Iceland vs Palau statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 17.7K in Palau (ranked 194/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for Palau (ranked 104th vs. 180th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899).

Iceland and Palau: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Palau economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Palau

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Palau
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	$11,563,041
1971	$670,251,136	$12,706,874
1972	$839,652,164	$13,956,474
1973	$1,154,440,253	$15,331,889
1974	$1,515,190,595	$16,848,759
1975	$1,406,875,081	$18,521,112
1976	$1,669,488,390	$20,364,420
1977	$2,208,509,076	$22,308,104
1978	$2,511,826,196	$24,530,015
1979	$2,853,435,054	$27,004,251
1980	$3,381,419,251	$29,728,054
1981	$3,492,997,010	$32,726,594
1982	$3,206,626,645	$36,027,583
1983	$2,765,950,336	$39,661,530
1984	$2,864,441,387	$44,814,259
1985	$2,984,052,357	$51,030,637
1986	$3,989,622,739	$58,109,314
1987	$5,520,318,405	$66,169,905
1988	$6,106,635,816	$75,348,615
1989	$5,672,569,449	$85,800,543
1990	$6,468,736,356	$97,702,303
1991	$6,909,730,288	$106,555,300
1992	$7,080,981,738	$104,771,300
1993	$6,218,581,532	$96,455,700
1994	$6,389,460,343	$106,138,500
1995	$7,123,633,418	$121,018,500
1996	$7,426,082,271	$137,494,600
1997	$7,569,672,925	$143,860,800
1998	$8,503,746,468	$149,079,600
1999	$8,982,047,589	$144,206,500
2000	$9,025,660,362	$149,535,800
2001	$8,234,846,805	$159,453,500
2002	$9,318,395,055	$162,665,500
2003	$11,429,333,038	$154,559,900
2004	$13,825,302,536	$166,391,600
2005	$16,852,963,067	$191,048,400
2006	$17,465,318,552	$193,679,700
2007	$21,652,505,597	$200,903,600
2008	$18,074,622,987	$201,167,300
2009	$13,154,414,219	$189,998,000
2010	$13,751,161,918	$188,174,300
2011	$15,221,622,926	$198,873,900
2012	$14,751,508,134	$215,762,400
2013	$16,125,060,515	$225,345,700
2014	$17,867,662,178	$243,156,500
2015	$17,517,210,519	$278,824,800
2016	$20,793,168,031	$298,323,500
2017	$24,728,285,177	$285,600,000
2018	$26,260,850,582	$288,546,300
2019	$24,681,343,649	$281,941,600
2020	$21,629,953,194	$258,990,800
2021	$25,770,339,317	$235,752,900
2022	$28,696,453,180	$255,591,100
2023	$31,452,223,862	$281,849,100
2024	$33,462,807,983	-

Iceland and Palau economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Palau

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Palau
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	$1,017
1971	$3,252	$1,081
1972	$4,015	$1,145
1973	$5,437	$1,221
1974	$7,041	$1,328
1975	$6,454	$1,464
1976	$7,583	$1,616
1977	$9,957	$1,781
1978	$11,237	$1,972
1979	$12,641	$2,189
1980	$14,822	$2,423
1981	$15,137	$2,639
1982	$13,712	$2,838
1983	$11,672	$3,049
1984	$11,960	$3,360
1985	$12,361	$3,728
1986	$16,406	$4,144
1987	$22,453	$4,616
1988	$24,452	$5,145
1989	$22,434	$5,741
1990	$25,385	$6,403
1991	$26,803	$6,824
1992	$27,124	$6,553
1993	$23,580	$5,892
1994	$24,019	$6,329
1995	$26,634	$7,038
1996	$27,615	$7,788
1997	$27,919	$7,945
1998	$31,030	$8,048
1999	$32,382	$7,630
2000	$32,096	$7,797
2001	$28,897	$8,240
2002	$32,409	$8,341
2003	$39,477	$7,862
2004	$47,335	$8,395
2005	$56,795	$9,640
2006	$57,493	$9,885
2007	$69,496	$10,408
2008	$56,943	$10,583
2009	$41,301	$10,155
2010	$43,237	$10,229
2011	$47,715	$11,001
2012	$45,996	$12,145
2013	$49,805	$12,769
2014	$54,577	$13,726
2015	$52,952	$15,691
2016	$61,988	$16,763
2017	$72,010	$16,034
2018	$74,452	$16,198
2019	$68,452	$15,841
2020	$59,024	$14,557
2021	$69,178	$13,257
2022	$75,121	$14,392
2023	$79,960	$15,899
2024	$82,704	-

