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Iceland vs Mauritania statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 5.17M in Mauritania (ranked 125/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 397,955 sq mi for Mauritania (ranked 104th vs. 28th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Mauritania
Population
412970
5432542
Population rank 172/197 123/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$10.8B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 152/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$2,083
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 157/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$7,271
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$4.84B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
45.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$936
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 144/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$2,194
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
397,955 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
13 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
4.7
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
18.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
68.9 years
2025

Iceland and Mauritania: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Mauritania economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Mauritania
Year GDP
Iceland Mauritania
1960 $252,169,712 -
1961 $257,703,245 $159,213,430
1962 $289,200,704 $164,271,558
1963 $345,175,036 $168,186,297
1964 $440,797,869 $224,495,744
1965 $531,569,564 $255,340,475
1966 $638,349,755 $266,533,605
1967 $630,567,116 $282,615,310
1968 $481,532,848 $311,395,937
1969 $420,945,148 $295,062,308
1970 $526,704,545 $309,405,316
1971 $670,251,136 $335,568,907
1972 $839,652,164 $391,669,449
1973 $1,154,440,253 $493,237,876
1974 $1,515,190,595 $613,010,553
1975 $1,406,875,081 $703,377,837
1976 $1,669,488,390 $775,045,517
1977 $2,208,509,076 $799,030,017
1978 $2,511,826,196 $804,629,877
1979 $2,853,435,054 $951,900,945
1980 $3,381,419,251 $1,047,925,106
1981 $3,492,997,010 $1,105,494,682
1982 $3,206,626,645 $1,108,776,653
1983 $2,765,950,336 $1,165,171,263
1984 $2,864,441,387 $1,074,373,230
1985 $2,984,052,357 $1,009,723,326
1986 $3,989,622,739 $1,186,628,778
1987 $5,520,318,405 $1,344,664,725
1988 $6,106,635,816 $1,414,951,290
1989 $5,672,569,449 $1,450,647,019
1990 $6,468,736,356 $1,506,914,408
1991 $6,909,730,288 $2,133,692,697
1992 $7,080,981,738 $2,164,298,425
1993 $6,218,581,532 $1,847,353,211
1994 $6,389,460,343 $1,944,876,755
1995 $7,123,633,418 $2,091,726,101
1996 $7,426,082,271 $2,132,087,009
1997 $7,569,672,925 $2,071,996,564
1998 $8,503,746,468 $2,032,347,665
1999 $8,982,047,589 $1,985,922,776
2000 $9,025,660,362 $1,779,520,886
2001 $8,234,846,805 $1,746,063,558
2002 $9,318,395,055 $1,777,057,481
2003 $11,429,333,038 $2,051,147,607
2004 $13,825,302,536 $2,362,501,023
2005 $16,852,963,067 $2,936,019,526
2006 $17,465,318,552 $3,919,577,286
2007 $21,652,505,597 $4,346,212,355
2008 $18,074,622,987 $5,206,437,194
2009 $13,154,414,219 $4,714,595,548
2010 $13,751,161,918 $5,628,878,798
2011 $15,221,622,926 $6,764,627,746
2012 $14,751,508,134 $6,728,208,836
2013 $16,125,060,515 $7,223,071,097
2014 $17,867,662,178 $6,592,537,782
2015 $17,517,210,519 $6,166,863,897
2016 $20,793,168,031 $6,398,747,592
2017 $24,728,285,177 $6,800,135,898
2018 $26,260,850,582 $7,473,550,557
2019 $24,681,343,649 $7,894,764,886
2020 $21,629,953,194 $8,260,752,385
2021 $25,770,339,317 $9,222,536,364
2022 $28,696,453,180 $9,557,966,698
2023 $31,452,223,862 $10,651,709,314
2024 $33,462,807,983 $10,766,731,874

Iceland and Mauritania economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Mauritania
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Mauritania
1960 $1,436 -
1961 $1,439 $188.2
1962 $1,586 $189
1963 $1,859 $188.2
1964 $2,332 $244.3
1965 $2,764 $270
1966 $3,264 $273.6
1967 $3,173 $281.5
1968 $2,390 $301
1969 $2,070 $276.6
1970 $2,576 $281.3
1971 $3,252 $296
1972 $4,015 $335
1973 $5,437 $410
1974 $7,041 $494
1975 $6,454 $551
1976 $7,583 $589
1977 $9,957 $590
1978 $11,237 $578
1979 $12,641 $664
1980 $14,822 $711
1981 $15,137 $729
1982 $13,712 $710
1983 $11,672 $725
1984 $11,960 $650
1985 $12,361 $593
1986 $16,406 $677
1987 $22,453 $746
1988 $24,452 $762
1989 $22,434 $762
1990 $25,385 $772
1991 $26,803 $1,062
1992 $27,124 $1,036
1993 $23,580 $850
1994 $24,019 $865
1995 $26,634 $905
1996 $27,615 $904
1997 $27,919 $859
1998 $31,030 $821
1999 $32,382 $781
2000 $32,096 $681
2001 $28,897 $652
2002 $32,409 $649
2003 $39,477 $732
2004 $47,335 $824
2005 $56,795 $999
2006 $57,493 $1,301
2007 $69,496 $1,405
2008 $56,943 $1,636
2009 $41,301 $1,435
2010 $43,237 $1,660
2011 $47,715 $1,931
2012 $45,996 $1,859
2013 $49,805 $1,934
2014 $54,577 $1,713
2015 $52,952 $1,555
2016 $61,988 $1,566
2017 $72,010 $1,615
2018 $74,452 $1,723
2019 $68,452 $1,767
2020 $59,024 $1,796
2021 $69,178 $1,948
2022 $75,121 $1,960
2023 $79,960 $2,121
2024 $82,704 $2,083

