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Iceland vs Pakistan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 251M in Pakistan (ranked 5/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 297,638 sq mi for Pakistan (ranked 104th vs. 35th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Pakistan ranks 44/197 ($373B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Pakistan ranks 163/197 ($1,485).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Pakistan
Population
412970
258497127
Population rank 172/197 5/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$373B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 44/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$1,485
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 163/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$6,287
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$261B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
73.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$1,040
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 141/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$1,459
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
297,638 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
844 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
3.61
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
21.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
67.9 years
2025

Iceland and Pakistan: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Pakistan economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Pakistan
Year GDP
Iceland Pakistan
1960 $252,169,712 $3,749,265,015
1961 $257,703,245 $4,118,647,627
1962 $289,200,704 $4,310,163,797
1963 $345,175,036 $4,630,827,383
1964 $440,797,869 $5,204,955,901
1965 $531,569,564 $5,929,231,415
1966 $638,349,755 $6,561,108,778
1967 $630,567,116 $7,464,510,710
1968 $481,532,848 $8,041,999,160
1969 $420,945,148 $8,683,116,338
1970 $526,704,545 $10,027,509,450
1971 $670,251,136 $10,665,896,682
1972 $839,652,164 $9,415,016,360
1973 $1,154,440,253 $6,383,429,490
1974 $1,515,190,595 $8,899,191,919
1975 $1,406,875,081 $11,230,606,061
1976 $1,669,488,390 $13,168,080,808
1977 $2,208,509,076 $15,126,060,606
1978 $2,511,826,196 $17,811,515,152
1979 $2,853,435,054 $19,688,383,838
1980 $3,381,419,251 $23,654,444,444
1981 $3,492,997,010 $28,100,606,061
1982 $3,206,626,645 $30,725,971,564
1983 $2,765,950,336 $28,691,889,764
1984 $2,864,441,387 $31,151,825,467
1985 $2,984,052,357 $31,144,920,844
1986 $3,989,622,739 $31,899,070,056
1987 $5,520,318,405 $33,351,529,275
1988 $6,106,635,816 $38,472,742,808
1989 $5,672,569,449 $40,171,106,279
1990 $6,468,736,356 $40,010,423,970
1991 $6,909,730,288 $45,625,336,680
1992 $7,080,981,738 $48,884,671,947
1993 $6,218,581,532 $51,809,999,353
1994 $6,389,460,343 $52,293,470,813
1995 $7,123,633,418 $60,636,071,684
1996 $7,426,082,271 $63,320,170,084
1997 $7,569,672,925 $62,433,340,468
1998 $8,503,746,468 $62,191,955,814
1999 $8,982,047,589 $62,973,857,069
2000 $9,025,660,362 $99,484,802,345
2001 $8,234,846,805 $97,145,618,480
2002 $9,318,395,055 $97,923,302,809
2003 $11,429,333,038 $112,371,913,741
2004 $13,825,302,536 $132,216,048,339
2005 $16,852,963,067 $145,208,562,961
2006 $17,465,318,552 $161,871,385,506
2007 $21,652,505,597 $184,140,869,997
2008 $18,074,622,987 $202,203,748,584
2009 $13,154,414,219 $187,337,783,856
2010 $13,751,161,918 $196,709,621,850
2011 $15,221,622,926 $230,586,581,060
2012 $14,751,508,134 $250,106,966,105
2013 $16,125,060,515 $258,657,231,672
2014 $17,867,662,178 $271,390,474,858
2015 $17,517,210,519 $299,963,590,535
2016 $20,793,168,031 $313,630,000,130
2017 $24,728,285,177 $339,205,534,861
2018 $26,260,850,582 $356,128,166,705
2019 $24,681,343,649 $320,909,472,771
2020 $21,629,953,194 $300,425,609,818
2021 $25,770,339,317 $348,516,647,445
2022 $28,696,453,180 $374,890,295,667
2023 $31,452,223,862 $337,885,531,778
2024 $33,462,807,983 $373,071,855,732

Iceland and Pakistan economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Pakistan
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Pakistan
1960 $1,436 $82
1961 $1,439 $87.8
1962 $1,586 $89.5
1963 $1,859 $93.7
1964 $2,332 $102.5
1965 $2,764 $113.6
1966 $3,264 $122.2
1967 $3,173 $135.2
1968 $2,390 $141.6
1969 $2,070 $148.5
1970 $2,576 $166.7
1971 $3,252 $172.5
1972 $4,015 $148.1
1973 $5,437 $97.5
1974 $7,041 $132
1975 $6,454 $161.7
1976 $7,583 $183.9
1977 $9,957 $204.7
1978 $11,237 $233.4
1979 $12,641 $249.2
1980 $14,822 $287.4
1981 $15,137 $328
1982 $13,712 $345
1983 $11,672 $311
1984 $11,960 $327
1985 $12,361 $317
1986 $16,406 $314
1987 $22,453 $317
1988 $24,452 $354
1989 $22,434 $358
1990 $25,385 $344
1991 $26,803 $380
1992 $27,124 $396
1993 $23,580 $408
1994 $24,019 $400
1995 $26,634 $451
1996 $27,615 $457
1997 $27,919 $438
1998 $31,030 $424
1999 $32,382 $418
2000 $32,096 $642
2001 $28,897 $610
2002 $32,409 $600
2003 $39,477 $672
2004 $47,335 $772
2005 $56,795 $828
2006 $57,493 $901
2007 $69,496 $998
2008 $56,943 $1,067
2009 $41,301 $964
2010 $43,237 $987
2011 $47,715 $1,132
2012 $45,996 $1,204
2013 $49,805 $1,225
2014 $54,577 $1,267
2015 $52,952 $1,380
2016 $61,988 $1,425
2017 $72,010 $1,519
2018 $74,452 $1,569
2019 $68,452 $1,390
2020 $59,024 $1,278
2021 $69,178 $1,455
2022 $75,121 $1,538
2023 $79,960 $1,365
2024 $82,704 $1,485

