Iceland vs Nauru statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 11.9K in Nauru (ranked 195/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 7.72 sq mi for Nauru (ranked 104th vs. 195th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422).

Iceland and Nauru: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Nauru economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Nauru

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Nauru
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	$17,570,366
1971	$670,251,136	$19,009,433
1972	$839,652,164	$21,734,269
1973	$1,154,440,253	$26,529,817
1974	$1,515,190,595	$35,994,511
1975	$1,406,875,081	$40,106,776
1976	$1,669,488,390	$40,287,427
1977	$2,208,509,076	$40,444,702
1978	$2,511,826,196	$41,754,147
1979	$2,853,435,054	$44,431,330
1980	$3,381,419,251	$46,947,124
1981	$3,492,997,010	$51,689,637
1982	$3,206,626,645	$52,877,742
1983	$2,765,950,336	$48,439,093
1984	$2,864,441,387	$47,363,231
1985	$2,984,052,357	$41,548,741
1986	$3,989,622,739	$39,939,391
1987	$5,520,318,405	$40,118,410
1988	$6,106,635,816	$45,931,134
1989	$5,672,569,449	$53,736,786
1990	$6,468,736,356	$55,572,376
1991	$6,909,730,288	$52,533,789
1992	$7,080,981,738	$51,133,123
1993	$6,218,581,532	$43,542,088
1994	$6,389,460,343	$39,742,511
1995	$7,123,633,418	$39,969,706
1996	$7,426,082,271	$37,458,801
1997	$7,569,672,925	$37,331,507
1998	$8,503,746,468	$29,664,451
1999	$8,982,047,589	$27,328,613
2000	$9,025,660,362	$26,930,980
2001	$8,234,846,805	$22,613,288
2002	$9,318,395,055	$21,017,424
2003	$11,429,333,038	$24,778,160
2004	$13,825,302,536	$30,587,566
2005	$16,852,963,067	$30,282,840
2006	$17,465,318,552	$29,183,627
2007	$21,652,505,597	$23,068,623
2008	$18,074,622,987	$37,184,925
2009	$13,154,414,219	$44,024,970
2010	$13,751,161,918	$47,442,299
2011	$15,221,622,926	$65,444,174
2012	$14,751,508,134	$100,794,925
2013	$16,125,060,515	$94,385,015
2014	$17,867,662,178	$98,752,257
2015	$17,517,210,519	$84,383,389
2016	$20,793,168,031	$97,276,023
2017	$24,728,285,177	$108,862,279
2018	$26,260,850,582	$130,937,590
2019	$24,681,343,649	$124,871,111
2020	$21,629,953,194	$124,530,027
2021	$25,770,339,317	$175,513,985
2022	$28,696,453,180	$152,190,819
2023	$31,452,223,862	$151,455,968
2024	$33,462,807,983	$160,350,640

Iceland and Nauru economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Nauru

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Nauru
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	$2,619
1971	$3,252	$2,811
1972	$4,015	$3,191
1973	$5,437	$3,864
1974	$7,041	$5,199
1975	$6,454	$5,740
1976	$7,583	$5,703
1977	$9,957	$5,646
1978	$11,237	$5,721
1979	$12,641	$5,950
1980	$14,822	$6,138
1981	$15,137	$6,594
1982	$13,712	$6,577
1983	$11,672	$5,896
1984	$11,960	$5,654
1985	$12,361	$4,859
1986	$16,406	$4,569
1987	$22,453	$4,485
1988	$24,452	$5,012
1989	$22,434	$5,723
1990	$25,385	$5,776
1991	$26,803	$5,333
1992	$27,124	$5,103
1993	$23,580	$4,310
1994	$24,019	$3,921
1995	$26,634	$3,932
1996	$27,615	$3,679
1997	$27,919	$3,661
1998	$31,030	$2,909
1999	$32,382	$2,683
2000	$32,096	$2,649
2001	$28,897	$2,232
2002	$32,409	$2,085
2003	$39,477	$2,463
2004	$47,335	$3,041
2005	$56,795	$3,014
2006	$57,493	$2,908
2007	$69,496	$2,302
2008	$56,943	$3,715
2009	$41,301	$4,395
2010	$43,237	$4,724
2011	$47,715	$6,481
2012	$45,996	$9,817
2013	$49,805	$8,975
2014	$54,577	$9,193
2015	$52,952	$7,703
2016	$61,988	$8,724
2017	$72,010	$9,613
2018	$74,452	$11,409
2019	$68,452	$10,777
2020	$59,024	$10,696
2021	$69,178	$14,990
2022	$75,121	$12,896
2023	$79,960	$12,754
2024	$82,704	$13,422