Iceland vs. Mauritania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Mauritania
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Mauritania
1950 71 38.4
1951 71 38.8
1952 72.4 39.2
1953 72.3 39.6
1954 73.3 40.1
1955 73.3 40.6
1956 72.9 41.1
1957 73.4 41.7
1958 73.3 42.3
1959 72.6 42.9
1960 74 43.6
1961 73.4 44.3
1962 73.6 45
1963 72.9 45.8
1964 73.5 46.6
1965 73.8 47.4
1966 73.1 48.1
1967 73.7 48.9
1968 73.9 49.5
1969 73.7 50.1
1970 73.8 50.5
1971 73.5 50.8
1972 74.4 51
1973 74.3 51.2
1974 74.1 51.4
1975 75.3 51.6
1976 76.6 51.8
1977 76.1 52
1978 76.4 52.3
1979 76.5 52.8
1980 76.6 53.2
1981 76.2 53.7
1982 76.8 54.2
1983 76.4 54.6
1984 77.3 55.2
1985 77.4 55.8
1986 77.9 56.3
1987 77.1 57
1988 76.9 57.5
1989 77.9 57.7
1990 77.7 58.1
1991 77.8 58.3
1992 78.6 58.6
1993 78.8 58.7
1994 79 58.8
1995 77.5 58.9
1996 78.6 58.9
1997 78.7 59.4
1998 79.4 59.9
1999 79.2 60.4
2000 79.5 61
2001 80.4 61.7
2002 80.3 62.2
2003 80.8 62.8
2004 80.7 63.4
2005 81.2 63.9
2006 80.9 64.5
2007 81.1 64.9
2008 81.2 65.2
2009 81.4 65.5
2010 81.6 65.7
2011 82 65.8
2012 82.3 65.8
2013 81.7 65.9
2014 82.4 66.2
2015 82.2 66.5
2016 81.8 66.8
2017 82.2 67.1
2018 82.5 67.4
2019 82.8 67.6
2020 82.7 66.8
2021 82.8 66.8
2022 81.6 68.3
2023 82.7 68.5
2024 83 68.7
2025 83.2 68.9

Iceland and Mauritania population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Mauritania
Year Population
Iceland Mauritania
1960 175,574 824,298
1961 179,029 846,167
1962 182,378 869,184
1963 185,653 893,423
1964 188,983 918,955
1965 192,286 945,838
1966 195,570 974,157
1967 198,751 1,003,843
1968 201,488 1,034,739
1969 203,369 1,066,754
1970 204,438 1,099,806
1971 206,098 1,133,702
1972 209,137 1,168,355
1973 212,317 1,203,838
1974 215,209 1,240,188
1975 217,979 1,277,330
1976 220,154 1,315,336
1977 221,799 1,353,768
1978 223,537 1,392,713
1979 225,735 1,432,758
1980 228,138 1,474,043
1981 230,755 1,516,877
1982 233,860 1,561,176
1983 236,977 1,606,746
1984 239,511 1,653,693
1985 241,405 1,702,107
1986 243,180 1,751,835
1987 245,859 1,803,014
1988 249,740 1,855,859
1989 252,852 1,903,048
1990 254,826 1,951,878
1991 257,797 2,009,738
1992 261,057 2,088,135
1993 263,725 2,174,328
1994 266,021 2,249,454
1995 267,468 2,312,017
1996 268,916 2,358,188
1997 271,128 2,411,306
1998 274,047 2,474,651
1999 277,381 2,541,698
2000 281,205 2,613,441
2001 284,968 2,678,760
2002 287,523 2,738,655
2003 289,521 2,802,046
2004 292,074 2,868,664
2005 296,734 2,939,059
2006 303,782 3,013,660
2007 311,566 3,093,059
2008 317,414 3,183,269
2009 318,499 3,284,448
2010 318,041 3,390,965
2011 319,014 3,502,811
2012 320,716 3,619,034
2013 323,764 3,734,318
2014 327,386 3,848,514
2015 330,815 3,965,959
2016 335,439 4,086,657
2017 343,400 4,210,600
2018 352,721 4,337,685
2019 360,563 4,467,708
2020 366,463 4,600,131
2021 372,520 4,734,874
2022 382,003 4,875,637
2023 393,349 5,022,441
2024 404,610 5,169,395

