Iceland vs South Africa statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 104th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Iceland and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Iceland and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Iceland

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	South Africa
1960	$252,169,712	$8,748,596,501
1961	$257,703,245	$9,225,996,310
1962	$289,200,704	$9,813,996,074
1963	$345,175,036	$10,854,195,658
1964	$440,797,869	$11,955,995,218
1965	$531,569,564	$13,068,994,772
1966	$638,349,755	$14,211,394,315
1967	$630,567,116	$15,821,393,671
1968	$481,532,848	$17,124,793,150
1969	$420,945,148	$19,256,992,297
1970	$526,704,545	$21,218,391,513
1971	$670,251,136	$23,411,076,638
1972	$839,652,164	$24,515,919,217
1973	$1,154,440,253	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,515,190,595	$41,389,186,095
1975	$1,406,875,081	$42,906,905,672
1976	$1,669,488,390	$41,150,460,288
1977	$2,208,509,076	$45,328,411,332
1978	$2,511,826,196	$51,607,412,902
1979	$2,853,435,054	$63,038,658,089
1980	$3,381,419,251	$89,411,864,402
1981	$3,492,997,010	$93,141,472,164
1982	$3,206,626,645	$85,904,057,409
1983	$2,765,950,336	$96,204,110,942
1984	$2,864,441,387	$84,870,163,366
1985	$2,984,052,357	$64,459,376,087
1986	$3,989,622,739	$73,354,771,399
1987	$5,520,318,405	$96,535,763,418
1988	$6,106,635,816	$103,976,831,871
1989	$5,672,569,449	$108,055,624,082
1990	$6,468,736,356	$126,048,140,142
1991	$6,909,730,288	$135,203,698,238
1992	$7,080,981,738	$146,956,150,987
1993	$6,218,581,532	$147,194,747,566
1994	$6,389,460,343	$153,512,712,382
1995	$7,123,633,418	$171,735,933,897
1996	$7,426,082,271	$163,234,925,381
1997	$7,569,672,925	$168,978,057,328
1998	$8,503,746,468	$152,982,984,557
1999	$8,982,047,589	$151,516,957,079
2000	$9,025,660,362	$151,752,757,215
2001	$8,234,846,805	$135,429,905,923
2002	$9,318,395,055	$129,087,556,612
2003	$11,429,333,038	$197,018,965,309
2004	$13,825,302,536	$255,806,908,595
2005	$16,852,963,067	$288,867,217,197
2006	$17,465,318,552	$303,858,675,364
2007	$21,652,505,597	$333,077,117,254
2008	$18,074,622,987	$316,131,258,616
2009	$13,154,414,219	$329,754,060,647
2010	$13,751,161,918	$417,363,822,802
2011	$15,221,622,926	$458,199,494,831
2012	$14,751,508,134	$434,400,545,086
2013	$16,125,060,515	$400,886,013,596
2014	$17,867,662,178	$381,198,869,776
2015	$17,517,210,519	$346,709,790,459
2016	$20,793,168,031	$323,585,509,674
2017	$24,728,285,177	$381,448,814,653
2018	$26,260,850,582	$405,260,723,893
2019	$24,681,343,649	$389,330,032,224
2020	$21,629,953,194	$337,974,655,408
2021	$25,770,339,317	$420,886,877,629
2022	$28,696,453,180	$406,920,004,594
2023	$31,452,223,862	$380,699,271,816
2024	$33,462,807,983	$400,260,724,226

