Iceland vs Japan statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 104th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

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Iceland and Japan economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Japan
1960	$252,169,712	$47,419,238,274
1961	$257,703,245	$57,266,758,180
1962	$289,200,704	$64,987,857,542
1963	$345,175,036	$74,379,284,603
1964	$440,797,869	$87,490,590,818
1965	$531,569,564	$97,338,107,606
1966	$638,349,755	$113,046,784,179
1967	$630,567,116	$132,475,614,227
1968	$481,532,848	$156,897,496,759
1969	$420,945,148	$184,298,841,305
1970	$526,704,545	$217,223,652,719
1971	$670,251,136	$245,364,056,622
1972	$839,652,164	$324,933,841,269
1973	$1,154,440,253	$441,460,582,536
1974	$1,515,190,595	$490,035,789,970
1975	$1,406,875,081	$532,861,438,885
1976	$1,669,488,390	$598,883,902,156
1977	$2,208,509,076	$737,069,290,928
1978	$2,511,826,196	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$2,853,435,054	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$3,381,419,251	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$3,492,997,010	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$3,206,626,645	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$2,765,950,336	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$2,864,441,387	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$2,984,052,357	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$3,989,622,739	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$5,520,318,405	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$6,106,635,816	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$5,672,569,449	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$6,468,736,356	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$6,909,730,288	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$7,080,981,738	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$6,218,581,532	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$6,389,460,343	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$7,123,633,418	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$7,426,082,271	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$7,569,672,925	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$8,503,746,468	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$8,982,047,589	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$9,025,660,362	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$8,234,846,805	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$9,318,395,055	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$11,429,333,038	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$13,825,302,536	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$16,852,963,067	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$17,465,318,552	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$21,652,505,597	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$18,074,622,987	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$13,154,414,219	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$13,751,161,918	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$15,221,622,926	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$14,751,508,134	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$16,125,060,515	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$17,867,662,178	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$17,517,210,519	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$20,793,168,031	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$24,728,285,177	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$26,260,850,582	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$24,681,343,649	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$21,629,953,194	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$25,770,339,317	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$28,696,453,180	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$31,452,223,862	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$33,462,807,983	$4,026,210,821,147

Iceland and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Japan
1960	$1,436	$509
1961	$1,439	$609
1962	$1,586	$685
1963	$1,859	$776
1964	$2,332	$903
1965	$2,764	$994
1966	$3,264	$1,144
1967	$3,173	$1,326
1968	$2,390	$1,553
1969	$2,070	$1,803
1970	$2,576	$2,101
1971	$3,252	$2,321
1972	$4,015	$3,031
1973	$5,437	$4,061
1974	$7,041	$4,448
1975	$6,454	$4,776
1976	$7,583	$5,310
1977	$9,957	$6,473
1978	$11,237	$9,012
1979	$12,641	$9,301
1980	$14,822	$9,669
1981	$15,137	$10,583
1982	$13,712	$9,780
1983	$11,672	$10,652
1984	$11,960	$11,207
1985	$12,361	$11,809
1986	$16,406	$17,452
1987	$22,453	$21,142
1988	$24,452	$25,500
1989	$22,434	$25,266
1990	$25,385	$25,801
1991	$26,803	$29,428
1992	$27,124	$31,993
1993	$23,580	$36,345
1994	$24,019	$39,934
1995	$26,634	$44,198
1996	$27,615	$39,150
1997	$27,919	$35,638
1998	$31,030	$32,424
1999	$32,382	$36,610
2000	$32,096	$39,169
2001	$28,897	$34,406
2002	$32,409	$32,821
2003	$39,477	$35,387
2004	$47,335	$38,299
2005	$56,795	$37,813
2006	$57,493	$35,992
2007	$69,496	$35,779
2008	$56,943	$39,876
2009	$41,301	$41,309
2010	$43,237	$44,968
2011	$47,715	$48,760
2012	$45,996	$49,145
2013	$49,805	$40,899
2014	$54,577	$38,475
2015	$52,952	$34,961
2016	$61,988	$39,375
2017	$72,010	$38,834
2018	$74,452	$39,751
2019	$68,452	$40,416
2020	$59,024	$40,029
2021	$69,178	$40,095
2022	$75,121	$34,066
2023	$79,960	$33,836
2024	$82,704	$32,476

