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Iceland vs Senegal statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 18.5M in Senegal (ranked 69/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 74,336 sq mi for Senegal (ranked 104th vs. 85th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Senegal
Population
412970
19281054
Population rank 172/197 68/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$32.3B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 110/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$1,744
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 160/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$5,110
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$36.7B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
111.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$1,982
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 119/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$1,890
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
74,336 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
248.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
3.82
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
20.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
69.2 years
2025

Iceland and Senegal: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Senegal economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Senegal
Year GDP
Iceland Senegal
1960 $252,169,712 $1,003,692,370
1961 $257,703,245 $1,058,975,257
1962 $289,200,704 $1,085,475,791
1963 $345,175,036 $1,122,139,862
1964 $440,797,869 $1,188,930,645
1965 $531,569,564 $1,210,058,228
1966 $638,349,755 $1,246,908,186
1967 $630,567,116 $1,246,480,766
1968 $481,532,848 $1,309,384,862
1969 $420,945,148 $1,245,234,931
1970 $526,704,545 $1,297,407,655
1971 $670,251,136 $1,339,549,033
1972 $839,652,164 $1,620,857,104
1973 $1,154,440,253 $1,863,398,590
1974 $1,515,190,595 $2,099,325,229
1975 $1,406,875,081 $2,830,388,405
1976 $1,669,488,390 $2,869,777,884
1977 $2,208,509,076 $2,938,046,463
1978 $2,511,826,196 $3,280,354,921
1979 $2,853,435,054 $4,084,877,823
1980 $3,381,419,251 $4,510,108,291
1981 $3,492,997,010 $4,095,892,781
1982 $3,206,626,645 $4,013,951,443
1983 $2,765,950,336 $3,569,356,125
1984 $2,864,441,387 $3,485,165,432
1985 $2,984,052,357 $3,818,944,918
1986 $3,989,622,739 $5,392,093,446
1987 $5,520,318,405 $6,487,353,103
1988 $6,106,635,816 $6,418,419,389
1989 $5,672,569,449 $6,366,039,373
1990 $6,468,736,356 $7,390,967,360
1991 $6,909,730,288 $7,255,210,470
1992 $7,080,981,738 $7,769,817,840
1993 $6,218,581,532 $7,367,986,241
1994 $6,389,460,343 $5,034,588,196
1995 $7,123,633,418 $6,326,342,633
1996 $7,426,082,271 $6,559,712,166
1997 $7,569,672,925 $6,041,478,726
1998 $8,503,746,468 $6,505,607,909
1999 $8,982,047,589 $6,592,834,933
2000 $9,025,660,362 $6,013,185,004
2001 $8,234,846,805 $6,507,824,829
2002 $9,318,395,055 $7,006,402,320
2003 $11,429,333,038 $8,768,721,563
2004 $13,825,302,536 $10,076,816,667
2005 $16,852,963,067 $11,009,033,438
2006 $17,465,318,552 $11,697,918,243
2007 $21,652,505,597 $13,994,218,413
2008 $18,074,622,987 $16,853,989,628
2009 $13,154,414,219 $16,145,867,495
2010 $13,751,161,918 $16,121,315,909
2011 $15,221,622,926 $17,814,283,639
2012 $14,751,508,134 $17,660,870,412
2013 $16,125,060,515 $18,918,667,725
2014 $17,867,662,178 $19,797,253,440
2015 $17,517,210,519 $17,774,766,696
2016 $20,793,168,031 $19,040,312,333
2017 $24,728,285,177 $20,996,562,944
2018 $26,260,850,582 $23,116,701,556
2019 $24,681,343,649 $23,403,995,992
2020 $21,629,953,194 $24,530,513,038
2021 $25,770,339,317 $27,520,784,130
2022 $28,696,453,180 $27,783,332,223
2023 $31,452,223,862 $30,696,331,296
2024 $33,462,807,983 $32,267,254,425

Iceland and Senegal economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Senegal
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Senegal
1960 $1,436 $300
1961 $1,439 $308
1962 $1,586 $307
1963 $1,859 $309
1964 $2,332 $318
1965 $2,764 $314
1966 $3,264 $315
1967 $3,173 $305
1968 $2,390 $311
1969 $2,070 $287.3
1970 $2,576 $290.5
1971 $3,252 $291.1
1972 $4,015 $342
1973 $5,437 $381
1974 $7,041 $417
1975 $6,454 $547
1976 $7,583 $541
1977 $9,957 $540
1978 $11,237 $589
1979 $12,641 $716
1980 $14,822 $772
1981 $15,137 $683
1982 $13,712 $652
1983 $11,672 $564
1984 $11,960 $536
1985 $12,361 $571
1986 $16,406 $784
1987 $22,453 $916
1988 $24,452 $880
1989 $22,434 $849
1990 $25,385 $957
1991 $26,803 $913
1992 $27,124 $951
1993 $23,580 $878
1994 $24,019 $584
1995 $26,634 $715
1996 $27,615 $723
1997 $27,919 $651
1998 $31,030 $685
1999 $32,382 $678
2000 $32,096 $603
2001 $28,897 $637
2002 $32,409 $669
2003 $39,477 $818
2004 $47,335 $918
2005 $56,795 $980
2006 $57,493 $1,017
2007 $69,496 $1,189
2008 $56,943 $1,399
2009 $41,301 $1,309
2010 $43,237 $1,276
2011 $47,715 $1,375
2012 $45,996 $1,327
2013 $49,805 $1,380
2014 $54,577 $1,399
2015 $52,952 $1,218
2016 $61,988 $1,266
2017 $72,010 $1,357
2018 $74,452 $1,453
2019 $68,452 $1,431
2020 $59,024 $1,461
2021 $69,178 $1,598
2022 $75,121 $1,574
2023 $79,960 $1,698
2024 $82,704 $1,744

