Iceland vs Kuwait statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 4.97M in Kuwait (ranked 127/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait (ranked 104th vs. 153rd).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214).

Iceland and Kuwait: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Kuwait economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Kuwait
1960	$252,169,712	-
1961	$257,703,245	-
1962	$289,200,704	$1,828,107,503
1963	$345,175,036	$1,900,895,857
1964	$440,797,869	$2,071,668,533
1965	$531,569,564	$2,097,199,161
1966	$638,349,755	$2,391,199,044
1967	$630,567,116	$2,441,599,023
1968	$481,532,848	$2,662,798,935
1969	$420,945,148	$2,769,198,892
1970	$526,704,545	$2,873,638,851
1971	$670,251,136	$3,880,392,195
1972	$839,652,164	$4,450,537,925
1973	$1,154,440,253	$5,408,804,607
1974	$1,515,190,595	$13,006,948,296
1975	$1,406,875,081	$12,022,811,621
1976	$1,669,488,390	$13,132,252,802
1977	$2,208,509,076	$14,137,406,741
1978	$2,511,826,196	$15,503,557,496
1979	$2,853,435,054	$24,749,063,922
1980	$3,381,419,251	$28,638,868,356
1981	$3,492,997,010	$25,058,020,338
1982	$3,206,626,645	$21,577,153,356
1983	$2,765,950,336	$20,871,081,080
1984	$2,864,441,387	$21,700,082,753
1985	$2,984,052,357	$21,445,970,614
1986	$3,989,622,739	$17,903,989,745
1987	$5,520,318,405	$22,368,704,134
1988	$6,106,635,816	$20,690,322,153
1989	$5,672,569,449	$24,313,855,653
1990	$6,468,736,356	$18,427,777,778
1991	$6,909,730,288	$11,009,993,703
1992	$7,080,981,738	$19,858,555,215
1993	$6,218,581,532	$23,941,391,391
1994	$6,389,460,343	$24,848,483,838
1995	$7,123,633,418	$27,186,980,647
1996	$7,426,082,271	$31,492,373,309
1997	$7,569,672,925	$30,350,190,704
1998	$8,503,746,468	$25,943,705,784
1999	$8,982,047,589	$30,122,365,849
2000	$9,025,660,362	$37,718,743,480
2001	$8,234,846,805	$34,889,559,870
2002	$9,318,395,055	$38,135,788,414
2003	$11,429,333,038	$47,874,582,232
2004	$13,825,302,536	$59,439,090,601
2005	$16,852,963,067	$80,798,630,137
2006	$17,465,318,552	$101,557,330,723
2007	$21,652,505,597	$114,634,043,362
2008	$18,074,622,987	$147,379,737,230
2009	$13,154,414,219	$105,968,691,905
2010	$13,751,161,918	$115,416,245,238
2011	$15,221,622,926	$154,039,231,299
2012	$14,751,508,134	$174,047,662,555
2013	$16,125,060,515	$174,168,116,687
2014	$17,867,662,178	$162,650,450,785
2015	$17,517,210,519	$114,585,555,831
2016	$20,793,168,031	$109,406,674,088
2017	$24,728,285,177	$120,687,539,676
2018	$26,260,850,582	$138,646,316,322
2019	$24,681,343,649	$140,856,394,870
2020	$21,629,953,194	$111,045,470,461
2021	$25,770,339,317	$148,350,671,614
2022	$28,696,453,180	$183,502,046,669
2023	$31,452,223,862	$165,384,407,267
2024	$33,462,807,983	$160,227,273,001

