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Iceland vs Jordan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 11.6M in Jordan (ranked 84/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 34,284 sq mi for Jordan (ranked 104th vs. 110th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Jordan ranks 91/197 ($53.4B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Jordan ranks 124/197 ($4,618).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Jordan
Population
412970
11575983
Population rank 172/197 85/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$53.4B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 91/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$4,618
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 124/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$10,821
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$51.2B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
92.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$4,429
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 88/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$5,420
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
34,284 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
337 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
2.64
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
25.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
78.1 years
2025

Iceland and Jordan: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Jordan economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Jordan
Year GDP
Iceland Jordan
1960 $252,169,712 -
1961 $257,703,245 -
1962 $289,200,704 -
1963 $345,175,036 -
1964 $440,797,869 -
1965 $531,569,564 $599,759,760
1966 $638,349,755 $657,999,737
1967 $630,567,116 $631,679,747
1968 $481,532,848 $561,119,776
1969 $420,945,148 $698,879,720
1970 $526,704,545 $639,519,744
1971 $670,251,136 $678,159,729
1972 $839,652,164 $788,479,685
1973 $1,154,440,253 $943,783,840
1974 $1,515,190,595 $1,197,483,949
1975 $1,406,875,081 $1,363,073,498
1976 $1,669,488,390 $1,708,521,219
1977 $2,208,509,076 $2,096,778,602
1978 $2,511,826,196 $2,602,208,589
1979 $2,853,435,054 $3,271,368,781
1980 $3,381,419,251 $3,910,044,474
1981 $3,492,997,010 $4,383,944,703
1982 $3,206,626,645 $4,681,240,993
1983 $2,765,950,336 $4,920,692,191
1984 $2,864,441,387 $4,967,162,160
1985 $2,984,052,357 $4,993,601,520
1986 $3,989,622,739 $6,402,050,485
1987 $5,520,318,405 $6,756,209,762
1988 $6,106,635,816 $6,277,451,829
1989 $5,672,569,449 $4,221,373,674
1990 $6,468,736,356 $4,160,087,508
1991 $6,909,730,288 $4,344,467,193
1992 $7,080,981,738 $5,310,833,194
1993 $6,218,581,532 $5,606,400,222
1994 $6,389,460,343 $6,236,295,978
1995 $7,123,633,418 $6,727,597,032
1996 $7,426,082,271 $6,927,503,526
1997 $7,569,672,925 $7,245,839,210
1998 $8,503,746,468 $7,912,270,804
1999 $8,982,047,589 $8,149,929,478
2000 $9,025,660,362 $8,460,789,845
2001 $8,234,846,805 $8,975,814,653
2002 $9,318,395,055 $9,582,510,578
2003 $11,429,333,038 $10,195,627,645
2004 $13,825,302,536 $11,411,706,629
2005 $16,852,963,067 $12,588,998,590
2006 $17,465,318,552 $15,056,981,664
2007 $21,652,505,597 $17,110,437,236
2008 $18,074,622,987 $22,658,715,989
2009 $13,154,414,219 $24,537,876,056
2010 $13,751,161,918 $27,133,804,225
2011 $15,221,622,926 $29,524,149,155
2012 $14,751,508,134 $31,634,561,690
2013 $16,125,060,515 $34,454,440,141
2014 $17,867,662,178 $36,847,643,521
2015 $17,517,210,519 $38,587,017,887
2016 $20,793,168,031 $39,892,551,127
2017 $24,728,285,177 $41,608,435,915
2018 $26,260,850,582 $43,370,860,704
2019 $24,681,343,649 $44,503,006,338
2020 $21,629,953,194 $43,700,383,099
2021 $25,770,339,317 $46,296,100,141
2022 $28,696,453,180 $48,764,963,380
2023 $31,452,223,862 $51,088,476,338
2024 $33,462,807,983 $53,352,289,577

Iceland and Jordan economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Jordan
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Jordan
1960 $1,436 -
1961 $1,439 -
1962 $1,586 -
1963 $1,859 -
1964 $2,332 -
1965 $2,764 $546
1966 $3,264 $558
1967 $3,173 $497
1968 $2,390 $409
1969 $2,070 $474
1970 $2,576 $409
1971 $3,252 $412
1972 $4,015 $460
1973 $5,437 $531
1974 $7,041 $651
1975 $6,454 $718
1976 $7,583 $873
1977 $9,957 $1,039
1978 $11,237 $1,249
1979 $12,641 $1,519
1980 $14,822 $1,750
1981 $15,137 $1,885
1982 $13,712 $1,929
1983 $11,672 $1,939
1984 $11,960 $1,871
1985 $12,361 $1,797
1986 $16,406 $2,200
1987 $22,453 $2,217
1988 $24,452 $1,966
1989 $22,434 $1,260
1990 $25,385 $1,149
1991 $26,803 $1,110
1992 $27,124 $1,287
1993 $23,580 $1,289
1994 $24,019 $1,367
1995 $26,634 $1,416
1996 $27,615 $1,410
1997 $27,919 $1,436
1998 $31,030 $1,532
1999 $32,382 $1,545
2000 $32,096 $1,571
2001 $28,897 $1,632
2002 $32,409 $1,706
2003 $39,477 $1,776
2004 $47,335 $1,940
2005 $56,795 $2,088
2006 $57,493 $2,343
2007 $69,496 $2,506
2008 $56,943 $3,242
2009 $41,301 $3,436
2010 $43,237 $3,718
2011 $47,715 $3,947
2012 $45,996 $4,170
2013 $49,805 $4,311
2014 $54,577 $4,191
2015 $52,952 $4,043
2016 $61,988 $3,987
2017 $72,010 $4,066
2018 $74,452 $4,145
2019 $68,452 $4,170
2020 $59,024 $4,022
2021 $69,178 $4,183
2022 $75,121 $4,332
2023 $79,960 $4,466
2024 $82,704 $4,618

