Iceland vs Malta statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 104th vs. 187th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Iceland and Malta: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Malta economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Malta

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Malta
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	$250,728,796
1971	$670,251,136	$264,578,485
1972	$839,652,164	$295,106,628
1973	$1,154,440,253	$345,616,106
1974	$1,515,190,595	$376,081,124
1975	$1,406,875,081	$474,618,321
1976	$1,669,488,390	$527,936,989
1977	$2,208,509,076	$625,563,171
1978	$2,511,826,196	$793,673,402
1979	$2,853,435,054	$1,001,288,847
1980	$3,381,419,251	$1,250,198,601
1981	$3,492,997,010	$1,243,509,394
1982	$3,206,626,645	$1,234,474,404
1983	$2,765,950,336	$1,165,729,707
1984	$2,864,441,387	$1,101,807,023
1985	$2,984,052,357	$1,117,797,439
1986	$3,989,622,739	$1,435,038,441
1987	$5,520,318,405	$1,751,293,461
1988	$6,106,635,816	$2,019,503,068
1989	$5,672,569,449	$2,118,655,677
1990	$6,468,736,356	$2,547,328,748
1991	$6,909,730,288	$2,750,216,747
1992	$7,080,981,738	$3,021,942,759
1993	$6,218,581,532	$2,709,193,538
1994	$6,389,460,343	$2,998,505,428
1995	$7,123,633,418	$3,709,360,097
1996	$7,426,082,271	$3,822,489,746
1997	$7,569,672,925	$3,787,070,704
1998	$8,503,746,468	$4,010,092,091
1999	$8,982,047,589	$4,111,891,845
2000	$9,025,660,362	$4,036,809,865
2001	$8,234,846,805	$4,070,867,153
2002	$9,318,395,055	$4,455,127,398
2003	$11,429,333,038	$5,418,315,225
2004	$13,825,302,536	$6,104,141,501
2005	$16,852,963,067	$6,393,234,965
2006	$17,465,318,552	$6,749,838,862
2007	$21,652,505,597	$7,908,412,374
2008	$18,074,622,987	$9,135,419,490
2009	$13,154,414,219	$8,734,745,632
2010	$13,751,161,918	$9,097,044,182
2011	$15,221,622,926	$9,789,361,705
2012	$14,751,508,134	$9,609,532,106
2013	$16,125,060,515	$10,796,782,634
2014	$17,867,662,178	$11,888,032,862
2015	$17,517,210,519	$11,340,795,033
2016	$20,793,168,031	$12,025,782,885
2017	$24,728,285,177	$14,161,366,733
2018	$26,260,850,582	$16,153,779,511
2019	$24,681,343,649	$16,337,793,531
2020	$21,629,953,194	$16,409,900,599
2021	$25,770,339,317	$19,723,563,355
2022	$28,696,453,180	$19,239,187,084
2023	$31,452,223,862	$22,210,718,401
2024	$33,462,807,983	$24,322,006,608

Iceland and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Malta

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Malta
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	$828
1971	$3,252	$874
1972	$4,015	$976
1973	$5,437	$1,144
1974	$7,041	$1,245
1975	$6,454	$1,560
1976	$7,583	$1,727
1977	$9,957	$2,038
1978	$11,237	$2,559
1979	$12,641	$3,196
1980	$14,822	$3,948
1981	$15,137	$3,898
1982	$13,712	$3,788
1983	$11,672	$3,527
1984	$11,960	$3,333
1985	$12,361	$3,322
1986	$16,406	$4,195
1987	$22,453	$5,084
1988	$24,452	$5,814
1989	$22,434	$6,041
1990	$25,385	$7,192
1991	$26,803	$7,559
1992	$27,124	$8,220
1993	$23,580	$7,296
1994	$24,019	$8,000
1995	$26,634	$9,828
1996	$27,615	$10,062
1997	$27,919	$9,893
1998	$31,030	$10,408
1999	$32,382	$10,609
2000	$32,096	$10,348
2001	$28,897	$10,358
2002	$32,409	$11,251
2003	$39,477	$13,594
2004	$47,335	$15,212
2005	$56,795	$15,831
2006	$57,493	$16,654
2007	$69,496	$19,444
2008	$56,943	$22,315
2009	$41,301	$21,176
2010	$43,237	$21,947
2011	$47,715	$23,517
2012	$45,996	$22,878
2013	$49,805	$25,416
2014	$54,577	$27,425
2015	$52,952	$25,530
2016	$61,988	$26,459
2017	$72,010	$30,317
2018	$74,452	$33,382
2019	$68,452	$32,422
2020	$59,024	$31,834
2021	$69,178	$38,065
2022	$75,121	$36,224
2023	$79,960	$40,182
2024	$82,704	$42,347

