Iceland vs Spain statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 48.8M in Spain (ranked 32/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 192,934 sq mi for Spain (ranked 104th vs. 51st).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Spain ranks 14/197 ($1.72T). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Spain ranks 31/197 ($35,297).

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Iceland and Spain economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Spain

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Spain
1960	$252,169,712	$12,424,514,014
1961	$257,703,245	$14,238,126,760
1962	$289,200,704	$16,609,632,791
1963	$345,175,036	$19,631,714,760
1964	$440,797,869	$21,966,876,027
1965	$531,569,564	$25,479,619,607
1966	$638,349,755	$29,559,436,183
1967	$630,567,116	$32,570,905,397
1968	$481,532,848	$32,394,326,464
1969	$420,945,148	$37,090,689,288
1970	$526,704,545	$40,963,715,237
1971	$670,251,136	$46,586,119,760
1972	$839,652,164	$59,090,176,029
1973	$1,154,440,253	$78,583,355,226
1974	$1,515,190,595	$97,204,522,642
1975	$1,406,875,081	$114,695,060,870
1976	$1,669,488,390	$118,422,534,195
1977	$2,208,509,076	$132,354,665,936
1978	$2,511,826,196	$160,484,969,618
1979	$2,853,435,054	$214,448,666,336
1980	$3,381,419,251	$232,600,556,974
1981	$3,492,997,010	$202,663,023,968
1982	$3,206,626,645	$195,856,752,991
1983	$2,765,950,336	$170,829,074,246
1984	$2,864,441,387	$171,979,977,230
1985	$2,984,052,357	$180,664,322,896
1986	$3,989,622,739	$251,141,555,186
1987	$5,520,318,405	$318,520,253,335
1988	$6,106,635,816	$375,891,716,898
1989	$5,672,569,449	$414,460,794,097
1990	$6,468,736,356	$536,175,326,477
1991	$6,909,730,288	$576,753,902,322
1992	$7,080,981,738	$630,465,353,486
1993	$6,218,581,532	$524,700,572,624
1994	$6,389,460,343	$530,183,651,720
1995	$7,123,633,418	$614,170,002,669
1996	$7,426,082,271	$642,251,412,058
1997	$7,569,672,925	$589,739,772,727
1998	$8,503,746,468	$618,731,484,575
1999	$8,982,047,589	$634,394,904,387
2000	$9,025,660,362	$598,102,854,756
2001	$8,234,846,805	$627,798,682,379
2002	$9,318,395,055	$708,938,227,244
2003	$11,429,333,038	$907,963,217,058
2004	$13,825,302,536	$1,069,829,382,515
2005	$16,852,963,067	$1,154,667,551,776
2006	$17,465,318,552	$1,261,846,683,275
2007	$21,652,505,597	$1,476,746,276,855
2008	$18,074,622,987	$1,636,115,447,613
2009	$13,154,414,219	$1,496,587,590,848
2010	$13,751,161,918	$1,427,989,078,917
2011	$15,221,622,926	$1,487,568,659,241
2012	$14,751,508,134	$1,330,994,811,670
2013	$16,125,060,515	$1,362,186,923,158
2014	$17,867,662,178	$1,380,244,561,362
2015	$17,517,210,519	$1,206,164,777,553
2016	$20,793,168,031	$1,243,015,667,917
2017	$24,728,285,177	$1,321,754,088,819
2018	$26,260,850,582	$1,431,642,809,327
2019	$24,681,343,649	$1,403,496,387,686
2020	$21,629,953,194	$1,289,783,836,971
2021	$25,770,339,317	$1,461,244,901,853
2022	$28,696,453,180	$1,446,498,147,749
2023	$31,452,223,862	$1,620,090,734,957
2024	$33,462,807,983	$1,722,745,978,335

Iceland and Spain economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Spain

