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Iceland vs Poland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 104th vs. 69th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Poland
Population
412970
36176920
Population rank 172/197 46/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$915B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 21/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$25,023
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 48/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$50,378
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$506B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
60.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$13,833
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 41/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$19,229
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
118,252 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
309 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
1.16
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
42.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
79 years
2025

Iceland and Poland: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Poland economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Poland
Year GDP
Iceland Poland
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 $65,977,748,211
1991 $6,909,730,288 $85,500,935,935
1992 $7,080,981,738 $94,337,050,693
1993 $6,218,581,532 $96,043,157,273
1994 $6,389,460,343 $110,803,635,288
1995 $7,123,633,418 $142,838,527,115
1996 $7,426,082,271 $160,813,026,223
1997 $7,569,672,925 $159,893,964,917
1998 $8,503,746,468 $175,282,269,667
1999 $8,982,047,589 $170,704,452,715
2000 $9,025,660,362 $172,953,527,033
2001 $8,234,846,805 $191,823,200,371
2002 $9,318,395,055 $199,694,463,256
2003 $11,429,333,038 $218,561,225,998
2004 $13,825,302,536 $256,268,656,145
2005 $16,852,963,067 $306,999,913,151
2006 $17,465,318,552 $345,897,630,736
2007 $21,652,505,597 $429,715,132,138
2008 $18,074,622,987 $535,612,030,672
2009 $13,154,414,219 $440,891,472,247
2010 $13,751,161,918 $478,111,630,684
2011 $15,221,622,926 $527,848,543,023
2012 $14,751,508,134 $498,148,649,703
2013 $16,125,060,515 $518,179,836,405
2014 $17,867,662,178 $542,134,167,179
2015 $17,517,210,519 $480,054,118,583
2016 $20,793,168,031 $473,259,623,976
2017 $24,728,285,177 $528,356,723,263
2018 $26,260,850,582 $594,616,632,477
2019 $24,681,343,649 $602,683,770,145
2020 $21,629,953,194 $605,914,186,118
2021 $25,770,339,317 $689,170,171,187
2022 $28,696,453,180 $695,607,522,885
2023 $31,452,223,862 $812,451,128,979
2024 $33,462,807,983 $914,696,430,325

Iceland and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Poland
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Poland
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 $1,731
1991 $26,803 $2,236
1992 $27,124 $2,459
1993 $23,580 $2,497
1994 $24,019 $2,875
1995 $26,634 $3,701
1996 $27,615 $4,164
1997 $27,919 $4,137
1998 $31,030 $4,534
1999 $32,382 $4,416
2000 $32,096 $4,521
2001 $28,897 $5,015
2002 $32,409 $5,223
2003 $39,477 $5,721
2004 $47,335 $6,712
2005 $56,795 $8,044
2006 $57,493 $9,069
2007 $69,496 $11,273
2008 $56,943 $14,049
2009 $41,301 $11,556
2010 $43,237 $12,568
2011 $47,715 $13,868
2012 $45,996 $13,087
2013 $49,805 $13,622
2014 $54,577 $14,262
2015 $52,952 $12,638
2016 $61,988 $12,464
2017 $72,010 $13,913
2018 $74,452 $15,658
2019 $68,452 $15,875
2020 $59,024 $16,151
2021 $69,178 $18,636
2022 $75,121 $18,891
2023 $79,960 $22,145
2024 $82,704 $25,023

