Iceland vs North Korea statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 104th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Iceland and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Iceland and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Iceland

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	North Korea
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	-
1971	$670,251,136	-
1972	$839,652,164	-
1973	$1,154,440,253	-
1974	$1,515,190,595	-
1975	$1,406,875,081	-
1976	$1,669,488,390	-
1977	$2,208,509,076	-
1978	$2,511,826,196	-
1979	$2,853,435,054	-
1980	$3,381,419,251	-
1981	$3,492,997,010	-
1982	$3,206,626,645	-
1983	$2,765,950,336	-
1984	$2,864,441,387	-
1985	$2,984,052,357	-
1986	$3,989,622,739	-
1987	$5,520,318,405	-
1988	$6,106,635,816	-
1989	$5,672,569,449	-
1990	$6,468,736,356	-
1991	$6,909,730,288	-
1992	$7,080,981,738	-
1993	$6,218,581,532	-
1994	$6,389,460,343	-
1995	$7,123,633,418	-
1996	$7,426,082,271	-
1997	$7,569,672,925	-
1998	$8,503,746,468	-
1999	$8,982,047,589	-
2000	$9,025,660,362	-
2001	$8,234,846,805	-
2002	$9,318,395,055	-
2003	$11,429,333,038	-
2004	$13,825,302,536	-
2005	$16,852,963,067	-
2006	$17,465,318,552	-
2007	$21,652,505,597	-
2008	$18,074,622,987	-
2009	$13,154,414,219	$23,356,470,000
2010	$13,751,161,918	$25,995,513,000
2011	$15,221,622,926	$29,005,020,000
2012	$14,751,508,134	$29,890,710,000
2013	$16,125,060,515	$30,588,922,000
2014	$17,867,662,178	$30,554,460,000
2015	$17,517,210,519	$30,723,030,000
2016	$20,793,168,031	$28,882,640,000
2017	$24,728,285,177	$29,105,440,000
2018	$26,260,850,582	$28,536,400,000
2019	$24,681,343,649	$28,222,880,000
2020	$21,629,953,194	$27,728,240,000
2021	$25,770,339,317	$32,301,720,000
2022	$28,696,453,180	$28,971,360,000
2023	$31,452,223,862	$32,155,360,000
2024	$33,462,807,983	$34,943,120,000

Iceland and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	North Korea
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	-
1971	$3,252	-
1972	$4,015	-
1973	$5,437	-
1974	$7,041	-
1975	$6,454	-
1976	$7,583	-
1977	$9,957	-
1978	$11,237	-
1979	$12,641	-
1980	$14,822	-
1981	$15,137	-
1982	$13,712	-
1983	$11,672	-
1984	$11,960	-
1985	$12,361	-
1986	$16,406	-
1987	$22,453	-
1988	$24,452	-
1989	$22,434	-
1990	$25,385	-
1991	$26,803	-
1992	$27,124	-
1993	$23,580	-
1994	$24,019	-
1995	$26,634	-
1996	$27,615	-
1997	$27,919	-
1998	$31,030	-
1999	$32,382	-
2000	$32,096	-
2001	$28,897	-
2002	$32,409	-
2003	$39,477	-
2004	$47,335	-
2005	$56,795	-
2006	$57,493	-
2007	$69,496	-
2008	$56,943	-
2009	$41,301	$939
2010	$43,237	$1,040
2011	$47,715	$1,156
2012	$45,996	$1,186
2013	$49,805	$1,208
2014	$54,577	$1,201
2015	$52,952	$1,201
2016	$61,988	$1,124
2017	$72,010	$1,127
2018	$74,452	$1,100
2019	$68,452	$1,084
2020	$59,024	$1,061
2021	$69,178	$1,231
2022	$75,121	$1,100
2023	$79,960	$1,217
2024	$82,704	$1,319