Iceland and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	South Africa
1960	$1,436	$532
1961	$1,439	$546
1962	$1,586	$563
1963	$1,859	$605
1964	$2,332	$646
1965	$2,764	$685
1966	$3,264	$722
1967	$3,173	$779
1968	$2,390	$817
1969	$2,070	$891
1970	$2,576	$952
1971	$3,252	$1,020
1972	$4,015	$1,038
1973	$5,437	$1,369
1974	$7,041	$1,656
1975	$6,454	$1,670
1976	$7,583	$1,559
1977	$9,957	$1,671
1978	$11,237	$1,852
1979	$12,641	$2,202
1980	$14,822	$3,029
1981	$15,137	$3,050
1982	$13,712	$2,717
1983	$11,672	$2,938
1984	$11,960	$2,504
1985	$12,361	$1,839
1986	$16,406	$2,027
1987	$22,453	$2,586
1988	$24,452	$2,702
1989	$22,434	$2,727
1990	$25,385	$3,093
1991	$26,803	$3,243
1992	$27,124	$3,462
1993	$23,580	$3,400
1994	$24,019	$3,489
1995	$26,634	$3,856
1996	$27,615	$3,618
1997	$27,919	$3,700
1998	$31,030	$3,310
1999	$32,382	$3,242
2000	$32,096	$3,218
2001	$28,897	$2,847
2002	$32,409	$2,688
2003	$39,477	$4,062
2004	$47,335	$5,221
2005	$56,795	$5,837
2006	$57,493	$6,077
2007	$69,496	$6,592
2008	$56,943	$6,185
2009	$41,301	$6,375
2010	$43,237	$7,973
2011	$47,715	$8,646
2012	$45,996	$8,077
2013	$49,805	$7,332
2014	$54,577	$6,857
2015	$52,952	$6,112
2016	$61,988	$5,651
2017	$72,010	$6,618
2018	$74,452	$6,914
2019	$68,452	$6,534
2020	$59,024	$5,581
2021	$69,178	$6,843
2022	$75,121	$6,523
2023	$79,960	$6,023
2024	$82,704	$6,253

Iceland vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	South Africa
1950	71	43.1
1951	71	44.1
1952	72.4	45
1953	72.3	46.1
1954	73.3	47.1
1955	73.3	48.2
1956	72.9	49.2
1957	73.4	50.2
1958	73.3	51.1
1959	72.6	51.9
1960	74	52.6
1961	73.4	53.1
1962	73.6	53.6
1963	72.9	53.9
1964	73.5	54.2
1965	73.8	54.4
1966	73.1	54.7
1967	73.7	55
1968	73.9	55.2
1969	73.7	55.4
1970	73.8	55.7
1971	73.5	56
1972	74.4	56.4
1973	74.3	56.7
1974	74.1	57.1
1975	75.3	57.6
1976	76.6	58
1977	76.1	58.5
1978	76.4	59
1979	76.5	59.5
1980	76.6	60
1981	76.2	60.4
1982	76.8	60.9
1983	76.4	61.4
1984	77.3	61.8
1985	77.4	62.2
1986	77.9	62.4
1987	77.1	62.7
1988	76.9	62.9
1989	77.9	63
1990	77.7	62.9
1991	77.8	63
1992	78.6	62.8
1993	78.8	62.6
1994	79	62.1
1995	77.5	61.6
1996	78.6	61.1
1997	78.7	60.5
1998	79.4	59.9
1999	79.2	59.2
2000	79.5	58.4
2001	80.4	57.2
2002	80.3	55.6
2003	80.8	54.2
2004	80.7	54
2005	81.2	53.9
2006	80.9	54.2
2007	81.1	54.9
2008	81.2	56
2009	81.4	57.4
2010	81.6	58.9
2011	82	60.6
2012	82.3	61.7
2013	81.7	62.4
2014	82.4	63.2
2015	82.2	64.1
2016	81.8	64.7
2017	82.2	65.4
2018	82.5	65.7
2019	82.8	66.1
2020	82.7	65.2
2021	82.8	62
2022	81.6	65.5
2023	82.7	66.1
2024	83	66.3
2025	83.2	66.5

Iceland and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	South Africa
1960	175,574	16,440,172
1961	179,029	16,908,035
1962	182,378	17,418,522
1963	185,653	17,954,564
1964	188,983	18,511,361
1965	192,286	19,089,380
1966	195,570	19,690,087
1967	198,751	20,314,066
1968	201,488	20,957,287
1969	203,369	21,614,676
1970	204,438	22,279,984
1971	206,098	22,942,143
1972	209,137	23,609,456
1973	212,317	24,294,263
1974	215,209	24,989,108
1975	217,979	25,690,940
1976	220,154	26,395,450
1977	221,799	27,118,952
1978	223,537	27,869,507
1979	225,735	28,634,162
1980	228,138	29,518,857
1981	230,755	30,541,044
1982	233,860	31,615,339
1983	236,977	32,739,304
1984	239,511	33,892,788
1985	241,405	35,042,093
1986	243,180	36,180,515
1987	245,859	37,326,190
1988	249,740	38,480,649
1989	252,852	39,628,575
1990	254,826	40,746,268
1991	257,797	41,687,898
1992	261,057	42,443,509
1993	263,725	43,297,156
1994	266,021	44,004,139
1995	267,468	44,541,554
1996	268,916	45,123,018
1997	271,128	45,666,838
1998	274,047	46,223,880
1999	277,381	46,730,335
2000	281,205	47,159,719
2001	284,968	47,566,800
2002	287,523	48,019,415
2003	289,521	48,500,348
2004	292,074	48,991,421
2005	296,734	49,490,033
2006	303,782	49,998,277
2007	311,566	50,528,584
2008	317,414	51,114,599
2009	318,499	51,728,516
2010	318,041	52,344,051
2011	319,014	52,995,205
2012	320,716	53,782,567
2013	323,764	54,678,791
2014	327,386	55,594,838
2015	330,815	56,723,537
2016	335,439	57,259,551
2017	343,400	57,635,162
2018	352,721	58,613,001
2019	360,563	59,587,885
2020	366,463	60,562,381
2021	372,520	61,502,603
2022	382,003	62,378,410
2023	393,349	63,212,384
2024	404,610	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Iceland and South Africa

