China vs Iceland statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 387K in Iceland (ranked 173/197). 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 ($33.3B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Iceland ranks 9/197 ($86,041).

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China and Iceland economies compared

GDP

China

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Iceland
1960	$59,846,235,025	$260,984,499
1961	$50,162,299,350	$266,711,460
1962	$47,310,737,754	$299,309,938
1963	$50,812,227,919	$357,240,896
1964	$59,821,862,703	$456,206,299
1965	$70,565,994,356	$550,150,988
1966	$76,854,053,259	$660,663,763
1967	$73,011,350,596	$652,609,076
1968	$70,980,323,819	$498,365,200
1969	$79,847,786,729	$435,659,610
1970	$92,752,930,873	$545,115,909
1971	$99,959,013,880	$693,679,545
1972	$113,871,930,714	$869,002,946
1973	$138,764,340,892	$1,194,794,186
1974	$144,418,433,058	$1,568,154,077
1975	$163,687,619,736	$1,456,052,700
1976	$154,196,810,059	$1,727,845,419
1977	$175,226,595,860	$2,285,707,749
1978	$149,788,617,886	$2,599,627,089
1979	$178,573,913,043	$2,953,176,971
1980	$191,487,500,000	$3,499,616,683
1981	$196,218,253,968	$3,615,094,820
1982	$205,480,916,031	$3,318,714,326
1983	$231,130,268,199	$2,862,634,164
1984	$260,442,857,143	$2,964,568,006
1985	$310,064,625,850	$3,088,359,967
1986	$301,310,144,928	$4,129,080,094
1987	$273,455,156,951	$5,713,281,235
1988	$312,888,888,889	$6,320,093,411
1989	$348,380,566,802	$5,870,854,233
1990	$361,560,229,446	$6,694,851,159
1991	$384,510,452,962	$7,151,260,062
1992	$428,502,354,788	$7,328,497,599
1993	$446,557,291,212	$6,435,952,174
1994	$566,929,539,493	$6,612,804,056
1995	$738,190,896,228	$7,372,640,169
1996	$868,523,936,530	$7,686,566,105
1997	$967,753,570,435	$7,716,781,803
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$8,637,732,542
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$9,107,644,691
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$9,140,168,922
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$8,323,401,820
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$9,416,199,700
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$11,564,687,742
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$13,963,943,244
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$17,146,410,561
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$17,671,649,843
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$21,960,110,030
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$18,247,921,360
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$13,212,543,838
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$13,922,711,577
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$15,394,005,872
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$14,943,757,823
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$16,244,319,959
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$18,052,183,515
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$17,700,486,957
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$21,083,713,310
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$25,060,086,488
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$26,677,652,544
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$24,985,687,022
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$22,034,665,041
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$26,234,872,402
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$29,166,102,877
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$31,677,891,897
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$33,255,181,469

China and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Iceland
1960	$89.7	$1,486
1961	$76	$1,490
1962	$71.1	$1,641
1963	$74.5	$1,924
1964	$85.7	$2,414
1965	$98.7	$2,861
1966	$104.5	$3,378
1967	$96.8	$3,284
1968	$91.6	$2,473
1969	$100.3	$2,142
1970	$113.3	$2,666
1971	$118.8	$3,366
1972	$132.1	$4,155
1973	$157.3	$5,627
1974	$160.4	$7,287
1975	$178.6	$6,680
1976	$165.7	$7,848
1977	$185.7	$10,305
1978	$156.7	$11,630
1979	$184.3	$13,082
1980	$195.1	$15,340
1981	$197.4	$15,666
1982	$203.7	$14,191
1983	$225.9	$12,080
1984	$251.2	$12,378
1985	$295	$12,793
1986	$282.4	$16,980
1987	$252.3	$23,238
1988	$284	$25,307
1989	$311	$23,219
1990	$319	$26,272
1991	$334	$27,740
1992	$368	$28,072
1993	$379	$24,404
1994	$476	$24,858
1995	$613	$27,565
1996	$713	$28,584
1997	$787	$28,462
1998	$835	$31,519
1999	$881	$32,834
2000	$969	$32,504
2001	$1,065	$29,208
2002	$1,164	$32,749
2003	$1,307	$39,944
2004	$1,531	$47,810
2005	$1,778	$57,784
2006	$2,129	$58,172
2007	$2,735	$70,483
2008	$3,523	$57,489
2009	$3,898	$41,484
2010	$4,629	$43,776
2011	$5,704	$48,255
2012	$6,405	$46,595
2013	$7,147	$50,173
2014	$7,781	$55,140
2015	$8,175	$53,506
2016	$8,255	$62,854
2017	$8,980	$72,976
2018	$10,086	$75,634
2019	$10,343	$69,296
2020	$10,627	$60,128
2021	$12,887	$70,425
2022	$12,971	$76,350
2023	$12,951	$82,139
2024	$13,303	$86,041

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
2026	79	83.3

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	385,663
2024	1,408,975,000	386,506

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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