Iceland vs Somalia statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 104th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Iceland and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Somalia
1960	$252,169,712	$180,459,937
1961	$257,703,245	$191,659,914
1962	$289,200,704	$203,531,928
1963	$345,175,036	$216,145,936
1964	$440,797,869	$229,529,913
1965	$531,569,564	$243,725,898
1966	$638,349,755	$257,375,897
1967	$630,567,116	$271,781,887
1968	$481,532,848	$286,719,885
1969	$420,945,148	$306,357,285
1970	$526,704,545	$347,985,394
1971	$670,251,136	$347,039,446
1972	$839,652,164	$447,883,941
1973	$1,154,440,253	$483,699,611
1974	$1,515,190,595	$572,504,036
1975	$1,406,875,081	$757,015,879
1976	$1,669,488,390	$871,344,245
1977	$2,208,509,076	$498,550,725
1978	$2,511,826,196	$564,571,823
1979	$2,853,435,054	$589,566,929
1980	$3,381,419,251	$602,515,548
1981	$3,492,997,010	$699,302,473
1982	$3,206,626,645	$774,578,932
1983	$2,765,950,336	$735,408,642
1984	$2,864,441,387	$787,434,542
1985	$2,984,052,357	$875,702,247
1986	$3,989,622,739	$916,590,786
1987	$5,520,318,405	$1,018,972,664
1988	$6,106,635,816	$1,051,596,967
1989	$5,672,569,449	$1,181,360,844
1990	$6,468,736,356	$1,031,282,081
1991	$6,909,730,288	$717,974,930
1992	$7,080,981,738	$709,297,579
1993	$6,218,581,532	$1,260,132,956
1994	$6,389,460,343	$1,481,205,098
1995	$7,123,633,418	$1,534,756,135
1996	$7,426,082,271	$1,792,234,297
1997	$7,569,672,925	$2,191,749,014
1998	$8,503,746,468	$2,962,047,564
1999	$8,982,047,589	$3,045,751,528
2000	$9,025,660,362	$3,412,797,450
2001	$8,234,846,805	$2,252,847,465
2002	$9,318,395,055	$2,192,684,135
2003	$11,429,333,038	$2,836,724,352
2004	$13,825,302,536	$3,859,592,813
2005	$16,852,963,067	$4,683,246,454
2006	$17,465,318,552	$5,026,743,282
2007	$21,652,505,597	$5,430,713,729
2008	$18,074,622,987	$5,913,620,293
2009	$13,154,414,219	$2,948,594,552
2010	$13,751,161,918	$2,687,807,004
2011	$15,221,622,926	$2,906,000,097
2012	$14,751,508,134	$4,364,670,160
2013	$16,125,060,515	$5,062,881,600
2014	$17,867,662,178	$5,728,399,720
2015	$17,517,210,519	$6,152,149,100
2016	$20,793,168,031	$6,613,743,070
2017	$24,728,285,177	$7,621,501,710
2018	$26,260,850,582	$7,873,440,830
2019	$24,681,343,649	$8,655,023,960
2020	$21,629,953,194	$8,628,393,720
2021	$25,770,339,317	$9,483,997,390
2022	$28,696,453,180	$10,202,767,270
2023	$31,452,223,862	$10,968,517,090
2024	$33,462,807,983	$12,108,515,110

Iceland and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Somalia
1960	$1,436	$62.7
1961	$1,439	$64.9
1962	$1,586	$67.2
1963	$1,859	$69.5
1964	$2,332	$71.9
1965	$2,764	$74.4
1966	$3,264	$76.5
1967	$3,173	$78.7
1968	$2,390	$80.8
1969	$2,070	$84.1
1970	$2,576	$93.1
1971	$3,252	$90.4
1972	$4,015	$113.7
1973	$5,437	$119.6
1974	$7,041	$137.9
1975	$6,454	$177.8
1976	$7,583	$199.6
1977	$9,957	$111.2
1978	$11,237	$117.3
1979	$12,641	$108.2
1980	$14,822	$101.5
1981	$15,137	$116.9
1982	$13,712	$129
1983	$11,672	$118.6
1984	$11,960	$122.5
1985	$12,361	$130.8
1986	$16,406	$131.4
1987	$22,453	$141
1988	$24,452	$145.3
1989	$22,434	$166
1990	$25,385	$145.6
1991	$26,803	$105.4
1992	$27,124	$109.2
1993	$23,580	$188.6
1994	$24,019	$210.8
1995	$26,634	$210.7
1996	$27,615	$237.2
1997	$27,919	$280.1
1998	$31,030	$363
1999	$32,382	$359
2000	$32,096	$386
2001	$28,897	$244.9
2002	$32,409	$229.6
2003	$39,477	$286.3
2004	$47,335	$375
2005	$56,795	$440
2006	$57,493	$458
2007	$69,496	$480
2008	$56,943	$507
2009	$41,301	$246.5
2010	$43,237	$219.2
2011	$47,715	$235.3
2012	$45,996	$350
2013	$49,805	$393
2014	$54,577	$429
2015	$52,952	$446
2016	$61,988	$461
2017	$72,010	$511
2018	$74,452	$510
2019	$68,452	$540
2020	$59,024	$518
2021	$69,178	$549
2022	$75,121	$573
2023	$79,960	$597
2024	$82,704	$637