Iceland vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	North Korea
1950	71	14.2
1951	71	17.7
1952	72.4	32.8
1953	72.3	40.3
1954	73.3	50.6
1955	73.3	51.8
1956	72.9	52.8
1957	73.4	53.7
1958	73.3	54.5
1959	72.6	55.2
1960	74	55.8
1961	73.4	56.4
1962	73.6	57
1963	72.9	57.6
1964	73.5	58.2
1965	73.8	58.8
1966	73.1	59.4
1967	73.7	60.1
1968	73.9	60.8
1969	73.7	61.4
1970	73.8	62
1971	73.5	62.7
1972	74.4	63.3
1973	74.3	63.8
1974	74.1	64.3
1975	75.3	64.8
1976	76.6	65.3
1977	76.1	65.8
1978	76.4	66.3
1979	76.5	66.7
1980	76.6	67.2
1981	76.2	67.7
1982	76.8	68.1
1983	76.4	68.5
1984	77.3	68.9
1985	77.4	69.2
1986	77.9	69.5
1987	77.1	69.8
1988	76.9	70.1
1989	77.9	70.3
1990	77.7	70.5
1991	77.8	70.7
1992	78.6	71
1993	78.8	70.8
1994	79	70.5
1995	77.5	60.8
1996	78.6	60.8
1997	78.7	60.9
1998	79.4	60.9
1999	79.2	60.9
2000	79.5	60.9
2001	80.4	60.9
2002	80.3	60.9
2003	80.8	69.4
2004	80.7	69.3
2005	81.2	69.2
2006	80.9	69.1
2007	81.1	69
2008	81.2	69.3
2009	81.4	69.7
2010	81.6	70.2
2011	82	70.8
2012	82.3	71.3
2013	81.7	71.9
2014	82.4	72.5
2015	82.2	72.8
2016	81.8	73
2017	82.2	73
2018	82.5	73
2019	82.8	72.9
2020	82.7	72.8
2021	82.8	73.4
2022	81.6	73.6
2023	82.7	73.6
2024	83	73.7
2025	83.2	73.9

Iceland and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	North Korea
1960	175,574	11,722,953
1961	179,029	11,990,713
1962	182,378	12,262,882
1963	185,653	12,567,057
1964	188,983	12,889,770
1965	192,286	13,219,369
1966	195,570	13,569,094
1967	198,751	13,958,350
1968	201,488	14,365,596
1969	203,369	14,767,615
1970	204,438	15,172,775
1971	206,098	15,572,457
1972	209,137	15,975,069
1973	212,317	16,350,367
1974	215,209	16,673,121
1975	217,979	16,971,055
1976	220,154	17,243,450
1977	221,799	17,492,798
1978	223,537	17,735,995
1979	225,735	17,983,470
1980	228,138	18,236,786
1981	230,755	18,501,295
1982	233,860	18,776,357
1983	236,977	19,054,034
1984	239,511	19,335,043
1985	241,405	19,620,388
1986	243,180	19,910,855
1987	245,859	20,205,483
1988	249,740	20,503,161
1989	252,852	20,804,367
1990	254,826	21,112,137
1991	257,797	21,428,638
1992	261,057	21,750,911
1993	263,725	22,073,352
1994	266,021	22,393,975
1995	267,468	22,669,304
1996	268,916	22,895,746
1997	271,128	23,110,830
1998	274,047	23,311,564
1999	277,381	23,497,599
2000	281,205	23,665,910
2001	284,968	23,815,358
2002	287,523	23,943,973
2003	289,521	24,090,380
2004	292,074	24,254,943
2005	296,734	24,396,433
2006	303,782	24,524,507
2007	311,566	24,646,383
2008	317,414	24,764,618
2009	318,499	24,878,332
2010	318,041	24,987,258
2011	319,014	25,097,874
2012	320,716	25,211,728
2013	323,764	25,329,451
2014	327,386	25,451,262
2015	330,815	25,575,350
2016	335,439	25,698,326
2017	343,400	25,817,709
2018	352,721	25,931,147
2019	360,563	26,037,632
2020	366,463	26,136,312
2021	372,520	26,232,534
2022	382,003	26,328,845
2023	393,349	26,418,204
2024	404,610	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Iceland and North Korea

