Greece vs Iceland statistics compared

Greece has a population of 10.4M (ranked 94/197), compared with 387K in Iceland (ranked 173/197). Greece's land area is 49,769 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 95th vs. 104th).

By GDP, Greece ranks 53/197 ($256B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.3B). By GDP per capita, Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,626), while Iceland ranks 9/197 ($86,041).

Greece and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Greece and Iceland economies compared

GDP

Greece

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	Greece	Iceland
1960	$4,274,890,307	$260,984,499
1961	$4,892,397,431	$266,711,460
1962	$5,140,542,929	$299,309,938
1963	$5,813,285,627	$357,240,896
1964	$6,576,906,345	$456,206,299
1965	$7,582,209,670	$550,150,988
1966	$8,472,021,467	$660,663,763
1967	$9,146,592,856	$652,609,076
1968	$9,950,331,206	$498,365,200
1969	$11,454,106,327	$435,659,610
1970	$12,957,113,636	$545,115,909
1971	$14,388,806,818	$693,679,545
1972	$16,650,659,091	$869,002,946
1973	$22,037,019,563	$1,194,794,186
1974	$24,998,715,909	$1,568,154,077
1975	$28,129,128,587	$1,456,052,700
1976	$30,719,552,239	$1,727,845,419
1977	$35,673,080,481	$2,285,707,749
1978	$43,654,480,519	$2,599,627,089
1979	$53,724,121,435	$2,953,176,971
1980	$56,039,256,595	$3,499,616,683
1981	$51,618,456,335	$3,615,094,820
1982	$53,858,346,939	$3,318,714,326
1983	$48,741,397,059	$2,862,634,164
1984	$47,352,146,312	$2,964,568,006
1985	$47,155,741,426	$3,088,359,967
1986	$55,595,445,472	$4,129,080,094
1987	$64,739,630,096	$5,713,281,235
1988	$75,200,610,137	$6,320,093,411
1989	$78,067,933,277	$5,870,854,233
1990	$96,529,587,274	$6,694,851,159
1991	$103,680,863,713	$7,151,260,062
1992	$114,608,178,405	$7,328,497,599
1993	$107,295,704,518	$6,435,952,174
1994	$114,980,063,202	$6,612,804,056
1995	$134,974,613,914	$7,372,640,169
1996	$142,502,984,145	$7,686,566,105
1997	$138,766,067,640	$7,716,781,803
1998	$139,612,812,176	$8,637,732,542
1999	$137,131,371,955	$9,107,644,691
2000	$125,760,166,225	$9,140,168,922
2001	$132,050,474,720	$8,323,401,820
2002	$150,253,800,086	$9,416,199,700
2003	$196,930,509,813	$11,564,687,742
2004	$234,979,615,898	$13,963,943,244
2005	$242,315,668,619	$17,146,410,561
2006	$269,073,415,334	$17,671,649,843
2007	$314,226,996,944	$21,960,110,030
2008	$351,121,399,546	$18,247,921,360
2009	$326,829,054,686	$13,212,543,838
2010	$296,417,644,404	$13,922,711,577
2011	$283,228,079,776	$15,394,005,872
2012	$238,841,140,018	$14,943,757,823
2013	$236,556,279,641	$16,244,319,959
2014	$233,911,581,521	$18,052,183,515
2015	$194,567,373,678	$17,700,486,957
2016	$193,097,239,006	$21,083,713,310
2017	$200,381,103,984	$25,060,086,488
2018	$213,298,873,494	$26,677,652,544
2019	$207,305,649,887	$24,985,687,022
2020	$191,362,985,555	$22,034,665,041
2021	$218,303,801,895	$26,234,872,402
2022	$217,990,189,601	$29,166,102,877
2023	$242,946,187,738	$31,677,891,897
2024	$256,238,371,778	$33,255,181,469

