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Iceland vs Kazakhstan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 20.6M in Kazakhstan (ranked 64/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 1,042,360 sq mi for Kazakhstan (ranked 104th vs. 9th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Kazakhstan ranks 50/197 ($288B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Kazakhstan ranks 72/197 ($14,005).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Kazakhstan
Population
412970
21036432
Population rank 172/197 65/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$288B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 50/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$14,005
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 72/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$40,813
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$71.5B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
25.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$3,474
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 96/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$7,117
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
1,042,360 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
19.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
3.01
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
30.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
74.7 years
2025

Iceland and Kazakhstan: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Kazakhstan economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Kazakhstan
Year GDP
Iceland Kazakhstan
1960 $252,169,712 -
1961 $257,703,245 -
1962 $289,200,704 -
1963 $345,175,036 -
1964 $440,797,869 -
1965 $531,569,564 -
1966 $638,349,755 -
1967 $630,567,116 -
1968 $481,532,848 -
1969 $420,945,148 -
1970 $526,704,545 -
1971 $670,251,136 -
1972 $839,652,164 -
1973 $1,154,440,253 -
1974 $1,515,190,595 -
1975 $1,406,875,081 -
1976 $1,669,488,390 -
1977 $2,208,509,076 -
1978 $2,511,826,196 -
1979 $2,853,435,054 -
1980 $3,381,419,251 -
1981 $3,492,997,010 -
1982 $3,206,626,645 -
1983 $2,765,950,336 -
1984 $2,864,441,387 -
1985 $2,984,052,357 -
1986 $3,989,622,739 -
1987 $5,520,318,405 -
1988 $6,106,635,816 -
1989 $5,672,569,449 -
1990 $6,468,736,356 $26,932,016,270
1991 $6,909,730,288 $24,923,076,923
1992 $7,080,981,738 $24,917,355,372
1993 $6,218,581,532 $23,409,260,880
1994 $6,389,460,343 $21,250,792,886
1995 $7,123,633,418 $20,374,302,652
1996 $7,426,082,271 $21,035,357,937
1997 $7,569,672,925 $22,165,932,063
1998 $8,503,746,468 $22,135,245,507
1999 $8,982,047,589 $16,870,817,182
2000 $9,025,660,362 $18,291,990,662
2001 $8,234,846,805 $22,152,689,180
2002 $9,318,395,055 $24,636,598,527
2003 $11,429,333,038 $30,833,692,900
2004 $13,825,302,536 $43,151,647,003
2005 $16,852,963,067 $57,123,671,734
2006 $17,465,318,552 $81,003,864,630
2007 $21,652,505,597 $104,849,915,058
2008 $18,074,622,987 $133,441,648,852
2009 $13,154,414,219 $115,308,686,941
2010 $13,751,161,918 $148,047,348,241
2011 $15,221,622,926 $192,626,464,617
2012 $14,751,508,134 $207,998,568,866
2013 $16,125,060,515 $236,634,603,409
2014 $17,867,662,178 $221,415,613,595
2015 $17,517,210,519 $184,388,404,706
2016 $20,793,168,031 $137,278,320,084
2017 $24,728,285,177 $166,805,788,827
2018 $26,260,850,582 $179,339,977,690
2019 $24,681,343,649 $181,667,184,855
2020 $21,629,953,194 $171,082,365,861
2021 $25,770,339,317 $197,112,255,361
2022 $28,696,453,180 $225,496,328,925
2023 $31,452,223,862 $261,840,101,060
2024 $33,462,807,983 $288,406,138,231

Iceland and Kazakhstan economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Kazakhstan
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Kazakhstan
1960 $1,436 -
1961 $1,439 -
1962 $1,586 -
1963 $1,859 -
1964 $2,332 -
1965 $2,764 -
1966 $3,264 -
1967 $3,173 -
1968 $2,390 -
1969 $2,070 -
1970 $2,576 -
1971 $3,252 -
1972 $4,015 -
1973 $5,437 -
1974 $7,041 -
1975 $6,454 -
1976 $7,583 -
1977 $9,957 -
1978 $11,237 -
1979 $12,641 -
1980 $14,822 -
1981 $15,137 -
1982 $13,712 -
1983 $11,672 -
1984 $11,960 -
1985 $12,361 -
1986 $16,406 -
1987 $22,453 -
1988 $24,452 -
1989 $22,434 -
1990 $25,385 $1,570
1991 $26,803 $1,442
1992 $27,124 $1,438
1993 $23,580 $1,355
1994 $24,019 $1,247
1995 $26,634 $1,218
1996 $27,615 $1,281
1997 $27,919 $1,382
1998 $31,030 $1,415
1999 $32,382 $1,092
2000 $32,096 $1,180
2001 $28,897 $1,422
2002 $32,409 $1,574
2003 $39,477 $1,958
2004 $47,335 $2,722
2005 $56,795 $3,577
2006 $57,493 $5,030
2007 $69,496 $6,449
2008 $56,943 $8,124
2009 $41,301 $6,938
2010 $43,237 $8,793
2011 $47,715 $11,287
2012 $45,996 $12,019
2013 $49,805 $13,478
2014 $54,577 $12,428
2015 $52,952 $10,196
2016 $61,988 $7,476
2017 $72,010 $8,943
2018 $74,452 $9,472
2019 $68,452 $9,457
2020 $59,024 $8,782
2021 $69,178 $9,984
2022 $75,121 $11,255
2023 $79,960 $12,879
2024 $82,704 $14,005

