Iceland vs Saudi Arabia statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 35.3M in Saudi Arabia (ranked 45/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 830,000 sq mi for Saudi Arabia (ranked 104th vs. 12th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057).

Iceland and Saudi Arabia: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Saudi Arabia
1960	$252,169,712	$1,748,124,064
1961	$257,703,245	$1,920,811,284
1962	$289,200,704	$2,130,606,532
1963	$345,175,036	$2,207,393,172
1964	$440,797,869	$2,371,808,713
1965	$531,569,564	$2,647,955,558
1966	$638,349,755	$2,920,555,557
1967	$630,567,116	$3,257,022,223
1968	$481,532,848	$4,187,777,711
1969	$420,945,148	$4,485,777,644
1970	$526,704,545	$5,377,333,333
1971	$670,251,136	$7,184,806,909
1972	$839,652,164	$9,664,267,087
1973	$1,154,440,253	$14,947,435,499
1974	$1,515,190,595	$45,412,957,746
1975	$1,406,875,081	$46,773,208,643
1976	$1,669,488,390	$64,005,665,722
1977	$2,208,509,076	$74,188,986,586
1978	$2,511,826,196	$80,266,516,687
1979	$2,853,435,054	$111,858,444,786
1980	$3,381,419,251	$164,539,660,725
1981	$3,492,997,010	$184,291,360,139
1982	$3,206,626,645	$153,240,313,858
1983	$2,765,950,336	$129,171,635,311
1984	$2,864,441,387	$119,624,858,116
1985	$2,984,052,357	$103,897,846,494
1986	$3,989,622,739	$86,961,922,765
1987	$5,520,318,405	$85,695,861,148
1988	$6,106,635,816	$88,256,074,766
1989	$5,672,569,449	$95,344,459,279
1990	$6,468,736,356	$117,630,173,565
1991	$6,909,730,288	$132,223,230,975
1992	$7,080,981,738	$137,087,850,467
1993	$6,218,581,532	$132,967,957,276
1994	$6,389,460,343	$135,174,899,866
1995	$7,123,633,418	$143,343,124,166
1996	$7,426,082,271	$158,662,483,311
1997	$7,569,672,925	$165,963,684,913
1998	$8,503,746,468	$146,775,466,667
1999	$8,982,047,589	$161,717,066,667
2000	$9,025,660,362	$189,514,933,333
2001	$8,234,846,805	$184,137,600,000
2002	$9,318,395,055	$189,605,866,667
2003	$11,429,333,038	$215,807,733,333
2004	$13,825,302,536	$258,742,133,333
2005	$16,852,963,067	$328,459,608,764
2006	$17,465,318,552	$376,900,133,511
2007	$21,652,505,597	$415,964,509,673
2008	$18,074,622,987	$519,796,800,000
2009	$13,154,414,219	$429,097,866,667
2010	$13,751,161,918	$528,207,466,667
2011	$15,221,622,926	$680,660,800,000
2012	$14,751,508,134	$751,921,333,333
2013	$16,125,060,515	$769,755,733,333
2014	$17,867,662,178	$787,153,066,667
2015	$17,517,210,519	$693,414,400,000
2016	$20,793,168,031	$689,279,466,667
2017	$24,728,285,177	$741,266,133,333
2018	$26,260,850,582	$886,564,800,000
2019	$24,681,343,649	$888,890,133,333
2020	$21,629,953,194	$767,951,200,000
2021	$25,770,339,317	$982,661,066,667
2022	$28,696,453,180	$1,239,075,200,000
2023	$31,452,223,862	$1,218,584,533,333
2024	$33,462,807,983	$1,237,529,866,667