Iceland and Kuwait economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Kuwait
1960	$1,436	-
1961	$1,439	-
1962	$1,586	$4,748
1963	$1,859	$4,445
1964	$2,332	$4,379
1965	$2,764	$4,024
1966	$3,264	$4,176
1967	$3,173	$3,887
1968	$2,390	$3,872
1969	$2,070	$3,695
1970	$2,576	$3,552
1971	$3,252	$4,486
1972	$4,015	$4,836
1973	$5,437	$5,532
1974	$7,041	$12,527
1975	$6,454	$10,882
1976	$7,583	$11,141
1977	$9,957	$11,238
1978	$11,237	$11,567
1979	$12,641	$17,386
1980	$14,822	$19,032
1981	$15,137	$15,825
1982	$13,712	$12,979
1983	$11,672	$11,965
1984	$11,960	$11,919
1985	$12,361	$11,322
1986	$16,406	$9,077
1987	$22,453	$10,896
1988	$24,452	$9,692
1989	$22,434	$10,965
1990	$25,385	$10,938
1991	$26,803	$8,147
1992	$27,124	$12,146
1993	$23,580	$14,318
1994	$24,019	$14,930
1995	$26,634	$16,168
1996	$27,615	$18,201
1997	$27,919	$16,977
1998	$31,030	$14,067
1999	$32,382	$15,854
2000	$32,096	$19,296
2001	$28,897	$17,374
2002	$32,409	$18,513
2003	$39,477	$22,691
2004	$47,335	$27,552
2005	$56,795	$36,123
2006	$57,493	$42,947
2007	$69,496	$45,709
2008	$56,943	$55,585
2009	$41,301	$37,907
2010	$43,237	$39,212
2011	$47,715	$49,170
2012	$45,996	$52,155
2013	$49,805	$49,651
2014	$54,577	$44,369
2015	$52,952	$29,882
2016	$61,988	$27,324
2017	$72,010	$29,048
2018	$74,452	$32,068
2019	$68,452	$31,708
2020	$59,024	$25,236
2021	$69,178	$34,019
2022	$75,121	$39,982
2023	$79,960	$34,076
2024	$82,704	$32,214

Iceland vs. Kuwait life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Kuwait

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Kuwait
1950	71	49.7
1951	71	50.6
1952	72.4	51.4
1953	72.3	52.3
1954	73.3	53.1
1955	73.3	54
1956	72.9	54.9
1957	73.4	55.9
1958	73.3	56.9
1959	72.6	57.9
1960	74	58.9
1961	73.4	60
1962	73.6	61
1963	72.9	62
1964	73.5	63
1965	73.8	63.9
1966	73.1	64.9
1967	73.7	65.8
1968	73.9	66.6
1969	73.7	67.3
1970	73.8	68
1971	73.5	68.5
1972	74.4	68.9
1973	74.3	69.2
1974	74.1	69.4
1975	75.3	69.7
1976	76.6	69.9
1977	76.1	70.2
1978	76.4	70.5
1979	76.5	70.8
1980	76.6	71.1
1981	76.2	71.5
1982	76.8	71.9
1983	76.4	72.4
1984	77.3	72.9
1985	77.4	73.3
1986	77.9	73.8
1987	77.1	74.2
1988	76.9	74.6
1989	77.9	75
1990	77.7	72.9
1991	77.8	73.3
1992	78.6	75.7
1993	78.8	75.8
1994	79	75.7
1995	77.5	75.7
1996	78.6	75.6
1997	78.7	75.6
1998	79.4	75.6
1999	79.2	75.7
2000	79.5	75.9
2001	80.4	76
2002	80.3	76.2
2003	80.8	76.3
2004	80.7	76.4
2005	81.2	76.5
2006	80.9	76.6
2007	81.1	76.7
2008	81.2	76.9
2009	81.4	77.2
2010	81.6	77.5
2011	82	77.9
2012	82.3	78.2
2013	81.7	78.6
2014	82.4	78.9
2015	82.2	79.2
2016	81.8	79.5
2017	82.2	79.7
2018	82.5	79.9
2019	82.8	80
2020	82.7	78.2
2021	82.8	77.6
2022	81.6	78.8
2023	82.7	80.4
2024	83	80.6
2025	83.2	80.8

Iceland and Kuwait population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Kuwait

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Kuwait
1960	175,574	311,060
1961	179,029	345,945
1962	182,378	384,995
1963	185,653	427,694
1964	188,983	473,115
1965	192,286	521,174
1966	195,570	572,590
1967	198,751	628,089
1968	201,488	687,716
1969	203,369	749,452
1970	204,438	809,114
1971	206,098	865,076
1972	209,137	920,352
1973	212,317	977,654
1974	215,209	1,038,346
1975	217,979	1,104,863
1976	220,154	1,178,711
1977	221,799	1,258,023
1978	223,537	1,340,319
1979	225,735	1,423,514
1980	228,138	1,504,782
1981	230,755	1,583,426
1982	233,860	1,662,480
1983	236,977	1,744,295
1984	239,511	1,820,688
1985	241,405	1,894,242
1986	243,180	1,972,520
1987	245,859	2,052,994
1988	249,740	2,134,707
1989	252,852	2,217,468
1990	254,826	1,684,819
1991	257,797	1,351,399
1992	261,057	1,634,961
1993	263,725	1,672,151
1994	266,021	1,664,361
1995	267,468	1,681,513
1996	268,916	1,730,246
1997	271,128	1,787,683
1998	274,047	1,844,302
1999	277,381	1,900,030
2000	281,205	1,954,709
2001	284,968	2,008,121
2002	287,523	2,059,974
2003	289,521	2,109,881
2004	292,074	2,157,320
2005	296,734	2,236,788
2006	303,782	2,364,733
2007	311,566	2,507,887
2008	317,414	2,651,421
2009	318,499	2,795,484
2010	318,041	2,943,372
2011	319,014	3,132,814
2012	320,716	3,337,109
2013	323,764	3,507,844
2014	327,386	3,665,876
2015	330,815	3,834,574
2016	335,439	4,004,096
2017	343,400	4,154,812
2018	352,721	4,323,515
2019	360,563	4,442,316
2020	366,463	4,400,267
2021	372,520	4,360,865
2022	382,003	4,589,643
2023	393,349	4,853,420
2024	404,610	4,973,861

