Greece vs Iceland statistics compared

Greece has a population of 10.4M (ranked 94/197), compared with 405K in Iceland (ranked 172/197). Greece's land area is 49,769 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 95th vs. 104th).

By GDP, Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B). By GDP per capita, Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752), while Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704).

Greece and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Greece and Iceland economies compared

GDP

Greece

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	Greece	Iceland
1960	$4,274,890,307	$252,169,712
1961	$4,892,397,431	$257,703,245
1962	$5,140,542,929	$289,200,704
1963	$5,813,285,627	$345,175,036
1964	$6,576,906,345	$440,797,869
1965	$7,582,209,670	$531,569,564
1966	$8,472,021,467	$638,349,755
1967	$9,146,592,856	$630,567,116
1968	$9,950,331,206	$481,532,848
1969	$11,454,106,327	$420,945,148
1970	$12,957,113,636	$526,704,545
1971	$14,388,806,818	$670,251,136
1972	$16,650,659,091	$839,652,164
1973	$22,037,019,563	$1,154,440,253
1974	$24,998,715,909	$1,515,190,595
1975	$28,129,128,587	$1,406,875,081
1976	$30,719,552,239	$1,669,488,390
1977	$35,673,080,481	$2,208,509,076
1978	$43,654,480,519	$2,511,826,196
1979	$53,724,121,435	$2,853,435,054
1980	$56,039,256,595	$3,381,419,251
1981	$51,618,456,335	$3,492,997,010
1982	$53,858,346,939	$3,206,626,645
1983	$48,741,397,059	$2,765,950,336
1984	$47,352,146,312	$2,864,441,387
1985	$47,155,741,426	$2,984,052,357
1986	$55,595,445,472	$3,989,622,739
1987	$64,739,630,096	$5,520,318,405
1988	$75,200,610,137	$6,106,635,816
1989	$78,067,933,277	$5,672,569,449
1990	$96,529,587,274	$6,468,736,356
1991	$103,680,863,713	$6,909,730,288
1992	$114,608,178,405	$7,080,981,738
1993	$107,295,704,518	$6,218,581,532
1994	$114,980,063,202	$6,389,460,343
1995	$134,974,613,914	$7,123,633,418
1996	$142,502,984,145	$7,426,082,271
1997	$138,766,067,640	$7,569,672,925
1998	$139,612,812,176	$8,503,746,468
1999	$137,131,371,955	$8,982,047,589
2000	$125,760,166,225	$9,025,660,362
2001	$132,050,474,720	$8,234,846,805
2002	$150,253,800,086	$9,318,395,055
2003	$196,930,509,813	$11,429,333,038
2004	$234,979,615,898	$13,825,302,536
2005	$242,315,668,619	$16,852,963,067
2006	$269,073,415,334	$17,465,318,552
2007	$314,226,996,944	$21,652,505,597
2008	$351,121,399,546	$18,074,622,987
2009	$326,829,054,686	$13,154,414,219
2010	$296,417,644,404	$13,751,161,918
2011	$283,228,079,776	$15,221,622,926
2012	$238,841,140,018	$14,751,508,134
2013	$236,556,279,641	$16,125,060,515
2014	$233,911,581,521	$17,867,662,178
2015	$194,567,373,678	$17,517,210,519
2016	$193,097,239,006	$20,793,168,031
2017	$200,381,103,984	$24,728,285,177
2018	$213,298,873,494	$26,260,850,582
2019	$207,305,649,887	$24,681,343,649
2020	$191,362,985,555	$21,629,953,194
2021	$218,303,801,895	$25,770,339,317
2022	$218,880,566,444	$28,696,453,180
2023	$243,498,333,238	$31,452,223,862
2024	$257,144,811,302	$33,462,807,983

Greece and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

Greece

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Greece	Iceland
1960	$513	$1,436
1961	$583	$1,439
1962	$608	$1,586
1963	$686	$1,859
1964	$773	$2,332
1965	$887	$2,764
1966	$984	$3,264
1967	$1,053	$3,173
1968	$1,138	$2,390
1969	$1,306	$2,070
1970	$1,474	$2,576
1971	$1,629	$3,252
1972	$1,873	$4,015
1973	$2,468	$5,437
1974	$2,789	$7,041
1975	$3,109	$6,454
1976	$3,343	$7,583
1977	$3,832	$9,957
1978	$4,629	$11,237
1979	$5,627	$12,641
1980	$5,812	$14,822
1981	$5,305	$15,137
1982	$5,502	$13,712
1983	$4,950	$11,672
1984	$4,785	$11,960
1985	$4,747	$12,361
1986	$5,578	$16,406
1987	$6,474	$22,453
1988	$7,492	$24,452
1989	$7,738	$22,434
1990	$9,467	$25,385
1991	$10,047	$26,803
1992	$11,021	$27,124
1993	$10,257	$23,580
1994	$10,937	$24,019
1995	$12,779	$26,634
1996	$13,433	$27,615
1997	$13,016	$27,919
1998	$13,023	$31,030
1999	$12,743	$32,382
2000	$11,638	$32,096
2001	$12,157	$28,897
2002	$13,782	$32,409
2003	$18,021	$39,477
2004	$21,449	$47,335
2005	$22,054	$56,795
2006	$24,416	$57,493
2007	$28,441	$69,496
2008	$31,696	$56,943
2009	$29,425	$41,301
2010	$26,653	$43,237
2011	$25,505	$47,715
2012	$21,624	$45,996
2013	$21,573	$49,805
2014	$21,475	$54,577
2015	$17,981	$52,952
2016	$17,919	$61,988
2017	$18,632	$72,010
2018	$19,873	$74,452
2019	$19,335	$68,452
2020	$17,887	$59,024
2021	$20,655	$69,178
2022	$20,972	$75,121
2023	$23,401	$79,960
2024	$24,752	$82,704

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

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	10,405,588	393,349
2024	10,388,805	404,610

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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