Iceland vs. Senegal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Senegal
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Senegal
1950 71 36.5
1951 71 36.9
1952 72.4 37.4
1953 72.3 37.8
1954 73.3 38.2
1955 73.3 38.5
1956 72.9 38.9
1957 73.4 39.1
1958 73.3 39.4
1959 72.6 39.5
1960 74 39.7
1961 73.4 39.7
1962 73.6 39.7
1963 72.9 39.7
1964 73.5 39.8
1965 73.8 39.8
1966 73.1 39.8
1967 73.7 40
1968 73.9 40.1
1969 73.7 40.4
1970 73.8 40.8
1971 73.5 41.2
1972 74.4 41.8
1973 74.3 42.4
1974 74.1 43.1
1975 75.3 43.9
1976 76.6 44.8
1977 76.1 45.7
1978 76.4 46.6
1979 76.5 47.5
1980 76.6 48.3
1981 76.2 49.1
1982 76.8 49.9
1983 76.4 50.8
1984 77.3 51.7
1985 77.4 52.6
1986 77.9 53.7
1987 77.1 54.6
1988 76.9 55.5
1989 77.9 56.2
1990 77.7 56.7
1991 77.8 57
1992 78.6 57.3
1993 78.8 57.3
1994 79 57.5
1995 77.5 57.3
1996 78.6 57.1
1997 78.7 57.1
1998 79.4 57.1
1999 79.2 57.3
2000 79.5 57.6
2001 80.4 58.2
2002 80.3 58.9
2003 80.8 59.5
2004 80.7 60.3
2005 81.2 61
2006 80.9 61.8
2007 81.1 62.7
2008 81.2 63.2
2009 81.4 63.8
2010 81.6 64.2
2011 82 64.8
2012 82.3 65.2
2013 81.7 65.6
2014 82.4 66
2015 82.2 66.5
2016 81.8 66.7
2017 82.2 67.1
2018 82.5 67.4
2019 82.8 67.7
2020 82.7 67.5
2021 82.8 66.9
2022 81.6 67.8
2023 82.7 68.7
2024 83 68.9
2025 83.2 69.2

Iceland and Senegal population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Senegal
Year Population
Iceland Senegal
1960 175,574 3,340,907
1961 179,029 3,436,375
1962 182,378 3,534,686
1963 185,653 3,635,876
1964 188,983 3,740,535
1965 192,286 3,849,788
1966 195,570 3,964,299
1967 198,751 4,083,870
1968 201,488 4,207,587
1969 203,369 4,334,974
1970 204,438 4,466,328
1971 206,098 4,601,864
1972 209,137 4,741,631
1973 212,317 4,885,181
1974 215,209 5,029,437
1975 217,979 5,170,810
1976 220,154 5,308,564
1977 221,799 5,439,549
1978 223,537 5,568,096
1979 225,735 5,702,895
1980 228,138 5,845,638
1981 230,755 5,997,160
1982 233,860 6,156,961
1983 236,977 6,324,504
1984 239,511 6,499,364
1985 241,405 6,683,287
1986 243,180 6,878,192
1987 245,859 7,081,530
1988 249,740 7,289,618
1989 252,852 7,502,207
1990 254,826 7,720,523
1991 257,797 7,943,085
1992 261,057 8,168,395
1993 263,725 8,396,288
1994 266,021 8,624,078
1995 267,468 8,848,101
1996 268,916 9,067,014
1997 271,128 9,283,495
1998 274,047 9,502,952
1999 277,381 9,730,887
2000 281,205 9,968,260
2001 284,968 10,212,942
2002 287,523 10,466,214
2003 289,521 10,721,176
2004 292,074 10,975,704
2005 296,734 11,235,472
2006 303,782 11,500,094
2007 311,566 11,770,344
2008 317,414 12,048,959
2009 318,499 12,337,389
2010 318,041 12,635,413
2011 319,014 12,958,897
2012 320,716 13,310,495
2013 323,764 13,710,849
2014 327,386 14,152,102
2015 330,815 14,593,331
2016 335,439 15,034,521
2017 343,400 15,475,002
2018 352,721 15,914,498
2019 360,563 16,352,922
2020 366,463 16,789,219
2021 372,520 17,220,867
2022 382,003 17,651,103
2023 393,349 18,077,573
2024 404,610 18,501,984

