Iceland vs Malaysia statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 104th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Iceland and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Malaysia
1960	$252,169,712	$1,916,229,477
1961	$257,703,245	$1,901,856,123
1962	$289,200,704	$2,001,489,602
1963	$345,175,036	$2,510,110,348
1964	$440,797,869	$2,674,423,922
1965	$531,569,564	$2,956,337,669
1966	$638,349,755	$3,143,517,944
1967	$630,567,116	$3,188,924,677
1968	$481,532,848	$3,330,371,551
1969	$420,945,148	$3,664,552,041
1970	$526,704,545	$3,864,145,667
1971	$670,251,136	$4,244,395,956
1972	$839,652,164	$5,043,347,250
1973	$1,154,440,253	$7,662,902,678
1974	$1,515,190,595	$9,496,204,302
1975	$1,406,875,081	$9,298,800,799
1976	$1,669,488,390	$11,050,234,599
1977	$2,208,509,076	$13,139,488,633
1978	$2,511,826,196	$16,358,079,862
1979	$2,853,435,054	$21,213,264,962
1980	$3,381,419,251	$24,488,224,677
1981	$3,492,997,010	$25,004,285,792
1982	$3,206,626,645	$26,804,493,635
1983	$2,765,950,336	$30,347,442,111
1984	$2,864,441,387	$33,942,897,422
1985	$2,984,052,357	$31,199,633,353
1986	$3,989,622,739	$27,734,111,400
1987	$5,520,318,405	$32,181,210,158
1988	$6,106,635,816	$35,272,109,220
1989	$5,672,569,449	$38,847,965,293
1990	$6,468,736,356	$44,024,585,240
1991	$6,909,730,288	$49,143,148,094
1992	$7,080,981,738	$59,167,550,163
1993	$6,218,581,532	$66,894,966,969
1994	$6,389,460,343	$74,478,356,958
1995	$7,123,633,418	$88,705,342,903
1996	$7,426,082,271	$100,855,393,910
1997	$7,569,672,925	$100,005,323,302
1998	$8,503,746,468	$72,167,498,981
1999	$8,982,047,589	$79,148,421,053
2000	$9,025,660,362	$93,789,736,842
2001	$8,234,846,805	$92,783,947,368
2002	$9,318,395,055	$100,845,526,316
2003	$11,429,333,038	$110,202,368,421
2004	$13,825,302,536	$124,749,473,684
2005	$16,852,963,067	$143,534,405,819
2006	$17,465,318,552	$162,692,258,307
2007	$21,652,505,597	$193,549,569,478
2008	$18,074,622,987	$230,811,614,370
2009	$13,154,414,219	$202,257,453,037
2010	$13,751,161,918	$255,017,638,456
2011	$15,221,622,926	$297,951,668,675
2012	$14,751,508,134	$314,443,047,642
2013	$16,125,060,515	$323,276,235,524
2014	$17,867,662,178	$338,066,095,097
2015	$17,517,210,519	$301,355,266,965
2016	$20,793,168,031	$301,256,033,870
2017	$24,728,285,177	$319,109,094,160
2018	$26,260,850,582	$358,788,845,713
2019	$24,681,343,649	$365,177,721,022
2020	$21,629,953,194	$337,456,163,961
2021	$25,770,339,317	$373,784,823,673
2022	$28,696,453,180	$407,605,841,348
2023	$31,452,223,862	$399,705,137,434
2024	$33,462,807,983	$421,972,102,254

