Iceland vs South Korea statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 104th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Iceland and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Iceland and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Iceland

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	South Korea
1960	$252,169,712	$3,958,811,881
1961	$257,703,245	$2,417,628,737
1962	$289,200,704	$2,814,615,385
1963	$345,175,036	$3,988,461,538
1964	$440,797,869	$3,459,019,943
1965	$531,569,564	$3,120,861,499
1966	$638,349,755	$3,929,055,144
1967	$630,567,116	$4,855,892,446
1968	$481,532,848	$6,119,394,892
1969	$420,945,148	$7,678,698,838
1970	$526,704,545	$9,005,144,969
1971	$670,251,136	$9,903,571,249
1972	$839,652,164	$10,862,211,761
1973	$1,154,440,253	$13,876,472,208
1974	$1,515,190,595	$19,543,973,941
1975	$1,406,875,081	$21,784,297,521
1976	$1,669,488,390	$29,902,479,339
1977	$2,208,509,076	$38,446,487,603
1978	$2,511,826,196	$51,972,107,438
1979	$2,853,435,054	$66,946,900,826
1980	$3,381,419,251	$65,398,377,598
1981	$3,492,997,010	$72,933,533,012
1982	$3,206,626,645	$78,358,416,171
1983	$2,765,950,336	$87,760,553,262
1984	$2,864,441,387	$97,510,744,119
1985	$2,984,052,357	$101,296,177,099
1986	$3,989,622,739	$116,836,246,285
1987	$5,520,318,405	$147,948,709,376
1988	$6,106,635,816	$199,591,287,825
1989	$5,672,569,449	$246,928,837,311
1990	$6,468,736,356	$283,365,844,161
1991	$6,909,730,288	$330,647,042,837
1992	$7,080,981,738	$355,524,903,068
1993	$6,218,581,532	$392,665,710,525
1994	$6,389,460,343	$463,619,823,515
1995	$7,123,633,418	$566,581,003,128
1996	$7,426,082,271	$610,167,053,824
1997	$7,569,672,925	$569,755,022,973
1998	$8,503,746,468	$383,331,833,682
1999	$8,982,047,589	$497,514,040,642
2000	$9,025,660,362	$576,179,387,820
2001	$8,234,846,805	$547,656,279,895
2002	$9,318,395,055	$627,246,933,730
2003	$11,429,333,038	$702,714,855,194
2004	$13,825,302,536	$793,175,561,887
2005	$16,852,963,067	$934,901,071,333
2006	$17,465,318,552	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$21,652,505,597	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$18,074,622,987	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$13,154,414,219	$943,941,876,219
2010	$13,751,161,918	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$15,221,622,926	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$14,751,508,134	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$16,125,060,515	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$17,867,662,178	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$17,517,210,519	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$20,793,168,031	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$24,728,285,177	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$26,260,850,582	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$24,681,343,649	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$21,629,953,194	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$25,770,339,317	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$28,696,453,180	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$31,452,223,862	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$33,462,807,983	-

Iceland and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	South Korea
1960	$1,436	$158.3
1961	$1,439	$93.8
1962	$1,586	$106.2
1963	$1,859	$146.3
1964	$2,332	$123.6
1965	$2,764	$108.7
1966	$3,264	$133.5
1967	$3,173	$161.2
1968	$2,390	$198.4
1969	$2,070	$243.4
1970	$2,576	$279.3
1971	$3,252	$301
1972	$4,015	$324
1973	$5,437	$407
1974	$7,041	$563
1975	$6,454	$617
1976	$7,583	$834
1977	$9,957	$1,056
1978	$11,237	$1,406
1979	$12,641	$1,784
1980	$14,822	$1,715
1981	$15,137	$1,883
1982	$13,712	$1,993
1983	$11,672	$2,199
1984	$11,960	$2,413
1985	$12,361	$2,482
1986	$16,406	$2,835
1987	$22,453	$3,555
1988	$24,452	$4,749
1989	$22,434	$5,817
1990	$25,385	$6,610
1991	$26,803	$7,637
1992	$27,124	$8,127
1993	$23,580	$8,885
1994	$24,019	$10,385
1995	$26,634	$12,565
1996	$27,615	$13,403
1997	$27,919	$12,398
1998	$31,030	$8,282
1999	$32,382	$10,672
2000	$32,096	$12,257
2001	$28,897	$11,561
2002	$32,409	$13,165
2003	$39,477	$14,673
2004	$47,335	$16,496
2005	$56,795	$19,403
2006	$57,493	$21,743
2007	$69,496	$24,086
2008	$56,943	$21,350
2009	$41,301	$19,144
2010	$43,237	$23,079
2011	$47,715	$25,098
2012	$45,996	$25,459
2013	$49,805	$27,180
2014	$54,577	$29,253
2015	$52,952	$28,737
2016	$61,988	$29,280
2017	$72,010	$31,601
2018	$74,452	$33,447
2019	$68,452	$31,902
2020	$59,024	$31,721
2021	$69,178	$35,126
2022	$75,121	$32,395
2023	$79,960	$33,121
2024	$82,704	-

