Iceland vs Norway statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 5.57M in Norway (ranked 118/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 140,645 sq mi for Norway (ranked 104th vs. 62nd).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810).

Iceland and Norway: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Norway economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Norway

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Norway
1960	$252,169,712	$5,197,398,721
1961	$257,703,245	$5,669,689,210
1962	$289,200,704	$6,107,076,929
1963	$345,175,036	$6,553,269,536
1964	$440,797,869	$7,206,522,122
1965	$531,569,564	$8,111,945,661
1966	$638,349,755	$8,753,940,267
1967	$630,567,116	$9,577,383,653
1968	$481,532,848	$10,227,087,165
1969	$420,945,148	$11,136,187,440
1970	$526,704,545	$12,814,123,115
1971	$670,251,136	$14,583,114,840
1972	$839,652,164	$17,358,610,850
1973	$1,154,440,253	$22,534,253,703
1974	$1,515,190,595	$27,145,693,810
1975	$1,406,875,081	$32,877,805,200
1976	$1,669,488,390	$35,942,270,686
1977	$2,208,509,076	$41,508,030,431
1978	$2,511,826,196	$46,522,900,254
1979	$2,853,435,054	$53,132,244,624
1980	$3,381,419,251	$64,439,382,896
1981	$3,492,997,010	$63,596,654,761
1982	$3,206,626,645	$62,647,195,538
1983	$2,765,950,336	$61,627,240,831
1984	$2,864,441,387	$62,057,955,033
1985	$2,984,052,357	$65,416,879,914
1986	$3,989,622,739	$78,693,118,044
1987	$5,520,318,405	$94,229,907,236
1988	$6,106,635,816	$101,900,260,856
1989	$5,672,569,449	$102,633,934,391
1990	$6,468,736,356	$119,791,843,060
1991	$6,909,730,288	$121,872,464,483
1992	$7,080,981,738	$130,838,040,068
1993	$6,218,581,532	$120,579,213,713
1994	$6,389,460,343	$127,131,319,429
1995	$7,123,633,418	$152,029,612,325
1996	$7,426,082,271	$163,520,109,151
1997	$7,569,672,925	$161,356,631,888
1998	$8,503,746,468	$154,230,295,158
1999	$8,982,047,589	$162,383,706,021
2000	$9,025,660,362	$171,457,201,936
2001	$8,234,846,805	$174,239,354,071
2002	$9,318,395,055	$195,914,852,576
2003	$11,429,333,038	$229,385,469,337
2004	$13,825,302,536	$265,268,662,473
2005	$16,852,963,067	$309,978,579,744
2006	$17,465,318,552	$346,915,160,682
2007	$21,652,505,597	$402,643,260,488
2008	$18,074,622,987	$464,917,553,191
2009	$13,154,414,219	$387,976,400,617
2010	$13,751,161,918	$431,052,143,940
2011	$15,221,622,926	$501,360,549,669
2012	$14,751,508,134	$512,777,309,841
2013	$16,125,060,515	$526,014,468,085
2014	$17,867,662,178	$501,736,471,833
2015	$17,517,210,519	$388,159,512,246
2016	$20,793,168,031	$370,956,547,619
2017	$24,728,285,177	$401,745,275,035
2018	$26,260,850,582	$439,788,625,884
2019	$24,681,343,649	$408,742,840,909
2020	$21,629,953,194	$367,633,418,887
2021	$25,770,339,317	$503,367,986,030
2022	$28,696,453,180	$596,297,651,036
2023	$31,452,223,862	$482,949,731,777
2024	$33,462,807,983	$483,727,398,216

Iceland and Norway economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Norway