Iceland vs. Pakistan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Pakistan
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Pakistan
1950 71 34.2
1951 71 35.4
1952 72.4 36.5
1953 72.3 37.6
1954 73.3 38.6
1955 73.3 39.6
1956 72.9 40.6
1957 73.4 41.6
1958 73.3 42.5
1959 72.6 43.3
1960 74 44.1
1961 73.4 45
1962 73.6 45.9
1963 72.9 46.8
1964 73.5 47.8
1965 73.8 48.5
1966 73.1 49.8
1967 73.7 50.8
1968 73.9 51.6
1969 73.7 52.3
1970 73.8 52.9
1971 73.5 49
1972 74.4 53.8
1973 74.3 54.1
1974 74.1 54.3
1975 75.3 54.7
1976 76.6 55.1
1977 76.1 55.5
1978 76.4 56.1
1979 76.5 56.6
1980 76.6 57.2
1981 76.2 57.8
1982 76.8 58.3
1983 76.4 58.7
1984 77.3 58.9
1985 77.4 59.1
1986 77.9 59.2
1987 77.1 59.2
1988 76.9 59.4
1989 77.9 59.5
1990 77.7 59.7
1991 77.8 59.9
1992 78.6 60
1993 78.8 60.1
1994 79 60.2
1995 77.5 60.3
1996 78.6 60.5
1997 78.7 60.6
1998 79.4 61.1
1999 79.2 61.5
2000 79.5 61.9
2001 80.4 62.2
2002 80.3 62.6
2003 80.8 62.8
2004 80.7 63.1
2005 81.2 62.4
2006 80.9 63.6
2007 81.1 63.8
2008 81.2 64
2009 81.4 64.2
2010 81.6 64.4
2011 82 64.7
2012 82.3 64.9
2013 81.7 65.1
2014 82.4 65.4
2015 82.2 65.6
2016 81.8 65.9
2017 82.2 66.2
2018 82.5 66.5
2019 82.8 66.7
2020 82.7 65.7
2021 82.8 65.8
2022 81.6 67.4
2023 82.7 67.6
2024 83 67.8
2025 83.2 67.9

Iceland and Pakistan population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Pakistan
Year Population
Iceland Pakistan
1960 175,574 45,709,310
1961 179,029 46,921,277
1962 182,378 48,156,128
1963 185,653 49,447,776
1964 188,983 50,799,999
1965 192,286 52,209,010
1966 195,570 53,678,667
1967 198,751 55,214,768
1968 201,488 56,810,507
1969 203,369 58,460,939
1970 204,438 60,166,719
1971 206,098 61,847,899
1972 209,137 63,583,194
1973 212,317 65,461,912
1974 215,209 67,415,487
1975 217,979 69,461,175
1976 220,154 71,620,254
1977 221,799 73,901,827
1978 223,537 76,307,379
1979 225,735 78,997,039
1980 228,138 82,291,010
1981 230,755 85,802,049
1982 233,860 89,089,246
1983 236,977 92,227,711
1984 239,511 95,164,936
1985 241,405 98,229,285
1986 243,180 101,606,764
1987 245,859 105,130,717
1988 249,740 108,724,739
1989 252,852 112,336,629
1990 254,826 116,155,576
1991 257,797 120,060,406
1992 261,057 123,546,848
1993 263,725 127,020,117
1994 266,021 130,748,083
1995 267,468 134,582,253
1996 268,916 138,557,092
1997 271,128 142,531,804
1998 274,047 146,522,356
1999 277,381 150,565,377
2000 281,205 154,879,127
2001 284,968 159,270,907
2002 287,523 163,222,549
2003 289,521 167,110,248
2004 292,074 171,286,000
2005 296,734 175,453,212
2006 303,782 179,682,690
2007 311,566 184,493,231
2008 317,414 189,499,113
2009 318,499 194,376,534
2010 318,041 199,239,047
2011 319,014 203,746,065
2012 320,716 207,667,125
2013 323,764 211,073,978
2014 327,386 214,264,647
2015 330,815 217,290,883
2016 335,439 220,138,869
2017 343,400 223,273,967
2018 352,721 226,928,892
2019 360,563 230,800,899
2020 366,463 235,001,746
2021 372,520 239,477,801
2022 382,003 243,700,667
2023 393,349 247,504,495
2024 404,610 251,269,164

