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Belarus vs Iceland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 405K in Iceland (ranked 172/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 83rd vs. 104th).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus Iceland
Population
9074112
412970
Population rank 101/197 172/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$33.5B
2024
GDP rank 83/197 108/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$82,704
2024
GDP per capita rank 95/197 10/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$78,259
2024
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$19.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$48,859
2024
Government debt per person rank 94/185 9/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$54,155
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
38,931 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
1.59
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
37.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
83.2 years
2025

Belarus and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Belarus and Iceland economies compared

GDP
Belarus

Iceland
Year GDP
Belarus Iceland
1960 - $252,169,712
1961 - $257,703,245
1962 - $289,200,704
1963 - $345,175,036
1964 - $440,797,869
1965 - $531,569,564
1966 - $638,349,755
1967 - $630,567,116
1968 - $481,532,848
1969 - $420,945,148
1970 - $526,704,545
1971 - $670,251,136
1972 - $839,652,164
1973 - $1,154,440,253
1974 - $1,515,190,595
1975 - $1,406,875,081
1976 - $1,669,488,390
1977 - $2,208,509,076
1978 - $2,511,826,196
1979 - $2,853,435,054
1980 - $3,381,419,251
1981 - $3,492,997,010
1982 - $3,206,626,645
1983 - $2,765,950,336
1984 - $2,864,441,387
1985 - $2,984,052,357
1986 - $3,989,622,739
1987 - $5,520,318,405
1988 - $6,106,635,816
1989 - $5,672,569,449
1990 $17,389,558,233 $6,468,736,356
1991 $18,404,907,975 $6,909,730,288
1992 $16,939,790,094 $7,080,981,738
1993 $16,275,073,527 $6,218,581,532
1994 $14,931,435,232 $6,389,460,343
1995 $13,972,683,274 $7,123,633,418
1996 $14,756,846,154 $7,426,082,271
1997 $14,130,585,516 $7,569,672,925
1998 $15,221,352,699 $8,503,746,468
1999 $12,138,243,081 $8,982,047,589
2000 $12,736,780,455 $9,025,660,362
2001 $12,354,820,144 $8,234,846,805
2002 $14,594,900,945 $9,318,395,055
2003 $17,825,444,724 $11,429,333,038
2004 $23,141,566,293 $13,825,302,536
2005 $30,210,091,837 $16,852,963,067
2006 $36,961,894,281 $17,465,318,552
2007 $45,275,711,996 $21,652,505,597
2008 $60,752,106,347 $18,074,622,987
2009 $50,873,167,326 $13,154,414,219
2010 $57,231,904,543 $13,751,161,918
2011 $61,762,382,328 $15,221,622,926
2012 $65,685,890,439 $14,751,508,134
2013 $75,527,558,966 $16,125,060,515
2014 $78,813,069,121 $17,867,662,178
2015 $56,454,769,845 $17,517,210,519
2016 $47,723,545,321 $20,793,168,031
2017 $54,725,405,751 $24,728,285,177
2018 $60,031,026,576 $26,260,850,582
2019 $64,410,170,653 $24,681,343,649
2020 $61,371,673,345 $21,629,953,194
2021 $69,673,747,132 $25,770,339,317
2022 $73,775,179,925 $28,696,453,180
2023 $72,478,760,370 $31,452,223,862
2024 $75,961,865,472 $33,462,807,983

Belarus and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

Iceland
Year GDP per capita
Belarus Iceland
1960 - $1,436
1961 - $1,439
1962 - $1,586
1963 - $1,859
1964 - $2,332
1965 - $2,764
1966 - $3,264
1967 - $3,173
1968 - $2,390
1969 - $2,070
1970 - $2,576
1971 - $3,252
1972 - $4,015
1973 - $5,437
1974 - $7,041
1975 - $6,454
1976 - $7,583
1977 - $9,957
1978 - $11,237
1979 - $12,641
1980 - $14,822
1981 - $15,137
1982 - $13,712
1983 - $11,672
1984 - $11,960
1985 - $12,361
1986 - $16,406
1987 - $22,453
1988 - $24,452
1989 - $22,434
1990 $1,707 $25,385
1991 $1,805 $26,803
1992 $1,658 $27,124
1993 $1,590 $23,580
1994 $1,460 $24,019
1995 $1,371 $26,634
1996 $1,453 $27,615
1997 $1,397 $27,919
1998 $1,511 $31,030
1999 $1,211 $32,382
2000 $1,276 $32,096
2001 $1,244 $28,897
2002 $1,479 $32,409
2003 $1,820 $39,477
2004 $2,378 $47,335
2005 $3,126 $56,795
2006 $3,848 $57,493
2007 $4,735 $69,496
2008 $6,376 $56,943
2009 $5,352 $41,301
2010 $6,035 $43,237
2011 $6,528 $47,715
2012 $6,953 $45,996
2013 $7,998 $49,805
2014 $8,341 $54,577
2015 $5,967 $52,952
2016 $5,040 $61,988
2017 $5,786 $72,010
2018 $6,360 $74,452
2019 $6,838 $68,452
2020 $6,543 $59,024
2021 $7,490 $69,178
2022 $7,995 $75,121
2023 $7,897 $79,960
2024 $8,317 $82,704

