Australia vs Iceland statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 387K in Iceland (ranked 173/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 6th vs. 104th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 14/197 ($1.76T) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.3B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,604), while Iceland ranks 9/197 ($86,041).

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Australia and Iceland economies compared

GDP

Australia

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	Iceland
1960	$18,635,682,982	$260,984,499
1961	$19,713,123,154	$266,711,460
1962	$19,953,923,193	$299,309,938
1963	$21,573,443,452	$357,240,896
1964	$23,835,843,814	$456,206,299
1965	$26,014,244,162	$550,150,988
1966	$27,349,284,376	$660,663,763
1967	$30,487,524,878	$652,609,076
1968	$32,763,365,242	$498,365,200
1969	$36,738,245,878	$435,659,610
1970	$41,395,206,623	$545,115,909
1971	$45,283,847,245	$693,679,545
1972	$52,117,990,654	$869,002,946
1973	$63,923,126,201	$1,194,794,186
1974	$89,086,219,602	$1,568,154,077
1975	$97,440,939,506	$1,456,052,700
1976	$105,209,354,856	$1,727,845,419
1977	$110,504,702,914	$2,285,707,749
1978	$118,660,813,780	$2,599,627,089
1979	$135,093,718,051	$2,953,176,971
1980	$150,200,557,103	$3,499,616,683
1981	$177,151,979,566	$3,615,094,820
1982	$194,323,071,831	$3,318,714,326
1983	$177,523,719,680	$2,862,634,164
1984	$193,749,932,078	$2,964,568,006
1985	$180,861,108,959	$3,088,359,967
1986	$182,707,050,923	$4,129,080,094
1987	$189,726,707,253	$5,713,281,235
1988	$236,461,079,970	$6,320,093,411
1989	$300,264,309,002	$5,870,854,233
1990	$311,840,666,465	$6,694,851,159
1991	$326,416,407,861	$7,151,260,062
1992	$325,982,966,981	$7,328,497,599
1993	$312,568,858,910	$6,435,952,174
1994	$323,269,456,935	$6,612,804,056
1995	$368,725,126,225	$7,372,640,169
1996	$401,962,517,479	$7,686,566,105
1997	$436,321,902,767	$7,716,781,803
1998	$400,361,527,505	$8,637,732,542
1999	$390,347,787,943	$9,107,644,691
2000	$416,901,962,163	$9,140,168,922
2001	$380,360,222,861	$8,323,401,820
2002	$396,436,967,263	$9,416,199,700
2003	$468,517,181,130	$11,564,687,742
2004	$615,643,050,221	$13,963,943,244
2005	$696,811,489,613	$17,146,410,561
2006	$749,708,370,333	$17,671,649,843
2007	$856,603,595,823	$21,960,110,030
2008	$1,058,448,244,064	$18,247,921,360
2009	$931,761,689,771	$13,212,543,838
2010	$1,152,566,632,022	$13,922,711,577
2011	$1,402,939,868,653	$15,394,005,872
2012	$1,552,728,401,402	$14,943,757,823
2013	$1,583,737,461,925	$16,244,319,959
2014	$1,474,677,007,566	$18,052,183,515
2015	$1,356,805,839,936	$17,700,486,957
2016	$1,211,588,128,418	$21,083,713,310
2017	$1,330,890,554,614	$25,060,086,488
2018	$1,433,144,978,762	$26,677,652,544
2019	$1,398,349,602,956	$24,985,687,022
2020	$1,333,336,461,648	$22,034,665,041
2021	$1,560,617,493,203	$26,234,872,402
2022	$1,695,627,535,476	$29,166,102,877
2023	$1,734,451,264,656	$31,677,891,897
2024	$1,757,022,451,653	$33,255,181,469