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Spain
1960	$1,436	$408
1961	$1,439	$463
1962	$1,586	$535
1963	$1,859	$627
1964	$2,332	$695
1965	$2,764	$797
1966	$3,264	$916
1967	$3,173	$997
1968	$2,390	$978
1969	$2,070	$1,109
1970	$2,576	$1,211
1971	$3,252	$1,361
1972	$4,015	$1,708
1973	$5,437	$2,246
1974	$7,041	$2,748
1975	$6,454	$3,208
1976	$7,583	$3,277
1977	$9,957	$3,625
1978	$11,237	$4,353
1979	$12,641	$5,766
1980	$14,822	$6,204
1981	$15,137	$5,367
1982	$13,712	$5,156
1983	$11,672	$4,475
1984	$11,960	$4,487
1985	$12,361	$4,696
1986	$16,406	$6,509
1987	$22,453	$8,234
1988	$24,452	$9,696
1989	$22,434	$10,674
1990	$25,385	$13,795
1991	$26,803	$14,801
1992	$27,124	$16,101
1993	$23,580	$13,330
1994	$24,019	$13,406
1995	$26,634	$15,461
1996	$27,615	$16,101
1997	$27,919	$14,722
1998	$31,030	$15,382
1999	$32,382	$15,708
2000	$32,096	$14,743
2001	$28,897	$15,368
2002	$32,409	$17,111
2003	$39,477	$21,522
2004	$47,335	$24,925
2005	$56,795	$26,451
2006	$57,493	$28,422
2007	$69,496	$32,652
2008	$56,943	$35,603
2009	$41,301	$32,280
2010	$43,237	$30,659
2011	$47,715	$31,825
2012	$45,996	$28,456
2013	$49,805	$29,229
2014	$54,577	$29,708
2015	$52,952	$25,982
2016	$61,988	$26,756
2017	$72,010	$28,381
2018	$74,452	$30,602
2019	$68,452	$29,787
2020	$59,024	$27,234
2021	$69,178	$30,799
2022	$75,121	$30,270
2023	$79,960	$33,509
2024	$82,704	$35,297

Iceland vs. Spain life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Spain

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Spain
1950	71	61.8
1951	71	61.5
1952	72.4	64.8
1953	72.3	65.7
1954	73.3	66.9
1955	73.3	66.7
1956	72.9	66.8
1957	73.4	66.6
1958	73.3	68.8
1959	72.6	68.7
1960	74	69.2
1961	73.4	69.6
1962	73.6	69.6
1963	72.9	69.8
1964	73.5	70.5
1965	73.8	70.9
1966	73.1	71.2
1967	73.7	71.3
1968	73.9	71.7
1969	73.7	71.1
1970	73.8	72.1
1971	73.5	71.7
1972	74.4	73
1973	74.3	72.7
1974	74.1	73.1
1975	75.3	73.5
1976	76.6	73.8
1977	76.1	74.3
1978	76.4	74.5
1979	76.5	75
1980	76.6	75.5
1981	76.2	75.7
1982	76.8	76.3
1983	76.4	76.1
1984	77.3	76.5
1985	77.4	76.4
1986	77.9	76.7
1987	77.1	77
1988	76.9	76.9
1989	77.9	77
1990	77.7	77
1991	77.8	77.1
1992	78.6	77.6
1993	78.8	77.7
1994	79	78.1
1995	77.5	78.2
1996	78.6	78.3
1997	78.7	78.9
1998	79.4	78.9
1999	79.2	78.9
2000	79.5	79.4
2001	80.4	79.7
2002	80.3	79.8
2003	80.8	79.7
2004	80.7	80.3
2005	81.2	80.3
2006	80.9	81
2007	81.1	81
2008	81.2	81.3
2009	81.4	81.6
2010	81.6	82
2011	82	82.2
2012	82.3	82.2
2013	81.7	82.7
2014	82.4	82.8
2015	82.2	82.6
2016	81.8	83
2017	82.2	83
2018	82.5	83.1
2019	82.8	83.5
2020	82.7	82.2
2021	82.8	83
2022	81.6	82.4
2023	82.7	83.7
2024	83	83.8
2025	83.2	84

Iceland and Spain population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Spain

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Spain
1960	175,574	30,455,000
1961	179,029	30,739,250
1962	182,378	31,023,366
1963	185,653	31,296,651
1964	188,983	31,609,195
1965	192,286	31,954,292
1966	195,570	32,283,194
1967	198,751	32,682,947
1968	201,488	33,113,134
1969	203,369	33,441,054
1970	204,438	33,814,531
1971	206,098	34,224,490
1972	209,137	34,604,469
1973	212,317	34,988,947
1974	215,209	35,373,335
1975	217,979	35,757,900
1976	220,154	36,137,812
1977	221,799	36,511,638
1978	223,537	36,864,898
1979	225,735	37,191,330
1980	228,138	37,491,165
1981	230,755	37,758,631
1982	233,860	37,986,012
1983	236,977	38,171,525
1984	239,511	38,330,364
1985	241,405	38,469,512
1986	243,180	38,584,624
1987	245,859	38,684,815
1988	249,740	38,766,939
1989	252,852	38,827,764
1990	254,826	38,867,322
1991	257,797	38,966,376
1992	261,057	39,157,685
1993	263,725	39,361,262
1994	266,021	39,549,108
1995	267,468	39,724,050
1996	268,916	39,889,852
1997	271,128	40,057,389
1998	274,047	40,223,509
1999	277,381	40,386,875
2000	281,205	40,567,864
2001	284,968	40,850,412
2002	287,523	41,431,558
2003	289,521	42,187,645
2004	292,074	42,921,895
2005	296,734	43,653,155
2006	303,782	44,397,319
2007	311,566	45,226,803
2008	317,414	45,954,106
2009	318,499	46,362,946
2010	318,041	46,576,897
2011	319,014	46,742,697
2012	320,716	46,773,055
2013	323,764	46,604,197
2014	327,386	46,460,733
2015	330,815	46,422,303
2016	335,439	46,458,139
2017	343,400	46,571,232
2018	352,721	46,782,011
2019	360,563	47,118,501
2020	366,463	47,359,424
2021	372,520	47,443,821
2022	382,003	47,786,102
2023	393,349	48,347,910
2024	404,610	48,807,137