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Norway
1960	$1,436	$1,451
1961	$1,439	$1,571
1962	$1,586	$1,678
1963	$1,859	$1,787
1964	$2,332	$1,951
1965	$2,764	$2,179
1966	$3,264	$2,333
1967	$3,173	$2,531
1968	$2,390	$2,680
1969	$2,070	$2,894
1970	$2,576	$3,306
1971	$3,252	$3,736
1972	$4,015	$4,414
1973	$5,437	$5,690
1974	$7,041	$6,812
1975	$6,454	$8,204
1976	$7,583	$8,927
1977	$9,957	$10,266
1978	$11,237	$11,463
1979	$12,641	$13,047
1980	$14,822	$15,772
1981	$15,137	$15,513
1982	$13,712	$15,225
1983	$11,672	$14,928
1984	$11,960	$14,989
1985	$12,361	$15,754
1986	$16,406	$18,883
1987	$22,453	$22,506
1988	$24,452	$24,207
1989	$22,434	$24,281
1990	$25,385	$28,243
1991	$26,803	$28,597
1992	$27,124	$30,524
1993	$23,580	$27,964
1994	$24,019	$29,316
1995	$26,634	$34,876
1996	$27,615	$37,322
1997	$27,919	$36,629
1998	$31,030	$34,803
1999	$32,382	$36,393
2000	$32,096	$38,178
2001	$28,897	$38,602
2002	$32,409	$43,171
2003	$39,477	$50,250
2004	$47,335	$57,769
2005	$56,795	$67,047
2006	$57,493	$74,434
2007	$69,496	$85,502
2008	$56,943	$97,504
2009	$41,301	$80,348
2010	$43,237	$88,163
2011	$47,715	$101,222
2012	$45,996	$102,176
2013	$49,805	$103,554
2014	$54,577	$97,667
2015	$52,952	$74,810
2016	$61,988	$70,867
2017	$72,010	$76,132
2018	$74,452	$82,793
2019	$68,452	$76,431
2020	$59,024	$68,340
2021	$69,178	$93,073
2022	$75,121	$109,270
2023	$79,960	$87,497
2024	$82,704	$86,810

Iceland vs. Norway life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Norway

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Norway
1950	71	71.6
1951	71	72.5
1952	72.4	72.7
1953	72.3	73.1
1954	73.3	73.2
1955	73.3	73.4
1956	72.9	73.5
1957	73.4	73.4
1958	73.3	73.4
1959	72.6	73.6
1960	74	73.6
1961	73.4	73.6
1962	73.6	73.5
1963	72.9	73.1
1964	73.5	73.6
1965	73.8	73.7
1966	73.1	74
1967	73.7	74.1
1968	73.9	73.9
1969	73.7	73.7
1970	73.8	74.1
1971	73.5	74.2
1972	74.4	74.3
1973	74.3	74.4
1974	74.1	74.8
1975	75.3	74.8
1976	76.6	75
1977	76.1	75.4
1978	76.4	75.4
1979	76.5	75.4
1980	76.6	75.7
1981	76.2	75.9
1982	76.8	76
1983	76.4	76.1
1984	77.3	76.2
1985	77.4	75.9
1986	77.9	76.3
1987	77.1	76.1
1988	76.9	76.3
1989	77.9	76.5
1990	77.7	76.6
1991	77.8	77
1992	78.6	77.2
1993	78.8	77.2
1994	79	77.8
1995	77.5	77.8
1996	78.6	78.2
1997	78.7	78.2
1998	79.4	78.4
1999	79.2	78.4
2000	79.5	78.7
2001	80.4	78.9
2002	80.3	79
2003	80.8	79.5
2004	80.7	80
2005	81.2	80.2
2006	80.9	80.4
2007	81.1	80.5
2008	81.2	80.7
2009	81.4	80.9
2010	81.6	81
2011	82	81.2
2012	82.3	81.4
2013	81.7	81.7
2014	82.4	82.1
2015	82.2	82.3
2016	81.8	82.4
2017	82.2	82.6
2018	82.5	82.8
2019	82.8	83
2020	82.7	83.2
2021	82.8	83.2
2022	81.6	82.6
2023	82.7	83.3
2024	83	83.5
2025	83.2	83.6

Iceland and Norway population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Norway

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Norway
1960	175,574	3,581,239
1961	179,029	3,609,800
1962	182,378	3,638,918
1963	185,653	3,666,537
1964	188,983	3,694,339
1965	192,286	3,723,168
1966	195,570	3,753,012
1967	198,751	3,784,539
1968	201,488	3,816,486
1969	203,369	3,847,707
1970	204,438	3,875,763
1971	206,098	3,903,039
1972	209,137	3,933,004
1973	212,317	3,960,612
1974	215,209	3,985,258
1975	217,979	4,007,313
1976	220,154	4,026,152
1977	221,799	4,043,205
1978	223,537	4,058,671
1979	225,735	4,072,517
1980	228,138	4,085,620
1981	230,755	4,099,702
1982	233,860	4,114,787
1983	236,977	4,128,432
1984	239,511	4,140,099
1985	241,405	4,152,516
1986	243,180	4,167,354
1987	245,859	4,186,905
1988	249,740	4,209,488
1989	252,852	4,226,901
1990	254,826	4,241,473
1991	257,797	4,261,732
1992	261,057	4,286,401
1993	263,725	4,311,991
1994	266,021	4,336,613
1995	267,468	4,359,184
1996	268,916	4,381,336
1997	271,128	4,405,157
1998	274,047	4,431,464
1999	277,381	4,461,913
2000	281,205	4,490,967
2001	284,968	4,513,751
2002	287,523	4,538,159
2003	289,521	4,564,855
2004	292,074	4,591,910
2005	296,734	4,623,291
2006	303,782	4,660,677
2007	311,566	4,709,153
2008	317,414	4,768,212
2009	318,499	4,828,726
2010	318,041	4,889,252
2011	319,014	4,953,088
2012	320,716	5,018,573
2013	323,764	5,079,623
2014	327,386	5,137,232
2015	330,815	5,188,607
2016	335,439	5,234,519
2017	343,400	5,276,968
2018	352,721	5,311,916
2019	360,563	5,347,896
2020	366,463	5,379,475
2021	372,520	5,408,320
2022	382,003	5,457,127
2023	393,349	5,519,594
2024	404,610	5,572,272

