Iceland vs New Zealand statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 104th vs. 74th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Iceland and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Iceland and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Iceland

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	New Zealand
1960	$252,169,712	$5,536,098,360
1961	$257,703,245	$5,721,994,864
1962	$289,200,704	$6,133,158,532
1963	$345,175,036	$6,699,741,645
1964	$440,797,869	$7,340,766,415
1965	$531,569,564	$5,706,251,400
1966	$638,349,755	$5,917,437,693
1967	$630,567,116	$6,016,017,227
1968	$481,532,848	$5,228,045,415
1969	$420,945,148	$5,814,357,709
1970	$526,704,545	$6,495,605,331
1971	$670,251,136	$7,911,136,757
1972	$839,652,164	$9,567,331,065
1973	$1,154,440,253	$12,802,281,898
1974	$1,515,190,595	$13,940,981,798
1975	$1,406,875,081	$12,861,983,284
1976	$1,669,488,390	$13,604,832,424
1977	$2,208,509,076	$15,446,825,318
1978	$2,511,826,196	$18,530,518,395
1979	$2,853,435,054	$20,731,243,113
1980	$3,381,419,251	$23,244,547,385
1981	$3,492,997,010	$24,417,617,184
1982	$3,206,626,645	$24,164,603,059
1983	$2,765,950,336	$24,309,279,706
1984	$2,864,441,387	$21,665,975,319
1985	$2,984,052,357	$24,679,795,396
1986	$3,989,622,739	$30,604,668,357
1987	$5,520,318,405	$40,376,354,070
1988	$6,106,635,816	$45,176,811,594
1989	$5,672,569,449	$43,920,222,525
1990	$6,468,736,356	$45,495,129,385
1991	$6,909,730,288	$42,745,329,732
1992	$7,080,981,738	$41,649,829,860
1993	$6,218,581,532	$46,775,620,817
1994	$6,389,460,343	$55,314,732,279
1995	$7,123,633,418	$63,918,703,507
1996	$7,426,082,271	$70,140,835,299
1997	$7,569,672,925	$66,075,143,415
1998	$8,503,746,468	$56,227,169,851
1999	$8,982,047,589	$58,762,260,626
2000	$9,025,660,362	$52,623,281,957
2001	$8,234,846,805	$53,872,425,917
2002	$9,318,395,055	$66,627,729,311
2003	$11,429,333,038	$88,250,885,550
2004	$13,825,302,536	$103,905,210,084
2005	$16,852,963,067	$114,720,129,550
2006	$17,465,318,552	$111,538,810,713
2007	$21,652,505,597	$137,188,946,866
2008	$18,074,622,987	$133,437,126,590
2009	$13,154,414,219	$121,663,439,315
2010	$13,751,161,918	$146,887,902,524
2011	$15,221,622,926	$168,484,908,960
2012	$14,751,508,134	$176,560,711,239
2013	$16,125,060,515	$191,012,364,177
2014	$17,867,662,178	$201,518,402,787
2015	$17,517,210,519	$178,224,167,088
2016	$20,793,168,031	$189,100,085,275
2017	$24,728,285,177	$206,745,969,246
2018	$26,260,850,582	$211,985,631,173
2019	$24,681,343,649	$213,006,341,102
2020	$21,629,953,194	$213,029,554,654
2021	$25,770,339,317	$253,977,931,815
2022	$28,696,453,180	$249,509,991,440
2023	$31,452,223,862	$255,194,972,673
2024	$33,462,807,983	$260,235,932,559

