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Iceland vs Nicaragua statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 6.92M in Nicaragua (ranked 108/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 46,464 sq mi for Nicaragua (ranked 104th vs. 98th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Nicaragua
Population
412970
7079664
Population rank 172/197 107/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$19.7B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 131/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$2,848
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 141/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$8,709
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$7.7B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
38.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$1,114
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 139/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$2,445
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
46,464 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
148.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
2.22
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
26.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
75.3 years
2025

Iceland and Nicaragua: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Nicaragua
Year GDP
Iceland Nicaragua
1960 $252,169,712 $227,223,322
1961 $257,703,245 $244,144,237
1962 $289,200,704 $269,283,804
1963 $345,175,036 $297,324,163
1964 $440,797,869 $347,119,918
1965 $531,569,564 $564,290,020
1966 $638,349,755 $607,140,010
1967 $630,567,116 $657,140,011
1968 $481,532,848 $692,859,985
1969 $420,945,148 $750,000,003
1970 $526,704,545 $778,569,939
1971 $670,251,136 $828,569,953
1972 $839,652,164 $878,570,045
1973 $1,154,440,253 $1,092,900,015
1974 $1,515,190,595 $1,521,400,012
1975 $1,406,875,081 $1,581,599,959
1976 $1,669,488,390 $1,836,899,999
1977 $2,208,509,076 $2,226,999,874
1978 $2,511,826,196 $2,127,699,979
1979 $2,853,435,054 $1,567,599,982
1980 $3,381,419,251 $2,144,300,006
1981 $3,492,997,010 $2,474,700,227
1982 $3,206,626,645 $2,454,499,872
1983 $2,765,950,336 $2,753,100,058
1984 $2,864,441,387 $3,117,599,872
1985 $2,984,052,357 $2,683,699,935
1986 $3,989,622,739 $2,885,799,994
1987 $5,520,318,405 $3,851,200,118
1988 $6,106,635,816 $2,630,900,096
1989 $5,672,569,449 $1,013,184,756
1990 $6,468,736,356 $1,009,455,484
1991 $6,909,730,288 $1,488,804,124
1992 $7,080,981,738 $1,792,800,000
1993 $6,218,581,532 $1,756,454,248
1994 $6,389,460,343 $3,863,185,119
1995 $7,123,633,418 $4,140,470,000
1996 $7,426,082,271 $4,308,351,903
1997 $7,569,672,925 $4,389,973,490
1998 $8,503,746,468 $4,635,347,386
1999 $8,982,047,589 $4,856,026,259
2000 $9,025,660,362 $5,109,587,050
2001 $8,234,846,805 $5,351,752,034
2002 $9,318,395,055 $5,223,727,303
2003 $11,429,333,038 $5,322,228,351
2004 $13,825,302,536 $5,792,932,838
2005 $16,852,963,067 $6,321,324,279
2006 $17,465,318,552 $6,763,672,381
2007 $21,652,505,597 $7,423,375,015
2008 $18,074,622,987 $8,496,967,597
2009 $13,154,414,219 $8,298,702,489
2010 $13,751,161,918 $8,758,602,233
2011 $15,221,622,926 $9,774,329,333
2012 $14,751,508,134 $10,532,017,232
2013 $16,125,060,515 $10,982,988,249
2014 $17,867,662,178 $11,880,438,824
2015 $17,517,210,519 $12,756,696,261
2016 $20,793,168,031 $13,286,093,388
2017 $24,728,285,177 $13,785,893,007
2018 $26,260,850,582 $13,025,221,974
2019 $24,681,343,649 $12,699,023,614
2020 $21,629,953,194 $12,726,422,432
2021 $25,770,339,317 $14,209,020,362
2022 $28,696,453,180 $15,634,572,502
2023 $31,452,223,862 $17,805,842,284
2024 $33,462,807,983 $19,693,982,968

Iceland and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Nicaragua
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Nicaragua
1960 $1,436 $127.5
1961 $1,439 $132.9
1962 $1,586 $142.3
1963 $1,859 $152.5
1964 $2,332 $172.7
1965 $2,764 $272.3
1966 $3,264 $284
1967 $3,173 $297.9
1968 $2,390 $304
1969 $2,070 $319
1970 $2,576 $321
1971 $3,252 $331
1972 $4,015 $341
1973 $5,437 $413
1974 $7,041 $557
1975 $6,454 $561
1976 $7,583 $633
1977 $9,957 $744
1978 $11,237 $691
1979 $12,641 $495
1980 $14,822 $659
1981 $15,137 $740
1982 $13,712 $714
1983 $11,672 $780
1984 $11,960 $861
1985 $12,361 $724
1986 $16,406 $761
1987 $22,453 $992
1988 $24,452 $662
1989 $22,434 $249.2
1990 $25,385 $242.5
1991 $26,803 $350
1992 $27,124 $411
1993 $23,580 $394
1994 $24,019 $849
1995 $26,634 $892
1996 $27,615 $911
1997 $27,919 $913
1998 $31,030 $949
1999 $32,382 $980
2000 $32,096 $1,017
2001 $28,897 $1,052
2002 $32,409 $1,014
2003 $39,477 $1,021
2004 $47,335 $1,099
2005 $56,795 $1,183
2006 $57,493 $1,248
2007 $69,496 $1,350
2008 $56,943 $1,524
2009 $41,301 $1,467
2010 $43,237 $1,527
2011 $47,715 $1,680
2012 $45,996 $1,785
2013 $49,805 $1,835
2014 $54,577 $1,958
2015 $52,952 $2,074
2016 $61,988 $2,132
2017 $72,010 $2,183
2018 $74,452 $2,035
2019 $68,452 $1,959
2020 $59,024 $1,938
2021 $69,178 $2,138
2022 $75,121 $2,323
2023 $79,960 $2,609
2024 $82,704 $2,848

