Iceland vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 104th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Iceland and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Papua New Guinea
1960	$252,169,712	$230,496,037
1961	$257,703,245	$244,832,039
1962	$289,200,704	$261,184,042
1963	$345,175,036	$275,968,044
1964	$440,797,869	$305,312,049
1965	$531,569,564	$344,176,055
1966	$638,349,755	$390,992,063
1967	$630,567,116	$441,728,183
1968	$481,532,848	$485,184,190
1969	$420,945,148	$551,263,864
1970	$526,704,545	$645,568,215
1971	$670,251,136	$717,750,278
1972	$839,652,164	$858,761,926
1973	$1,154,440,253	$1,299,079,410
1974	$1,515,190,595	$1,467,417,672
1975	$1,406,875,081	$1,356,603,608
1976	$1,669,488,390	$1,511,843,235
1977	$2,208,509,076	$1,640,746,619
1978	$2,511,826,196	$1,947,878,831
1979	$2,853,435,054	$2,293,760,511
1980	$3,381,419,251	$2,545,808,456
1981	$3,492,997,010	$2,498,190,847
1982	$3,206,626,645	$2,368,719,683
1983	$2,765,950,336	$2,562,351,551
1984	$2,864,441,387	$2,552,662,617
1985	$2,984,052,357	$2,423,339,172
1986	$3,989,622,739	$2,647,995,602
1987	$5,520,318,405	$3,143,851,794
1988	$6,106,635,816	$3,656,177,881
1989	$5,672,569,449	$3,546,472,566
1990	$6,468,736,356	$3,219,729,083
1991	$6,909,730,288	$3,787,394,958
1992	$7,080,981,738	$4,377,980,510
1993	$6,218,581,532	$4,974,550,286
1994	$6,389,460,343	$5,502,786,070
1995	$7,123,633,418	$4,636,057,476
1996	$7,426,082,271	$5,155,311,077
1997	$7,569,672,925	$4,936,615,299
1998	$8,503,746,468	$3,789,443,015
1999	$8,982,047,589	$3,477,038,204
2000	$9,025,660,362	$3,521,339,699
2001	$8,234,846,805	$3,081,024,212
2002	$9,318,395,055	$2,999,511,040
2003	$11,429,333,038	$3,536,411,824
2004	$13,825,302,536	$3,927,157,867
2005	$16,852,963,067	$4,865,892,972
2006	$17,465,318,552	$8,354,911,041
2007	$21,652,505,597	$9,545,028,944
2008	$18,074,622,987	$11,670,892,801
2009	$13,154,414,219	$11,619,456,449
2010	$13,751,161,918	$14,250,786,675
2011	$15,221,622,926	$17,985,138,066
2012	$14,751,508,134	$21,295,168,666
2013	$16,125,060,515	$21,261,338,065
2014	$17,867,662,178	$23,210,823,987
2015	$17,517,210,519	$21,723,437,010
2016	$20,793,168,031	$20,758,876,953
2017	$24,728,285,177	$22,742,699,138
2018	$26,260,850,582	$24,109,780,708
2019	$24,681,343,649	$24,750,626,030
2020	$21,629,953,194	$23,848,447,850
2021	$25,770,339,317	$26,109,413,521
2022	$28,696,453,180	$31,653,185,953
2023	$31,452,223,862	$30,816,367,067
2024	$33,462,807,983	$32,538,480,024

Iceland and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Papua New Guinea
1960	$1,436	$115.5
1961	$1,439	$119.7
1962	$1,586	$124.7
1963	$1,859	$128.9
1964	$2,332	$139.5
1965	$2,764	$153.9
1966	$3,264	$171.1
1967	$3,173	$189
1968	$2,390	$202.9
1969	$2,070	$225.3
1970	$2,576	$257.6
1971	$3,252	$279.7
1972	$4,015	$327
1973	$5,437	$483
1974	$7,041	$533
1975	$6,454	$482
1976	$7,583	$525
1977	$9,957	$558
1978	$11,237	$648
1979	$12,641	$748
1980	$14,822	$813
1981	$15,137	$781
1982	$13,712	$726
1983	$11,672	$769
1984	$11,960	$750
1985	$12,361	$697
1986	$16,406	$745
1987	$22,453	$865
1988	$24,452	$985
1989	$22,434	$934
1990	$25,385	$826
1991	$26,803	$942
1992	$27,124	$1,051
1993	$23,580	$1,151
1994	$24,019	$1,228
1995	$26,634	$998
1996	$27,615	$1,071
1997	$27,919	$990
1998	$31,030	$733
1999	$32,382	$650
2000	$32,096	$636
2001	$28,897	$538
2002	$32,409	$506
2003	$39,477	$577
2004	$47,335	$621
2005	$56,795	$744
2006	$57,493	$1,238
2007	$69,496	$1,371
2008	$56,943	$1,625
2009	$41,301	$1,569
2010	$43,237	$1,867
2011	$47,715	$2,288
2012	$45,996	$2,635
2013	$49,805	$2,561
2014	$54,577	$2,723
2015	$52,952	$2,485
2016	$61,988	$2,316
2017	$72,010	$2,478
2018	$74,452	$2,566
2019	$68,452	$2,576
2020	$59,024	$2,430
2021	$69,178	$2,608
2022	$75,121	$3,102
2023	$79,960	$2,966
2024	$82,704	$3,076