Iceland vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Poland
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Poland
1950 71 58.3
1951 71 58.9
1952 72.4 59.7
1953 72.3 61.3
1954 73.3 62.3
1955 73.3 63.1
1956 72.9 63.4
1957 73.4 64.4
1958 73.3 64.9
1959 72.6 66.4
1960 74 67.1
1961 73.4 67.8
1962 73.6 68
1963 72.9 68.3
1964 73.5 68.9
1965 73.8 69.4
1966 73.1 69.7
1967 73.7 69.9
1968 73.9 69.8
1969 73.7 69.8
1970 73.8 69.6
1971 73.5 69.8
1972 74.4 70.1
1973 74.3 70.7
1974 74.1 70.7
1975 75.3 70.6
1976 76.6 70.4
1977 76.1 70.3
1978 76.4 70.4
1979 76.5 70.2
1980 76.6 70.5
1981 76.2 70.6
1982 76.8 70.9
1983 76.4 70.8
1984 77.3 70.6
1985 77.4 70.5
1986 77.9 70.6
1987 77.1 70.8
1988 76.9 70.8
1989 77.9 70.8
1990 77.7 70.6
1991 77.8 70.7
1992 78.6 70.9
1993 78.8 71.3
1994 79 71.7
1995 77.5 72
1996 78.6 72.3
1997 78.7 72.6
1998 79.4 72.8
1999 79.2 73.2
2000 79.5 73.6
2001 80.4 74.2
2002 80.3 74.5
2003 80.8 74.8
2004 80.7 74.9
2005 81.2 75.1
2006 80.9 75.3
2007 81.1 75.4
2008 81.2 75.6
2009 81.4 75.9
2010 81.6 76.3
2011 82 76.6
2012 82.3 76.8
2013 81.7 77.1
2014 82.4 77.3
2015 82.2 77.6
2016 81.8 77.6
2017 82.2 77.7
2018 82.5 77.6
2019 82.8 77.9
2020 82.7 76.6
2021 82.8 75.6
2022 81.6 77.9
2023 82.7 78.6
2024 83 78.8
2025 83.2 79

Iceland and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Poland
Year Population
Iceland Poland
1960 175,574 29,637,450
1961 179,029 29,964,000
1962 182,378 30,308,500
1963 185,653 30,712,000
1964 188,983 31,139,450
1965 192,286 31,444,950
1966 195,570 31,681,000
1967 198,751 31,987,155
1968 201,488 32,294,655
1969 203,369 32,548,300
1970 204,438 32,664,300
1971 206,098 32,783,500
1972 209,137 33,055,650
1973 212,317 33,357,200
1974 215,209 33,678,899
1975 217,979 34,015,199
1976 220,154 34,356,300
1977 221,799 34,689,050
1978 223,537 34,965,600
1979 225,735 35,247,217
1980 228,138 35,574,150
1981 230,755 35,898,587
1982 233,860 36,230,481
1983 236,977 36,571,808
1984 239,511 36,904,134
1985 241,405 37,201,885
1986 243,180 37,456,119
1987 245,859 37,668,045
1988 249,740 37,824,487
1989 252,852 37,961,529
1990 254,826 38,110,782
1991 257,797 38,246,193
1992 261,057 38,363,667
1993 263,725 38,461,408
1994 266,021 38,542,652
1995 267,468 38,594,998
1996 268,916 38,624,370
1997 271,128 38,649,660
1998 274,047 38,663,481
1999 277,381 38,660,271
2000 281,205 38,258,629
2001 284,968 38,248,076
2002 287,523 38,230,364
2003 289,521 38,204,570
2004 292,074 38,182,222
2005 296,734 38,165,445
2006 303,782 38,141,267
2007 311,566 38,120,560
2008 317,414 38,125,759
2009 318,499 38,151,603
2010 318,041 38,042,794
2011 319,014 38,063,255
2012 320,716 38,063,164
2013 323,764 38,040,196
2014 327,386 38,011,735
2015 330,815 37,986,412
2016 335,439 37,970,087
2017 343,400 37,974,826
2018 352,721 37,974,750
2019 360,563 37,965,475
2020 366,463 37,515,748
2021 372,520 36,981,559
2022 382,003 36,821,749
2023 393,349 36,687,353
2024 404,610 36,554,707

