Iceland vs Laos statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 7.77M in Laos (ranked 103/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 89,112 sq mi for Laos (ranked 104th vs. 79th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124).

Iceland and Laos: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Laos economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Laos

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Laos
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	$1,757,142,856
1985	$2,984,052,357	$2,366,666,616
1986	$3,989,622,739	$1,776,842,097
1987	$5,520,318,405	$1,087,273,104
1988	$6,106,635,816	$598,961,269
1989	$5,672,569,449	$714,046,821
1990	$6,468,736,356	$865,559,879
1991	$6,909,730,288	$1,028,087,972
1992	$7,080,981,738	$1,127,806,945
1993	$6,218,581,532	$1,327,748,690
1994	$6,389,460,343	$1,543,606,345
1995	$7,123,633,418	$1,763,536,305
1996	$7,426,082,271	$1,873,671,550
1997	$7,569,672,925	$1,747,011,857
1998	$8,503,746,468	$1,280,177,839
1999	$8,982,047,589	$1,454,430,642
2000	$9,025,660,362	$1,731,198,022
2001	$8,234,846,805	$1,768,619,058
2002	$9,318,395,055	$1,758,176,653
2003	$11,429,333,038	$2,023,324,407
2004	$13,825,302,536	$2,366,398,120
2005	$16,852,963,067	$2,735,558,735
2006	$17,465,318,552	$3,455,030,061
2007	$21,652,505,597	$4,223,152,739
2008	$18,074,622,987	$5,446,433,157
2009	$13,154,414,219	$5,836,137,330
2010	$13,751,161,918	$7,131,771,015
2011	$15,221,622,926	$8,750,104,617
2012	$14,751,508,134	$10,192,846,339
2013	$16,125,060,515	$11,983,252,627
2014	$17,867,662,178	$13,279,245,886
2015	$17,517,210,519	$14,426,380,126
2016	$20,793,168,031	$15,912,501,723
2017	$24,728,285,177	$17,071,155,481
2018	$26,260,850,582	$18,141,641,090
2019	$24,681,343,649	$18,740,561,513
2020	$21,629,953,194	$18,981,805,250
2021	$25,770,339,317	$18,827,148,531
2022	$28,696,453,180	$15,468,785,204
2023	$31,452,223,862	$15,843,155,731
2024	$33,462,807,983	$16,502,933,121

Iceland and Laos economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Laos

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Laos
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	$483
1985	$12,361	$633
1986	$16,406	$462
1987	$22,453	$274.7
1988	$24,452	$147.1
1989	$22,434	$170.4
1990	$25,385	$200.7
1991	$26,803	$231.8
1992	$27,124	$247.3
1993	$23,580	$283.4
1994	$24,019	$321
1995	$26,634	$358
1996	$27,615	$371
1997	$27,919	$339
1998	$31,030	$243.9
1999	$32,382	$272.3
2000	$32,096	$319
2001	$28,897	$320
2002	$32,409	$313
2003	$39,477	$355
2004	$47,335	$409
2005	$56,795	$466
2006	$57,493	$579
2007	$69,496	$697
2008	$56,943	$886
2009	$41,301	$935
2010	$43,237	$1,126
2011	$47,715	$1,362
2012	$45,996	$1,564
2013	$49,805	$1,813
2014	$54,577	$1,981
2015	$52,952	$2,121
2016	$61,988	$2,303
2017	$72,010	$2,432
2018	$74,452	$2,545
2019	$68,452	$2,589
2020	$59,024	$2,584
2021	$69,178	$2,526
2022	$75,121	$2,046
2023	$79,960	$2,067
2024	$82,704	$2,124

Iceland vs. Laos life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Laos

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Laos
1950	71	38.9
1951	71	39.2
1952	72.4	39.4
1953	72.3	39.7
1954	73.3	40
1955	73.3	40.3
1956	72.9	40.6
1957	73.4	40.9
1958	73.3	41.2
1959	72.6	40.7
1960	74	41
1961	73.4	41.3
1962	73.6	42.3
1963	72.9	41.5
1964	73.5	41.9
1965	73.8	42.2
1966	73.1	42.3
1967	73.7	42.9
1968	73.9	43.2
1969	73.7	43.5
1970	73.8	43.8
1971	73.5	44.1
1972	74.4	44.4
1973	74.3	44.7
1974	74.1	45.9
1975	75.3	46.1
1976	76.6	46
1977	76.1	46.4
1978	76.4	46.8
1979	76.5	47.5
1980	76.6	48.6
1981	76.2	49.2
1982	76.8	49.9
1983	76.4	50.5
1984	77.3	51
1985	77.4	51.6
1986	77.9	52.1
1987	77.1	52.6
1988	76.9	53.1
1989	77.9	53.6
1990	77.7	54
1991	77.8	54.7
1992	78.6	55.1
1993	78.8	55.6
1994	79	55.8
1995	77.5	56.3
1996	78.6	56.8
1997	78.7	57.3
1998	79.4	57.5
1999	79.2	57.9
2000	79.5	58.3
2001	80.4	58.9
2002	80.3	59.3
2003	80.8	59.6
2004	80.7	60.1
2005	81.2	60.7
2006	80.9	61.1
2007	81.1	61.7
2008	81.2	62.2
2009	81.4	63
2010	81.6	63.7
2011	82	64.5
2012	82.3	65.1
2013	81.7	65.7
2014	82.4	66.3
2015	82.2	66.7
2016	81.8	67
2017	82.2	67.3
2018	82.5	67.6
2019	82.8	67.9
2020	82.7	68.3
2021	82.8	67.8
2022	81.6	68.7
2023	82.7	69
2024	83	69.2
2025	83.2	69.5

Iceland and Laos population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Laos