Iceland vs. Jordan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Jordan
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Jordan
1950 71 40.9
1951 71 42
1952 72.4 43.2
1953 72.3 44.4
1954 73.3 45.6
1955 73.3 46.8
1956 72.9 48
1957 73.4 49.2
1958 73.3 50.4
1959 72.6 51.6
1960 74 52.7
1961 73.4 53.7
1962 73.6 54.6
1963 72.9 55.5
1964 73.5 56.5
1965 73.8 57.3
1966 73.1 57.8
1967 73.7 59
1968 73.9 59.8
1969 73.7 60.5
1970 73.8 59.8
1971 73.5 61.8
1972 74.4 62.5
1973 74.3 63.1
1974 74.1 63.6
1975 75.3 64.1
1976 76.6 64.7
1977 76.1 65.1
1978 76.4 65.6
1979 76.5 66
1980 76.6 66.5
1981 76.2 66.9
1982 76.8 67.4
1983 76.4 67.8
1984 77.3 68.2
1985 77.4 68.6
1986 77.9 69
1987 77.1 69.3
1988 76.9 69.6
1989 77.9 69.9
1990 77.7 70.1
1991 77.8 70.2
1992 78.6 70.4
1993 78.8 70.6
1994 79 70.7
1995 77.5 70.9
1996 78.6 71.1
1997 78.7 71.3
1998 79.4 71.5
1999 79.2 71.7
2000 79.5 71.9
2001 80.4 72.1
2002 80.3 72.4
2003 80.8 72.6
2004 80.7 72.8
2005 81.2 73
2006 80.9 73.2
2007 81.1 73.4
2008 81.2 73.6
2009 81.4 73.7
2010 81.6 73.8
2011 82 73.9
2012 82.3 74.1
2013 81.7 74.3
2014 82.4 74.6
2015 82.2 75.1
2016 81.8 75.6
2017 82.2 76.1
2018 82.5 76.5
2019 82.8 76.9
2020 82.7 75.6
2021 82.8 74.2
2022 81.6 77.1
2023 82.7 77.8
2024 83 78
2025 83.2 78.1

Iceland and Jordan population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Jordan
Year Population
Iceland Jordan
1960 175,574 853,471
1961 179,029 897,591
1962 182,378 940,554
1963 185,653 984,714
1964 188,983 1,035,640
1965 192,286 1,099,440
1966 195,570 1,178,360
1967 198,751 1,271,183
1968 201,488 1,372,460
1969 203,369 1,473,100
1970 204,438 1,565,163
1971 206,098 1,645,145
1972 209,137 1,714,555
1973 212,317 1,778,094
1974 215,209 1,839,182
1975 217,979 1,899,055
1976 220,154 1,958,177
1977 221,799 2,019,002
1978 223,537 2,083,595
1979 225,735 2,153,882
1980 228,138 2,234,186
1981 230,755 2,325,517
1982 233,860 2,426,927
1983 236,977 2,537,307
1984 239,511 2,654,688
1985 241,405 2,778,810
1986 243,180 2,909,887
1987 245,859 3,047,634
1988 249,740 3,193,039
1989 252,852 3,349,627
1990 254,826 3,621,908
1991 257,797 3,915,149
1992 261,057 4,127,693
1993 263,725 4,348,020
1994 266,021 4,561,406
1995 267,468 4,752,096
1996 268,916 4,912,516
1997 271,128 5,046,285
1998 274,047 5,164,284
1999 277,381 5,276,444
2000 281,205 5,386,945
2001 284,968 5,498,894
2002 287,523 5,616,066
2003 289,521 5,741,828
2004 292,074 5,882,061
2005 296,734 6,029,587
2006 303,782 6,427,371
2007 311,566 6,827,227
2008 317,414 6,989,866
2009 318,499 7,141,753
2010 318,041 7,297,043
2011 319,014 7,480,424
2012 320,716 7,587,127
2013 323,764 7,991,809
2014 327,386 8,791,710
2015 330,815 9,544,729
2016 335,439 10,006,367
2017 343,400 10,234,226
2018 352,721 10,462,306
2019 360,563 10,671,891
2020 366,463 10,865,228
2021 372,520 11,066,356
2022 382,003 11,256,263
2023 393,349 11,439,213
2024 404,610 11,552,876