Belarus vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

Iceland
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus Iceland
1950 58.6 71
1951 59.4 71
1952 60.5 72.4
1953 61.5 72.3
1954 62.5 73.3
1955 63.5 73.3
1956 64.5 72.9
1957 65.4 73.4
1958 66.6 73.3
1959 68 72.6
1960 69.3 74
1961 70 73.4
1962 70.5 73.6
1963 70.8 72.9
1964 71.3 73.5
1965 71.6 73.8
1966 71.8 73.1
1967 71.9 73.7
1968 71.9 73.9
1969 71.7 73.7
1970 71.7 73.8
1971 71.6 73.5
1972 71.8 74.4
1973 71.7 74.3
1974 71.7 74.1
1975 71.4 75.3
1976 71.2 76.6
1977 71.1 76.1
1978 70.9 76.4
1979 70.8 76.5
1980 70.7 76.6
1981 70.8 76.2
1982 70.8 76.8
1983 70.7 76.4
1984 70.8 77.3
1985 71.2 77.4
1986 71.7 77.9
1987 71.9 77.1
1988 71.7 76.9
1989 71.5 77.9
1990 71.1 77.7
1991 70.7 77.8
1992 70.1 78.6
1993 69.5 78.8
1994 69 79
1995 68.8 77.5
1996 68.6 78.6
1997 68.5 78.7
1998 68.3 79.4
1999 68.4 79.2
2000 68.5 79.5
2001 68.4 80.4
2002 68.3 80.3
2003 68.4 80.8
2004 68.7 80.7
2005 69 81.2
2006 69.4 80.9
2007 70 81.1
2008 70.3 81.2
2009 70.4 81.4
2010 70.5 81.6
2011 71.1 82
2012 71.8 82.3
2013 72.7 81.7
2014 73.2 82.4
2015 73.8 82.2
2016 74.2 81.8
2017 74.4 82.2
2018 74.3 82.5
2019 74.3 82.8
2020 72.3 82.7
2021 72.2 82.8
2022 74.4 81.6
2023 74.4 82.7
2024 74.6 83
2025 74.8 83.2

Belarus and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

Iceland
Year Population
Belarus Iceland
1960 8,198,000 175,574
1961 8,271,216 179,029
1962 8,351,928 182,378
1963 8,437,232 185,653
1964 8,524,224 188,983
1965 8,610,000 192,286
1966 8,696,496 195,570
1967 8,785,648 198,751
1968 8,874,552 201,488
1969 8,960,304 203,369
1970 9,040,000 204,438
1971 9,115,576 206,098
1972 9,188,968 209,137
1973 9,257,272 212,317
1974 9,317,584 215,209
1975 9,367,000 217,979
1976 9,411,000 220,154
1977 9,463,000 221,799
1978 9,525,000 223,537
1979 9,584,000 225,735
1980 9,643,000 228,138
1981 9,710,000 230,755
1982 9,776,000 233,860
1983 9,843,000 236,977
1984 9,910,000 239,511
1985 9,975,000 241,405
1986 10,043,000 243,180
1987 10,111,000 245,859
1988 10,140,000 249,740
1989 10,170,000 252,852
1990 10,189,348 254,826
1991 10,194,050 257,797
1992 10,216,470 261,057
1993 10,239,050 263,725
1994 10,226,955 266,021
1995 10,193,831 267,468
1996 10,159,569 268,916
1997 10,117,433 271,128
1998 10,071,963 274,047
1999 10,026,738 277,381
2000 9,979,610 281,205
2001 9,928,549 284,968
2002 9,865,548 287,523
2003 9,796,749 289,521
2004 9,730,146 292,074
2005 9,663,915 296,734
2006 9,604,924 303,782
2007 9,560,953 311,566
2008 9,527,985 317,414
2009 9,504,583 318,499
2010 9,483,836 318,041
2011 9,461,643 319,014
2012 9,446,836 320,716
2013 9,443,211 323,764
2014 9,448,515 327,386
2015 9,461,076 330,815
2016 9,469,379 335,439
2017 9,458,989 343,400
2018 9,438,785 352,721
2019 9,419,758 360,563
2020 9,379,952 366,463
2021 9,302,585 372,520
2022 9,228,071 382,003
2023 9,178,298 393,349
2024 9,133,712 404,610

