Belgium vs Iceland statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 405K in Iceland (ranked 172/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 136th vs. 104th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704).

Belgium and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Iceland economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Iceland
1960	$11,810,619,368	$252,169,712
1961	$12,561,701,694	$257,703,245
1962	$13,436,827,167	$289,200,704
1963	$14,445,805,381	$345,175,036
1964	$16,168,044,450	$440,797,869
1965	$17,597,783,297	$531,569,564
1966	$18,894,891,312	$638,349,755
1967	$20,252,508,995	$630,567,116
1968	$21,654,856,965	$481,532,848
1969	$24,019,653,475	$420,945,148
1970	$26,706,196,047	$526,704,545
1971	$29,821,661,870	$670,251,136
1972	$37,209,418,019	$839,652,164
1973	$47,743,801,490	$1,154,440,253
1974	$56,033,077,879	$1,515,190,595
1975	$65,678,189,097	$1,406,875,081
1976	$71,113,882,968	$1,669,488,390
1977	$82,839,905,459	$2,208,509,076
1978	$101,246,526,194	$2,511,826,196
1979	$116,315,456,797	$2,853,435,054
1980	$126,829,314,388	$3,381,419,251
1981	$104,730,018,470	$3,492,997,010
1982	$92,095,926,188	$3,206,626,645
1983	$87,184,239,053	$2,765,950,336
1984	$83,349,530,159	$2,864,441,387
1985	$86,268,264,148	$2,984,052,357
1986	$120,018,787,249	$3,989,622,739
1987	$149,394,404,106	$5,520,318,405
1988	$162,299,103,675	$6,106,635,816
1989	$164,221,056,511	$5,672,569,449
1990	$205,331,747,948	$6,468,736,356
1991	$210,510,999,409	$6,909,730,288
1992	$234,781,652,447	$7,080,981,738
1993	$224,721,795,709	$6,218,581,532
1994	$244,884,129,491	$6,389,460,343
1995	$288,025,588,396	$7,123,633,418
1996	$279,201,433,225	$7,426,082,271
1997	$252,708,051,421	$7,569,672,925
1998	$258,528,339,631	$8,503,746,468
1999	$258,245,733,221	$8,982,047,589
2000	$236,792,460,312	$9,025,660,362
2001	$236,746,141,604	$8,234,846,805
2002	$258,383,599,375	$9,318,395,055
2003	$318,082,528,507	$11,429,333,038
2004	$369,214,712,443	$13,825,302,536
2005	$385,714,762,230	$16,852,963,067
2006	$408,259,840,869	$17,465,318,552
2007	$470,922,156,309	$21,652,505,597
2008	$517,328,087,920	$18,074,622,987
2009	$485,014,525,992	$13,154,414,219
2010	$481,556,503,720	$13,751,161,918
2011	$527,196,649,049	$15,221,622,926
2012	$498,414,364,945	$14,751,508,134
2013	$524,097,026,599	$16,125,060,515
2014	$537,987,419,164	$17,867,662,178
2015	$461,044,767,545	$17,517,210,519
2016	$474,271,566,740	$20,793,168,031
2017	$500,908,767,352	$24,728,285,177
2018	$542,638,913,428	$26,260,850,582
2019	$536,726,344,405	$24,681,343,649
2020	$529,694,473,502	$21,629,953,194
2021	$598,522,422,242	$25,770,339,317
2022	$593,614,574,326	$28,696,453,180
2023	$644,655,275,112	$31,452,223,862
2024	$664,564,181,487	$33,462,807,983