Iceland vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Papua New Guinea
1950	71	39.4
1951	71	35.5
1952	72.4	40.7
1953	72.3	41.3
1954	73.3	42
1955	73.3	42.6
1956	72.9	43.3
1957	73.4	43.9
1958	73.3	44.6
1959	72.6	45.1
1960	74	45.8
1961	73.4	46.4
1962	73.6	46.7
1963	72.9	47.7
1964	73.5	48.3
1965	73.8	48.9
1966	73.1	49.6
1967	73.7	50.2
1968	73.9	50.9
1969	73.7	51.5
1970	73.8	52.1
1971	73.5	52.6
1972	74.4	53.3
1973	74.3	53.9
1974	74.1	54.4
1975	75.3	55
1976	76.6	55.5
1977	76.1	56
1978	76.4	56.5
1979	76.5	57
1980	76.6	57.4
1981	76.2	57.8
1982	76.8	58.1
1983	76.4	58.3
1984	77.3	58.6
1985	77.4	58.8
1986	77.9	59
1987	77.1	59.2
1988	76.9	59.4
1989	77.9	59.6
1990	77.7	59.8
1991	77.8	59.9
1992	78.6	60.3
1993	78.8	60.5
1994	79	60.7
1995	77.5	60.9
1996	78.6	61.1
1997	78.7	61.3
1998	79.4	60.4
1999	79.2	61.5
2000	79.5	61.6
2001	80.4	61.6
2002	80.3	61.6
2003	80.8	61.7
2004	80.7	61.8
2005	81.2	61.9
2006	80.9	62
2007	81.1	62.2
2008	81.2	62.5
2009	81.4	62.8
2010	81.6	63.1
2011	82	63.4
2012	82.3	63.6
2013	81.7	63.9
2014	82.4	64.2
2015	82.2	64.5
2016	81.8	64.7
2017	82.2	64.9
2018	82.5	65.1
2019	82.8	65.3
2020	82.7	65.1
2021	82.8	64.4
2022	81.6	65.3
2023	82.7	66.1
2024	83	66.3
2025	83.2	66.4