Iceland vs. Palau life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Palau

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Palau
1950	71	52.7
1951	71	52.9
1952	72.4	53.1
1953	72.3	53.3
1954	73.3	53.5
1955	73.3	53.7
1956	72.9	53.9
1957	73.4	54.1
1958	73.3	54.4
1959	72.6	54.6
1960	74	54.9
1961	73.4	55.1
1962	73.6	55.4
1963	72.9	55.6
1964	73.5	55.8
1965	73.8	55.9
1966	73.1	56.2
1967	73.7	56.5
1968	73.9	56.9
1969	73.7	57.3
1970	73.8	57.7
1971	73.5	58.1
1972	74.4	58.6
1973	74.3	59
1974	74.1	59.5
1975	75.3	60
1976	76.6	60.5
1977	76.1	60.9
1978	76.4	61.3
1979	76.5	61.6
1980	76.6	61.9
1981	76.2	62.1
1982	76.8	62.3
1983	76.4	62.5
1984	77.3	62.6
1985	77.4	62.7
1986	77.9	62.8
1987	77.1	62.8
1988	76.9	62.8
1989	77.9	62.8
1990	77.7	62.8
1991	77.8	62.8
1992	78.6	62.9
1993	78.8	63
1994	79	63.1
1995	77.5	63.3
1996	78.6	63.5
1997	78.7	63.7
1998	79.4	64
1999	79.2	64.2
2000	79.5	64.5
2001	80.4	64.8
2002	80.3	65.1
2003	80.8	65.4
2004	80.7	65.8
2005	81.2	66.2
2006	80.9	66.6
2007	81.1	67.1
2008	81.2	67.6
2009	81.4	68
2010	81.6	68.3
2011	82	68.6
2012	82.3	68.9
2013	81.7	69
2014	82.4	69.1
2015	82.2	69.1
2016	81.8	69
2017	82.2	69
2018	82.5	69
2019	82.8	69
2020	82.7	68.7
2021	82.8	68.6
2022	81.6	68.9
2023	82.7	69.3
2024	83	69.4
2025	83.2	69.5

Iceland and Palau population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Palau

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Palau
1960	175,574	9,328
1961	179,029	9,555
1962	182,378	9,793
1963	185,653	10,037
1964	188,983	10,292
1965	192,286	10,547
1966	195,570	10,805
1967	198,751	10,988
1968	201,488	11,080
1969	203,369	11,159
1970	204,438	11,368
1971	206,098	11,759
1972	209,137	12,194
1973	212,317	12,552
1974	215,209	12,687
1975	217,979	12,655
1976	220,154	12,598
1977	221,799	12,525
1978	223,537	12,440
1979	225,735	12,337
1980	228,138	12,271
1981	230,755	12,402
1982	233,860	12,694
1983	236,977	13,006
1984	239,511	13,337
1985	241,405	13,688
1986	243,180	14,024
1987	245,859	14,334
1988	249,740	14,645
1989	252,852	14,945
1990	254,826	15,259
1991	257,797	15,614
1992	261,057	15,989
1993	263,725	16,372
1994	266,021	16,770
1995	267,468	17,195
1996	268,916	17,654
1997	271,128	18,108
1998	274,047	18,524
1999	277,381	18,901
2000	281,205	19,178
2001	284,968	19,352
2002	287,523	19,503
2003	289,521	19,659
2004	292,074	19,820
2005	296,734	19,819
2006	303,782	19,593
2007	311,566	19,302
2008	317,414	19,009
2009	318,499	18,709
2010	318,041	18,396
2011	319,014	18,078
2012	320,716	17,765
2013	323,764	17,648
2014	327,386	17,715
2015	330,815	17,770
2016	335,439	17,797
2017	343,400	17,812
2018	352,721	17,814
2019	360,563	17,798
2020	366,463	17,792
2021	372,520	17,783
2022	382,003	17,759
2023	393,349	17,727
2024	404,610	17,695