Iceland vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Somalia
1950	71	41.5
1951	71	41.7
1952	72.4	41.9
1953	72.3	42.1
1954	73.3	42.3
1955	73.3	42.5
1956	72.9	42.7
1957	73.4	42.9
1958	73.3	43.1
1959	72.6	43.3
1960	74	43.5
1961	73.4	43.7
1962	73.6	44
1963	72.9	44.2
1964	73.5	44.4
1965	73.8	44.6
1966	73.1	44.8
1967	73.7	45.1
1968	73.9	45.3
1969	73.7	45.5
1970	73.8	45.6
1971	73.5	45.8
1972	74.4	46
1973	74.3	46.2
1974	74.1	44.3
1975	75.3	44.5
1976	76.6	44.7
1977	76.1	47
1978	76.4	47
1979	76.5	47.4
1980	76.6	47.6
1981	76.2	47.8
1982	76.8	48
1983	76.4	48.2
1984	77.3	48.4
1985	77.4	48.3
1986	77.9	48.4
1987	77.1	49
1988	76.9	43.9
1989	77.9	46.6
1990	77.7	46.9
1991	77.8	25.4
1992	78.6	25
1993	78.8	50.6
1994	79	50.3
1995	77.5	50.6
1996	78.6	50.5
1997	78.7	50.3
1998	79.4	50.8
1999	79.2	50.6
2000	79.5	50.7
2001	80.4	50.8
2002	80.3	50.8
2003	80.8	50.7
2004	80.7	50.7
2005	81.2	50.9
2006	80.9	50.9
2007	81.1	50.9
2008	81.2	51.5
2009	81.4	52.1
2010	81.6	48.9
2011	82	32.5
2012	82.3	49.1
2013	81.7	54
2014	82.4	54.4
2015	82.2	55.1
2016	81.8	55.3
2017	82.2	52.2
2018	82.5	54.8
2019	82.8	57.2
2020	82.7	57.1
2021	82.8	55.7
2022	81.6	53.9
2023	82.7	58.8
2024	83	59
2025	83.2	59.1

Iceland and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Somalia
1960	175,574	2,876,331
1961	179,029	2,952,054
1962	182,378	3,030,091
1963	185,653	3,110,361
1964	188,983	3,192,796
1965	192,286	3,277,874
1966	195,570	3,365,106
1967	198,751	3,454,537
1968	201,488	3,546,590
1969	203,369	3,641,015
1970	204,438	3,738,448
1971	206,098	3,837,691
1972	209,137	3,939,436
1973	212,317	4,045,592
1974	215,209	4,151,842
1975	217,979	4,257,535
1976	220,154	4,365,812
1977	221,799	4,484,050
1978	223,537	4,814,892
1979	225,735	5,449,117
1980	228,138	5,936,154
1981	230,755	5,982,849
1982	233,860	6,003,840
1983	236,977	6,198,430
1984	239,511	6,428,389
1985	241,405	6,693,289
1986	243,180	6,974,788
1987	245,859	7,228,302
1988	249,740	7,235,360
1989	252,852	7,114,817
1990	254,826	7,082,811
1991	257,797	6,813,760
1992	261,057	6,495,107
1993	263,725	6,681,399
1994	266,021	7,026,797
1995	267,468	7,285,007
1996	268,916	7,554,474
1997	271,128	7,824,525
1998	274,047	8,155,417
1999	277,381	8,492,059
2000	281,205	8,838,713
2001	284,968	9,198,493
2002	287,523	9,550,063
2003	289,521	9,909,157
2004	292,074	10,280,998
2005	296,734	10,644,228
2006	303,782	10,975,502
2007	311,566	11,322,582
2008	317,414	11,663,084
2009	318,499	11,961,201
2010	318,041	12,261,756
2011	319,014	12,348,830
2012	320,716	12,461,160
2013	323,764	12,869,594
2014	327,386	13,339,491
2015	330,815	13,806,963
2016	335,439	14,348,740
2017	343,400	14,916,629
2018	352,721	15,452,487
2019	360,563	16,030,971
2020	366,463	16,651,191
2021	372,520	17,271,431
2022	382,003	17,801,897
2023	393,349	18,358,615
2024	404,610	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Iceland and Somalia