Iceland vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Japan
1950	71	59.3
1951	71	61
1952	72.4	63
1953	72.3	63.3
1954	73.3	64.5
1955	73.3	65.7
1956	72.9	65.6
1957	73.4	65.4
1958	73.3	67
1959	72.6	67.5
1960	74	67.7
1961	73.4	68.4
1962	73.6	68.7
1963	72.9	69.7
1964	73.5	70.2
1965	73.8	70.3
1966	73.1	71.1
1967	73.7	71.4
1968	73.9	71.7
1969	73.7	71.9
1970	73.8	72
1971	73.5	72.8
1972	74.4	73.3
1973	74.3	73.4
1974	74.1	73.8
1975	75.3	74.4
1976	76.6	74.8
1977	76.1	75.3
1978	76.4	75.7
1979	76.5	76.2
1980	76.6	76.1
1981	76.2	76.6
1982	76.8	77.1
1983	76.4	77.1
1984	77.3	77.5
1985	77.4	77.8
1986	77.9	78.2
1987	77.1	78.6
1988	76.9	78.5
1989	77.9	79
1990	77.7	79
1991	77.8	79.3
1992	78.6	79.3
1993	78.8	79.4
1994	79	79.8
1995	77.5	79.7
1996	78.6	80.4
1997	78.7	80.6
1998	79.4	80.6
1999	79.2	80.6
2000	79.5	81.2
2001	80.4	81.5
2002	80.3	81.8
2003	80.8	81.9
2004	80.7	82.1
2005	81.2	82
2006	80.9	82.4
2007	81.1	82.5
2008	81.2	82.6
2009	81.4	83
2010	81.6	82.9
2011	82	82.7
2012	82.3	83.2
2013	81.7	83.4
2014	82.4	83.6
2015	82.2	83.9
2016	81.8	84.1
2017	82.2	84.2
2018	82.5	84.3
2019	82.8	84.4
2020	82.7	84.7
2021	82.8	84.6
2022	81.6	84.1
2023	82.7	84.7
2024	83	84.9
2025	83.2	85

Iceland and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Japan
1960	175,574	93,216,000
1961	179,029	94,055,000
1962	182,378	94,933,000
1963	185,653	95,900,000
1964	188,983	96,903,000
1965	192,286	97,952,000
1966	195,570	98,851,000
1967	198,751	99,879,000
1968	201,488	101,011,000
1969	203,369	102,219,000
1970	204,438	103,403,000
1971	206,098	105,697,000
1972	209,137	107,188,000
1973	212,317	108,707,000
1974	215,209	110,162,000
1975	217,979	111,573,000
1976	220,154	112,775,000
1977	221,799	113,872,000
1978	223,537	114,913,000
1979	225,735	115,890,000
1980	228,138	116,807,000
1981	230,755	117,661,000
1982	233,860	118,480,000
1983	236,977	119,307,000
1984	239,511	120,083,000
1985	241,405	120,837,000
1986	243,180	121,482,000
1987	245,859	122,069,000
1988	249,740	122,578,000
1989	252,852	123,069,000
1990	254,826	123,478,000
1991	257,797	123,964,000
1992	261,057	124,425,000
1993	263,725	124,829,000
1994	266,021	125,178,000
1995	267,468	125,472,000
1996	268,916	125,757,000
1997	271,128	126,057,000
1998	274,047	126,400,000
1999	277,381	126,631,000
2000	281,205	126,843,000
2001	284,968	127,149,000
2002	287,523	127,445,000
2003	289,521	127,718,000
2004	292,074	127,761,000
2005	296,734	127,773,000
2006	303,782	127,854,000
2007	311,566	128,001,000
2008	317,414	128,063,000
2009	318,499	128,047,000
2010	318,041	128,070,000
2011	319,014	127,833,000
2012	320,716	127,629,000
2013	323,764	127,445,000
2014	327,386	127,276,000
2015	330,815	127,141,000
2016	335,439	127,076,000
2017	343,400	126,972,000
2018	352,721	126,811,000
2019	360,563	126,633,000
2020	366,463	126,261,000
2021	372,520	125,681,593
2022	382,003	125,124,989
2023	393,349	124,516,650
2024	404,610	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Iceland and Japan