Belgium and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Iceland
1960	$1,290	$1,436
1961	$1,368	$1,439
1962	$1,457	$1,586
1963	$1,555	$1,859
1964	$1,724	$2,332
1965	$1,860	$2,764
1966	$1,983	$3,264
1967	$2,114	$3,173
1968	$2,251	$2,390
1969	$2,490	$2,070
1970	$2,766	$2,576
1971	$3,083	$3,252
1972	$3,832	$4,015
1973	$4,901	$5,437
1974	$5,734	$7,041
1975	$6,701	$6,454
1976	$7,243	$7,583
1977	$8,427	$9,957
1978	$10,290	$11,237
1979	$11,811	$12,641
1980	$12,864	$14,822
1981	$10,623	$15,137
1982	$9,344	$13,712
1983	$8,846	$11,672
1984	$8,457	$11,960
1985	$8,751	$12,361
1986	$12,170	$16,406
1987	$15,136	$22,453
1988	$16,391	$24,452
1989	$16,525	$22,434
1990	$20,600	$25,385
1991	$21,042	$26,803
1992	$23,373	$27,124
1993	$22,284	$23,580
1994	$24,209	$24,019
1995	$28,414	$26,634
1996	$27,490	$27,615
1997	$24,821	$27,919
1998	$25,338	$31,030
1999	$25,253	$32,382
2000	$23,099	$32,096
2001	$23,015	$28,897
2002	$25,006	$32,409
2003	$30,655	$39,477
2004	$35,429	$47,335
2005	$36,810	$56,795
2006	$38,705	$57,493
2007	$44,319	$69,496
2008	$48,303	$56,943
2009	$44,923	$41,301
2010	$44,197	$43,237
2011	$47,761	$47,715
2012	$44,874	$45,996
2013	$46,965	$49,805
2014	$47,996	$54,577
2015	$40,894	$52,952
2016	$41,855	$61,988
2017	$44,035	$72,010
2018	$47,487	$74,452
2019	$46,717	$68,452
2020	$45,906	$59,024
2021	$51,658	$69,178
2022	$50,822	$75,121
2023	$54,690	$79,960
2024	$55,955	$82,704

Belgium vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Iceland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Iceland
1950	66.3	71
1951	66.7	71
1952	68	72.4
1953	68.4	72.3
1954	68.6	73.3
1955	68.5	73.3
1956	68.8	72.9
1957	69.2	73.4
1958	69.9	73.3
1959	70.3	72.6
1960	69.6	74
1961	70.5	73.4
1962	70.2	73.6
1963	70	72.9
1964	70.7	73.5
1965	70.6	73.8
1966	70.6	73.1
1967	70.9	73.7
1968	70.6	73.9
1969	70.7	73.7
1970	70.9	73.8
1971	71.1	73.5
1972	71.4	74.4
1973	71.6	74.3
1974	72	74.1
1975	72	75.3
1976	72.1	76.6
1977	72.8	76.1
1978	72.7	76.4
1979	73.2	76.5
1980	73.2	76.6
1981	73.7	76.2
1982	73.9	76.8
1983	73.9	76.4
1984	74.4	77.3
1985	74.5	77.4
1986	74.7	77.9
1987	75.3	77.1
1988	75.6	76.9
1989	75.6	77.9
1990	76.1	77.7
1991	76.2	77.8
1992	76.4	78.6
1993	76.4	78.8
1994	76.7	79
1995	76.8	77.5
1996	77.2	78.6
1997	77.4	78.7
1998	77.5	79.4
1999	77.6	79.2
2000	77.8	79.5
2001	78.1	80.4
2002	78.2	80.3
2003	78.3	80.8
2004	79	80.7
2005	79.1	81.2
2006	79.4	80.9
2007	79.5	81.1
2008	79.6	81.2
2009	79.8	81.4
2010	80	81.6
2011	80.4	82
2012	80.3	82.3
2013	80.5	81.7
2014	81.1	82.4
2015	80.9	82.2
2016	81.3	81.8
2017	81.4	82.2
2018	81.5	82.5
2019	81.8	82.8
2020	80.8	82.7
2021	81.7	82.8
2022	81.2	81.6
2023	82.1	82.7
2024	82.3	83
2025	82.4	83.2

Belgium and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Iceland

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Iceland
1960	9,153,489	175,574
1961	9,183,948	179,029
1962	9,220,578	182,378
1963	9,289,770	185,653
1964	9,378,113	188,983
1965	9,463,667	192,286
1966	9,527,807	195,570
1967	9,580,991	198,751
1968	9,618,756	201,488
1969	9,646,032	203,369
1970	9,655,549	204,438
1971	9,673,162	206,098
1972	9,711,115	209,137
1973	9,741,720	212,317
1974	9,772,419	215,209
1975	9,800,700	217,979
1976	9,818,227	220,154
1977	9,830,358	221,799
1978	9,839,534	223,537
1979	9,848,382	225,735
1980	9,859,242	228,138
1981	9,858,982	230,755
1982	9,856,303	233,860
1983	9,855,520	236,977
1984	9,855,372	239,511
1985	9,858,308	241,405
1986	9,861,823	243,180
1987	9,870,234	245,859
1988	9,901,664	249,740
1989	9,937,697	252,852
1990	9,967,379	254,826
1991	10,004,486	257,797
1992	10,045,158	261,057
1993	10,084,475	263,725
1994	10,115,603	266,021
1995	10,136,811	267,468
1996	10,156,637	268,916
1997	10,181,245	271,128
1998	10,203,008	274,047
1999	10,226,419	277,381
2000	10,251,250	281,205
2001	10,286,570	284,968
2002	10,332,785	287,523
2003	10,376,133	289,521
2004	10,421,137	292,074
2005	10,478,617	296,734
2006	10,547,958	303,782
2007	10,625,700	311,566
2008	10,709,973	317,414
2009	10,796,493	318,499
2010	10,895,586	318,041
2011	11,038,264	319,014
2012	11,106,932	320,716
2013	11,159,407	323,764
2014	11,209,057	327,386
2015	11,274,196	330,815
2016	11,331,422	335,439
2017	11,375,158	343,400
2018	11,427,054	352,721
2019	11,488,980	360,563
2020	11,538,604	366,463
2021	11,586,195	372,520
2022	11,680,210	382,003
2023	11,787,423	393,349
2024	11,876,844	404,610