Iceland and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	New Zealand
1960	$1,436	$2,334
1961	$1,439	$2,365
1962	$1,586	$2,471
1963	$1,859	$2,646
1964	$2,332	$2,839
1965	$2,764	$2,171
1966	$3,264	$2,211
1967	$3,173	$2,208
1968	$2,390	$1,902
1969	$2,070	$2,097
1970	$2,576	$2,311
1971	$3,252	$2,773
1972	$4,015	$3,295
1973	$5,437	$4,323
1974	$7,041	$4,611
1975	$6,454	$4,172
1976	$7,583	$4,374
1977	$9,957	$4,951
1978	$11,237	$5,937
1979	$12,641	$6,668
1980	$14,822	$7,467
1981	$15,137	$7,814
1982	$13,712	$7,656
1983	$11,672	$7,598
1984	$11,960	$6,714
1985	$12,361	$7,601
1986	$16,406	$9,428
1987	$22,453	$12,331
1988	$24,452	$13,759
1989	$22,434	$13,312
1990	$25,385	$13,663
1991	$26,803	$12,230
1992	$27,124	$11,793
1993	$23,580	$13,094
1994	$24,019	$15,280
1995	$26,634	$17,400
1996	$27,615	$18,794
1997	$27,919	$17,474
1998	$31,030	$14,738
1999	$32,382	$15,322
2000	$32,096	$13,641
2001	$28,897	$13,883
2002	$32,409	$16,874
2003	$39,477	$21,914
2004	$47,335	$25,420
2005	$56,795	$27,751
2006	$57,493	$26,655
2007	$69,496	$32,480
2008	$56,943	$31,325
2009	$41,301	$28,277
2010	$43,237	$33,762
2011	$47,715	$38,432
2012	$45,996	$40,054
2013	$49,805	$43,000
2014	$54,577	$44,618
2015	$52,952	$38,665
2016	$61,988	$40,114
2017	$72,010	$42,950
2018	$74,452	$43,257
2019	$68,452	$42,779
2020	$59,024	$41,851
2021	$69,178	$49,689
2022	$75,121	$48,760
2023	$79,960	$48,655
2024	$82,704	$48,747

Iceland vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	New Zealand
1950	71	69.3
1951	71	69.1
1952	72.4	69.4
1953	72.3	70.2
1954	73.3	70.3
1955	73.3	70.5
1956	72.9	70.7
1957	73.4	70.3
1958	73.3	70.9
1959	72.6	70.8
1960	74	71.2
1961	73.4	70.9
1962	73.6	71.2
1963	72.9	71.3
1964	73.5	71.3
1965	73.8	71.2
1966	73.1	71.1
1967	73.7	71.4
1968	73.9	71.1
1969	73.7	71.5
1970	73.8	71.2
1971	73.5	71.7
1972	74.4	71.8
1973	74.3	71.7
1974	74.1	71.9
1975	75.3	72.2
1976	76.6	72.4
1977	76.1	72.1
1978	76.4	73
1979	76.5	73.1
1980	76.6	72.9
1981	76.2	73.6
1982	76.8	73.7
1983	76.4	73.8
1984	77.3	74.4
1985	77.4	73.9
1986	77.9	74.1
1987	77.1	74.2
1988	76.9	74.5
1989	77.9	74.9
1990	77.7	75.4
1991	77.8	76.1
1992	78.6	76.2
1993	78.8	76.5
1994	79	76.9
1995	77.5	76.8
1996	78.6	76.8
1997	78.7	77.3
1998	79.4	78.2
1999	79.2	77.9
2000	79.5	78.7
2001	80.4	78.7
2002	80.3	78.9
2003	80.8	79.1
2004	80.7	79.4
2005	81.2	80
2006	80.9	80
2007	81.1	80.1
2008	81.2	80.2
2009	81.4	80.5
2010	81.6	81.1
2011	82	80.8
2012	82.3	81.2
2013	81.7	81.6
2014	82.4	81.4
2015	82.2	81.6
2016	81.8	82
2017	82.2	81.6
2018	82.5	81.9
2019	82.8	81.8
2020	82.7	82.7
2021	82.8	82.3
2022	81.6	81
2023	82.7	82.1
2024	83	82.2
2025	83.2	82.4

Iceland and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	New Zealand
1960	175,574	2,371,800
1961	179,029	2,419,700
1962	182,378	2,482,000
1963	185,653	2,531,800
1964	188,983	2,585,400
1965	192,286	2,628,400
1966	195,570	2,675,900
1967	198,751	2,724,100
1968	201,488	2,748,100
1969	203,369	2,772,800
1970	204,438	2,810,700
1971	206,098	2,853,000
1972	209,137	2,903,900
1973	212,317	2,961,300
1974	215,209	3,023,700
1975	217,979	3,083,100
1976	220,154	3,110,500
1977	221,799	3,120,200
1978	223,537	3,121,200
1979	225,735	3,109,000
1980	228,138	3,112,900
1981	230,755	3,124,900
1982	233,860	3,156,100
1983	236,977	3,199,300
1984	239,511	3,227,100
1985	241,405	3,247,100
1986	243,180	3,246,300
1987	245,859	3,274,400
1988	249,740	3,283,400
1989	252,852	3,299,200
1990	254,826	3,329,800
1991	257,797	3,495,100
1992	261,057	3,531,700
1993	263,725	3,572,200
1994	266,021	3,620,000
1995	267,468	3,673,400
1996	268,916	3,732,000
1997	271,128	3,781,300
1998	274,047	3,815,000
1999	277,381	3,835,100
2000	281,205	3,857,700
2001	284,968	3,880,500
2002	287,523	3,948,500
2003	289,521	4,027,200
2004	292,074	4,087,500
2005	296,734	4,133,900
2006	303,782	4,184,600
2007	311,566	4,223,800
2008	317,414	4,259,800
2009	318,499	4,302,600
2010	318,041	4,350,700
2011	319,014	4,384,000
2012	320,716	4,408,100
2013	323,764	4,442,100
2014	327,386	4,516,500
2015	330,815	4,609,400
2016	335,439	4,714,100
2017	343,400	4,813,600
2018	352,721	4,900,600
2019	360,563	4,979,200
2020	366,463	5,090,200
2021	372,520	5,111,300
2022	382,003	5,117,100
2023	393,349	5,245,000
2024	404,610	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Iceland and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Iceland