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Laos
1960	175,574	2,121,514
1961	179,029	2,169,796
1962	182,378	2,219,910
1963	185,653	2,271,061
1964	188,983	2,322,826
1965	192,286	2,376,200
1966	195,570	2,431,084
1967	198,751	2,487,715
1968	201,488	2,546,377
1969	203,369	2,606,959
1970	204,438	2,669,702
1971	206,098	2,734,628
1972	209,137	2,801,660
1973	212,317	2,870,573
1974	215,209	2,939,761
1975	217,979	3,005,521
1976	220,154	3,064,876
1977	221,799	3,118,923
1978	223,537	3,171,740
1979	225,735	3,228,202
1980	228,138	3,292,573
1981	230,755	3,366,631
1982	233,860	3,450,026
1983	236,977	3,541,001
1984	239,511	3,637,843
1985	241,405	3,739,985
1986	243,180	3,846,715
1987	245,859	3,957,612
1988	249,740	4,072,601
1989	252,852	4,190,974
1990	254,826	4,311,955
1991	257,797	4,435,118
1992	261,057	4,559,646
1993	263,725	4,685,060
1994	266,021	4,809,220
1995	267,468	4,929,409
1996	268,916	5,045,678
1997	271,128	5,152,011
1998	274,047	5,248,266
1999	277,381	5,340,784
2000	281,205	5,431,212
2001	284,968	5,521,482
2002	287,523	5,610,889
2003	289,521	5,697,945
2004	292,074	5,781,626
2005	296,734	5,869,523
2006	303,782	5,963,200
2007	311,566	6,056,236
2008	317,414	6,148,969
2009	318,499	6,241,642
2010	318,041	6,334,194
2011	319,014	6,426,590
2012	320,716	6,518,978
2013	323,764	6,611,385
2014	327,386	6,703,172
2015	330,815	6,801,645
2016	335,439	6,908,802
2017	343,400	7,018,147
2018	352,721	7,128,045
2019	360,563	7,237,636
2020	366,463	7,346,533
2021	372,520	7,453,194
2022	382,003	7,559,007
2023	393,349	7,664,993
2024	404,610	7,769,819

Fertility rates in Iceland and Laos

Fertility rate

Iceland

Laos

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Laos
1960	4.29	6.29
1961	3.88	6.31
1962	3.98	6.31
1963	3.99	6.32
1964	3.88	6.31
1965	3.73	6.32
1966	3.59	6.31
1967	3.28	6.31
1968	3.06	6.3
1969	2.99	6.3
1970	2.81	6.31
1971	2.92	6.3
1972	3.09	6.28
1973	2.94	6.28
1974	2.66	6.29
1975	2.65	6.29
1976	2.52	6.29
1977	2.31	6.29
1978	2.35	6.3
1979	2.49	6.31
1980	2.48	6.33
1981	2.33	6.35
1982	2.27	6.37
1983	2.24	6.38
1984	2.08	6.37
1985	1.93	6.33
1986	1.92	6.26
1987	2.06	6.21
1988	2.26	6.16
1989	2.19	6.1
1990	2.3	6.06
1991	2.18	5.99
1992	2.21	5.9
1993	2.22	5.8
1994	2.14	5.6
1995	2.08	5.36
1996	2.12	5.15
1997	2.04	4.96
1998	2.05	4.79
1999	1.99	4.64
2000	2.08	4.43
2001	1.95	4.29
2002	1.93	4.13
2003	1.99	4.02
2004	2.04	3.9
2005	2.05	3.69
2006	2.08	3.56
2007	2.09	3.44
2008	2.15	3.33
2009	2.23	3.23
2010	2.2	3.14
2011	2.02	3.05
2012	2.04	2.95
2013	1.93	2.87
2014	1.93	2.8
2015	1.8	2.8
2016	1.74	2.74
2017	1.71	2.69
2018	1.71	2.63
2019	1.74	2.59
2020	1.72	2.54
2021	1.82	2.49
2022	1.59	2.46
2023	1.59	2.42

Iceland and Laos demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Laos

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Laos
1960	25.4	19.2
1961	25.2	19.2
1962	24.9	19.1
1963	24.7	19
1964	24.4	19
1965	24.2	18.9
1966	24.1	18.9
1967	24.1	18.9
1968	24.2	18.8
1969	24.3	18.8
1970	24.5	18.7
1971	24.7	18.7
1972	24.8	18.7
1973	24.9	18.7
1974	25.1	18.6
1975	25.4	18.5
1976	25.7	18.4
1977	26	18.3
1978	26.4	18.1
1979	26.7	18
1980	26.9	17.9
1981	27.2	17.9
1982	27.5	17.8
1983	27.7	17.8
1984	28	17.8
1985	28.4	17.8
1986	28.8	17.8
1987	29.1	17.8
1988	29.3	17.9
1989	29.6	17.9
1990	30	17.9
1991	30.2	17.9
1992	30.5	17.9
1993	30.8	17.9
1994	31.1	17.9
1995	31.5	17.9
1996	31.8	17.9
1997	32.1	18
1998	32.4	18
1999	32.6	18
2000	32.8	18.1
2001	33	18.2
2002	33.4	18.4
2003	33.7	18.5
2004	34	18.7
2005	34.2	18.9
2006	34.5	19.2
2007	34.6	19.6
2008	34.5	20
2009	34.6	20.5
2010	34.9	21
2011	35.1	21.4
2012	35.4	21.9
2013	35.5	22.3
2014	35.7	22.7
2015	36	23
2016	36.2	23.3
2017	36.3	23.6
2018	36.4	23.8
2019	36.5	24.1
2020	36.6	24.4
2021	36.7	24.7
2022	36.7	25
2023	36.9	25.3
2024	37.1	25.6

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