Iceland vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Malta

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Malta
1950	71	63.5
1951	71	63.9
1952	72.4	64.1
1953	72.3	64.3
1954	73.3	65.1
1955	73.3	66.3
1956	72.9	66.8
1957	73.4	67.5
1958	73.3	67.8
1959	72.6	68.4
1960	74	68.4
1961	73.4	68.4
1962	73.6	69.2
1963	72.9	69.2
1964	73.5	69.3
1965	73.8	69.5
1966	73.1	69.7
1967	73.7	69.8
1968	73.9	69.9
1969	73.7	70.1
1970	73.8	70.4
1971	73.5	70.1
1972	74.4	70.7
1973	74.3	71.3
1974	74.1	71.9
1975	75.3	72.1
1976	76.6	72.2
1977	76.1	72.3
1978	76.4	72.3
1979	76.5	72.5
1980	76.6	72.3
1981	76.2	72.4
1982	76.8	72.8
1983	76.4	73.1
1984	77.3	73.3
1985	77.4	73.9
1986	77.9	74.5
1987	77.1	75.3
1988	76.9	75.9
1989	77.9	76.2
1990	77.7	76.2
1991	77.8	76.5
1992	78.6	76.7
1993	78.8	76.8
1994	79	76.9
1995	77.5	77
1996	78.6	76.3
1997	78.7	77.3
1998	79.4	77.8
1999	79.2	77.8
2000	79.5	77.9
2001	80.4	78.9
2002	80.3	78.5
2003	80.8	78.7
2004	80.7	79.2
2005	81.2	79.5
2006	80.9	79.6
2007	81.1	79.7
2008	81.2	79.7
2009	81.4	80.4
2010	81.6	81.4
2011	82	80.8
2012	82.3	81.1
2013	81.7	81.8
2014	82.4	82.3
2015	82.2	82.6
2016	81.8	82.7
2017	82.2	83.1
2018	82.5	82.9
2019	82.8	82.8
2020	82.7	82.3
2021	82.8	82.3
2022	81.6	82.2
2023	82.7	83.3
2024	83	83.5
2025	83.2	83.6

Iceland and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Malta

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Malta
1960	175,574	326,550
1961	179,029	325,250
1962	182,378	323,900
1963	185,653	322,550
1964	188,983	321,250
1965	192,286	318,800
1966	195,570	315,200
1967	198,751	311,550
1968	201,488	307,900
1969	203,369	304,300
1970	204,438	302,650
1971	206,098	302,700
1972	209,137	302,450
1973	212,317	302,200
1974	215,209	301,996
1975	217,979	304,222
1976	220,154	305,774
1977	221,799	306,970
1978	223,537	310,182
1979	225,735	313,342
1980	228,138	316,645
1981	230,755	318,982
1982	233,860	325,898
1983	236,977	330,524
1984	239,511	330,593
1985	241,405	336,452
1986	243,180	342,121
1987	245,859	344,485
1988	249,740	347,325
1989	252,852	350,722
1990	254,826	354,170
1991	257,797	363,845
1992	261,057	367,618
1993	263,725	371,308
1994	266,021	374,797
1995	267,468	377,419
1996	268,916	379,905
1997	271,128	382,791
1998	274,047	385,287
1999	277,381	387,578
2000	281,205	390,087
2001	284,968	393,028
2002	287,523	395,969
2003	289,521	398,582
2004	292,074	401,268
2005	296,734	403,834
2006	303,782	405,308
2007	311,566	406,724
2008	317,414	409,379
2009	318,499	412,477
2010	318,041	414,508
2011	319,014	416,268
2012	320,716	420,028
2013	323,764	424,810
2014	327,386	433,481
2015	330,815	444,220
2016	335,439	454,505
2017	343,400	467,106
2018	352,721	483,903
2019	360,563	503,912
2020	366,463	515,490
2021	372,520	518,150
2022	382,003	531,113
2023	393,349	552,747
2024	404,610	574,346