Iceland vs. Nicaragua life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Nicaragua
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Nicaragua
1950 71 40.6
1951 71 40.8
1952 72.4 41.9
1953 72.3 42.4
1954 73.3 43.1
1955 73.3 43.7
1956 72.9 44.3
1957 73.4 44.9
1958 73.3 45.5
1959 72.6 46.1
1960 74 46.4
1961 73.4 47.3
1962 73.6 48
1963 72.9 48.8
1964 73.5 49.6
1965 73.8 50.6
1966 73.1 51.6
1967 73.7 52.3
1968 73.9 52.9
1969 73.7 53.4
1970 73.8 53.8
1971 73.5 54.2
1972 74.4 48
1973 74.3 55
1974 74.1 55.4
1975 75.3 55.8
1976 76.6 56.1
1977 76.1 56.1
1978 76.4 53.5
1979 76.5 50.8
1980 76.6 58
1981 76.2 58.3
1982 76.8 58.7
1983 76.4 56.9
1984 77.3 56.1
1985 77.4 56.4
1986 77.9 57.6
1987 77.1 57.3
1988 76.9 59.8
1989 77.9 61.9
1990 77.7 62.5
1991 77.8 63.3
1992 78.6 63.7
1993 78.8 64.1
1994 79 64.5
1995 77.5 64.9
1996 78.6 65.2
1997 78.7 65.5
1998 79.4 64.1
1999 79.2 65.9
2000 79.5 66.4
2001 80.4 67
2002 80.3 68
2003 80.8 68.7
2004 80.7 69.5
2005 81.2 70.4
2006 80.9 71
2007 81.1 71.2
2008 81.2 71.4
2009 81.4 71.5
2010 81.6 71.8
2011 82 72
2012 82.3 72.4
2013 81.7 72.6
2014 82.4 72.8
2015 82.2 72.9
2016 81.8 73.2
2017 82.2 73.4
2018 82.5 73.9
2019 82.8 73.8
2020 82.7 70.8
2021 82.8 70.5
2022 81.6 74.5
2023 82.7 74.9
2024 83 75.1
2025 83.2 75.3

Iceland and Nicaragua population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Nicaragua
Year Population
Iceland Nicaragua
1960 175,574 1,782,370
1961 179,029 1,836,451
1962 182,378 1,892,320
1963 185,653 1,950,159
1964 188,983 2,010,176
1965 192,286 2,072,681
1966 195,570 2,137,820
1967 198,751 2,205,567
1968 201,488 2,275,836
1969 203,369 2,348,398
1970 204,438 2,423,065
1971 206,098 2,499,825
1972 209,137 2,573,578
1973 212,317 2,649,278
1974 215,209 2,732,075
1975 217,979 2,816,943
1976 220,154 2,903,851
1977 221,799 2,992,534
1978 223,537 3,080,314
1979 225,735 3,164,525
1980 228,138 3,252,403
1981 230,755 3,345,674
1982 233,860 3,438,745
1983 236,977 3,530,282
1984 239,511 3,619,104
1985 241,405 3,706,479
1986 243,180 3,794,157
1987 245,859 3,882,164
1988 249,740 3,972,320
1989 252,852 4,066,476
1990 254,826 4,162,559
1991 257,797 4,259,637
1992 261,057 4,357,026
1993 263,725 4,453,732
1994 266,021 4,549,316
1995 267,468 4,642,931
1996 268,916 4,729,974
1997 271,128 4,809,573
1998 274,047 4,883,655
1999 277,381 4,954,018
2000 281,205 5,022,633
2001 284,968 5,087,825
2002 287,523 5,149,909
2003 289,521 5,210,963
2004 292,074 5,272,912
2005 296,734 5,342,105
2006 303,782 5,418,855
2007 311,566 5,497,243
2008 317,414 5,576,593
2009 318,499 5,656,601
2010 318,041 5,737,450
2011 319,014 5,819,051
2012 320,716 5,901,287
2013 323,764 5,983,845
2014 327,386 6,066,492
2015 330,815 6,149,417
2016 335,439 6,232,666
2017 343,400 6,316,231
2018 352,721 6,400,080
2019 360,563 6,483,657
2020 366,463 6,565,267
2021 372,520 6,644,741
2022 382,003 6,730,654
2023 393,349 6,823,613
2024 404,610 6,916,140