Fertility rates in Iceland and Spain

Fertility rate

Iceland

Spain

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Spain
1960	4.29	2.86
1961	3.88	2.77
1962	3.98	2.8
1963	3.99	2.88
1964	3.88	3.01
1965	3.73	2.94
1966	3.59	2.91
1967	3.28	2.94
1968	3.06	2.87
1969	2.99	2.86
1970	2.81	2.84
1971	2.92	2.9
1972	3.09	2.87
1973	2.94	2.84
1974	2.66	2.88
1975	2.65	2.77
1976	2.52	2.77
1977	2.31	2.65
1978	2.35	2.54
1979	2.49	2.37
1980	2.48	2.22
1981	2.33	2.04
1982	2.27	1.94
1983	2.24	1.8
1984	2.08	1.73
1985	1.93	1.64
1986	1.92	1.56
1987	2.06	1.49
1988	2.26	1.45
1989	2.19	1.4
1990	2.3	1.36
1991	2.18	1.33
1992	2.21	1.31
1993	2.22	1.26
1994	2.14	1.19
1995	2.08	1.16
1996	2.12	1.14
1997	2.04	1.15
1998	2.05	1.13
1999	1.99	1.17
2000	2.08	1.22
2001	1.95	1.23
2002	1.93	1.25
2003	1.99	1.3
2004	2.04	1.31
2005	2.05	1.33
2006	2.08	1.36
2007	2.09	1.38
2008	2.15	1.45
2009	2.23	1.38
2010	2.2	1.37
2011	2.02	1.34
2012	2.04	1.32
2013	1.93	1.27
2014	1.93	1.32
2015	1.8	1.33
2016	1.74	1.33
2017	1.71	1.31
2018	1.71	1.26
2019	1.74	1.23
2020	1.72	1.18
2021	1.82	1.18
2022	1.59	1.16
2023	1.59	1.12

Iceland and Spain demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Spain

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Spain
1960	25.4	29.4
1961	25.2	29.6
1962	24.9	29.7
1963	24.7	29.9
1964	24.4	30.1
1965	24.2	30.2
1966	24.1	30.3
1967	24.1	30.4
1968	24.2	30.4
1969	24.3	30.2
1970	24.5	30.1
1971	24.7	30.1
1972	24.8	30
1973	24.9	30
1974	25.1	30
1975	25.4	30
1976	25.7	30.1
1977	26	30.2
1978	26.4	30.4
1979	26.7	30.6
1980	26.9	30.7
1981	27.2	30.9
1982	27.5	31.1
1983	27.7	31.4
1984	28	31.6
1985	28.4	31.9
1986	28.8	32.2
1987	29.1	32.5
1988	29.3	32.9
1989	29.6	33.2
1990	30	33.6
1991	30.2	33.9
1992	30.5	34.2
1993	30.8	34.6
1994	31.1	34.9
1995	31.5	35.3
1996	31.8	35.7
1997	32.1	36.2
1998	32.4	36.6
1999	32.6	37
2000	32.8	37.4
2001	33	37.8
2002	33.4	38.1
2003	33.7	38.3
2004	34	38.5
2005	34.2	38.8
2006	34.5	39
2007	34.6	39.2
2008	34.5	39.4
2009	34.6	39.8
2010	34.9	40.2
2011	35.1	40.6
2012	35.4	41.1
2013	35.5	41.7
2014	35.7	42.2
2015	36	42.7
2016	36.2	43.1
2017	36.3	43.5
2018	36.4	43.8
2019	36.5	44.1
2020	36.6	44.5
2021	36.7	44.9
2022	36.7	45.4
2023	36.9	45.9
2024	37.1	46.4

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