Iceland vs. Kazakhstan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Kazakhstan
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Kazakhstan
1950 71 55.6
1951 71 55.9
1952 72.4 56.1
1953 72.3 56.4
1954 73.3 56.6
1955 73.3 56.8
1956 72.9 57.1
1957 73.4 57.3
1958 73.3 57.5
1959 72.6 57.7
1960 74 57.9
1961 73.4 58.2
1962 73.6 58.4
1963 72.9 58.6
1964 73.5 58.8
1965 73.8 59
1966 73.1 59.2
1967 73.7 59.4
1968 73.9 59.6
1969 73.7 59.8
1970 73.8 60
1971 73.5 60.3
1972 74.4 60.5
1973 74.3 60.7
1974 74.1 60.9
1975 75.3 61.1
1976 76.6 61.3
1977 76.1 61.5
1978 76.4 61.8
1979 76.5 62.1
1980 76.6 62.5
1981 76.2 63
1982 76.8 63.6
1983 76.4 64.2
1984 77.3 64.8
1985 77.4 65.4
1986 77.9 65.8
1987 77.1 66
1988 76.9 66
1989 77.9 65.9
1990 77.7 65.7
1991 77.8 65.4
1992 78.6 65
1993 78.8 64.5
1994 79 64.1
1995 77.5 63.7
1996 78.6 63.5
1997 78.7 63.3
1998 79.4 63.3
1999 79.2 63.5
2000 79.5 63.8
2001 80.4 64.1
2002 80.3 64.4
2003 80.8 64.8
2004 80.7 65
2005 81.2 65.4
2006 80.9 65.7
2007 81.1 66.2
2008 81.2 66.8
2009 81.4 67.5
2010 81.6 68.3
2011 82 69.1
2012 82.3 69.9
2013 81.7 70.7
2014 82.4 71.4
2015 82.2 72
2016 81.8 72.5
2017 82.2 73
2018 82.5 73.4
2019 82.8 73.7
2020 82.7 71.2
2021 82.8 70.1
2022 81.6 73.5
2023 82.7 74.4
2024 83 74.5
2025 83.2 74.7

Iceland and Kazakhstan population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Kazakhstan
Year Population
Iceland Kazakhstan
1960 175,574 9,429,981
1961 179,029 9,742,085
1962 182,378 10,058,928
1963 185,653 10,377,466
1964 188,983 10,690,309
1965 192,286 10,993,183
1966 195,570 11,288,989
1967 198,751 11,584,428
1968 201,488 11,879,182
1969 203,369 12,156,212
1970 204,438 12,419,057
1971 206,098 12,684,813
1972 209,137 12,951,798
1973 212,317 13,208,121
1974 215,209 13,454,570
1975 217,979 13,700,843
1976 220,154 13,998,738
1977 221,799 14,353,265
1978 223,537 14,711,497
1979 225,735 14,978,696
1980 228,138 15,152,949
1981 230,755 15,323,082
1982 233,860 15,492,595
1983 236,977 15,665,551
1984 239,511 15,844,621
1985 241,405 16,031,090
1986 243,180 16,262,702
1987 245,859 16,527,715
1988 249,740 16,781,168
1989 252,852 16,997,013
1990 254,826 17,154,054
1991 257,797 17,278,600
1992 261,057 17,332,625
1993 263,725 17,274,487
1994 266,021 17,043,771
1995 267,468 16,730,536
1996 268,916 16,416,027
1997 271,128 16,043,251
1998 274,047 15,647,785
1999 277,381 15,455,874
2000 281,205 15,501,103
2001 284,968 15,575,550
2002 287,523 15,656,677
2003 289,521 15,747,380
2004 292,074 15,850,159
2005 296,734 15,968,117
2006 303,782 16,103,716
2007 311,566 16,257,214
2008 317,414 16,426,525
2009 318,499 16,619,846
2010 318,041 16,836,810
2011 319,014 17,066,002
2012 320,716 17,306,106
2013 323,764 17,556,502
2014 327,386 17,816,285
2015 330,815 18,084,169
2016 335,439 18,363,600
2017 343,400 18,651,931
2018 352,721 18,932,727
2019 360,563 19,209,555
2020 366,463 19,482,117
2021 372,520 19,743,603
2022 382,003 20,034,609
2023 393,349 20,330,104
2024 404,610 20,592,571