Fertility rates in Iceland and Poland

Fertility rate
Iceland

Poland
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Poland
1960 4.29 2.98
1961 3.88 2.83
1962 3.98 2.72
1963 3.99 2.7
1964 3.88 2.57
1965 3.73 2.52
1966 3.59 2.34
1967 3.28 2.33
1968 3.06 2.24
1969 2.99 2.2
1970 2.81 2.2
1971 2.92 2.25
1972 3.09 2.24
1973 2.94 2.26
1974 2.66 2.26
1975 2.65 2.27
1976 2.52 2.3
1977 2.31 2.23
1978 2.35 2.21
1979 2.49 2.28
1980 2.48 2.28
1981 2.33 2.24
1982 2.27 2.34
1983 2.24 2.42
1984 2.08 2.37
1985 1.93 2.33
1986 1.92 2.22
1987 2.06 2.15
1988 2.26 2.13
1989 2.19 2.08
1990 2.3 2.06
1991 2.18 2.07
1992 2.21 1.95
1993 2.22 1.87
1994 2.14 1.81
1995 2.08 1.62
1996 2.12 1.59
1997 2.04 1.51
1998 2.05 1.44
1999 1.99 1.37
2000 2.08 1.37
2001 1.95 1.31
2002 1.93 1.25
2003 1.99 1.22
2004 2.04 1.23
2005 2.05 1.24
2006 2.08 1.27
2007 2.09 1.31
2008 2.15 1.39
2009 2.23 1.4
2010 2.2 1.41
2011 2.02 1.33
2012 2.04 1.33
2013 1.93 1.29
2014 1.93 1.32
2015 1.8 1.32
2016 1.74 1.39
2017 1.71 1.48
2018 1.71 1.46
2019 1.74 1.44
2020 1.72 1.39
2021 1.82 1.33
2022 1.59 1.29
2023 1.59 1.16

Iceland and Poland demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Poland
Year Median age, years
Iceland Poland
1960 25.4 26.6
1961 25.2 26.8
1962 24.9 26.9
1963 24.7 27.1
1964 24.4 27.3
1965 24.2 27.5
1966 24.1 27.7
1967 24.1 27.8
1968 24.2 28
1969 24.3 28.1
1970 24.5 28.2
1971 24.7 28.4
1972 24.8 28.5
1973 24.9 28.5
1974 25.1 28.6
1975 25.4 28.6
1976 25.7 28.7
1977 26 28.9
1978 26.4 29.1
1979 26.7 29.3
1980 26.9 29.5
1981 27.2 29.8
1982 27.5 30.1
1983 27.7 30.3
1984 28 30.6
1985 28.4 30.8
1986 28.8 31.1
1987 29.1 31.4
1988 29.3 31.7
1989 29.6 32.1
1990 30 32.4
1991 30.2 32.6
1992 30.5 32.9
1993 30.8 33.2
1994 31.1 33.5
1995 31.5 33.9
1996 31.8 34.2
1997 32.1 34.4
1998 32.4 34.7
1999 32.6 35
2000 32.8 35.2
2001 33 35.5
2002 33.4 35.8
2003 33.7 36
2004 34 36.3
2005 34.2 36.6
2006 34.5 36.9
2007 34.6 37.2
2008 34.5 37.5
2009 34.6 37.8
2010 34.9 38.1
2011 35.1 38.2
2012 35.4 38.4
2013 35.5 38.7
2014 35.7 39
2015 36 39.3
2016 36.2 39.7
2017 36.3 40
2018 36.4 40.4
2019 36.5 40.8
2020 36.6 41.1
2021 36.7 41.5
2022 36.7 41.9
2023 36.9 42.4
2024 37.1 42.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Poland
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$788B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
50.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
4.31%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
3.83%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
189,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-6.16%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
2.81%
2024
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
59.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
26.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
22.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
3.3%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
10
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
0.00003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
749
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$197B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
$223B
2024
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$8.69B
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
88,515,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
2.63%
2020
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
86.1%
2024

Energy

Iceland Poland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
2,639 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$17.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
286.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
7.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
84.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
15.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
3.47%
2023
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
48.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
4,382 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
17.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
2.23%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Iceland Poland
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.45%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-238,062
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
60.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
74.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
53
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
0.8
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
9.4
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.8%
2021
English speaking
98%
2023
49.1%
2023
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
88.6%
2024

Health

Iceland Poland
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$1,544
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$249.9
2023
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
79 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
3.39
2021
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
2
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
4.4
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
28.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
51
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
23.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
11.7 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Poland
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
3,235 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
56,294 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
36,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
267,065 mi
2024

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