Fertility rates in Iceland and Palau

Fertility rate

Iceland

Palau

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Palau
1960	4.29	7.19
1961	3.88	7.17
1962	3.98	7.15
1963	3.99	7.12
1964	3.88	7.08
1965	3.73	7.01
1966	3.59	6.93
1967	3.28	6.84
1968	3.06	6.71
1969	2.99	6.58
1970	2.81	6.39
1971	2.92	6.16
1972	3.09	5.9
1973	2.94	5.59
1974	2.66	5.26
1975	2.65	4.9
1976	2.52	4.53
1977	2.31	4.09
1978	2.35	3.74
1979	2.49	3.49
1980	2.48	3.35
1981	2.33	3.28
1982	2.27	3.22
1983	2.24	3.14
1984	2.08	3.08
1985	1.93	3.01
1986	1.92	2.98
1987	2.06	2.93
1988	2.26	2.91
1989	2.19	2.92
1990	2.3	2.88
1991	2.18	2.74
1992	2.21	2.71
1993	2.22	2.73
1994	2.14	2.66
1995	2.08	2.55
1996	2.12	2.39
1997	2.04	2.19
1998	2.05	2.01
1999	1.99	1.91
2000	2.08	1.82
2001	1.95	1.87
2002	1.93	1.92
2003	1.99	1.96
2004	2.04	1.99
2005	2.05	2.02
2006	2.08	2
2007	2.09	1.97
2008	2.15	1.95
2009	2.23	1.94
2010	2.2	1.94
2011	2.02	1.97
2012	2.04	2.01
2013	1.93	2.05
2014	1.93	2.03
2015	1.8	2
2016	1.74	2.06
2017	1.71	2.02
2018	1.71	1.97
2019	1.74	1.98
2020	1.72	1.97
2021	1.82	1.95
2022	1.59	1.93
2023	1.59	1.91

Iceland and Palau demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Palau

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Palau
1960	25.4	16.7
1961	25.2	16.1
1962	24.9	15.5
1963	24.7	15.1
1964	24.4	15
1965	24.2	14.9
1966	24.1	14.9
1967	24.1	15.2
1968	24.2	15.7
1969	24.3	16.1
1970	24.5	16.5
1971	24.7	16.6
1972	24.8	16.6
1973	24.9	16.8
1974	25.1	17.1
1975	25.4	17.4
1976	25.7	17.8
1977	26	18.1
1978	26.4	18.3
1979	26.7	18.6
1980	26.9	18.9
1981	27.2	19.3
1982	27.5	19.9
1983	27.7	20.5
1984	28	21.1
1985	28.4	21.6
1986	28.8	22.2
1987	29.1	23.1
1988	29.3	24
1989	29.6	24.9
1990	30	25.6
1991	30.2	26
1992	30.5	26.4
1993	30.8	26.9
1994	31.1	27.4
1995	31.5	27.8
1996	31.8	28.3
1997	32.1	28.8
1998	32.4	29.4
1999	32.6	30.2
2000	32.8	30.8
2001	33	31.2
2002	33.4	31.5
2003	33.7	31.8
2004	34	32
2005	34.2	32.3
2006	34.5	32.7
2007	34.6	33.1
2008	34.5	33.5
2009	34.6	33.9
2010	34.9	34.2
2011	35.1	34.6
2012	35.4	35
2013	35.5	35.3
2014	35.7	35.6
2015	36	36
2016	36.2	36.3
2017	36.3	36.7
2018	36.4	37
2019	36.5	37.4
2020	36.6	37.8
2021	36.7	38.1
2022	36.7	38.5
2023	36.9	38.8
2024	37.1	39.2

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