Iceland and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Saudi Arabia
1960	$1,436	$718
1961	$1,439	$760
1962	$1,586	$813
1963	$1,859	$812
1964	$2,332	$840
1965	$2,764	$904
1966	$3,264	$961
1967	$3,173	$1,032
1968	$2,390	$1,276
1969	$2,070	$1,313
1970	$2,576	$1,509
1971	$3,252	$1,929
1972	$4,015	$2,474
1973	$5,437	$3,640
1974	$7,041	$10,503
1975	$6,454	$10,266
1976	$7,583	$13,313
1977	$9,957	$14,595
1978	$11,237	$14,914
1979	$12,641	$19,612
1980	$14,822	$27,206
1981	$15,137	$28,703
1982	$13,712	$22,454
1983	$11,672	$17,810
1984	$11,960	$15,541
1985	$12,361	$12,745
1986	$16,406	$10,078
1987	$22,453	$9,386
1988	$24,452	$9,165
1989	$22,434	$9,414
1990	$25,385	$11,055
1991	$26,803	$11,847
1992	$27,124	$11,730
1993	$23,580	$10,885
1994	$24,019	$10,602
1995	$26,634	$10,786
1996	$27,615	$11,472
1997	$27,919	$11,545
1998	$31,030	$9,836
1999	$32,382	$10,452
2000	$32,096	$11,715
2001	$28,897	$10,805
2002	$32,409	$10,586
2003	$39,477	$11,487
2004	$47,335	$13,154
2005	$56,795	$15,976
2006	$57,493	$17,564
2007	$69,496	$18,596
2008	$56,943	$22,320
2009	$41,301	$17,718
2010	$43,237	$22,028
2011	$47,715	$27,127
2012	$45,996	$28,733
2013	$49,805	$27,865
2014	$54,577	$27,805
2015	$52,952	$23,256
2016	$61,988	$22,268
2017	$72,010	$23,929
2018	$74,452	$29,360
2019	$68,452	$29,567
2020	$59,024	$24,339
2021	$69,178	$31,921
2022	$75,121	$38,510
2023	$79,960	$36,157
2024	$82,704	$35,057

Iceland vs. Saudi Arabia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Saudi Arabia
1950	71	40
1951	71	40.6
1952	72.4	41.1
1953	72.3	41.6
1954	73.3	42.1
1955	73.3	42.6
1956	72.9	43.1
1957	73.4	43.7
1958	73.3	44.2
1959	72.6	44.8
1960	74	45.3
1961	73.4	45.9
1962	73.6	46.5
1963	72.9	47.1
1964	73.5	47.7
1965	73.8	48.4
1966	73.1	49.2
1967	73.7	50
1968	73.9	50.9
1969	73.7	51.8
1970	73.8	52.7
1971	73.5	53.7
1972	74.4	54.7
1973	74.3	55.8
1974	74.1	56.8
1975	75.3	57.8
1976	76.6	58.8
1977	76.1	59.7
1978	76.4	60.7
1979	76.5	61.5
1980	76.6	62.4
1981	76.2	63.3
1982	76.8	64
1983	76.4	64.7
1984	77.3	65.4
1985	77.4	66
1986	77.9	66.6
1987	77.1	67.2
1988	76.9	67.8
1989	77.9	68.4
1990	77.7	68.9
1991	77.8	69.3
1992	78.6	69.8
1993	78.8	70.2
1994	79	70.6
1995	77.5	70.9
1996	78.6	71.3
1997	78.7	71.6
1998	79.4	72
1999	79.2	72.3
2000	79.5	72.6
2001	80.4	73
2002	80.3	73.3
2003	80.8	73.7
2004	80.7	74
2005	81.2	74.4
2006	80.9	74.8
2007	81.1	75.1
2008	81.2	75.3
2009	81.4	75.4
2010	81.6	75.6
2011	82	75.8
2012	82.3	76.1
2013	81.7	76.5
2014	82.4	77.1
2015	82.2	77.8
2016	81.8	78.4
2017	82.2	78.7
2018	82.5	78.7
2019	82.8	78.3
2020	82.7	77.6
2021	82.8	77.1
2022	81.6	77.3
2023	82.7	78.7
2024	83	79
2025	83.2	79.2

Iceland and Saudi Arabia population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Saudi Arabia
1960	175,574	2,435,403
1961	179,029	2,526,347
1962	182,378	2,620,910
1963	185,653	2,719,341
1964	188,983	2,821,968
1965	192,286	2,928,771
1966	195,570	3,039,887
1967	198,751	3,157,242
1968	201,488	3,282,711
1969	203,369	3,417,114
1970	204,438	3,562,470
1971	206,098	3,724,031
1972	209,137	3,905,722
1973	212,317	4,106,344
1974	215,209	4,323,632
1975	217,979	4,556,287
1976	220,154	4,807,933
1977	221,799	5,083,048
1978	223,537	5,381,902
1979	225,735	5,703,698
1980	228,138	6,047,997
1981	230,755	6,420,551
1982	233,860	6,824,486
1983	236,977	7,252,941
1984	239,511	7,697,307
1985	241,405	8,151,779
1986	243,180	8,628,639
1987	245,859	9,130,194
1988	249,740	9,629,165
1989	252,852	10,128,394
1990	254,826	10,640,691
1991	257,797	11,160,744
1992	261,057	11,686,676
1993	263,725	12,215,862
1994	266,021	12,750,040
1995	267,468	13,289,245
1996	268,916	13,831,009
1997	271,128	14,374,943
1998	274,047	14,922,185
1999	277,381	15,472,075
2000	281,205	16,177,722
2001	284,968	17,041,397
2002	287,523	17,910,910
2003	289,521	18,786,767
2004	292,074	19,669,480
2005	296,734	20,559,890
2006	303,782	21,459,144
2007	311,566	22,368,313
2008	317,414	23,287,877
2009	318,499	24,217,654
2010	318,041	23,978,487
2011	319,014	25,091,867
2012	320,716	26,168,861
2013	323,764	27,624,004
2014	327,386	28,309,273
2015	330,815	29,816,382
2016	335,439	30,954,198
2017	343,400	30,977,355
2018	352,721	30,196,281
2019	360,563	30,063,799
2020	366,463	31,552,510
2021	372,520	30,784,383
2022	382,003	32,175,224
2023	393,349	33,702,731
2024	404,610	35,300,280