Fertility rates in Iceland and Malta

Fertility rate

Iceland

Malta

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Malta
1960	4.29	3.62
1961	3.88	3.27
1962	3.98	3.24
1963	3.99	2.9
1964	3.88	2.79
1965	3.73	2.52
1966	3.59	2.33
1967	3.28	2.24
1968	3.06	2.12
1969	2.99	2.02
1970	2.81	2.03
1971	2.92	2.06
1972	3.09	2.01
1973	2.94	1.65
1974	2.66	1.64
1975	2.65	2.27
1976	2.52	2.21
1977	2.31	2.14
1978	2.35	2.05
1979	2.49	2.1
1980	2.48	1.99
1981	2.33	1.87
1982	2.27	1.9
1983	2.24	1.92
1984	2.08	1.95
1985	1.93	1.95
1986	1.92	1.93
1987	2.06	1.97
1988	2.26	2.06
1989	2.19	2.1
1990	2.3	2.02
1991	2.18	1.99
1992	2.21	2.07
1993	2.22	1.96
1994	2.14	1.84
1995	2.08	1.77
1996	2.12	1.99
1997	2.04	1.93
1998	2.05	1.84
1999	1.99	1.73
2000	2.08	1.68
2001	1.95	1.48
2002	1.93	1.45
2003	1.99	1.48
2004	2.04	1.4
2005	2.05	1.38
2006	2.08	1.36
2007	2.09	1.35
2008	2.15	1.43
2009	2.23	1.42
2010	2.2	1.36
2011	2.02	1.45
2012	2.04	1.42
2013	1.93	1.36
2014	1.93	1.38
2015	1.8	1.37
2016	1.74	1.37
2017	1.71	1.26
2018	1.71	1.23
2019	1.74	1.14
2020	1.72	1.13
2021	1.82	1.13
2022	1.59	1.08
2023	1.59	1.06

Iceland and Malta demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Malta

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Malta
1960	25.4	23.6
1961	25.2	23.8
1962	24.9	24
1963	24.7	24.2
1964	24.4	24.4
1965	24.2	24.5
1966	24.1	24.6
1967	24.1	24.8
1968	24.2	25
1969	24.3	25.5
1970	24.5	25.9
1971	24.7	26.3
1972	24.8	26.8
1973	24.9	27.2
1974	25.1	27.6
1975	25.4	28
1976	25.7	28.4
1977	26	28.7
1978	26.4	29.2
1979	26.7	29.6
1980	26.9	30
1981	27.2	30.3
1982	27.5	30.6
1983	27.7	30.9
1984	28	31.2
1985	28.4	31.4
1986	28.8	31.7
1987	29.1	32
1988	29.3	32.4
1989	29.6	32.7
1990	30	33
1991	30.2	33.3
1992	30.5	33.7
1993	30.8	34
1994	31.1	34.3
1995	31.5	34.7
1996	31.8	35.1
1997	32.1	35.5
1998	32.4	35.8
1999	32.6	36.1
2000	32.8	36.4
2001	33	36.7
2002	33.4	37
2003	33.7	37.4
2004	34	37.7
2005	34.2	38.1
2006	34.5	38.4
2007	34.6	38.7
2008	34.5	39
2009	34.6	39.3
2010	34.9	39.6
2011	35.1	39.9
2012	35.4	40.2
2013	35.5	40.4
2014	35.7	40.6
2015	36	40.6
2016	36.2	40.6
2017	36.3	40.5
2018	36.4	40.2
2019	36.5	39.9
2020	36.6	39.9
2021	36.7	40.2
2022	36.7	40.8
2023	36.9	41.4
2024	37.1	41.8

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