Fertility rates in Iceland and Pakistan

Fertility rate
Iceland

Pakistan
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Pakistan
1960 4.29 6.8
1961 3.88 6.8
1962 3.98 6.8
1963 3.99 6.8
1964 3.88 6.8
1965 3.73 6.8
1966 3.59 6.8
1967 3.28 6.8
1968 3.06 6.8
1969 2.99 6.8
1970 2.81 6.8
1971 2.92 6.8
1972 3.09 6.81
1973 2.94 6.81
1974 2.66 6.81
1975 2.65 6.81
1976 2.52 6.81
1977 2.31 6.8
1978 2.35 6.78
1979 2.49 6.76
1980 2.48 6.73
1981 2.33 6.7
1982 2.27 6.67
1983 2.24 6.64
1984 2.08 6.62
1985 1.93 6.59
1986 1.92 6.55
1987 2.06 6.52
1988 2.26 6.48
1989 2.19 6.43
1990 2.3 6.36
1991 2.18 6.29
1992 2.21 6.21
1993 2.22 6.11
1994 2.14 6.01
1995 2.08 5.89
1996 2.12 5.77
1997 2.04 5.64
1998 2.05 5.51
1999 1.99 5.46
2000 2.08 5.35
2001 1.95 5.18
2002 1.93 5.01
2003 1.99 4.89
2004 2.04 4.68
2005 2.05 4.6
2006 2.08 4.59
2007 2.09 4.55
2008 2.15 4.51
2009 2.23 4.47
2010 2.2 4.4
2011 2.02 4.31
2012 2.04 4.2
2013 1.93 4.13
2014 1.93 4.06
2015 1.8 3.99
2016 1.74 3.9
2017 1.71 3.9
2018 1.71 3.86
2019 1.74 3.81
2020 1.72 3.77
2021 1.82 3.72
2022 1.59 3.66
2023 1.59 3.61

Iceland and Pakistan demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Pakistan
Year Median age, years
Iceland Pakistan
1960 25.4 19.1
1961 25.2 19.1
1962 24.9 19
1963 24.7 19
1964 24.4 18.9
1965 24.2 18.8
1966 24.1 18.7
1967 24.1 18.6
1968 24.2 18.5
1969 24.3 18.4
1970 24.5 18.2
1971 24.7 18.1
1972 24.8 18
1973 24.9 18
1974 25.1 17.9
1975 25.4 17.9
1976 25.7 17.9
1977 26 17.9
1978 26.4 18
1979 26.7 18
1980 26.9 18.2
1981 27.2 18.3
1982 27.5 18.4
1983 27.7 18.4
1984 28 18.3
1985 28.4 18.2
1986 28.8 18.2
1987 29.1 18.1
1988 29.3 18.1
1989 29.6 18
1990 30 18
1991 30.2 18
1992 30.5 17.9
1993 30.8 17.8
1994 31.1 17.8
1995 31.5 17.8
1996 31.8 17.8
1997 32.1 17.8
1998 32.4 17.9
1999 32.6 18
2000 32.8 18.1
2001 33 18.3
2002 33.4 18.4
2003 33.7 18.5
2004 34 18.7
2005 34.2 18.9
2006 34.5 19
2007 34.6 19.2
2008 34.5 19.4
2009 34.6 19.6
2010 34.9 19.8
2011 35.1 19.9
2012 35.4 20
2013 35.5 20.1
2014 35.7 20.2
2015 36 20.3
2016 36.2 20.3
2017 36.3 20.4
2018 36.4 20.5
2019 36.5 20.7
2020 36.6 20.9
2021 36.7 21
2022 36.7 21.2
2023 36.9 21.3
2024 37.1 21.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Pakistan
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$360B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
21.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
1.95%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.8%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
943,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-5.62%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
6.34%
2021
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
50.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
20%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
49.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
25.5%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
4.2%
2018
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
530
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$52.1B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
$18.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$34.9B
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
966,000
2012
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
2.8%
2020
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
27.3%
2024

Energy

Iceland Pakistan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
471 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$12.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
200.5 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
0.81 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
63.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
41.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
9.25%
2022
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
39.8%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
606 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
28.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
20%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
15.6%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
95.6%
2023

Society

Iceland Pakistan
% of world population
0.005%
2024
3.09%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-1,401,173
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
38.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.49 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
29
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
27
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
58
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
4.34
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
13
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
45
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
58.9%
2021
English speaking
98%
2023
48.9%
2023
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
27.4%
2023

Health

Iceland Pakistan
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$38.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$18.4
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
67.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
13.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
1.08
2019
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
22.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
155
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
58.5
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
23.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
31.4%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
2
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
18.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
0.08 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Pakistan
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.52%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
1,185 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
138,977 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
13,907 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
164,151 mi
2025

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