China vs Iceland statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 405K in Iceland (ranked 172/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 2nd vs. 104th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704).

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China and Iceland economies compared

GDP

China

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Iceland
1960	$59,846,235,025	$252,169,712
1961	$50,162,299,350	$257,703,245
1962	$47,310,737,754	$289,200,704
1963	$50,812,227,919	$345,175,036
1964	$59,821,862,703	$440,797,869
1965	$70,565,994,356	$531,569,564
1966	$76,854,053,259	$638,349,755
1967	$73,011,350,596	$630,567,116
1968	$70,980,323,819	$481,532,848
1969	$79,847,786,729	$420,945,148
1970	$92,752,930,873	$526,704,545
1971	$99,959,013,880	$670,251,136
1972	$113,871,930,714	$839,652,164
1973	$138,764,340,892	$1,154,440,253
1974	$144,418,433,058	$1,515,190,595
1975	$163,687,619,736	$1,406,875,081
1976	$154,196,810,059	$1,669,488,390
1977	$175,226,595,860	$2,208,509,076
1978	$149,788,617,886	$2,511,826,196
1979	$178,573,913,043	$2,853,435,054
1980	$191,487,500,000	$3,381,419,251
1981	$196,218,253,968	$3,492,997,010
1982	$205,480,916,031	$3,206,626,645
1983	$231,130,268,199	$2,765,950,336
1984	$260,442,857,143	$2,864,441,387
1985	$310,064,625,850	$2,984,052,357
1986	$301,310,144,928	$3,989,622,739
1987	$273,455,156,951	$5,520,318,405
1988	$312,888,888,889	$6,106,635,816
1989	$348,380,566,802	$5,672,569,449
1990	$361,560,229,446	$6,468,736,356
1991	$384,510,452,962	$6,909,730,288
1992	$428,502,354,788	$7,080,981,738
1993	$446,557,291,212	$6,218,581,532
1994	$566,929,539,493	$6,389,460,343
1995	$738,190,896,228	$7,123,633,418
1996	$868,523,936,530	$7,426,082,271
1997	$967,753,570,435	$7,569,672,925
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$8,503,746,468
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$8,982,047,589
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$9,025,660,362
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$8,234,846,805
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$9,318,395,055
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$11,429,333,038
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$13,825,302,536
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$16,852,963,067
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$17,465,318,552
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$21,652,505,597
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$18,074,622,987
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$13,154,414,219
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$13,751,161,918
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$15,221,622,926
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$14,751,508,134
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$16,125,060,515
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$17,867,662,178
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$17,517,210,519
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$20,793,168,031
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$24,728,285,177
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$26,260,850,582
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$24,681,343,649
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$21,629,953,194
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$25,770,339,317
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$28,696,453,180
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$31,452,223,862
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$33,462,807,983

China and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Iceland
1960	$89.7	$1,436
1961	$76	$1,439
1962	$71.1	$1,586
1963	$74.5	$1,859
1964	$85.7	$2,332
1965	$98.7	$2,764
1966	$104.5	$3,264
1967	$96.8	$3,173
1968	$91.6	$2,390
1969	$100.3	$2,070
1970	$113.3	$2,576
1971	$118.8	$3,252
1972	$132.1	$4,015
1973	$157.3	$5,437
1974	$160.4	$7,041
1975	$178.6	$6,454
1976	$165.7	$7,583
1977	$185.7	$9,957
1978	$156.7	$11,237
1979	$184.3	$12,641
1980	$195.1	$14,822
1981	$197.4	$15,137
1982	$203.7	$13,712
1983	$225.9	$11,672
1984	$251.2	$11,960
1985	$295	$12,361
1986	$282.4	$16,406
1987	$252.3	$22,453
1988	$284	$24,452
1989	$311	$22,434
1990	$319	$25,385
1991	$334	$26,803
1992	$368	$27,124
1993	$379	$23,580
1994	$476	$24,019
1995	$613	$26,634
1996	$713	$27,615
1997	$787	$27,919
1998	$835	$31,030
1999	$881	$32,382
2000	$969	$32,096
2001	$1,065	$28,897
2002	$1,164	$32,409
2003	$1,307	$39,477
2004	$1,531	$47,335
2005	$1,778	$56,795
2006	$2,129	$57,493
2007	$2,735	$69,496
2008	$3,523	$56,943
2009	$3,898	$41,301
2010	$4,629	$43,237
2011	$5,704	$47,715
2012	$6,405	$45,996
2013	$7,147	$49,805
2014	$7,781	$54,577
2015	$8,175	$52,952
2016	$8,255	$61,988
2017	$8,980	$72,010
2018	$10,086	$74,452
2019	$10,343	$68,452
2020	$10,627	$59,024
2021	$12,887	$69,178
2022	$12,971	$75,121
2023	$12,951	$79,960
2024	$13,303	$82,704

China vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Iceland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Iceland
1950	43.8	71
1951	44.6	71
1952	45.3	72.4
1953	45.9	72.3
1954	46.8	73.3
1955	47.2	73.3
1956	47.8	72.9
1957	48.4	73.4
1958	48.8	73.3
1959	40.2	72.6
1960	33.4	74
1961	40.2	73.4
1962	51	73.6
1963	51.7	72.9
1964	52.3	73.5
1965	53	73.8
1966	53.7	73.1
1967	54.4	73.7
1968	55.2	73.9
1969	56	73.7
1970	56.8	73.8
1971	57.7	73.5
1972	58.6	74.4
1973	59.5	74.3
1974	60.2	74.1
1975	61	75.3
1976	61.2	76.6
1977	62.5	76.1
1978	63.1	76.4
1979	63.7	76.5
1980	64.2	76.6
1981	64.8	76.2
1982	65.2	76.8
1983	65.7	76.4
1984	66.1	77.3
1985	66.5	77.4
1986	66.9	77.9
1987	67.3	77.1
1988	67.6	76.9
1989	67.9	77.9
1990	68.2	77.7
1991	68.6	77.8
1992	69.1	78.6
1993	69.5	78.8
1994	69.8	79
1995	70.4	77.5
1996	70.8	78.6
1997	71.2	78.7
1998	71.6	79.4
1999	72	79.2
2000	72.3	79.5
2001	72.7	80.4
2002	73	80.3
2003	73.4	80.8
2004	73.7	80.7
2005	74.1	81.2
2006	74.4	80.9
2007	74.8	81.1
2008	74.8	81.2
2009	75.3	81.4
2010	75.7	81.6
2011	75.9	82
2012	76.2	82.3
2013	76.5	81.7
2014	76.7	82.4
2015	77	82.2
2016	77.2	81.8
2017	77.2	82.2
2018	77.7	82.5
2019	77.9	82.8
2020	78	82.7
2021	78.1	82.8
2022	78.2	81.6
2023	78	82.7
2024	78	83
2025	78.4	83.2

China and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Iceland

Table

Year	Population
	China	Iceland
1960	667,070,000	175,574
1961	660,330,000	179,029
1962	665,770,000	182,378
1963	682,335,000	185,653
1964	698,355,000	188,983
1965	715,185,000	192,286
1966	735,400,000	195,570
1967	754,550,000	198,751
1968	774,510,000	201,488
1969	796,025,000	203,369
1970	818,315,000	204,438
1971	841,105,000	206,098
1972	862,030,000	209,137
1973	881,940,000	212,317
1974	900,350,000	215,209
1975	916,395,000	217,979
1976	930,685,000	220,154
1977	943,455,000	221,799
1978	956,165,000	223,537
1979	969,005,000	225,735
1980	981,235,000	228,138
1981	993,885,000	230,755
1982	1,008,630,000	233,860
1983	1,023,310,000	236,977
1984	1,036,825,000	239,511
1985	1,051,040,000	241,405
1986	1,066,790,000	243,180
1987	1,084,035,000	245,859
1988	1,101,630,000	249,740
1989	1,118,650,000	252,852
1990	1,135,185,000	254,826
1991	1,150,780,000	257,797
1992	1,164,970,000	261,057
1993	1,178,440,000	263,725
1994	1,191,835,000	266,021
1995	1,204,855,000	267,468
1996	1,217,550,000	268,916
1997	1,230,075,000	271,128
1998	1,241,935,000	274,047
1999	1,252,735,000	277,381
2000	1,262,645,000	281,205
2001	1,271,850,000	284,968
2002	1,280,400,000	287,523
2003	1,288,400,000	289,521
2004	1,296,075,000	292,074
2005	1,303,720,000	296,734
2006	1,311,020,000	303,782
2007	1,317,885,000	311,566
2008	1,324,655,000	317,414
2009	1,331,260,000	318,499
2010	1,337,705,000	318,041
2011	1,345,035,000	319,014
2012	1,354,190,000	320,716
2013	1,363,240,000	323,764
2014	1,371,860,000	327,386
2015	1,379,860,000	330,815
2016	1,387,790,000	335,439
2017	1,396,215,000	343,400
2018	1,402,760,000	352,721
2019	1,407,745,000	360,563
2020	1,411,100,000	366,463
2021	1,412,360,000	372,520
2022	1,412,175,000	382,003
2023	1,410,710,000	393,349
2024	1,408,975,000	404,610