Fertility rate

Iceland

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Japan
1960	4.29	2
1961	3.88	1.96
1962	3.98	1.98
1963	3.99	2
1964	3.88	2.05
1965	3.73	2.14
1966	3.59	1.58
1967	3.28	2.23
1968	3.06	2.13
1969	2.99	2.13
1970	2.81	2.13
1971	2.92	2.16
1972	3.09	2.14
1973	2.94	2.14
1974	2.66	2.05
1975	2.65	1.91
1976	2.52	1.85
1977	2.31	1.8
1978	2.35	1.79
1979	2.49	1.77
1980	2.48	1.75
1981	2.33	1.74
1982	2.27	1.77
1983	2.24	1.8
1984	2.08	1.81
1985	1.93	1.76
1986	1.92	1.72
1987	2.06	1.69
1988	2.26	1.66
1989	2.19	1.57
1990	2.3	1.54
1991	2.18	1.53
1992	2.21	1.5
1993	2.22	1.46
1994	2.14	1.5
1995	2.08	1.42
1996	2.12	1.43
1997	2.04	1.39
1998	2.05	1.38
1999	1.99	1.34
2000	2.08	1.36
2001	1.95	1.33
2002	1.93	1.32
2003	1.99	1.29
2004	2.04	1.29
2005	2.05	1.26
2006	2.08	1.32
2007	2.09	1.34
2008	2.15	1.37
2009	2.23	1.37
2010	2.2	1.39
2011	2.02	1.39
2012	2.04	1.41
2013	1.93	1.43
2014	1.93	1.42
2015	1.8	1.45
2016	1.74	1.44
2017	1.71	1.43
2018	1.71	1.42
2019	1.74	1.36
2020	1.72	1.33
2021	1.82	1.3
2022	1.59	1.26
2023	1.59	1.2

Iceland and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Japan
1960	25.4	25.8
1961	25.2	26.2
1962	24.9	26.5
1963	24.7	26.9
1964	24.4	27.2
1965	24.2	27.6
1966	24.1	28
1967	24.1	28.4
1968	24.2	28.6
1969	24.3	28.9
1970	24.5	29.2
1971	24.7	29.6
1972	24.8	29.9
1973	24.9	30.2
1974	25.1	30.4
1975	25.4	30.6
1976	25.7	30.9
1977	26	31.5
1978	26.4	32
1979	26.7	32.4
1980	26.9	32.8
1981	27.2	33.1
1982	27.5	33.7
1983	27.7	34.3
1984	28	34.9
1985	28.4	35.4
1986	28.8	35.9
1987	29.1	36.3
1988	29.3	36.8
1989	29.6	37.2
1990	30	37.7
1991	30.2	38.2
1992	30.5	38.7
1993	30.8	39.2
1994	31.1	39.6
1995	31.5	40
1996	31.8	40.3
1997	32.1	40.7
1998	32.4	41
1999	32.6	41.4
2000	32.8	41.8
2001	33	42.1
2002	33.4	42.5
2003	33.7	42.8
2004	34	43.2
2005	34.2	43.6
2006	34.5	43.9
2007	34.6	44.2
2008	34.5	44.6
2009	34.6	44.9
2010	34.9	45.2
2011	35.1	45.5
2012	35.4	45.8
2013	35.5	46.2
2014	35.7	46.6
2015	36	47
2016	36.2	47.3
2017	36.3	47.6
2018	36.4	48
2019	36.5	48.3
2020	36.6	48.7
2021	36.7	49.1
2022	36.7	49.5
2023	36.9	50
2024	37.1	50.4

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