Iceland and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Malaysia
1960	$1,436	$240.8
1961	$1,439	$232.9
1962	$1,586	$238.8
1963	$1,859	$291.8
1964	$2,332	$303
1965	$2,764	$326
1966	$3,264	$339
1967	$3,173	$335
1968	$2,390	$342
1969	$2,070	$368
1970	$2,576	$380
1971	$3,252	$407
1972	$4,015	$472
1973	$5,437	$701
1974	$7,041	$848
1975	$6,454	$811
1976	$7,583	$940
1977	$9,957	$1,092
1978	$11,237	$1,327
1979	$12,641	$1,680
1980	$14,822	$1,886
1981	$15,137	$1,866
1982	$13,712	$1,938
1983	$11,672	$2,124
1984	$11,960	$2,300
1985	$12,361	$2,046
1986	$16,406	$1,760
1987	$22,453	$1,977
1988	$24,452	$2,100
1989	$22,434	$2,244
1990	$25,385	$2,469
1991	$26,803	$2,679
1992	$27,124	$3,141
1993	$23,580	$3,462
1994	$24,019	$3,758
1995	$26,634	$4,363
1996	$27,615	$4,837
1997	$27,919	$4,679
1998	$31,030	$3,294
1999	$32,382	$3,528
2000	$32,096	$4,084
2001	$28,897	$3,944
2002	$32,409	$4,184
2003	$39,477	$4,465
2004	$47,335	$4,939
2005	$56,795	$5,556
2006	$57,493	$6,158
2007	$69,496	$7,169
2008	$56,943	$8,372
2009	$41,301	$7,191
2010	$43,237	$8,899
2011	$47,715	$10,217
2012	$45,996	$10,601
2013	$49,805	$10,714
2014	$54,577	$11,013
2015	$52,952	$9,649
2016	$61,988	$9,477
2017	$72,010	$9,863
2018	$74,452	$10,902
2019	$68,452	$10,920
2020	$59,024	$9,958
2021	$69,178	$10,903
2022	$75,121	$11,748
2023	$79,960	$11,379
2024	$82,704	$11,867

Iceland vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Malaysia
1950	71	48.5
1951	71	49.2
1952	72.4	50.1
1953	72.3	51.1
1954	73.3	52
1955	73.3	52.8
1956	72.9	53.7
1957	73.4	54.5
1958	73.3	55.4
1959	72.6	56.3
1960	74	57.2
1961	73.4	58
1962	73.6	58.9
1963	72.9	59.7
1964	73.5	60.4
1965	73.8	61.1
1966	73.1	61.7
1967	73.7	62
1968	73.9	62.4
1969	73.7	62.9
1970	73.8	63.3
1971	73.5	63.8
1972	74.4	64.2
1973	74.3	64.7
1974	74.1	65.2
1975	75.3	65.7
1976	76.6	66.2
1977	76.1	66.7
1978	76.4	67.2
1979	76.5	67.6
1980	76.6	68.1
1981	76.2	68.5
1982	76.8	68.9
1983	76.4	69.2
1984	77.3	69.6
1985	77.4	69.9
1986	77.9	70.1
1987	77.1	70.4
1988	76.9	70.6
1989	77.9	70.8
1990	77.7	71
1991	77.8	71.2
1992	78.6	71.5
1993	78.8	71.7
1994	79	71.9
1995	77.5	72
1996	78.6	72.1
1997	78.7	72.3
1998	79.4	72.4
1999	79.2	72.4
2000	79.5	72.7
2001	80.4	73.1
2002	80.3	73.5
2003	80.8	73.7
2004	80.7	74
2005	81.2	74.4
2006	80.9	74.7
2007	81.1	75
2008	81.2	75.2
2009	81.4	75.3
2010	81.6	75.4
2011	82	75.5
2012	82.3	75.6
2013	81.7	75.5
2014	82.4	75.3
2015	82.2	75.3
2016	81.8	75.4
2017	82.2	75.5
2018	82.5	75.7
2019	82.8	75.9
2020	82.7	76.1
2021	82.8	73.9
2022	81.6	75.4
2023	82.7	76.7
2024	83	76.8
2025	83.2	77

Iceland and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Malaysia
1960	175,574	7,956,197
1961	179,029	8,164,443
1962	182,378	8,380,172
1963	185,653	8,602,160
1964	188,983	8,828,406
1965	192,286	9,056,408
1966	195,570	9,284,688
1967	198,751	9,507,099
1968	201,488	9,725,281
1969	203,369	9,947,597
1970	204,438	10,178,802
1971	206,098	10,423,453
1972	209,137	10,676,835
1973	212,317	10,935,621
1974	215,209	11,200,906
1975	217,979	11,471,914
1976	220,154	11,750,097
1977	221,799	12,035,713
1978	223,537	12,328,157
1979	225,735	12,627,862
1980	228,138	12,983,363
1981	230,755	13,399,203
1982	233,860	13,832,798
1983	236,977	14,285,907
1984	239,511	14,759,009
1985	241,405	15,252,258
1986	243,180	15,760,419
1987	245,859	16,276,737
1988	249,740	16,796,605
1989	252,852	17,314,997
1990	254,826	17,833,171
1991	257,797	18,342,464
1992	261,057	18,834,572
1993	263,725	19,322,664
1994	266,021	19,820,446
1995	267,468	20,330,599
1996	268,916	20,850,087
1997	271,128	21,375,218
1998	274,047	21,906,713
1999	277,381	22,435,531
2000	281,205	22,967,816
2001	284,968	23,526,538
2002	287,523	24,102,477
2003	289,521	24,679,602
2004	292,074	25,256,772
2005	296,734	25,836,071
2006	303,782	26,417,909
2007	311,566	26,998,389
2008	317,414	27,570,059
2009	318,499	28,124,778
2010	318,041	28,655,776
2011	319,014	29,162,039
2012	320,716	29,662,831
2013	323,764	30,174,265
2014	327,386	30,696,137
2015	330,815	31,232,798
2016	335,439	31,789,685
2017	343,400	32,355,644
2018	352,721	32,910,967
2019	360,563	33,440,596
2020	366,463	33,889,558
2021	372,520	34,282,399
2022	382,003	34,695,493
2023	393,349	35,126,298
2024	404,610	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Iceland and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Iceland

