Belgium vs Iceland statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 387K in Iceland (ranked 173/197). 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 ($671B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.3B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 18/197 ($56,615), while Iceland ranks 9/197 ($86,041).

Belgium and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Iceland economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Iceland
1960	$11,810,619,368	$260,984,499
1961	$12,561,701,694	$266,711,460
1962	$13,436,827,167	$299,309,938
1963	$14,445,805,381	$357,240,896
1964	$16,168,044,450	$456,206,299
1965	$17,597,783,297	$550,150,988
1966	$18,894,891,312	$660,663,763
1967	$20,252,508,995	$652,609,076
1968	$21,654,856,965	$498,365,200
1969	$24,019,653,475	$435,659,610
1970	$26,706,196,047	$545,115,909
1971	$29,821,661,870	$693,679,545
1972	$37,209,418,019	$869,002,946
1973	$47,743,801,490	$1,194,794,186
1974	$56,033,077,879	$1,568,154,077
1975	$65,678,189,097	$1,456,052,700
1976	$71,113,882,968	$1,727,845,419
1977	$82,839,905,459	$2,285,707,749
1978	$101,246,526,194	$2,599,627,089
1979	$116,315,456,797	$2,953,176,971
1980	$126,829,314,388	$3,499,616,683
1981	$104,730,018,470	$3,615,094,820
1982	$92,095,926,188	$3,318,714,326
1983	$87,184,239,053	$2,862,634,164
1984	$83,349,530,159	$2,964,568,006
1985	$86,268,264,148	$3,088,359,967
1986	$120,018,787,249	$4,129,080,094
1987	$149,394,404,106	$5,713,281,235
1988	$162,299,103,675	$6,320,093,411
1989	$164,221,056,511	$5,870,854,233
1990	$205,331,747,948	$6,694,851,159
1991	$210,510,999,409	$7,151,260,062
1992	$234,781,652,447	$7,328,497,599
1993	$224,721,795,709	$6,435,952,174
1994	$244,884,129,491	$6,612,804,056
1995	$288,025,588,396	$7,372,640,169
1996	$279,201,433,225	$7,686,566,105
1997	$252,708,051,421	$7,716,781,803
1998	$258,528,339,631	$8,637,732,542
1999	$258,245,733,221	$9,107,644,691
2000	$236,792,460,312	$9,140,168,922
2001	$236,746,141,604	$8,323,401,820
2002	$258,383,599,375	$9,416,199,700
2003	$318,082,528,507	$11,564,687,742
2004	$369,214,712,443	$13,963,943,244
2005	$385,714,762,230	$17,146,410,561
2006	$408,259,840,869	$17,671,649,843
2007	$470,922,156,309	$21,960,110,030
2008	$517,328,087,920	$18,247,921,360
2009	$485,014,525,992	$13,212,543,838
2010	$481,556,503,720	$13,922,711,577
2011	$527,196,649,049	$15,394,005,872
2012	$498,414,364,945	$14,943,757,823
2013	$524,097,026,599	$16,244,319,959
2014	$537,987,419,164	$18,052,183,515
2015	$461,044,767,545	$17,700,486,957
2016	$474,271,566,740	$21,083,713,310
2017	$500,908,767,352	$25,060,086,488
2018	$542,638,913,428	$26,677,652,544
2019	$536,726,344,405	$24,985,687,022
2020	$529,694,473,502	$22,034,665,041
2021	$598,522,422,242	$26,234,872,402
2022	$591,085,783,326	$29,166,102,877
2023	$651,330,595,110	$31,677,891,897
2024	$671,370,081,636	$33,255,181,469

Belgium and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Iceland
1960	$1,290	$1,486
1961	$1,368	$1,490
1962	$1,457	$1,641
1963	$1,555	$1,924
1964	$1,724	$2,414
1965	$1,860	$2,861
1966	$1,983	$3,378
1967	$2,114	$3,284
1968	$2,251	$2,473
1969	$2,490	$2,142
1970	$2,766	$2,666
1971	$3,083	$3,366
1972	$3,832	$4,155
1973	$4,901	$5,627
1974	$5,734	$7,287
1975	$6,701	$6,680
1976	$7,243	$7,848
1977	$8,427	$10,305
1978	$10,290	$11,630
1979	$11,811	$13,082
1980	$12,864	$15,340
1981	$10,623	$15,666
1982	$9,344	$14,191
1983	$8,846	$12,080
1984	$8,457	$12,378
1985	$8,751	$12,793
1986	$12,170	$16,980
1987	$15,136	$23,238
1988	$16,391	$25,307
1989	$16,525	$23,219
1990	$20,600	$26,272
1991	$21,042	$27,740
1992	$23,373	$28,072
1993	$22,284	$24,404
1994	$24,209	$24,858
1995	$28,414	$27,565
1996	$27,490	$28,584
1997	$24,821	$28,462
1998	$25,338	$31,519
1999	$25,253	$32,834
2000	$23,099	$32,504
2001	$23,015	$29,208
2002	$25,006	$32,749
2003	$30,655	$39,944
2004	$35,429	$47,810
2005	$36,810	$57,784
2006	$38,705	$58,172
2007	$44,319	$70,483
2008	$48,303	$57,489
2009	$44,923	$41,484
2010	$44,197	$43,776
2011	$47,761	$48,255
2012	$44,874	$46,595
2013	$46,965	$50,173
2014	$47,996	$55,140
2015	$40,894	$53,506
2016	$41,855	$62,854
2017	$44,035	$72,976
2018	$47,487	$75,634
2019	$46,717	$69,296
2020	$45,906	$60,128
2021	$51,658	$70,425
2022	$50,606	$76,350
2023	$55,291	$82,139
2024	$56,615	$86,041

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
2026	82.6	83.3

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	11,779,946	385,663
2024	11,858,610	386,506

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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