Fertility rates in Iceland and Mauritania

Fertility rate
Iceland

Mauritania
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Mauritania
1960 4.29 6.15
1961 3.88 6.2
1962 3.98 6.24
1963 3.99 6.31
1964 3.88 6.37
1965 3.73 6.44
1966 3.59 6.52
1967 3.28 6.57
1968 3.06 6.6
1969 2.99 6.64
1970 2.81 6.68
1971 2.92 6.7
1972 3.09 6.71
1973 2.94 6.72
1974 2.66 6.73
1975 2.65 6.71
1976 2.52 6.73
1977 2.31 6.74
1978 2.35 6.73
1979 2.49 6.7
1980 2.48 6.67
1981 2.33 6.64
1982 2.27 6.59
1983 2.24 6.54
1984 2.08 6.48
1985 1.93 6.42
1986 1.92 6.34
1987 2.06 6.27
1988 2.26 6.21
1989 2.19 6.2
1990 2.3 6.18
1991 2.18 6.16
1992 2.21 6.13
1993 2.22 6.09
1994 2.14 6.06
1995 2.08 5.96
1996 2.12 5.86
1997 2.04 5.74
1998 2.05 5.62
1999 1.99 5.52
2000 2.08 5.46
2001 1.95 5.41
2002 1.93 5.37
2003 1.99 5.36
2004 2.04 5.37
2005 2.05 5.38
2006 2.08 5.4
2007 2.09 5.43
2008 2.15 5.44
2009 2.23 5.41
2010 2.2 5.38
2011 2.02 5.38
2012 2.04 5.35
2013 1.93 5.32
2014 1.93 5.26
2015 1.8 5.21
2016 1.74 5.16
2017 1.71 5.11
2018 1.71 5.04
2019 1.74 4.98
2020 1.72 4.91
2021 1.82 4.85
2022 1.59 4.77
2023 1.59 4.7

Iceland and Mauritania demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Mauritania
Year Median age, years
Iceland Mauritania
1960 25.4 18.8
1961 25.2 18.8
1962 24.9 18.8
1963 24.7 18.8
1964 24.4 18.8
1965 24.2 18.7
1966 24.1 18.6
1967 24.1 18.5
1968 24.2 18.4
1969 24.3 18.3
1970 24.5 18.1
1971 24.7 17.9
1972 24.8 17.7
1973 24.9 17.6
1974 25.1 17.4
1975 25.4 17.3
1976 25.7 17.2
1977 26 17.1
1978 26.4 17.1
1979 26.7 17
1980 26.9 17
1981 27.2 17
1982 27.5 17
1983 27.7 17
1984 28 17
1985 28.4 17
1986 28.8 17
1987 29.1 17.1
1988 29.3 17.1
1989 29.6 17.1
1990 30 17.1
1991 30.2 17.2
1992 30.5 17.3
1993 30.8 17.6
1994 31.1 17.6
1995 31.5 17.6
1996 31.8 17.5
1997 32.1 17.5
1998 32.4 17.5
1999 32.6 17.6
2000 32.8 17.7
2001 33 17.7
2002 33.4 17.7
2003 33.7 17.7
2004 34 17.7
2005 34.2 17.7
2006 34.5 17.6
2007 34.6 17.6
2008 34.5 17.7
2009 34.6 17.8
2010 34.9 17.8
2011 35.1 17.9
2012 35.4 17.8
2013 35.5 17.8
2014 35.7 17.8
2015 36 17.8
2016 36.2 17.8
2017 36.3 17.8
2018 36.4 17.8
2019 36.5 17.9
2020 36.6 17.9
2021 36.7 18
2022 36.7 18.1
2023 36.9 18.2
2024 37.1 18.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Mauritania
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$10.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
25.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
4.72%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.55%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
21,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-1.27%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
10.4%
2019
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
43.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
30.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
54.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
24.6%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
3.1%
2019
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
$2.04B
2021
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$94.5M
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
30,000
2000
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
0.23%
2020
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
27.3%
2024

Energy

Iceland Mauritania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
4.65 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
19.6%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
19.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
50.3%
2023

Society

Iceland Mauritania
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.06%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-2,185
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
58.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.43 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.25 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
29.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
30
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
14
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
1.02
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
25.6
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
65
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
67%
2021
English speaking
98%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
37.4%
2023

Health

Iceland Mauritania
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$90.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$36.9
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
68.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
17.5%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
0.24
2022
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
21.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
381
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
37.8
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
23%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
5.2%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
26
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
9.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
0 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Mauritania
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.69%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
76,983 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
153,321 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
1,145 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
7,614 mi
2018

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