Iceland vs Iran statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 104th vs. 17th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Iceland and Iran: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Iran economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Iran
1960	$252,169,712	$4,199,134,390
1961	$257,703,245	$4,426,949,095
1962	$289,200,704	$4,693,566,416
1963	$345,175,036	$4,928,628,018
1964	$440,797,869	$5,379,845,648
1965	$531,569,564	$6,197,319,929
1966	$638,349,755	$6,789,938,672
1967	$630,567,116	$7,555,383,690
1968	$481,532,848	$8,623,172,960
1969	$420,945,148	$9,743,089,607
1970	$526,704,545	$10,976,245,154
1971	$670,251,136	$13,731,802,833
1972	$839,652,164	$17,153,463,263
1973	$1,154,440,253	$27,081,698,250
1974	$1,515,190,595	$46,209,092,072
1975	$1,406,875,081	$51,776,222,350
1976	$1,669,488,390	$68,055,295,081
1977	$2,208,509,076	$80,600,122,702
1978	$2,511,826,196	$77,994,316,621
1979	$2,853,435,054	$90,391,877,326
1980	$3,381,419,251	$94,362,275,580
1981	$3,492,997,010	$100,499,312,750
1982	$3,206,626,645	$125,948,756,439
1983	$2,765,950,336	$156,365,156,618
1984	$2,864,441,387	$162,276,728,620
1985	$2,984,052,357	$180,183,629,600
1986	$3,989,622,739	$209,094,561,833
1987	$5,520,318,405	$134,009,995,923
1988	$6,106,635,816	$123,057,861,334
1989	$5,672,569,449	$120,496,362,916
1990	$6,468,736,356	$124,813,263,926
1991	$6,909,730,288	$131,637,664,958
1992	$7,080,981,738	$119,768,691,217
1993	$6,218,581,532	$63,743,623,231
1994	$6,389,460,343	$71,841,461,172
1995	$7,123,633,418	$96,419,225,745
1996	$7,426,082,271	$120,403,931,883
1997	$7,569,672,925	$113,919,163,421
1998	$8,503,746,468	$110,276,913,362
1999	$8,982,047,589	$113,848,450,089
2000	$9,025,660,362	$109,591,707,801
2001	$8,234,846,805	$126,878,750,296
2002	$9,318,395,055	$128,626,917,504
2003	$11,429,333,038	$151,911,222,120
2004	$13,825,302,536	$187,754,571,247
2005	$16,852,963,067	$224,970,371,329
2006	$17,465,318,552	$265,602,187,406
2007	$21,652,505,597	$349,736,591,836
2008	$18,074,622,987	$406,070,949,551
2009	$13,154,414,219	$414,059,094,950
2010	$13,751,161,918	$487,069,570,461
2011	$15,221,622,926	$629,082,257,472
2012	$14,751,508,134	$644,019,315,004
2013	$16,125,060,515	$500,399,839,840
2014	$17,867,662,178	$462,284,793,281
2015	$17,517,210,519	$409,191,686,497
2016	$20,793,168,031	$459,042,684,193
2017	$24,728,285,177	$489,168,731,811
2018	$26,260,850,582	$398,880,231,367
2019	$24,681,343,649	$333,519,146,339
2020	$21,629,953,194	$262,186,179,356
2021	$25,770,339,317	$383,436,202,447
2022	$28,696,453,180	$394,362,621,793
2023	$31,452,223,862	$404,625,655,076
2024	$33,462,807,983	$436,906,331,672