Iceland vs. Nauru life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Nauru

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Nauru
1950	71	56.6
1951	71	56.8
1952	72.4	57
1953	72.3	57.2
1954	73.3	57.4
1955	73.3	57.5
1956	72.9	57.6
1957	73.4	57.7
1958	73.3	57.8
1959	72.6	57.9
1960	74	57.9
1961	73.4	58
1962	73.6	58
1963	72.9	58.1
1964	73.5	58.2
1965	73.8	58.3
1966	73.1	58.4
1967	73.7	58.6
1968	73.9	58.6
1969	73.7	58.4
1970	73.8	58.4
1971	73.5	58.4
1972	74.4	58.4
1973	74.3	58.4
1974	74.1	58.3
1975	75.3	58.3
1976	76.6	58.2
1977	76.1	58.1
1978	76.4	58.3
1979	76.5	58.4
1980	76.6	58.5
1981	76.2	58.6
1982	76.8	58.6
1983	76.4	58.7
1984	77.3	58.7
1985	77.4	58.6
1986	77.9	58.6
1987	77.1	58.6
1988	76.9	58.7
1989	77.9	58.9
1990	77.7	59.1
1991	77.8	59.3
1992	78.6	59.5
1993	78.8	59.8
1994	79	60
1995	77.5	60.1
1996	78.6	60.1
1997	78.7	60
1998	79.4	59.9
1999	79.2	59.7
2000	79.5	59.6
2001	80.4	59.5
2002	80.3	59.4
2003	80.8	59.4
2004	80.7	59.3
2005	81.2	59.4
2006	80.9	59.4
2007	81.1	59.5
2008	81.2	59.7
2009	81.4	59.9
2010	81.6	60.1
2011	82	60.3
2012	82.3	60.5
2013	81.7	60.7
2014	82.4	60.8
2015	82.2	60.9
2016	81.8	61
2017	82.2	61.1
2018	82.5	61.2
2019	82.8	61.4
2020	82.7	61.5
2021	82.8	61.3
2022	81.6	61.9
2023	82.7	62.1
2024	83	62.3
2025	83.2	62.4

Iceland and Nauru population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Nauru

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Nauru
1960	175,574	4,607
1961	179,029	4,774
1962	182,378	4,979
1963	185,653	5,226
1964	188,983	5,515
1965	192,286	5,832
1966	195,570	6,043
1967	198,751	6,135
1968	201,488	6,328
1969	203,369	6,581
1970	204,438	6,710
1971	206,098	6,762
1972	209,137	6,812
1973	212,317	6,866
1974	215,209	6,923
1975	217,979	6,987
1976	220,154	7,064
1977	221,799	7,163
1978	223,537	7,298
1979	225,735	7,468
1980	228,138	7,649
1981	230,755	7,839
1982	233,860	8,040
1983	236,977	8,216
1984	239,511	8,377
1985	241,405	8,551
1986	243,180	8,742
1987	245,859	8,946
1988	249,740	9,165
1989	252,852	9,390
1990	254,826	9,622
1991	257,797	9,850
1992	261,057	10,021
1993	263,725	10,102
1994	266,021	10,137
1995	267,468	10,165
1996	268,916	10,183
1997	271,128	10,197
1998	274,047	10,198
1999	277,381	10,187
2000	281,205	10,168
2001	284,968	10,130
2002	287,523	10,082
2003	289,521	10,059
2004	292,074	10,060
2005	296,734	10,049
2006	303,782	10,034
2007	311,566	10,020
2008	317,414	10,009
2009	318,499	10,016
2010	318,041	10,043
2011	319,014	10,098
2012	320,716	10,267
2013	323,764	10,517
2014	327,386	10,742
2015	330,815	10,954
2016	335,439	11,150
2017	343,400	11,324
2018	352,721	11,477
2019	360,563	11,587
2020	366,463	11,643
2021	372,520	11,709
2022	382,003	11,801
2023	393,349	11,875
2024	404,610	11,947

