Australia vs Iceland statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 405K in Iceland (ranked 172/197). 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 13/197 ($1.75T) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704).

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Australia and Iceland economies compared

GDP

Australia

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	Iceland
1960	$18,607,682,977	$252,169,712
1961	$19,684,003,149	$257,703,245
1962	$19,923,683,188	$289,200,704
1963	$21,540,963,447	$345,175,036
1964	$23,801,123,808	$440,797,869
1965	$25,977,284,156	$531,569,564
1966	$27,308,964,369	$638,349,755
1967	$30,442,724,871	$630,567,116
1968	$32,714,085,234	$481,532,848
1969	$36,684,485,870	$420,945,148
1970	$41,334,726,614	$526,704,545
1971	$45,217,767,235	$670,251,136
1972	$52,042,056,075	$839,652,164
1973	$63,833,440,102	$1,154,440,253
1974	$88,965,364,775	$1,515,190,595
1975	$97,304,383,449	$1,406,875,081
1976	$105,060,616,985	$1,669,488,390
1977	$110,352,144,987	$2,208,509,076
1978	$118,492,761,338	$2,511,826,196
1979	$134,900,602,067	$2,853,435,054
1980	$149,987,743,733	$3,381,419,251
1981	$176,895,390,688	$3,492,997,010
1982	$194,041,708,044	$3,206,626,645
1983	$177,267,290,706	$2,765,950,336
1984	$193,525,337,526	$2,864,441,387
1985	$180,643,265,927	$2,984,052,357
1986	$182,481,113,598	$3,989,622,739
1987	$189,495,764,955	$5,520,318,405
1988	$236,161,314,544	$6,106,635,816
1989	$299,875,906,679	$5,672,569,449
1990	$311,426,665,220	$6,468,736,356
1991	$325,975,319,456	$6,909,730,288
1992	$325,525,379,567	$7,080,981,738
1993	$312,133,923,553	$6,218,581,532
1994	$322,806,641,301	$6,389,460,343
1995	$368,166,023,166	$7,123,633,418
1996	$401,341,880,621	$7,426,082,271
1997	$435,642,611,297	$7,569,672,925
1998	$399,674,421,759	$8,503,746,468
1999	$389,652,212,057	$8,982,047,589
2000	$416,167,815,093	$9,025,660,362
2001	$379,629,301,675	$8,234,846,805
2002	$395,788,696,012	$9,318,395,055
2003	$467,739,079,790	$11,429,333,038
2004	$614,659,980,083	$13,825,302,536
2005	$695,692,898,677	$16,852,963,067
2006	$748,417,562,770	$17,465,318,552
2007	$855,007,458,585	$21,652,505,597
2008	$1,056,112,427,190	$18,074,622,987
2009	$928,762,122,698	$13,154,414,219
2010	$1,148,838,233,481	$13,751,161,918
2011	$1,398,610,616,773	$15,221,622,926
2012	$1,547,532,281,116	$14,751,508,134
2013	$1,577,123,329,411	$16,125,060,515
2014	$1,468,265,356,428	$17,867,662,178
2015	$1,351,296,372,254	$17,517,210,519
2016	$1,206,836,962,282	$20,793,168,031
2017	$1,325,582,658,157	$24,728,285,177
2018	$1,427,809,041,019	$26,260,850,582
2019	$1,392,723,834,563	$24,681,343,649
2020	$1,328,414,058,378	$21,629,953,194
2021	$1,556,735,770,437	$25,770,339,317
2022	$1,690,858,246,994	$28,696,453,180
2023	$1,728,057,316,696	$31,452,223,862
2024	$1,752,193,307,380	$33,462,807,983

Australia and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	Iceland
1960	$1,811	$1,436
1961	$1,878	$1,439
1962	$1,855	$1,586
1963	$1,967	$1,859
1964	$2,131	$2,332
1965	$2,281	$2,764
1966	$2,344	$3,264
1967	$2,580	$3,173
1968	$2,724	$2,390
1969	$2,991	$2,070
1970	$3,305	$2,576
1971	$3,495	$3,252
1972	$3,949	$4,015
1973	$4,771	$5,437
1974	$6,483	$7,041
1975	$7,004	$6,454
1976	$7,487	$7,583
1977	$7,776	$9,957
1978	$8,253	$11,237
1979	$9,295	$12,641
1980	$10,209	$14,822
1981	$11,854	$15,137
1982	$12,779	$13,712
1983	$11,516	$11,672
1984	$12,422	$11,960
1985	$11,442	$12,361
1986	$11,392	$16,406
1987	$11,651	$22,453
1988	$14,285	$24,452
1989	$17,834	$22,434
1990	$18,249	$25,385
1991	$18,860	$26,803
1992	$18,624	$27,124
1993	$17,700	$23,580
1994	$18,130	$24,019
1995	$20,448	$26,634
1996	$22,022	$27,615
1997	$23,647	$27,919
1998	$21,479	$31,030
1999	$20,713	$32,382
2000	$21,870	$32,096
2001	$19,696	$28,897
2002	$20,302	$32,409
2003	$23,718	$39,477
2004	$30,837	$47,335
2005	$34,480	$56,795
2006	$36,596	$57,493
2007	$41,052	$69,496
2008	$49,701	$56,943
2009	$42,817	$41,301
2010	$52,145	$43,237
2011	$62,606	$47,715
2012	$68,073	$45,996
2013	$68,191	$49,805
2014	$62,544	$54,577
2015	$56,739	$52,952
2016	$49,888	$61,988
2017	$53,902	$72,010
2018	$57,196	$74,452
2019	$54,973	$68,452
2020	$51,792	$59,024
2021	$60,608	$69,178
2022	$64,997	$75,121
2023	$64,836	$79,960
2024	$64,407	$82,704

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

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	26,014,399	382,003
2023	26,652,777	393,349
2024	27,204,809	404,610

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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