Iceland and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Iran
1960	$1,436	$195.6
1961	$1,439	$200.1
1962	$1,586	$205.8
1963	$1,859	$209.6
1964	$2,332	$221.7
1965	$2,764	$247.5
1966	$3,264	$262.9
1967	$3,173	$283.7
1968	$2,390	$314
1969	$2,070	$345
1970	$2,576	$377
1971	$3,252	$457
1972	$4,015	$555
1973	$5,437	$851
1974	$7,041	$1,409
1975	$6,454	$1,532
1976	$7,583	$1,954
1977	$9,957	$2,243
1978	$11,237	$2,101
1979	$12,641	$2,352
1980	$14,822	$2,368
1981	$15,137	$2,393
1982	$13,712	$2,845
1983	$11,672	$3,397
1984	$11,960	$3,395
1985	$12,361	$3,634
1986	$16,406	$4,064
1987	$22,453	$2,513
1988	$24,452	$2,234
1989	$22,434	$2,125
1990	$25,385	$2,138
1991	$26,803	$2,194
1992	$27,124	$1,957
1993	$23,580	$1,038
1994	$24,019	$1,168
1995	$26,634	$1,550
1996	$27,615	$1,915
1997	$27,919	$1,790
1998	$31,030	$1,709
1999	$32,382	$1,740
2000	$32,096	$1,650
2001	$28,897	$1,881
2002	$32,409	$1,891
2003	$39,477	$2,209
2004	$47,335	$2,672
2005	$56,795	$3,132
2006	$57,493	$3,619
2007	$69,496	$4,688
2008	$56,943	$5,377
2009	$41,301	$5,416
2010	$43,237	$6,291
2011	$47,715	$8,026
2012	$45,996	$8,114
2013	$49,805	$6,223
2014	$54,577	$5,672
2015	$52,952	$4,953
2016	$61,988	$5,477
2017	$72,010	$5,753
2018	$74,452	$4,632
2019	$68,452	$3,831
2020	$59,024	$2,989
2021	$69,178	$4,335
2022	$75,121	$4,405
2023	$79,960	$4,466
2024	$82,704	$4,771

Iceland vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Iran
1950	71	38.2
1951	71	38.7
1952	72.4	39.2
1953	72.3	39.5
1954	73.3	40
1955	73.3	40.6
1956	72.9	41.1
1957	73.4	41.3
1958	73.3	42.2
1959	72.6	42.8
1960	74	43.3
1961	73.4	43.9
1962	73.6	43.8
1963	72.9	45.1
1964	73.5	45.7
1965	73.8	46.4
1966	73.1	47.1
1967	73.7	47.8
1968	73.9	47.9
1969	73.7	49.4
1970	73.8	50.2
1971	73.5	51.1
1972	74.4	51.7
1973	74.3	52.9
1974	74.1	53.9
1975	75.3	54.8
1976	76.6	55.8
1977	76.1	56.7
1978	76.4	56
1979	76.5	58.5
1980	76.6	58.4
1981	76.2	56.6
1982	76.8	57.6
1983	76.4	58.5
1984	77.3	60.9
1985	77.4	61.5
1986	77.9	62.1
1987	77.1	62.7
1988	76.9	63.3
1989	77.9	65.3
1990	77.7	64.1
1991	77.8	66.2
1992	78.6	66.7
1993	78.8	67
1994	79	67.5
1995	77.5	67.9
1996	78.6	68.3
1997	78.7	68.6
1998	79.4	69.2
1999	79.2	69.7
2000	79.5	70.2
2001	80.4	70.6
2002	80.3	71.1
2003	80.8	70.5
2004	80.7	72
2005	81.2	72.4
2006	80.9	72.9
2007	81.1	73.3
2008	81.2	73.7
2009	81.4	74
2010	81.6	74.4
2011	82	74.7
2012	82.3	75
2013	81.7	75.3
2014	82.4	75.6
2015	82.2	75.9
2016	81.8	76.2
2017	82.2	76.4
2018	82.5	76.6
2019	82.8	76.9
2020	82.7	74.1
2021	82.8	73.8
2022	81.6	76.8
2023	82.7	77.7
2024	83	77.9
2025	83.2	78.1

Iceland and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Iran
1960	175,574	21,470,434
1961	179,029	22,125,726
1962	182,378	22,807,907
1963	185,653	23,519,005
1964	188,983	24,262,859
1965	192,286	25,036,978
1966	195,570	25,829,270
1967	198,751	26,628,432
1968	201,488	27,437,391
1969	203,369	28,273,482
1970	204,438	29,145,100
1971	206,098	30,029,071
1972	209,137	30,921,179
1973	212,317	31,839,838
1974	215,209	32,796,463
1975	217,979	33,802,973
1976	220,154	34,837,271
1977	221,799	35,933,181
1978	223,537	37,126,535
1979	225,735	38,424,952
1980	228,138	39,842,324
1981	230,755	41,989,312
1982	233,860	44,272,141
1983	236,977	46,029,535
1984	239,511	47,793,998
1985	241,405	49,582,289
1986	243,180	51,446,045
1987	245,859	53,323,493
1988	249,740	55,072,694
1989	252,852	56,704,914
1990	254,826	58,380,092
1991	257,797	59,986,931
1992	261,057	61,184,983
1993	263,725	61,403,543
1994	266,021	61,520,598
1995	267,468	62,205,567
1996	268,916	62,881,300
1997	271,128	63,639,638
1998	274,047	64,519,859
1999	277,381	65,445,391
2000	281,205	66,418,659
2001	284,968	67,452,005
2002	287,523	68,011,317
2003	289,521	68,769,340
2004	292,074	70,256,316
2005	296,734	71,828,455
2006	303,782	73,392,747
2007	311,566	74,602,648
2008	317,414	75,514,204
2009	318,499	76,457,825
2010	318,041	77,420,842
2011	319,014	78,383,598
2012	320,716	79,370,580
2013	323,764	80,414,686
2014	327,386	81,502,045
2015	330,815	82,619,362
2016	335,439	83,812,228
2017	343,400	85,026,754
2018	352,721	86,117,998
2019	360,563	87,051,648
2020	366,463	87,723,443
2021	372,520	88,455,488
2022	382,003	89,524,246
2023	393,349	90,608,707
2024	404,610	91,567,738

