	41.5	36
2016	41.6	36.2
2017	41.7	36.3
2018	41.8	36.4
2019	41.9	36.5
2020	42.1	36.6
2021	42.2	36.7
2022	42.1	36.7
2023	42.2	36.9
2024	42.3	37.1

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