Fertility rates in Iceland and Jordan

Fertility rate
Iceland

Jordan
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Jordan
1960 4.29 7.6
1961 3.88 7.7
1962 3.98 7.79
1963 3.99 7.85
1964 3.88 7.91
1965 3.73 7.93
1966 3.59 7.99
1967 3.28 8.06
1968 3.06 8.14
1969 2.99 8.19
1970 2.81 8.18
1971 2.92 8.15
1972 3.09 8.12
1973 2.94 8.06
1974 2.66 8
1975 2.65 7.93
1976 2.52 7.83
1977 2.31 7.72
1978 2.35 7.59
1979 2.49 7.45
1980 2.48 7.29
1981 2.33 7.12
1982 2.27 6.96
1983 2.24 6.81
1984 2.08 6.67
1985 1.93 6.53
1986 1.92 6.39
1987 2.06 6.2
1988 2.26 6.01
1989 2.19 5.8
1990 2.3 5.54
1991 2.18 5.33
1992 2.21 5.14
1993 2.22 4.97
1994 2.14 4.82
1995 2.08 4.68
1996 2.12 4.51
1997 2.04 4.32
1998 2.05 4.11
1999 1.99 3.97
2000 2.08 3.86
2001 1.95 3.8
2002 1.93 3.81
2003 1.99 3.82
2004 2.04 3.73
2005 2.05 3.65
2006 2.08 3.71
2007 2.09 3.8
2008 2.15 3.88
2009 2.23 3.84
2010 2.2 3.78
2011 2.02 3.69
2012 2.04 3.57
2013 1.93 3.45
2014 1.93 3.3
2015 1.8 3.14
2016 1.74 3.07
2017 1.71 2.99
2018 1.71 2.92
2019 1.74 2.86
2020 1.72 2.79
2021 1.82 2.74
2022 1.59 2.68
2023 1.59 2.64

Iceland and Jordan demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Jordan
Year Median age, years
Iceland Jordan
1960 25.4 17
1961 25.2 16.8
1962 24.9 16.5
1963 24.7 16.2
1964 24.4 16
1965 24.2 15.7
1966 24.1 15.5
1967 24.1 15.3
1968 24.2 15.1
1969 24.3 15
1970 24.5 14.9
1971 24.7 14.8
1972 24.8 14.8
1973 24.9 14.8
1974 25.1 14.8
1975 25.4 14.8
1976 25.7 14.8
1977 26 14.9
1978 26.4 14.9
1979 26.7 15
1980 26.9 15.1
1981 27.2 15.2
1982 27.5 15.4
1983 27.7 15.5
1984 28 15.6
1985 28.4 15.8
1986 28.8 15.9
1987 29.1 16.1
1988 29.3 16.2
1989 29.6 16.4
1990 30 17.2
1991 30.2 18.1
1992 30.5 18.5
1993 30.8 18.9
1994 31.1 19.3
1995 31.5 19.5
1996 31.8 19.7
1997 32.1 19.8
1998 32.4 19.8
1999 32.6 19.9
2000 32.8 20
2001 33 20.1
2002 33.4 20.2
2003 33.7 20.3
2004 34 20.5
2005 34.2 20.8
2006 34.5 21
2007 34.6 21.2
2008 34.5 21.4
2009 34.6 21.5
2010 34.9 21.7
2011 35.1 21.9
2012 35.4 22.1
2013 35.5 22.3
2014 35.7 22.4
2015 36 22.6
2016 36.2 22.9
2017 36.3 23.2
2018 36.4 23.5
2019 36.5 23.9
2020 36.6 24.2
2021 36.7 24.6
2022 36.7 24.9
2023 36.9 25.3
2024 37.1 25.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Jordan
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$51.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
31.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
3.51%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
4.91%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
116,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-5.32%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
16.6%
2023
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
60.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
25.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
59.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
27.4%
2010
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
3.5%
2010
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
162
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$24.9B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
$21.9B
2024
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$4.43B
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
1,240,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
16.7%
2020
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
46.5%
2024

Energy

Iceland Jordan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
754 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$13.2
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
23.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
2.06 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
91.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
11.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
7.69%
2022
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
96.4%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
1,791 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
24.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
0.08%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Iceland Jordan
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.14%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-156,369
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
92.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
57.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
49
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
66
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
0.99
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
17
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
65
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
94.8%
2023
English speaking
98%
2023
45%
2023
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
92.5%
2023

Health

Iceland Jordan
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$295.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$118.7
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
78.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
6.91%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
2.51
2019
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
24.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
31
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
13.2
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
39.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
20.5%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
43
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
35.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
0.23 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Jordan
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
2,968 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
3,954 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
376 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
4,476 mi
2011

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