Fertility rates in Iceland and Iran

Fertility rate

Iceland

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Iran
1960	4.29	7.52
1961	3.88	7.46
1962	3.98	7.4
1963	3.99	7.32
1964	3.88	7.24
1965	3.73	7.22
1966	3.59	7.21
1967	3.28	7.19
1968	3.06	7.12
1969	2.99	7.01
1970	2.81	6.8
1971	2.92	6.55
1972	3.09	6.26
1973	2.94	6.06
1974	2.66	5.97
1975	2.65	5.95
1976	2.52	6.07
1977	2.31	6.18
1978	2.35	6.34
1979	2.49	6.55
1980	2.48	6.63
1981	2.33	6.62
1982	2.27	6.59
1983	2.24	6.53
1984	2.08	6.43
1985	1.93	6.24
1986	1.92	6.01
1987	2.06	5.72
1988	2.26	5.43
1989	2.19	5.17
1990	2.3	4.93
1991	2.18	4.57
1992	2.21	4.1
1993	2.22	3.67
1994	2.14	3.24
1995	2.08	2.85
1996	2.12	2.54
1997	2.04	2.32
1998	2.05	2.19
1999	1.99	2.09
2000	2.08	2
2001	1.95	1.92
2002	1.93	1.84
2003	1.99	1.8
2004	2.04	1.78
2005	2.05	1.76
2006	2.08	1.76
2007	2.09	1.75
2008	2.15	1.74
2009	2.23	1.74
2010	2.2	1.75
2011	2.02	1.79
2012	2.04	1.85
2013	1.93	1.91
2014	1.93	1.98
2015	1.8	2.02
2016	1.74	2.05
2017	1.71	2.02
2018	1.71	1.92
2019	1.74	1.77
2020	1.72	1.7
2021	1.82	1.71
2022	1.59	1.7
2023	1.59	1.7

Iceland and Iran demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Iran
1960	25.4	19.1
1961	25.2	18.7
1962	24.9	18.4
1963	24.7	18.1
1964	24.4	17.9
1965	24.2	17.8
1966	24.1	17.7
1967	24.1	17.7
1968	24.2	17.6
1969	24.3	17.6
1970	24.5	17.6
1971	24.7	17.7
1972	24.8	17.8
1973	24.9	17.9
1974	25.1	18
1975	25.4	18.1
1976	25.7	18.2
1977	26	18.3
1978	26.4	18.3
1979	26.7	18.3
1980	26.9	18.2
1981	27.2	18.4
1982	27.5	18.6
1983	27.7	18.5
1984	28	18.4
1985	28.4	18.3
1986	28.8	18.2
1987	29.1	18.2
1988	29.3	18.2
1989	29.6	18.1
1990	30	18.2
1991	30.2	18.3
1992	30.5	18.4
1993	30.8	18.3
1994	31.1	18.4
1995	31.5	18.7
1996	31.8	19.1
1997	32.1	19.5
1998	32.4	20
1999	32.6	20.7
2000	32.8	21.4
2001	33	22
2002	33.4	22.6
2003	33.7	23.1
2004	34	23.7
2005	34.2	24.3
2006	34.5	24.8
2007	34.6	25.5
2008	34.5	26.1
2009	34.6	26.6
2010	34.9	27.2
2011	35.1	27.7
2012	35.4	28.2
2013	35.5	28.7
2014	35.7	29.2
2015	36	29.7
2016	36.2	30.2
2017	36.3	30.7
2018	36.4	31.2
2019	36.5	31.7
2020	36.6	32.3
2021	36.7	32.8
2022	36.7	33.3
2023	36.9	33.8
2024	37.1	34.3

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