Fertility rates in Iceland and Norway

Fertility rate

Iceland

Norway

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Norway
1960	4.29	2.85
1961	3.88	2.94
1962	3.98	2.91
1963	3.99	2.93
1964	3.88	2.98
1965	3.73	2.94
1966	3.59	2.9
1967	3.28	2.81
1968	3.06	2.75
1969	2.99	2.7
1970	2.81	2.5
1971	2.92	2.49
1972	3.09	2.38
1973	2.94	2.23
1974	2.66	2.13
1975	2.65	1.98
1976	2.52	1.86
1977	2.31	1.75
1978	2.35	1.77
1979	2.49	1.75
1980	2.48	1.72
1981	2.33	1.7
1982	2.27	1.71
1983	2.24	1.66
1984	2.08	1.66
1985	1.93	1.68
1986	1.92	1.71
1987	2.06	1.74
1988	2.26	1.84
1989	2.19	1.89
1990	2.3	1.93
1991	2.18	1.92
1992	2.21	1.88
1993	2.22	1.86
1994	2.14	1.87
1995	2.08	1.87
1996	2.12	1.89
1997	2.04	1.86
1998	2.05	1.81
1999	1.99	1.85
2000	2.08	1.85
2001	1.95	1.78
2002	1.93	1.75
2003	1.99	1.8
2004	2.04	1.83
2005	2.05	1.84
2006	2.08	1.9
2007	2.09	1.9
2008	2.15	1.96
2009	2.23	1.98
2010	2.2	1.95
2011	2.02	1.88
2012	2.04	1.85
2013	1.93	1.78
2014	1.93	1.75
2015	1.8	1.72
2016	1.74	1.71
2017	1.71	1.62
2018	1.71	1.56
2019	1.74	1.53
2020	1.72	1.48
2021	1.82	1.55
2022	1.59	1.41
2023	1.59	1.4

Iceland and Norway demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Norway

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Norway
1960	25.4	34.3
1961	25.2	34.4
1962	24.9	34.4
1963	24.7	34.3
1964	24.4	34.2
1965	24.2	34.1
1966	24.1	33.9
1967	24.1	33.7
1968	24.2	33.5
1969	24.3	33.2
1970	24.5	32.9
1971	24.7	32.7
1972	24.8	32.5
1973	24.9	32.4
1974	25.1	32.4
1975	25.4	32.5
1976	25.7	32.6
1977	26	32.7
1978	26.4	32.9
1979	26.7	33.1
1980	26.9	33.3
1981	27.2	33.6
1982	27.5	33.9
1983	27.7	34.1
1984	28	34.4
1985	28.4	34.6
1986	28.8	34.8
1987	29.1	34.9
1988	29.3	35.1
1989	29.6	35.2
1990	30	35.4
1991	30.2	35.5
1992	30.5	35.7
1993	30.8	35.8
1994	31.1	35.9
1995	31.5	36.1
1996	31.8	36.2
1997	32.1	36.4
1998	32.4	36.5
1999	32.6	36.7
2000	32.8	36.9
2001	33	37.1
2002	33.4	37.3
2003	33.7	37.5
2004	34	37.7
2005	34.2	37.9
2006	34.5	38.1
2007	34.6	38.3
2008	34.5	38.4
2009	34.6	38.5
2010	34.9	38.6
2011	35.1	38.7
2012	35.4	38.8
2013	35.5	38.9
2014	35.7	39
2015	36	39.2
2016	36.2	39.3
2017	36.3	39.4
2018	36.4	39.6
2019	36.5	39.8
2020	36.6	40
2021	36.7	40.3
2022	36.7	40.4
2023	36.9	40.5
2024	37.1	40.7

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