Fertility rates in Iceland and Senegal

Fertility rate
Iceland

Senegal
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Senegal
1960 4.29 7
1961 3.88 7.04
1962 3.98 7.08
1963 3.99 7.12
1964 3.88 7.16
1965 3.73 7.19
1966 3.59 7.22
1967 3.28 7.24
1968 3.06 7.25
1969 2.99 7.26
1970 2.81 7.26
1971 2.92 7.26
1972 3.09 7.26
1973 2.94 7.26
1974 2.66 7.25
1975 2.65 7.25
1976 2.52 7.26
1977 2.31 7.27
1978 2.35 7.28
1979 2.49 7.29
1980 2.48 7.29
1981 2.33 7.28
1982 2.27 7.25
1983 2.24 7.19
1984 2.08 7.11
1985 1.93 7.01
1986 1.92 6.9
1987 2.06 6.79
1988 2.26 6.58
1989 2.19 6.48
1990 2.3 6.4
1991 2.18 6.27
1992 2.21 6.15
1993 2.22 6.05
1994 2.14 5.92
1995 2.08 5.82
1996 2.12 5.72
1997 2.04 5.64
1998 2.05 5.58
1999 1.99 5.57
2000 2.08 5.5
2001 1.95 5.4
2002 1.93 5.3
2003 1.99 5.25
2004 2.04 5.19
2005 2.05 5.13
2006 2.08 5.06
2007 2.09 5.02
2008 2.15 5.02
2009 2.23 5.03
2010 2.2 5.06
2011 2.02 5.1
2012 2.04 5.13
2013 1.93 5.05
2014 1.93 4.88
2015 1.8 4.75
2016 1.74 4.65
2017 1.71 4.49
2018 1.71 4.29
2019 1.74 4.1
2020 1.72 4
2021 1.82 3.94
2022 1.59 3.86
2023 1.59 3.82

Iceland and Senegal demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Senegal
Year Median age, years
Iceland Senegal
1960 25.4 18.1
1961 25.2 18
1962 24.9 18
1963 24.7 17.9
1964 24.4 17.9
1965 24.2 17.9
1966 24.1 17.8
1967 24.1 17.9
1968 24.2 17.9
1969 24.3 17.9
1970 24.5 17.9
1971 24.7 17.9
1972 24.8 17.9
1973 24.9 17.9
1974 25.1 17.8
1975 25.4 17.7
1976 25.7 17.6
1977 26 17.4
1978 26.4 17.2
1979 26.7 17
1980 26.9 16.8
1981 27.2 16.7
1982 27.5 16.5
1983 27.7 16.4
1984 28 16.3
1985 28.4 16.3
1986 28.8 16.3
1987 29.1 16.3
1988 29.3 16.4
1989 29.6 16.5
1990 30 16.6
1991 30.2 16.7
1992 30.5 16.8
1993 30.8 16.9
1994 31.1 17
1995 31.5 17.1
1996 31.8 17.2
1997 32.1 17.3
1998 32.4 17.4
1999 32.6 17.5
2000 32.8 17.6
2001 33 17.7
2002 33.4 17.8
2003 33.7 18
2004 34 18.1
2005 34.2 18.2
2006 34.5 18.2
2007 34.6 18.3
2008 34.5 18.4
2009 34.6 18.4
2010 34.9 18.5
2011 35.1 18.5
2012 35.4 18.5
2013 35.5 18.5
2014 35.7 18.6
2015 36 18.6
2016 36.2 18.7
2017 36.3 18.9
2018 36.4 19
2019 36.5 19.2
2020 36.6 19.4
2021 36.7 19.7
2022 36.7 19.9
2023 36.9 20.1
2024 37.1 20.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Senegal
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$31B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
29%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
6.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.47%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
19,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-7.25%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
5.78%
2024
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
49.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
25.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
56.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
28.8%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
3%
2021
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$3.75B
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
1,376,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
10.5%
2018
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
76.5%
2024

Energy

Iceland Senegal
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
291.1 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$16.4
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
12 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
0.67 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
63.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
35.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
1.58%
2023
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
69%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
410 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
13.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
74.2%
2023

Society

Iceland Senegal
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-10,307
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
50.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.78 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.38 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
32.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
55
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
0.3
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
23.5
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
68
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
50.4%
2023
English speaking
98%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
60.6%
2023

Health

Iceland Senegal
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$63.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$31.1
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
69.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
21.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
0.13
2022
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
21.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
237
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
38.5
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
10.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
3.8%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
23
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
6.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
0.38 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Senegal
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.13%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
4,018 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
36,722 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
30,688 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
10,355 mi
2017

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