Fertility rate

Iceland

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	North Korea
1960	4.29	3.57
1961	3.88	3.26
1962	3.98	3.41
1963	3.99	3.63
1964	3.88	3.55
1965	3.73	3.56
1966	3.59	3.71
1967	3.28	4.05
1968	3.06	3.87
1969	2.99	3.86
1970	2.81	3.85
1971	2.92	3.74
1972	3.09	3.89
1973	2.94	3.35
1974	2.66	3.14
1975	2.65	3.05
1976	2.52	2.84
1977	2.31	2.77
1978	2.35	2.79
1979	2.49	2.85
1980	2.48	2.84
1981	2.33	2.92
1982	2.27	2.85
1983	2.24	2.78
1984	2.08	2.71
1985	1.93	2.65
1986	1.92	2.59
1987	2.06	2.53
1988	2.26	2.47
1989	2.19	2.41
1990	2.3	2.39
1991	2.18	2.35
1992	2.21	2.29
1993	2.22	2.22
1994	2.14	2.18
1995	2.08	2.15
1996	2.12	2.09
1997	2.04	2.03
1998	2.05	1.99
1999	1.99	1.97
2000	2.08	1.94
2001	1.95	1.94
2002	1.93	1.92
2003	1.99	1.91
2004	2.04	1.9
2005	2.05	1.87
2006	2.08	1.94
2007	2.09	1.94
2008	2.15	1.97
2009	2.23	1.91
2010	2.2	1.89
2011	2.02	1.88
2012	2.04	1.88
2013	1.93	1.88
2014	1.93	1.87
2015	1.8	1.86
2016	1.74	1.86
2017	1.71	1.85
2018	1.71	1.83
2019	1.74	1.83
2020	1.72	1.82
2021	1.82	1.81
2022	1.59	1.8
2023	1.59	1.78

Iceland and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	North Korea
1960	25.4	19.9
1961	25.2	20.2
1962	24.9	20.6
1963	24.7	20.8
1964	24.4	21
1965	24.2	21.2
1966	24.1	21.3
1967	24.1	21.4
1968	24.2	21.4
1969	24.3	21.4
1970	24.5	21.4
1971	24.7	21.2
1972	24.8	20.9
1973	24.9	20.7
1974	25.1	20.7
1975	25.4	20.9
1976	25.7	21.1
1977	26	21.4
1978	26.4	21.8
1979	26.7	22.2
1980	26.9	22.5
1981	27.2	22.8
1982	27.5	23.1
1983	27.7	23.5
1984	28	23.9
1985	28.4	24.2
1986	28.8	24.5
1987	29.1	24.8
1988	29.3	25.1
1989	29.6	25.6
1990	30	26
1991	30.2	26.4
1992	30.5	26.8
1993	30.8	27.2
1994	31.1	27.6
1995	31.5	28
1996	31.8	28.3
1997	32.1	28.8
1998	32.4	29.2
1999	32.6	29.6
2000	32.8	30.1
2001	33	30.5
2002	33.4	31
2003	33.7	31.4
2004	34	31.8
2005	34.2	32.1
2006	34.5	32.5
2007	34.6	32.9
2008	34.5	33.3
2009	34.6	33.7
2010	34.9	34
2011	35.1	34.3
2012	35.4	34.5
2013	35.5	34.7
2014	35.7	35
2015	36	35.2
2016	36.2	35.4
2017	36.3	35.7
2018	36.4	35.9
2019	36.5	36.2
2020	36.6	36.4
2021	36.7	36.6
2022	36.7	36.8
2023	36.9	37.1
2024	37.1	37.3

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