Iceland and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Papua New Guinea
1960	175,574	1,995,110
1961	179,029	2,046,127
1962	182,378	2,093,919
1963	185,653	2,141,376
1964	188,983	2,188,325
1965	192,286	2,235,820
1966	195,570	2,285,774
1967	198,751	2,337,532
1968	201,488	2,390,803
1969	203,369	2,446,927
1970	204,438	2,505,628
1971	206,098	2,566,421
1972	209,137	2,628,432
1973	212,317	2,690,629
1974	215,209	2,752,671
1975	217,979	2,814,820
1976	220,154	2,877,327
1977	221,799	2,940,327
1978	223,537	3,003,714
1979	225,735	3,067,341
1980	228,138	3,131,512
1981	230,755	3,197,019
1982	233,860	3,264,291
1983	236,977	3,333,633
1984	239,511	3,405,198
1985	241,405	3,478,936
1986	243,180	3,554,793
1987	245,859	3,632,543
1988	249,740	3,711,880
1989	252,852	3,796,078
1990	254,826	3,896,481
1991	257,797	4,021,837
1992	261,057	4,166,699
1993	263,725	4,320,872
1994	266,021	4,480,208
1995	267,468	4,644,278
1996	268,916	4,813,361
1997	271,128	4,987,883
1998	274,047	5,166,390
1999	277,381	5,349,333
2000	281,205	5,537,064
2001	284,968	5,728,435
2002	287,523	5,924,003
2003	289,521	6,123,997
2004	292,074	6,328,041
2005	296,734	6,535,905
2006	303,782	6,747,720
2007	311,566	6,963,345
2008	317,414	7,183,002
2009	318,499	7,406,438
2010	318,041	7,633,523
2011	319,014	7,859,346
2012	320,716	8,081,390
2013	323,764	8,302,698
2014	327,386	8,523,441
2015	330,815	8,743,246
2016	335,439	8,961,718
2017	343,400	9,178,714
2018	352,721	9,394,513
2019	360,563	9,609,010
2020	366,463	9,815,746
2021	372,520	10,012,896
2022	382,003	10,203,169
2023	393,349	10,389,635
2024	404,610	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Iceland and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Iceland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Papua New Guinea
1960	4.29	6.02
1961	3.88	6.07
1962	3.98	6.14
1963	3.99	6.15
1964	3.88	6.19
1965	3.73	6.2
1966	3.59	6.23
1967	3.28	6.24
1968	3.06	6.25
1969	2.99	6.26
1970	2.81	6.25
1971	2.92	6.23
1972	3.09	6.2
1973	2.94	6.16
1974	2.66	6.11
1975	2.65	6.07
1976	2.52	6.02
1977	2.31	5.96
1978	2.35	5.88
1979	2.49	5.79
1980	2.48	5.71
1981	2.33	5.65
1982	2.27	5.59
1983	2.24	5.56
1984	2.08	5.51
1985	1.93	5.47
1986	1.92	5.42
1987	2.06	5.36
1988	2.26	5.3
1989	2.19	5.24
1990	2.3	5.18
1991	2.18	5.11
1992	2.21	5.03
1993	2.22	4.96
1994	2.14	4.87
1995	2.08	4.78
1996	2.12	4.73
1997	2.04	4.68
1998	2.05	4.63
1999	1.99	4.59
2000	2.08	4.53
2001	1.95	4.47
2002	1.93	4.42
2003	1.99	4.36
2004	2.04	4.28
2005	2.05	4.22
2006	2.08	4.15
2007	2.09	4.08
2008	2.15	4.01
2009	2.23	3.94
2010	2.2	3.88
2011	2.02	3.82
2012	2.04	3.75
2013	1.93	3.68
2014	1.93	3.63
2015	1.8	3.56
2016	1.74	3.5
2017	1.71	3.43
2018	1.71	3.38
2019	1.74	3.32
2020	1.72	3.27
2021	1.82	3.22
2022	1.59	3.17
2023	1.59	3.1

Iceland and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Papua New Guinea
1960	25.4	18.5
1961	25.2	18.4
1962	24.9	18.3
1963	24.7	18.1
1964	24.4	18
1965	24.2	17.9
1966	24.1	17.8
1967	24.1	17.6
1968	24.2	17.5
1969	24.3	17.4
1970	24.5	17.3
1971	24.7	17.2
1972	24.8	17.1
1973	24.9	17.2
1974	25.1	17.2
1975	25.4	17.3
1976	25.7	17.4
1977	26	17.5
1978	26.4	17.7
1979	26.7	17.8
1980	26.9	18
1981	27.2	18.1
1982	27.5	18.2
1983	27.7	18.3
1984	28	18.3
1985	28.4	18.4
1986	28.8	18.5
1987	29.1	18.5
1988	29.3	18.6
1989	29.6	18.6
1990	30	18.7
1991	30.2	18.8
1992	30.5	18.9
1993	30.8	19
1994	31.1	19.1
1995	31.5	19.2
1996	31.8	19.4
1997	32.1	19.5
1998	32.4	19.6
1999	32.6	19.7
2000	32.8	19.8
2001	33	19.9
2002	33.4	19.9
2003	33.7	20
2004	34	20.2
2005	34.2	20.3
2006	34.5	20.4
2007	34.6	20.6
2008	34.5	20.7
2009	34.6	20.9
2010	34.9	21
2011	35.1	21.2
2012	35.4	21.3
2013	35.5	21.5
2014	35.7	21.7
2015	36	21.9
2016	36.2	22
2017	36.3	22.2
2018	36.4	22.4
2019	36.5	22.6
2020	36.6	22.8
2021	36.7	23
2022	36.7	23.2
2023	36.9	23.4
2024	37.1	23.6

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