Fertility rates in Iceland and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate

Iceland

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Saudi Arabia
1960	4.29	7.63
1961	3.88	7.63
1962	3.98	7.64
1963	3.99	7.65
1964	3.88	7.67
1965	3.73	7.66
1966	3.59	7.66
1967	3.28	7.66
1968	3.06	7.63
1969	2.99	7.6
1970	2.81	7.58
1971	2.92	7.56
1972	3.09	7.54
1973	2.94	7.48
1974	2.66	7.43
1975	2.65	7.37
1976	2.52	7.33
1977	2.31	7.3
1978	2.35	7.26
1979	2.49	7.23
1980	2.48	7.15
1981	2.33	7.07
1982	2.27	6.98
1983	2.24	6.88
1984	2.08	6.78
1985	1.93	6.65
1986	1.92	6.52
1987	2.06	6.34
1988	2.26	6.15
1989	2.19	5.98
1990	2.3	5.8
1991	2.18	5.64
1992	2.21	5.49
1993	2.22	5.33
1994	2.14	5.16
1995	2.08	4.99
1996	2.12	4.81
1997	2.04	4.66
1998	2.05	4.52
1999	1.99	4.35
2000	2.08	4.21
2001	1.95	3.96
2002	1.93	3.71
2003	1.99	3.47
2004	2.04	3.26
2005	2.05	3.16
2006	2.08	3.18
2007	2.09	3.19
2008	2.15	3.07
2009	2.23	2.95
2010	2.2	2.81
2011	2.02	2.8
2012	2.04	2.78
2013	1.93	2.67
2014	1.93	2.68
2015	1.8	2.63
2016	1.74	2.65
2017	1.71	2.67
2018	1.71	2.67
2019	1.74	2.49
2020	1.72	2.27
2021	1.82	2.17
2022	1.59	2.14
2023	1.59	2.28

Iceland and Saudi Arabia demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Saudi Arabia
1960	25.4	18.6
1961	25.2	18.5
1962	24.9	18.4
1963	24.7	18.2
1964	24.4	18
1965	24.2	17.9
1966	24.1	17.7
1967	24.1	17.6
1968	24.2	17.5
1969	24.3	17.4
1970	24.5	17.4
1971	24.7	17.4
1972	24.8	17.4
1973	24.9	17.5
1974	25.1	17.6
1975	25.4	17.7
1976	25.7	17.8
1977	26	17.9
1978	26.4	18
1979	26.7	18.1
1980	26.9	18.2
1981	27.2	18.3
1982	27.5	18.4
1983	27.7	18.5
1984	28	18.6
1985	28.4	18.7
1986	28.8	18.7
1987	29.1	18.8
1988	29.3	18.9
1989	29.6	19
1990	30	19
1991	30.2	19.2
1992	30.5	19.3
1993	30.8	19.4
1994	31.1	19.6
1995	31.5	19.7
1996	31.8	19.9
1997	32.1	20.2
1998	32.4	20.4
1999	32.6	20.7
2000	32.8	20.8
2001	33	20.7
2002	33.4	20.8
2003	33.7	21.1
2004	34	21.4
2005	34.2	21.9
2006	34.5	22.3
2007	34.6	22.8
2008	34.5	23.4
2009	34.6	23.9
2010	34.9	24.5
2011	35.1	25.2
2012	35.4	25.9
2013	35.5	26.6
2014	35.7	27.2
2015	36	27.9
2016	36.2	28.6
2017	36.3	29
2018	36.4	29.3
2019	36.5	29.3
2020	36.6	29.4
2021	36.7	29.5
2022	36.7	29.7
2023	36.9	30.2
2024	37.1	30.5

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