Fertility rates in Iceland and Nicaragua

Fertility rate
Iceland

Nicaragua
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Nicaragua
1960 4.29 7.16
1961 3.88 7.11
1962 3.98 7.1
1963 3.99 7.08
1964 3.88 7.06
1965 3.73 7.03
1966 3.59 6.99
1967 3.28 6.94
1968 3.06 6.89
1969 2.99 6.83
1970 2.81 6.77
1971 2.92 6.71
1972 3.09 6.65
1973 2.94 6.59
1974 2.66 6.52
1975 2.65 6.45
1976 2.52 6.37
1977 2.31 6.28
1978 2.35 6.16
1979 2.49 6.07
1980 2.48 5.96
1981 2.33 5.84
1982 2.27 5.74
1983 2.24 5.61
1984 2.08 5.49
1985 1.93 5.36
1986 1.92 5.22
1987 2.06 5.07
1988 2.26 4.93
1989 2.19 4.76
1990 2.3 4.6
1991 2.18 4.43
1992 2.21 4.27
1993 2.22 4.1
1994 2.14 3.94
1995 2.08 3.78
1996 2.12 3.62
1997 2.04 3.47
1998 2.05 3.34
1999 1.99 3.22
2000 2.08 3.12
2001 1.95 3
2002 1.93 2.89
2003 1.99 2.83
2004 2.04 2.78
2005 2.05 2.77
2006 2.08 2.73
2007 2.09 2.7
2008 2.15 2.66
2009 2.23 2.63
2010 2.2 2.6
2011 2.02 2.56
2012 2.04 2.53
2013 1.93 2.49
2014 1.93 2.46
2015 1.8 2.43
2016 1.74 2.41
2017 1.71 2.38
2018 1.71 2.35
2019 1.74 2.32
2020 1.72 2.3
2021 1.82 2.27
2022 1.59 2.24
2023 1.59 2.22

Iceland and Nicaragua demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Nicaragua
Year Median age, years
Iceland Nicaragua
1960 25.4 16.2
1961 25.2 16.1
1962 24.9 16
1963 24.7 15.9
1964 24.4 15.9
1965 24.2 15.9
1966 24.1 16
1967 24.1 16
1968 24.2 16
1969 24.3 16.1
1970 24.5 16.1
1971 24.7 16.1
1972 24.8 16.2
1973 24.9 16.2
1974 25.1 16.2
1975 25.4 16.2
1976 25.7 16.2
1977 26 16.2
1978 26.4 16.2
1979 26.7 16.2
1980 26.9 16.2
1981 27.2 16.2
1982 27.5 16.2
1983 27.7 16.3
1984 28 16.3
1985 28.4 16.3
1986 28.8 16.3
1987 29.1 16.4
1988 29.3 16.4
1989 29.6 16.5
1990 30 16.7
1991 30.2 16.8
1992 30.5 17
1993 30.8 17.2
1994 31.1 17.4
1995 31.5 17.6
1996 31.8 17.9
1997 32.1 18.1
1998 32.4 18.4
1999 32.6 18.8
2000 32.8 19.1
2001 33 19.4
2002 33.4 19.7
2003 33.7 20.1
2004 34 20.4
2005 34.2 20.8
2006 34.5 21.1
2007 34.6 21.4
2008 34.5 21.7
2009 34.6 22
2010 34.9 22.2
2011 35.1 22.5
2012 35.4 22.8
2013 35.5 23.1
2014 35.7 23.4
2015 36 23.7
2016 36.2 24
2017 36.3 24.3
2018 36.4 24.7
2019 36.5 25
2020 36.6 25.3
2021 36.7 25.6
2022 36.7 25.9
2023 36.9 26.3
2024 37.1 26.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Nicaragua
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$17.4B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
27.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.55%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
12,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
+0.86%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
5.2%
2018
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
46.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
27.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
54
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
37.2%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
2%
2014
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
$6.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$5.25B
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
474,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
15.2%
1999
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
23.5%
2024

Energy

Iceland Nicaragua
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
608 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$12.8
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
5.73 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
0.84 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
39.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
50.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
17%
2022
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
46.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
682 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
69.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
14.9%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
88.3%
2023

Society

Iceland Nicaragua
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.08%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-8,189
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
60.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.57 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.1 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
28.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
14
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
25
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
11
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
16.9
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
126
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
82.6%
2015
English speaking
98%
2023
1%
2025
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
58.2%
2023

Health

Iceland Nicaragua
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$208.5
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$74.3
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
75.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
5.16%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
0.66
2018
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
19.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
60
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
13.4
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
34.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
10.4%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
58
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
3.67 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Nicaragua
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.08%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
6,718 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
19,656 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
11,998 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
14,849 mi
2014

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