Fertility rate

Iceland

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	South Africa
1960	4.29	6.11
1961	3.88	6.08
1962	3.98	6.05
1963	3.99	6.01
1964	3.88	5.96
1965	3.73	5.89
1966	3.59	5.91
1967	3.28	5.85
1968	3.06	5.78
1969	2.99	5.72
1970	2.81	5.63
1971	2.92	5.57
1972	3.09	5.49
1973	2.94	5.41
1974	2.66	5.3
1975	2.65	5.19
1976	2.52	5.07
1977	2.31	4.94
1978	2.35	4.85
1979	2.49	4.82
1980	2.48	4.78
1981	2.33	4.71
1982	2.27	4.7
1983	2.24	4.63
1984	2.08	4.57
1985	1.93	4.5
1986	1.92	4.41
1987	2.06	4.35
1988	2.26	4.18
1989	2.19	3.98
1990	2.3	3.72
1991	2.18	3.62
1992	2.21	3.48
1993	2.22	3.37
1994	2.14	3.26
1995	2.08	3.17
1996	2.12	2.99
1997	2.04	2.73
1998	2.05	2.63
1999	1.99	2.56
2000	2.08	2.41
2001	1.95	2.37
2002	1.93	2.32
2003	1.99	2.36
2004	2.04	2.44
2005	2.05	2.51
2006	2.08	2.55
2007	2.09	2.55
2008	2.15	2.68
2009	2.23	2.5
2010	2.2	2.44
2011	2.02	2.44
2012	2.04	2.45
2013	1.93	2.43
2014	1.93	2.42
2015	1.8	2.36
2016	1.74	2.26
2017	1.71	2.28
2018	1.71	2.27
2019	1.74	2.26
2020	1.72	2.26
2021	1.82	2.25
2022	1.59	2.23
2023	1.59	2.22

Iceland and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	South Africa
1960	25.4	19
1961	25.2	19
1962	24.9	18.9
1963	24.7	18.9
1964	24.4	18.9
1965	24.2	18.8
1966	24.1	18.8
1967	24.1	18.8
1968	24.2	18.8
1969	24.3	18.8
1970	24.5	18.8
1971	24.7	18.8
1972	24.8	18.8
1973	24.9	18.8
1974	25.1	18.9
1975	25.4	18.9
1976	25.7	19
1977	26	19.1
1978	26.4	19.2
1979	26.7	19.3
1980	26.9	19.4
1981	27.2	19.6
1982	27.5	19.8
1983	27.7	20
1984	28	20.2
1985	28.4	20.4
1986	28.8	20.5
1987	29.1	20.7
1988	29.3	20.9
1989	29.6	21.1
1990	30	21.3
1991	30.2	21.5
1992	30.5	21.5
1993	30.8	21.9
1994	31.1	22
1995	31.5	21.5
1996	31.8	21.2
1997	32.1	21.2
1998	32.4	21.4
1999	32.6	21.6
2000	32.8	21.9
2001	33	22.2
2002	33.4	22.4
2003	33.7	22.8
2004	34	23.1
2005	34.2	23.3
2006	34.5	23.5
2007	34.6	23.8
2008	34.5	24
2009	34.6	24.3
2010	34.9	24.6
2011	35.1	25
2012	35.4	25.3
2013	35.5	25.7
2014	35.7	26
2015	36	26.4
2016	36.2	26.7
2017	36.3	27
2018	36.4	27.5
2019	36.5	27.9
2020	36.6	28.3
2021	36.7	28.6
2022	36.7	28.9
2023	36.9	29.2
2024	37.1	29.5

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