Australia and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	Iceland
1960	$1,813	$1,486
1961	$1,880	$1,490
1962	$1,858	$1,641
1963	$1,970	$1,924
1964	$2,134	$2,414
1965	$2,284	$2,861
1966	$2,347	$3,378
1967	$2,584	$3,284
1968	$2,728	$2,473
1969	$2,996	$2,142
1970	$3,310	$2,666
1971	$3,500	$3,366
1972	$3,955	$4,155
1973	$4,778	$5,627
1974	$6,492	$7,287
1975	$7,014	$6,680
1976	$7,497	$7,848
1977	$7,786	$10,305
1978	$8,264	$11,630
1979	$9,308	$13,082
1980	$10,223	$15,340
1981	$11,871	$15,666
1982	$12,798	$14,191
1983	$11,532	$12,080
1984	$12,436	$12,378
1985	$11,455	$12,793
1986	$11,406	$16,980
1987	$11,666	$23,238
1988	$14,303	$25,307
1989	$17,858	$23,219
1990	$18,274	$26,272
1991	$18,885	$27,740
1992	$18,650	$28,072
1993	$17,725	$24,404
1994	$18,156	$24,858
1995	$20,479	$27,565
1996	$22,056	$28,584
1997	$23,683	$28,462
1998	$21,516	$31,519
1999	$20,750	$32,834
2000	$21,909	$32,504
2001	$19,734	$29,208
2002	$20,335	$32,749
2003	$23,758	$39,944
2004	$30,886	$47,810
2005	$34,535	$57,784
2006	$36,659	$58,172
2007	$41,128	$70,483
2008	$49,811	$57,489
2009	$42,955	$41,484
2010	$52,314	$43,776
2011	$62,799	$48,255
2012	$68,301	$46,595
2013	$68,477	$50,173
2014	$62,817	$55,140
2015	$56,970	$53,506
2016	$50,084	$62,854
2017	$54,118	$72,976
2018	$57,410	$75,634
2019	$55,195	$69,296
2020	$51,983	$60,128
2021	$60,759	$70,425
2022	$65,170	$76,350
2023	$65,058	$82,139
2024	$64,604	$86,041

Australia vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

Iceland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	Iceland
1950	69	71
1951	68.7	71
1952	69.1	72.4
1953	69.7	72.3
1954	69.9	73.3
1955	70.2	73.3
1956	70	72.9
1957	70.3	73.4
1958	70.9	73.3
1959	70.4	72.6
1960	70.9	74
1961	71.1	73.4
1962	70.9	73.6
1963	71	72.9
1964	70.6	73.5
1965	70.8	73.8
1966	70.7	73.1
1967	71	73.7
1968	70.7	73.9
1969	71.1	73.7
1970	70.7	73.8
1971	71.5	73.5
1972	71.8	74.4
1973	72.1	74.3
1974	71.8	74.1
1975	72.8	75.3
1976	72.8	76.6
1977	73.5	76.1
1978	73.7	76.4
1979	74.3	76.5
1980	74.6	76.6
1981	74.8	76.2
1982	74.7	76.8
1983	75.4	76.4
1984	75.5	77.3
1985	75.4	77.4
1986	76.1	77.9
1987	76.1	77.1
1988	76.3	76.9
1989	76.2	77.9
1990	77	77.7
1991	77.5	77.8
1992	77.5	78.6
1993	78	78.8
1994	77.9	79
1995	78.3	77.5
1996	78.3	78.6
1997	78.6	78.7
1998	79	79.4
1999	79.3	79.2
2000	79.6	79.5
2001	80	80.4
2002	80.1	80.3
2003	80.4	80.8
2004	80.7	80.7
2005	81.1	81.2
2006	81.3	80.9
2007	81.2	81.1
2008	81.4	81.2
2009	81.7	81.4
2010	82	81.6
2011	82.1	82
2012	82.3	82.3
2013	82.6	81.7
2014	82.5	82.4
2015	82.6	82.2
2016	82.8	81.8
2017	82.7	82.2
2018	83.3	82.5
2019	83.2	82.8
2020	83.7	82.7
2021	83.6	82.8
2022	82.8	81.6
2023	83.9	82.7
2024	84.1	83
2025	84.2	83.2
2026	84.3	83.3

Australia and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

Iceland

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	Iceland
1960	10,276,477	175,574
1961	10,483,000	179,029
1962	10,742,000	182,378
1963	10,950,000	185,653
1964	11,167,000	188,983
1965	11,388,000	192,286
1966	11,651,000	195,570
1967	11,799,000	198,751
1968	12,009,000	201,488
1969	12,263,000	203,369
1970	12,507,000	204,438
1971	12,937,000	206,098
1972	13,177,000	209,137
1973	13,380,000	212,317
1974	13,723,000	215,209
1975	13,893,000	217,979
1976	14,033,000	220,154
1977	14,192,000	221,799
1978	14,358,000	223,537
1979	14,514,000	225,735
1980	14,692,000	228,138
1981	14,923,260	230,755
1982	15,184,247	233,860
1983	15,393,472	236,977
1984	15,579,391	239,511
1985	15,788,312	241,405
1986	16,018,350	243,180
1987	16,263,874	245,859
1988	16,532,164	249,740
1989	16,814,416	252,852
1990	17,065,128	254,826
1991	17,284,036	257,797
1992	17,478,635	261,057
1993	17,634,808	263,725
1994	17,805,468	266,021
1995	18,004,882	267,468
1996	18,224,767	268,916
1997	18,423,037	271,128
1998	18,607,584	274,047
1999	18,812,264	277,381
2000	19,028,802	281,205
2001	19,274,701	284,968
2002	19,495,210	287,523
2003	19,720,737	289,521
2004	19,932,722	292,074
2005	20,176,844	296,734
2006	20,450,966	303,782
2007	20,827,622	311,566
2008	21,249,199	317,414
2009	21,691,653	318,499
2010	22,031,750	318,041
2011	22,340,024	319,014
2012	22,733,465	320,716
2013	23,128,129	323,764
2014	23,475,686	327,386
2015	23,815,995	330,815
2016	24,190,907	335,439
2017	24,592,588	343,400
2018	24,963,258	352,721
2019	25,334,826	360,563
2020	25,649,248	366,463
2021	25,685,412	372,520
2022	26,018,721	382,003
2023	26,659,922	385,663
2024	27,196,812	386,506