Fertility rates in Belarus and Iceland

Fertility rate
Belarus

Iceland
Year Fertility rate
Belarus Iceland
1960 2.67 4.29
1961 2.59 3.88
1962 2.5 3.98
1963 2.4 3.99
1964 2.31 3.88
1965 2.27 3.73
1966 2.29 3.59
1967 2.26 3.28
1968 2.22 3.06
1969 2.26 2.99
1970 2.31 2.81
1971 2.31 2.92
1972 2.28 3.09
1973 2.25 2.94
1974 2.21 2.66
1975 2.17 2.65
1976 2.12 2.52
1977 2.08 2.31
1978 2.06 2.35
1979 2.05 2.49
1980 2.03 2.48
1981 2.02 2.33
1982 2.05 2.27
1983 2.11 2.24
1984 2.11 2.08
1985 2.09 1.93
1986 2.09 1.92
1987 2.03 2.06
1988 2.03 2.26
1989 2.03 2.19
1990 1.91 2.3
1991 1.81 2.18
1992 1.76 2.21
1993 1.62 2.22
1994 1.53 2.14
1995 1.41 2.08
1996 1.34 2.12
1997 1.25 2.04
1998 1.3 2.05
1999 1.31 1.99
2000 1.32 2.08
2001 1.29 1.95
2002 1.24 1.93
2003 1.23 1.99
2004 1.23 2.04
2005 1.25 2.05
2006 1.34 2.08
2007 1.43 2.09
2008 1.49 2.15
2009 1.51 2.23
2010 1.49 2.2
2011 1.52 2.02
2012 1.62 2.04
2013 1.67 1.93
2014 1.7 1.93
2015 1.72 1.8
2016 1.73 1.74
2017 1.54 1.71
2018 1.45 1.71
2019 1.38 1.74
2020 1.37 1.72
2021 1.37 1.82
2022 1.33 1.59
2023 1.21 1.59

Belarus and Iceland demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

Iceland
Year Median age, years
Belarus Iceland
1960 26.6 25.4
1961 26.9 25.2
1962 27.3 24.9
1963 27.6 24.7
1964 27.9 24.4
1965 28.2 24.2
1966 28.6 24.1
1967 28.9 24.1
1968 29.3 24.2
1969 29.7 24.3
1970 30.1 24.5
1971 30.4 24.7
1972 30.5 24.8
1973 30.5 24.9
1974 30.5 25.1
1975 30.4 25.4
1976 30.4 25.7
1977 30.6 26
1978 30.9 26.4
1979 31.1 26.7
1980 31.2 26.9
1981 31.2 27.2
1982 31.4 27.5
1983 31.5 27.7
1984 31.7 28
1985 31.9 28.4
1986 32.1 28.8
1987 32.4 29.1
1988 32.6 29.3
1989 32.8 29.6
1990 33 30
1991 33.3 30.2
1992 33.6 30.5
1993 33.9 30.8
1994 34.2 31.1
1995 34.6 31.5
1996 35 31.8
1997 35.4 32.1
1998 35.8 32.4
1999 36.1 32.6
2000 36.5 32.8
2001 36.8 33
2002 37.1 33.4
2003 37.4 33.7
2004 37.7 34
2005 38 34.2
2006 38.3 34.5
2007 38.5 34.6
2008 38.7 34.5
2009 38.8 34.6
2010 38.9 34.9
2011 39.1 35.1
2012 39.2 35.4
2013 39.3 35.5
2014 39.4 35.7
2015 39.5 36
2016 39.7 36.2
2017 39.8 36.3
2018 40 36.4
2019 40.3 36.5
2020 40.6 36.6
2021 40.9 36.7
2022 41.2 36.7
2023 41.6 36.9
2024 42 37.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus Iceland
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$31.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
44.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
7.29%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
-1.64%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
3.56%
2024
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
65.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
19.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
72.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
22.4%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
3.7%
2019
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
34
2004
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$6.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$246M
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
488,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
11.9%
2008
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
99.9%
2024

Energy

Belarus Iceland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
15,379 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$4.99
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
3.09 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
7.85 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
10.3%
2023
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
82.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
88.8%
2023
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
20.5%
2009
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
49,956 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
100%
2016
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
70.3%
2023
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Belarus Iceland
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.005%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
+3,543
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
94.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.97 ft
2025
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
92.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
77
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
79
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
1.07
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
2
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
99%
2003
English speaking
12%
2025
98%
2023
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
99.8%
2023

Health

Belarus Iceland
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$7,197
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$1,035
2023
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
83.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
4.52
2022
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
28.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
2.6
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
21.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
6.9%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
98
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
9.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
7.94 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus Iceland
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.07%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
96,218 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
6,324 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
205.8 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
8,014 mi
2012

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