Greece and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

Greece

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Greece	Iceland
1960	$513	$1,486
1961	$583	$1,490
1962	$608	$1,641
1963	$686	$1,924
1964	$773	$2,414
1965	$887	$2,861
1966	$984	$3,378
1967	$1,053	$3,284
1968	$1,138	$2,473
1969	$1,306	$2,142
1970	$1,474	$2,666
1971	$1,629	$3,366
1972	$1,873	$4,155
1973	$2,468	$5,627
1974	$2,789	$7,287
1975	$3,109	$6,680
1976	$3,343	$7,848
1977	$3,832	$10,305
1978	$4,629	$11,630
1979	$5,627	$13,082
1980	$5,812	$15,340
1981	$5,305	$15,666
1982	$5,502	$14,191
1983	$4,950	$12,080
1984	$4,785	$12,378
1985	$4,747	$12,793
1986	$5,578	$16,980
1987	$6,474	$23,238
1988	$7,492	$25,307
1989	$7,738	$23,219
1990	$9,467	$26,272
1991	$10,047	$27,740
1992	$11,021	$28,072
1993	$10,257	$24,404
1994	$10,937	$24,858
1995	$12,779	$27,565
1996	$13,433	$28,584
1997	$13,016	$28,462
1998	$13,023	$31,519
1999	$12,743	$32,834
2000	$11,638	$32,504
2001	$12,157	$29,208
2002	$13,782	$32,749
2003	$18,021	$39,944
2004	$21,449	$47,810
2005	$22,054	$57,784
2006	$24,416	$58,172
2007	$28,441	$70,483
2008	$31,696	$57,489
2009	$29,425	$41,484
2010	$26,653	$43,776
2011	$25,505	$48,255
2012	$21,624	$46,595
2013	$21,573	$50,173
2014	$21,475	$55,140
2015	$17,981	$53,506
2016	$17,919	$62,854
2017	$18,632	$72,976
2018	$19,873	$75,634
2019	$19,335	$69,296
2020	$17,887	$60,128
2021	$20,655	$70,425
2022	$20,887	$76,350
2023	$23,344	$82,139
2024	$24,626	$86,041

Greece vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Greece

Iceland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Greece	Iceland
1950	66.2	71
1951	66.7	71
1952	67.3	72.4
1953	67.5	72.3
1954	68	73.3
1955	68.6	73.3
1956	68.1	72.9
1957	68.4	73.4
1958	69.7	73.3
1959	69.6	72.6
1960	70.5	74
1961	70.4	73.4
1962	70.3	73.6
1963	70.6	72.9
1964	70.5	73.5
1965	71.5	73.8
1966	71.9	73.1
1967	71.4	73.7
1968	71.5	73.9
1969	72.1	73.7
1970	72.7	73.8
1971	72.9	73.5
1972	72.7	74.4
1973	73	74.3
1974	73.5	74.1
1975	73.5	75.3
1976	73.7	76.6
1977	73.8	76.1
1978	74.4	76.4
1979	74.7	76.5
1980	74.5	76.6
1981	74.9	76.2
1982	75.2	76.8
1983	75.5	76.4
1984	75.8	77.3
1985	76.1	77.4
1986	76.5	77.9
1987	76.1	77.1
1988	77	76.9
1989	77.1	77.9
1990	77.3	77.7
1991	77.4	77.8
1992	77.3	78.6
1993	77.7	78.8
1994	77.9	79
1995	77.9	77.5
1996	78	78.6
1997	78.4	78.7
1998	78.3	79.4
1999	78.4	79.2
2000	78.4	79.5
2001	78.9	80.4
2002	79	80.3
2003	79.1	80.8
2004	79.4	80.7
2005	79.7	81.2
2006	79.8	80.9
2007	79.7	81.1
2008	80.1	81.2
2009	80.4	81.4
2010	80.6	81.6
2011	80.6	82
2012	80.4	82.3
2013	81.1	81.7
2014	81.1	82.4
2015	80.8	82.2
2016	81.3	81.8
2017	81	82.2
2018	81.5	82.5
2019	81.3	82.8
2020	81.5	82.7
2021	80.5	82.8
2022	79.9	81.6
2023	81.9	82.7
2024	82	83
2025	82.2	83.2
2026	82.4	83.3

Greece and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population

Greece

Iceland

Table

Year	Population
	Greece	Iceland
1960	8,331,725	175,574
1961	8,398,050	179,029
1962	8,448,233	182,378
1963	8,479,625	185,653
1964	8,510,429	188,983
1965	8,550,333	192,286
1966	8,613,651	195,570
1967	8,684,088	198,751
1968	8,740,765	201,488
1969	8,772,764	203,369
1970	8,792,806	204,438
1971	8,831,036	206,098
1972	8,888,628	209,137
1973	8,929,086	212,317
1974	8,962,022	215,209
1975	9,046,541	217,979
1976	9,188,150	220,154
1977	9,308,479	221,799
1978	9,429,959	223,537
1979	9,548,258	225,735
1980	9,642,505	228,138
1981	9,729,350	230,755
1982	9,789,513	233,860
1983	9,846,627	236,977
1984	9,895,801	239,511
1985	9,934,300	241,405
1986	9,967,213	243,180
1987	10,000,595	245,859
1988	10,036,983	249,740
1989	10,089,498	252,852
1990	10,196,792	254,826
1991	10,319,927	257,797
1992	10,399,061	261,057
1993	10,460,415	263,725
1994	10,512,922	266,021
1995	10,562,153	267,468
1996	10,608,800	268,916
1997	10,661,259	271,128
1998	10,720,509	274,047
1999	10,761,698	277,381
2000	10,805,808	281,205
2001	10,862,132	284,968
2002	10,902,022	287,523
2003	10,928,070	289,521
2004	10,955,141	292,074
2005	10,987,314	296,734
2006	11,020,362	303,782
2007	11,048,473	311,566
2008	11,077,841	317,414
2009	11,107,017	318,499
2010	11,121,341	318,041
2011	11,104,899	319,014
2012	11,045,011	320,716
2013	10,965,211	323,764
2014	10,892,413	327,386
2015	10,820,883	330,815
2016	10,775,971	335,439
2017	10,754,679	343,400
2018	10,732,882	352,721
2019	10,721,582	360,563
2020	10,698,599	366,463
2021	10,569,207	372,520
2022	10,436,882	382,003
2023	10,407,351	385,663
2024	10,405,134	386,506