Fertility rates in China and Iceland

Fertility rate

China

Iceland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Iceland
1960	4.45	4.29
1961	3.86	3.88
1962	6.09	3.98
1963	7.51	3.99
1964	6.67	3.88
1965	6.61	3.73
1966	6.31	3.59
1967	5.81	3.28
1968	6.51	3.06
1969	6.18	2.99
1970	6.09	2.81
1971	5.52	2.92
1972	5.11	3.09
1973	4.73	2.94
1974	4.17	2.66
1975	3.57	2.65
1976	3.24	2.52
1977	2.84	2.31
1978	2.72	2.35
1979	2.75	2.49
1980	2.74	2.48
1981	2.79	2.33
1982	2.97	2.27
1983	2.56	2.24
1984	2.61	2.08
1985	2.63	1.93
1986	2.72	1.92
1987	2.76	2.06
1988	2.54	2.26
1989	2.52	2.19
1990	2.51	2.3
1991	1.93	2.18
1992	1.78	2.21
1993	1.69	2.22
1994	1.63	2.14
1995	1.59	2.08
1996	1.55	2.12
1997	1.53	2.04
1998	1.52	2.05
1999	1.53	1.99
2000	1.63	2.08
2001	1.56	1.95
2002	1.57	1.93
2003	1.57	1.99
2004	1.61	2.04
2005	1.62	2.05
2006	1.64	2.08
2007	1.67	2.09
2008	1.7	2.15
2009	1.71	2.23
2010	1.69	2.2
2011	1.67	2.02
2012	1.8	2.04
2013	1.71	1.93
2014	1.77	1.93
2015	1.67	1.8
2016	1.77	1.74
2017	1.8	1.71
2018	1.54	1.71
2019	1.5	1.74
2020	1.24	1.72
2021	1.12	1.82
2022	1.03	1.59
2023	1	1.59

China and Iceland demographics compared

Median age

China

Iceland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Iceland
1960	20.9	25.4
1961	21.1	25.2
1962	21	24.9
1963	20.4	24.7
1964	19.9	24.4
1965	19.6	24.2
1966	19.3	24.1
1967	19.2	24.1
1968	19.2	24.2
1969	19.1	24.3
1970	19.1	24.5
1971	19.2	24.7
1972	19.3	24.8
1973	19.5	24.9
1974	19.7	25.1
1975	20.1	25.4
1976	20.4	25.7
1977	20.8	26
1978	21.2	26.4
1979	21.4	26.7
1980	21.6	26.9
1981	21.8	27.2
1982	22.1	27.5
1983	22.6	27.7
1984	23	28
1985	23.2	28.4
1986	23.4	28.8
1987	23.6	29.1
1988	23.9	29.3
1989	24.4	29.6
1990	24.7	30
1991	25.1	30.2
1992	25.6	30.5
1993	26.1	30.8
1994	26.6	31.1
1995	27.2	31.5
1996	27.8	31.8
1997	28.3	32.1
1998	28.8	32.4
1999	29.4	32.6
2000	30	32.8
2001	30.5	33
2002	31.1	33.4
2003	31.6	33.7
2004	32.1	34
2005	32.6	34.2
2006	33.1	34.5
2007	33.7	34.6
2008	34.2	34.5
2009	34.7	34.6
2010	35.1	34.9
2011	35.5	35.1
2012	35.7	35.4
2013	36	35.5
2014	36.3	35.7
2015	36.7	36
2016	37.1	36.2
2017	37.4	36.3
2018	37.7	36.4
2019	38.1	36.5
2020	38.5	36.6
2021	39	36.7
2022	39.6	36.7
2023	40.1	36.9
2024	40.6	37.1

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