Fertility rates in Iceland and Kazakhstan

Fertility rate
Iceland

Kazakhstan
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Kazakhstan
1960 4.29 4.5
1961 3.88 4.42
1962 3.98 4.36
1963 3.99 4.26
1964 3.88 4.07
1965 3.73 3.88
1966 3.59 3.82
1967 3.28 3.77
1968 3.06 3.63
1969 2.99 3.51
1970 2.81 3.51
1971 2.92 3.53
1972 3.09 3.55
1973 2.94 3.51
1974 2.66 3.45
1975 2.65 3.4
1976 2.52 3.33
1977 2.31 3.26
1978 2.35 3.16
1979 2.49 3.14
1980 2.48 3.09
1981 2.33 3.05
1982 2.27 3.02
1983 2.24 3.07
1984 2.08 3.15
1985 1.93 3.21
1986 1.92 3.19
1987 2.06 3.12
1988 2.26 3
1989 2.19 2.87
1990 2.3 2.75
1991 2.18 2.68
1992 2.21 2.58
1993 2.22 2.48
1994 2.14 2.38
1995 2.08 2.25
1996 2.12 2.08
1997 2.04 1.97
1998 2.05 1.94
1999 1.99 1.9
2000 2.08 1.9
2001 1.95 1.91
2002 1.93 1.96
2003 1.99 2.08
2004 2.04 2.2
2005 2.05 2.27
2006 2.08 2.38
2007 2.09 2.49
2008 2.15 2.62
2009 2.23 2.58
2010 2.2 2.61
2011 2.02 2.61
2012 2.04 2.64
2013 1.93 2.67
2014 1.93 2.76
2015 1.8 2.76
2016 1.74 2.8
2017 1.71 2.75
2018 1.71 2.85
2019 1.74 2.89
2020 1.72 3.13
2021 1.82 3.32
2022 1.59 3.05
2023 1.59 3.01

Iceland and Kazakhstan demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Kazakhstan
Year Median age, years
Iceland Kazakhstan
1960 25.4 23.2
1961 25.2 23.2
1962 24.9 23.3
1963 24.7 23.3
1964 24.4 23.3
1965 24.2 23.2
1966 24.1 23.2
1967 24.1 23.2
1968 24.2 23.1
1969 24.3 22.9
1970 24.5 22.8
1971 24.7 22.9
1972 24.8 22.9
1973 24.9 23.1
1974 25.1 23.2
1975 25.4 23.3
1976 25.7 23.3
1977 26 23.2
1978 26.4 23.2
1979 26.7 23
1980 26.9 22.9
1981 27.2 23.2
1982 27.5 23.5
1983 27.7 23.8
1984 28 24.1
1985 28.4 24.3
1986 28.8 24.6
1987 29.1 24.9
1988 29.3 25.2
1989 29.6 25.5
1990 30 25.7
1991 30.2 25.8
1992 30.5 25.9
1993 30.8 26.1
1994 31.1 26.3
1995 31.5 26.5
1996 31.8 26.7
1997 32.1 26.9
1998 32.4 27.1
1999 32.6 27.4
2000 32.8 27.6
2001 33 27.8
2002 33.4 28
2003 33.7 28.2
2004 34 28.3
2005 34.2 28.4
2006 34.5 28.4
2007 34.6 28.5
2008 34.5 28.4
2009 34.6 28.5
2010 34.9 28.6
2011 35.1 28.7
2012 35.4 28.8
2013 35.5 28.9
2014 35.7 29.1
2015 36 29.3
2016 36.2 29.5
2017 36.3 29.7
2018 36.4 29.9
2019 36.5 30.1
2020 36.6 30.2
2021 36.7 30.3
2022 36.7 30.3
2023 36.9 30.4
2024 37.1 30.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Kazakhstan
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$250B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
20.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
4.85%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.48%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
71,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-3.15%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
4.86%
2022
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
58.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
31.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
63.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
24.8%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
4.3%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
44,307
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
0.00005%
2025
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
79
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$62.8B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
$45.8B
2024
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$240M
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
2,035,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
1.2%
2020
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
87%
2024

Energy

Iceland Kazakhstan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
3,651 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$10.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
239.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
11.8 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
98.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
1.68%
2023
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
-119.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
5,146 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
11%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
7.76%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Iceland Kazakhstan
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.25%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-7,368
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
58.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
52.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
46
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
2.63
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
12.7
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
95
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.8%
2020
English speaking
98%
2023
15.4%
2023
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
93.4%
2024

Health

Iceland Kazakhstan
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$421
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$130
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
74.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0.24%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
4.03
2020
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
29.5 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
10
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
9.6
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
19%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
6.8%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
22
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
22.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
4.52 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Kazakhstan
% of world land
0.07%
2025
1.81%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
50,618 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
827,284 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
13,677 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
59,284 mi
2017

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