Fertility rates in Australia and Iceland

Fertility rate

Australia

Iceland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Iceland
1960	3.45	4.29
1961	3.54	3.88
1962	3.44	3.98
1963	3.33	3.99
1964	3.15	3.88
1965	2.98	3.73
1966	2.88	3.59
1967	2.85	3.28
1968	2.89	3.06
1969	2.89	2.99
1970	2.86	2.81
1971	2.96	2.92
1972	2.74	3.09
1973	2.49	2.94
1974	2.4	2.66
1975	2.15	2.65
1976	2.06	2.52
1977	2.01	2.31
1978	1.95	2.35
1979	1.91	2.49
1980	1.89	2.48
1981	1.94	2.33
1982	1.93	2.27
1983	1.92	2.24
1984	1.84	2.08
1985	1.92	1.93
1986	1.87	1.92
1987	1.85	2.06
1988	1.83	2.26
1989	1.84	2.19
1990	1.9	2.3
1991	1.85	2.18
1992	1.89	2.21
1993	1.86	2.22
1994	1.84	2.14
1995	1.82	2.08
1996	1.8	2.12
1997	1.78	2.04
1998	1.76	2.05
1999	1.76	1.99
2000	1.76	2.08
2001	1.74	1.95
2002	1.76	1.93
2003	1.75	1.99
2004	1.77	2.04
2005	1.81	2.05
2006	1.91	2.08
2007	1.96	2.09
2008	1.98	2.15
2009	1.97	2.23
2010	1.93	2.2
2011	1.93	2.02
2012	1.92	2.04
2013	1.86	1.93
2014	1.83	1.93
2015	1.81	1.8
2016	1.75	1.74
2017	1.74	1.71
2018	1.74	1.71
2019	1.66	1.74
2020	1.58	1.72
2021	1.7	1.82
2022	1.63	1.59
2023	1.5	1.59

Australia and Iceland demographics compared

Median age

Australia

Iceland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	Iceland
1960	29.5	25.4
1961	29.3	25.2
1962	29.1	24.9
1963	28.8	24.7
1964	28.6	24.4
1965	28.3	24.2
1966	28.1	24.1
1967	28	24.1
1968	27.9	24.2
1969	27.8	24.3
1970	27.7	24.5
1971	27.7	24.7
1972	27.7	24.8
1973	27.8	24.9
1974	28	25.1
1975	28.1	25.4
1976	28.4	25.7
1977	28.6	26
1978	28.9	26.4
1979	29.1	26.7
1980	29.4	26.9
1981	29.6	27.2
1982	29.9	27.5
1983	30.2	27.7
1984	30.5	28
1985	30.8	28.4
1986	31.1	28.8
1987	31.3	29.1
1988	31.6	29.3
1989	31.8	29.6
1990	32.1	30
1991	32.4	30.2
1992	32.7	30.5
1993	33	30.8
1994	33.3	31.1
1995	33.6	31.5
1996	34	31.8
1997	34.3	32.1
1998	34.7	32.4
1999	35.1	32.6
2000	35.4	32.8
2001	35.6	33
2002	35.8	33.4
2003	36.1	33.7
2004	36.3	34
2005	36.5	34.2
2006	36.7	34.5
2007	36.8	34.6
2008	36.8	34.5
2009	36.9	34.6
2010	37	34.9
2011	37.1	35.1
2012	37.2	35.4
2013	37.2	35.5
2014	37.3	35.7
2015	37.3	36
2016	37.3	36.2
2017	37.4	36.3
2018	37.4	36.4
2019	37.6	36.5
2020	38	36.6
2021	38.3	36.7
2022	38.5	36.7
2023	38.8	36.9
2024	39	37.1

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