Fertility rates in Greece and Iceland

Fertility rate

Greece

Iceland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Greece	Iceland
1960	2.23	4.29
1961	2.13	3.88
1962	2.16	3.98
1963	2.14	3.99
1964	2.24	3.88
1965	2.25	3.73
1966	2.32	3.59
1967	2.45	3.28
1968	2.42	3.06
1969	2.36	2.99
1970	2.4	2.81
1971	2.32	2.92
1972	2.32	3.09
1973	2.27	2.94
1974	2.38	2.66
1975	2.33	2.65
1976	2.35	2.52
1977	2.27	2.31
1978	2.28	2.35
1979	2.26	2.49
1980	2.23	2.48
1981	2.09	2.33
1982	2.03	2.27
1983	1.94	2.24
1984	1.83	2.08
1985	1.67	1.93
1986	1.6	1.92
1987	1.5	2.06
1988	1.5	2.26
1989	1.4	2.19
1990	1.39	2.3
1991	1.37	2.18
1992	1.36	2.21
1993	1.32	2.22
1994	1.33	2.14
1995	1.28	2.08
1996	1.26	2.12
1997	1.27	2.04
1998	1.24	2.05
1999	1.23	1.99
2000	1.25	2.08
2001	1.25	1.95
2002	1.28	1.93
2003	1.29	1.99
2004	1.31	2.04
2005	1.34	2.05
2006	1.4	2.08
2007	1.41	2.09
2008	1.5	2.15
2009	1.5	2.23
2010	1.48	2.2
2011	1.4	2.02
2012	1.34	2.04
2013	1.29	1.93
2014	1.3	1.93
2015	1.33	1.8
2016	1.38	1.74
2017	1.35	1.71
2018	1.35	1.71
2019	1.34	1.74
2020	1.39	1.72
2021	1.43	1.82
2022	1.32	1.59
2023	1.32	1.59

Greece and Iceland demographics compared

Median age

Greece

Iceland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Greece	Iceland
1960	28.5	25.4
1961	29	25.2
1962	29.3	24.9
1963	29.4	24.7
1964	29.4	24.4
1965	31	24.2
1966	30.9	24.1
1967	31.1	24.1
1968	31.3	24.2
1969	31.6	24.3
1970	33.2	24.5
1971	32.9	24.7
1972	33	24.8
1973	33.3	24.9
1974	33.6	25.1
1975	33.8	25.4
1976	33.8	25.7
1977	33.9	26
1978	33.9	26.4
1979	34	26.7
1980	33.8	26.9
1981	33.7	27.2
1982	33.9	27.5
1983	34.1	27.7
1984	34.3	28
1985	34.5	28.4
1986	34.8	28.8
1987	35.1	29.1
1988	35.4	29.3
1989	35.7	29.6
1990	36	30
1991	36.3	30.2
1992	36.5	30.5
1993	36.6	30.8
1994	36.8	31.1
1995	37	31.5
1996	37.2	31.8
1997	37.4	32.1
1998	37.6	32.4
1999	37.8	32.6
2000	38	32.8
2001	38.2	33
2002	38.5	33.4
2003	38.8	33.7
2004	39.1	34
2005	39.4	34.2
2006	39.7	34.5
2007	40.1	34.6
2008	40.5	34.5
2009	40.9	34.6
2010	41.4	34.9
2011	41.8	35.1
2012	42.2	35.4
2013	42.7	35.5
2014	43.2	35.7
2015	43.7	36
2016	44.1	36.2
2017	44.4	36.3
2018	44.7	36.4
2019	45	36.5
2020	45.3	36.6
2021	45.9	36.7
2022	46.4	36.7
2023	46.7	36.9
2024	47.3	37.1

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