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Malaysia
1960	4.29	6.41
1961	3.88	6.37
1962	3.98	6.3
1963	3.99	6.19
1964	3.88	6.03
1965	3.73	5.84
1966	3.59	5.64
1967	3.28	5.43
1968	3.06	5.29
1969	2.99	5.16
1970	2.81	5.04
1971	2.92	4.92
1972	3.09	4.82
1973	2.94	4.73
1974	2.66	4.62
1975	2.65	4.5
1976	2.52	4.4
1977	2.31	4.28
1978	2.35	4.18
1979	2.49	4.09
1980	2.48	4.04
1981	2.33	4
1982	2.27	3.97
1983	2.24	3.93
1984	2.08	3.89
1985	1.93	3.8
1986	1.92	3.7
1987	2.06	3.57
1988	2.26	3.5
1989	2.19	3.31
1990	2.3	3.3
1991	2.18	3.34
1992	2.21	3.37
1993	2.22	3.36
1994	2.14	3.35
1995	2.08	3.32
1996	2.12	3.3
1997	2.04	3.23
1998	2.05	3.12
1999	1.99	3.07
2000	2.08	2.94
2001	1.95	2.81
2002	1.93	2.66
2003	1.99	2.6
2004	2.04	2.49
2005	2.05	2.39
2006	2.08	2.31
2007	2.09	2.25
2008	2.15	2.26
2009	2.23	2.22
2010	2.2	2.14
2011	2.02	2.15
2012	2.04	2.12
2013	1.93	2.07
2014	1.93	2.06
2015	1.8	2.01
2016	1.74	1.94
2017	1.71	1.89
2018	1.71	1.84
2019	1.74	1.78
2020	1.72	1.68
2021	1.82	1.56
2022	1.59	1.55
2023	1.59	1.55

Iceland and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Malaysia
1960	25.4	17.5
1961	25.2	17.3
1962	24.9	17.1
1963	24.7	17
1964	24.4	16.9
1965	24.2	16.8
1966	24.1	16.9
1967	24.1	17
1968	24.2	17.1
1969	24.3	17.3
1970	24.5	17.4
1971	24.7	17.6
1972	24.8	17.9
1973	24.9	18.1
1974	25.1	18.3
1975	25.4	18.6
1976	25.7	18.8
1977	26	19
1978	26.4	19.3
1979	26.7	19.5
1980	26.9	19.7
1981	27.2	19.9
1982	27.5	20.1
1983	27.7	20.4
1984	28	20.5
1985	28.4	20.7
1986	28.8	20.9
1987	29.1	21
1988	29.3	21.1
1989	29.6	21.3
1990	30	21.5
1991	30.2	21.7
1992	30.5	21.9
1993	30.8	22.1
1994	31.1	22.3
1995	31.5	22.5
1996	31.8	22.7
1997	32.1	22.9
1998	32.4	23.1
1999	32.6	23.4
2000	32.8	23.5
2001	33	23.6
2002	33.4	23.7
2003	33.7	23.9
2004	34	24
2005	34.2	24.2
2006	34.5	24.5
2007	34.6	24.8
2008	34.5	25.1
2009	34.6	25.6
2010	34.9	26
2011	35.1	26.4
2012	35.4	26.8
2013	35.5	27.1
2014	35.7	27.5
2015	36	27.8
2016	36.2	28.1
2017	36.3	28.5
2018	36.4	28.8
2019	36.5	29.2
2020	36.6	29.6
2021	36.7	30.1
2022	36.7	30.6
2023	36.9	31.1
2024	37.1	31.5

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