Fertility rates in Iceland and Nauru

Fertility rate

Iceland

Nauru

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Nauru
1960	4.29	5.34
1961	3.88	5.38
1962	3.98	5.42
1963	3.99	5.44
1964	3.88	5.47
1965	3.73	5.48
1966	3.59	5.41
1967	3.28	5.29
1968	3.06	5.14
1969	2.99	4.94
1970	2.81	4.74
1971	2.92	4.54
1972	3.09	4.36
1973	2.94	4.19
1974	2.66	4.07
1975	2.65	3.97
1976	2.52	3.9
1977	2.31	3.86
1978	2.35	3.84
1979	2.49	3.85
1980	2.48	3.88
1981	2.33	3.94
1982	2.27	3.99
1983	2.24	4.06
1984	2.08	4.11
1985	1.93	4.14
1986	1.92	4.15
1987	2.06	4.14
1988	2.26	4.11
1989	2.19	4.07
1990	2.3	4.02
1991	2.18	3.99
1992	2.21	3.95
1993	2.22	3.89
1994	2.14	3.84
1995	2.08	3.81
1996	2.12	3.78
1997	2.04	3.74
1998	2.05	3.68
1999	1.99	3.64
2000	2.08	3.54
2001	1.95	3.46
2002	1.93	3.4
2003	1.99	3.39
2004	2.04	3.38
2005	2.05	3.38
2006	2.08	3.4
2007	2.09	3.5
2008	2.15	3.67
2009	2.23	3.85
2010	2.2	4.02
2011	2.02	4.12
2012	2.04	4.12
2013	1.93	4.1
2014	1.93	4.09
2015	1.8	4.08
2016	1.74	4.03
2017	1.71	3.88
2018	1.71	3.68
2019	1.74	3.53
2020	1.72	3.47
2021	1.82	3.43
2022	1.59	3.38
2023	1.59	3.33

Iceland and Nauru demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Nauru

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Nauru
1960	25.4	23.8
1961	25.2	24
1962	24.9	23.9
1963	24.7	23.7
1964	24.4	23.4
1965	24.2	23.1
1966	24.1	22.9
1967	24.1	22.9
1968	24.2	21.2
1969	24.3	18.9
1970	24.5	18.7
1971	24.7	19.1
1972	24.8	19.4
1973	24.9	19.8
1974	25.1	20.4
1975	25.4	21
1976	25.7	21.5
1977	26	22.1
1978	26.4	22.9
1979	26.7	23.6
1980	26.9	24.2
1981	27.2	24.7
1982	27.5	25.1
1983	27.7	25.2
1984	28	24.5
1985	28.4	23.7
1986	28.8	22.8
1987	29.1	22.1
1988	29.3	21.4
1989	29.6	20.8
1990	30	20.2
1991	30.2	19.7
1992	30.5	19.4
1993	30.8	19.3
1994	31.1	19.3
1995	31.5	19.3
1996	31.8	19.4
1997	32.1	19.5
1998	32.4	19.6
1999	32.6	19.8
2000	32.8	20.1
2001	33	20.4
2002	33.4	20.6
2003	33.7	20.8
2004	34	21
2005	34.2	21.2
2006	34.5	21.3
2007	34.6	21.5
2008	34.5	21.7
2009	34.6	21.8
2010	34.9	21.8
2011	35.1	21.8
2012	35.4	21.7
2013	35.5	21.6
2014	35.7	21.5
2015	36	21.4
2016	36.2	21.5
2017	36.3	21.6
2018	36.4	21.8
2019	36.5	21.9
2020	36.6	21.8
2021	36.7	21.7
2022	36.7	21.6
2023	36.9	21.5
2024	37.1	21.4

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