Fertility rate

Iceland

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Somalia
1960	4.29	7.25
1961	3.88	7.25
1962	3.98	7.26
1963	3.99	7.26
1964	3.88	7.26
1965	3.73	7.26
1966	3.59	7.26
1967	3.28	7.25
1968	3.06	7.23
1969	2.99	7.21
1970	2.81	7.18
1971	2.92	7.15
1972	3.09	7.12
1973	2.94	7.09
1974	2.66	7.06
1975	2.65	7.03
1976	2.52	7.02
1977	2.31	7
1978	2.35	7.13
1979	2.49	7.16
1980	2.48	7.18
1981	2.33	7.23
1982	2.27	7.25
1983	2.24	7.28
1984	2.08	7.3
1985	1.93	7.33
1986	1.92	7.35
1987	2.06	7.37
1988	2.26	7.4
1989	2.19	7.42
1990	2.3	7.44
1991	2.18	7.47
1992	2.21	7.5
1993	2.22	7.53
1994	2.14	7.54
1995	2.08	7.58
1996	2.12	7.62
1997	2.04	7.66
1998	2.05	7.66
1999	1.99	7.66
2000	2.08	7.65
2001	1.95	7.64
2002	1.93	7.63
2003	1.99	7.6
2004	2.04	7.57
2005	2.05	7.53
2006	2.08	7.49
2007	2.09	7.46
2008	2.15	7.42
2009	2.23	7.38
2010	2.2	7.32
2011	2.02	7.27
2012	2.04	7.21
2013	1.93	7.14
2014	1.93	7.06
2015	1.8	6.98
2016	1.74	6.88
2017	1.71	6.77
2018	1.71	6.66
2019	1.74	6.56
2020	1.72	6.45
2021	1.82	6.35
2022	1.59	6.26
2023	1.59	6.13

Iceland and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Somalia
1960	25.4	18.1
1961	25.2	17.9
1962	24.9	17.8
1963	24.7	17.7
1964	24.4	17.6
1965	24.2	17.5
1966	24.1	17.5
1967	24.1	17.5
1968	24.2	17.5
1969	24.3	17.5
1970	24.5	17.5
1971	24.7	17.6
1972	24.8	17.6
1973	24.9	17.6
1974	25.1	17.7
1975	25.4	17.7
1976	25.7	17.7
1977	26	17.7
1978	26.4	17.7
1979	26.7	17.6
1980	26.9	17.6
1981	27.2	17.5
1982	27.5	17.4
1983	27.7	17.4
1984	28	17.3
1985	28.4	17.2
1986	28.8	17.1
1987	29.1	17
1988	29.3	16.8
1989	29.6	16.7
1990	30	16.5
1991	30.2	16.5
1992	30.5	16.7
1993	30.8	16.8
1994	31.1	16.7
1995	31.5	16.6
1996	31.8	16.5
1997	32.1	16.4
1998	32.4	16.4
1999	32.6	16.3
2000	32.8	16.3
2001	33	16.2
2002	33.4	16.2
2003	33.7	16.1
2004	34	16
2005	34.2	15.9
2006	34.5	15.7
2007	34.6	15.6
2008	34.5	15.6
2009	34.6	15.6
2010	34.9	15.7
2011	35.1	15.8
2012	35.4	16
2013	35.5	16
2014	35.7	16
2015	36	16.1
2016	36.2	16.1
2017	36.3	16.2
2018	36.4	16.2
2019	36.5	16.3
2020	36.6	16.3
2021	36.7	16.4
2022	36.7	16.5
2023	36.9	16.5
2024	37.1	16.6

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