Fertility rates in Iceland and Kuwait

Fertility rate

Iceland

Kuwait

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Kuwait
1960	4.29	7.22
1961	3.88	7.25
1962	3.98	7.25
1963	3.99	7.28
1964	3.88	7.29
1965	3.73	7.31
1966	3.59	7.34
1967	3.28	7.33
1968	3.06	7.28
1969	2.99	7.18
1970	2.81	7.03
1971	2.92	6.84
1972	3.09	6.64
1973	2.94	6.43
1974	2.66	6.23
1975	2.65	6.06
1976	2.52	5.9
1977	2.31	5.71
1978	2.35	5.52
1979	2.49	5.33
1980	2.48	5.18
1981	2.33	5.02
1982	2.27	4.85
1983	2.24	4.66
1984	2.08	4.45
1985	1.93	4.22
1986	1.92	4
1987	2.06	3.83
1988	2.26	3.7
1989	2.19	3.59
1990	2.3	3.49
1991	2.18	3.4
1992	2.21	3.35
1993	2.22	3.31
1994	2.14	3.27
1995	2.08	3.25
1996	2.12	3.22
1997	2.04	3.14
1998	2.05	3.04
1999	1.99	2.95
2000	2.08	2.89
2001	1.95	2.84
2002	1.93	2.8
2003	1.99	2.77
2004	2.04	2.76
2005	2.05	2.73
2006	2.08	2.59
2007	2.09	2.41
2008	2.15	2.27
2009	2.23	2.15
2010	2.2	2.04
2011	2.02	1.96
2012	2.04	1.99
2013	1.93	1.97
2014	1.93	2.06
2015	1.8	2.03
2016	1.74	2.06
2017	1.71	2.16
2018	1.71	2.12
2019	1.74	2.08
2020	1.72	2.03
2021	1.82	2.15
2022	1.59	1.55
2023	1.59	1.52

Iceland and Kuwait demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Kuwait

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Kuwait
1960	25.4	22
1961	25.2	21.8
1962	24.9	21.5
1963	24.7	21
1964	24.4	20.7
1965	24.2	20.4
1966	24.1	20
1967	24.1	19.6
1968	24.2	19.2
1969	24.3	18.8
1970	24.5	18.5
1971	24.7	18.3
1972	24.8	18.3
1973	24.9	18.3
1974	25.1	18.4
1975	25.4	18.4
1976	25.7	18.7
1977	26	19.2
1978	26.4	19.6
1979	26.7	20.1
1980	26.9	20.5
1981	27.2	20.9
1982	27.5	21.3
1983	27.7	21.7
1984	28	22.1
1985	28.4	22.4
1986	28.8	22.7
1987	29.1	22.8
1988	29.3	23
1989	29.6	23.2
1990	30	23.4
1991	30.2	23.6
1992	30.5	23.8
1993	30.8	24.2
1994	31.1	25.1
1995	31.5	25.5
1996	31.8	25.5
1997	32.1	25.5
1998	32.4	25.5
1999	32.6	25.6
2000	32.8	25.9
2001	33	26.3
2002	33.4	26.8
2003	33.7	27.3
2004	34	27.9
2005	34.2	28.3
2006	34.5	28.5
2007	34.6	28.6
2008	34.5	28.8
2009	34.6	29.2
2010	34.9	29.6
2011	35.1	30.5
2012	35.4	31.5
2013	35.5	32.3
2014	35.7	33
2015	36	33.8
2016	36.2	34.7
2017	36.3	35.6
2018	36.4	36.4
2019	36.5	37.1
2020	36.6	37.7
2021	36.7	35.8
2022	36.7	34.4
2023	36.9	35.5
2024	37.1	35.8

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