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	New Zealand
1960	4.29	4.24
1961	3.88	4.31
1962	3.98	4.19
1963	3.99	4.05
1964	3.88	3.8
1965	3.73	3.54
1966	3.59	3.41
1967	3.28	3.35
1968	3.06	3.34
1969	2.99	3.28
1970	2.81	3.17
1971	2.92	3.18
1972	3.09	3
1973	2.94	2.76
1974	2.66	2.58
1975	2.65	2.37
1976	2.52	2.27
1977	2.31	2.21
1978	2.35	2.07
1979	2.49	2.12
1980	2.48	2.03
1981	2.33	2.01
1982	2.27	1.95
1983	2.24	1.92
1984	2.08	1.93
1985	1.93	1.93
1986	1.92	1.96
1987	2.06	2.03
1988	2.26	2.1
1989	2.19	2.12
1990	2.3	2.18
1991	2.18	2.09
1992	2.21	2.06
1993	2.22	2.04
1994	2.14	1.98
1995	2.08	1.98
1996	2.12	1.96
1997	2.04	1.96
1998	2.05	1.89
1999	1.99	1.97
2000	2.08	1.98
2001	1.95	1.97
2002	1.93	1.89
2003	1.99	1.93
2004	2.04	1.98
2005	2.05	1.97
2006	2.08	2.01
2007	2.09	2.18
2008	2.15	2.19
2009	2.23	2.13
2010	2.2	2.17
2011	2.02	2.09
2012	2.04	2.1
2013	1.93	2.01
2014	1.93	1.92
2015	1.8	1.99
2016	1.74	1.87
2017	1.71	1.81
2018	1.71	1.71
2019	1.74	1.72
2020	1.72	1.61
2021	1.82	1.64
2022	1.59	1.66
2023	1.59	1.56

Iceland and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	New Zealand
1960	25.4	27.5
1961	25.2	27.1
1962	24.9	26.8
1963	24.7	26.4
1964	24.4	26.2
1965	24.2	26
1966	24.1	25.9
1967	24.1	25.8
1968	24.2	25.7
1969	24.3	25.7
1970	24.5	25.6
1971	24.7	25.7
1972	24.8	25.9
1973	24.9	26
1974	25.1	26.2
1975	25.4	26.3
1976	25.7	26.5
1977	26	26.8
1978	26.4	27.1
1979	26.7	27.5
1980	26.9	27.9
1981	27.2	28.2
1982	27.5	28.5
1983	27.7	28.8
1984	28	29.1
1985	28.4	29.4
1986	28.8	29.8
1987	29.1	30.1
1988	29.3	30.4
1989	29.6	30.8
1990	30	31.1
1991	30.2	31.4
1992	30.5	31.7
1993	30.8	32
1994	31.1	32.3
1995	31.5	32.6
1996	31.8	32.8
1997	32.1	33.2
1998	32.4	33.6
1999	32.6	34
2000	32.8	34.3
2001	33	34.6
2002	33.4	34.8
2003	33.7	35
2004	34	35.2
2005	34.2	35.5
2006	34.5	35.8
2007	34.6	36.1
2008	34.5	36.4
2009	34.6	36.6
2010	34.9	36.8
2011	35.1	37
2012	35.4	37.2
2013	35.5	37.4
2014	35.7	37.5
2015	36	37.4
2016	36.2	37.3
2017	36.3	37.2
2018	36.4	37.3
2019	36.5	37.3
2020	36.6	37.5
2021	36.7	37.8
2022	36.7	38.1
2023	36.9	38.3
2024	37.1	38.6

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