Fertility rates in Belgium and Iceland

Fertility rate

Belgium

Iceland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Iceland
1960	2.54	4.29
1961	2.63	3.88
1962	2.59	3.98
1963	2.68	3.99
1964	2.71	3.88
1965	2.61	3.73
1966	2.52	3.59
1967	2.41	3.28
1968	2.31	3.06
1969	2.27	2.99
1970	2.25	2.81
1971	2.21	2.92
1972	2.09	3.09
1973	1.95	2.94
1974	1.83	2.66
1975	1.74	2.65
1976	1.73	2.52
1977	1.71	2.31
1978	1.69	2.35
1979	1.69	2.49
1980	1.68	2.48
1981	1.66	2.33
1982	1.61	2.27
1983	1.57	2.24
1984	1.54	2.08
1985	1.51	1.93
1986	1.54	1.92
1987	1.54	2.06
1988	1.57	2.26
1989	1.58	2.19
1990	1.62	2.3
1991	1.66	2.18
1992	1.65	2.21
1993	1.61	2.22
1994	1.56	2.14
1995	1.56	2.08
1996	1.59	2.12
1997	1.6	2.04
1998	1.6	2.05
1999	1.62	1.99
2000	1.67	2.08
2001	1.67	1.95
2002	1.65	1.93
2003	1.67	1.99
2004	1.72	2.04
2005	1.76	2.05
2006	1.8	2.08
2007	1.82	2.09
2008	1.85	2.15
2009	1.84	2.23
2010	1.86	2.2
2011	1.81	2.02
2012	1.8	2.04
2013	1.76	1.93
2014	1.74	1.93
2015	1.7	1.8
2016	1.68	1.74
2017	1.65	1.71
2018	1.62	1.71
2019	1.6	1.74
2020	1.55	1.72
2021	1.6	1.82
2022	1.53	1.59
2023	1.47	1.59

Belgium and Iceland demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Iceland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Iceland
1960	34.9	25.4
1961	34.9	25.2
1962	34.9	24.9
1963	34.9	24.7
1964	34.8	24.4
1965	34.8	24.2
1966	34.7	24.1
1967	34.7	24.1
1968	34.7	24.2
1969	34.6	24.3
1970	34.5	24.5
1971	34.4	24.7
1972	34.3	24.8
1973	34.3	24.9
1974	34.3	25.1
1975	34.2	25.4
1976	34.1	25.7
1977	34.1	26
1978	34.1	26.4
1979	34.1	26.7
1980	34.2	26.9
1981	34.3	27.2
1982	34.5	27.5
1983	34.8	27.7
1984	35	28
1985	35.2	28.4
1986	35.4	28.8
1987	35.6	29.1
1988	35.9	29.3
1989	36.1	29.6
1990	36.3	30
1991	36.5	30.2
1992	36.7	30.5
1993	37	30.8
1994	37.2	31.1
1995	37.5	31.5
1996	37.8	31.8
1997	38.1	32.1
1998	38.3	32.4
1999	38.6	32.6
2000	38.9	32.8
2001	39.2	33
2002	39.4	33.4
2003	39.7	33.7
2004	40	34
2005	40.2	34.2
2006	40.4	34.5
2007	40.6	34.6
2008	40.7	34.5
2009	40.8	34.6
2010	40.8	34.9
2011	40.9	35.1
2012	41.1	35.4
2013	41.2	35.5
2014	41.3	35.7
2015	41.4	36
2016	41.4	36.2
2017	41.6	36.3
2018	41.7	36.4
2019	41.8	36.5
2020	41.9	36.6
2021	42	36.7
2022	42.2	36.7
2023	42.4	36.9
2024	42.7	37.1

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