Iceland vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	South Korea
1950	71	22.2
1951	71	26.6
1952	72.4	36.6
1953	72.3	40.5
1954	73.3	46.1
1955	73.3	48.4
1956	72.9	50.2
1957	73.4	51.6
1958	73.3	51.8
1959	72.6	52.9
1960	74	53.8
1961	73.4	54.4
1962	73.6	55
1963	72.9	55
1964	73.5	55.3
1965	73.8	55.8
1966	73.1	55.4
1967	73.7	60.9
1968	73.9	60.9
1969	73.7	61.4
1970	73.8	62.2
1971	73.5	62.7
1972	74.4	63.2
1973	74.3	63.8
1974	74.1	64.2
1975	75.3	64.7
1976	76.6	65
1977	76.1	64.6
1978	76.4	65
1979	76.5	66.1
1980	76.6	64.8
1981	76.2	67.1
1982	76.8	67.1
1983	76.4	66.7
1984	77.3	68.1
1985	77.4	68.4
1986	77.9	69
1987	77.1	69.3
1988	76.9	70.2
1989	77.9	70.7
1990	77.7	71
1991	77.8	71.4
1992	78.6	72.2
1993	78.8	72.7
1994	79	72.9
1995	77.5	73.4
1996	78.6	74
1997	78.7	74.5
1998	79.4	75
1999	79.2	75.6
2000	79.5	76.2
2001	80.4	76.9
2002	80.3	77.2
2003	80.8	77.5
2004	80.7	78
2005	81.2	78.4
2006	80.9	79
2007	81.1	79.4
2008	81.2	80
2009	81.4	80.6
2010	81.6	80.7
2011	82	81.2
2012	82.3	81.3
2013	81.7	81.8
2014	82.4	82.4
2015	82.2	82.5
2016	81.8	82.9
2017	82.2	83.3
2018	82.5	83.3
2019	82.8	83.7
2020	82.7	83.7
2021	82.8	83.9
2022	81.6	82.7
2023	82.7	84.3
2024	83	84.4
2025	83.2	84.5

Iceland and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	South Korea
1960	175,574	25,012,374
1961	179,029	25,765,673
1962	182,378	26,513,030
1963	185,653	27,261,747
1964	188,983	27,984,155
1965	192,286	28,704,674
1966	195,570	29,435,571
1967	198,751	30,130,983
1968	201,488	30,838,302
1969	203,369	31,544,266
1970	204,438	32,240,827
1971	206,098	32,882,704
1972	209,137	33,505,406
1973	212,317	34,103,149
1974	215,209	34,692,266
1975	217,979	35,280,725
1976	220,154	35,848,523
1977	221,799	36,411,795
1978	223,537	36,969,185
1979	225,735	37,534,236
1980	228,138	38,123,775
1981	230,755	38,723,248
1982	233,860	39,326,352
1983	236,977	39,910,403
1984	239,511	40,405,956
1985	241,405	40,805,744
1986	243,180	41,213,674
1987	245,859	41,621,690
1988	249,740	42,031,247
1989	252,852	42,449,038
1990	254,826	42,869,283
1991	257,797	43,295,704
1992	261,057	43,747,962
1993	263,725	44,194,628
1994	266,021	44,641,540
1995	267,468	45,092,991
1996	268,916	45,524,681
1997	271,128	45,953,580
1998	274,047	46,286,503
1999	277,381	46,616,677
2000	281,205	47,008,111
2001	284,968	47,370,164
2002	287,523	47,644,736
2003	289,521	47,892,330
2004	292,074	48,082,519
2005	296,734	48,184,561
2006	303,782	48,438,292
2007	311,566	48,683,638
2008	317,414	49,054,708
2009	318,499	49,307,835
2010	318,041	49,554,112
2011	319,014	49,936,638
2012	320,716	50,199,853
2013	323,764	50,428,893
2014	327,386	50,746,659
2015	330,815	51,014,947
2016	335,439	51,217,803
2017	343,400	51,361,911
2018	352,721	51,585,058
2019	360,563	51,764,822
2020	366,463	51,836,239
2021	372,520	51,769,539
2022	382,003	51,672,569
2023	393,349	51,712,619
2024	404,610	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Iceland and South Korea

Fertility rate

Iceland

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	South Korea
1960	4.29	5.99
1961	3.88	5.8
1962	3.98	5.56
1963	3.99	5.33
1964	3.88	5.07
1965	3.73	4.89
1966	3.59	4.78
1967	3.28	4.62
1968	3.06	4.51
1969	2.99	4.45
1970	2.81	4.53
1971	2.92	4.54
1972	3.09	4.12
1973	2.94	4.07
1974	2.66	3.77
1975	2.65	3.43
1976	2.52	3
1977	2.31	2.99
1978	2.35	2.64
1979	2.49	2.9
1980	2.48	2.82
1981	2.33	2.57
1982	2.27	2.39
1983	2.24	2.06
1984	2.08	1.74
1985	1.93	1.66
1986	1.92	1.58
1987	2.06	1.53
1988	2.26	1.55
1989	2.19	1.56
1990	2.3	1.57
1991	2.18	1.71
1992	2.21	1.76
1993	2.22	1.65
1994	2.14	1.66
1995	2.08	1.63
1996	2.12	1.57
1997	2.04	1.54
1998	2.05	1.46
1999	1.99	1.43
2000	2.08	1.48
2001	1.95	1.31
2002	1.93	1.18
2003	1.99	1.19
2004	2.04	1.16
2005	2.05	1.09
2006	2.08	1.13
2007	2.09	1.26
2008	2.15	1.19
2009	2.23	1.15
2010	2.2	1.23
2011	2.02	1.24
2012	2.04	1.3
2013	1.93	1.19
2014	1.93	1.21
2015	1.8	1.24
2016	1.74	1.17
2017	1.71	1.05
2018	1.71	0.98
2019	1.74	0.92
2020	1.72	0.84
2021	1.82	0.81
2022	1.59	0.78
2023	1.59	0.72

Iceland and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	South Korea
1960	25.4	19.3
1961	25.2	19.2
1962	24.9	19.1
1963	24.7	19
1964	24.4	18.8
1965	24.2	18.6
1966	24.1	18.5
1967	24.1	18.6
1968	24.2	18.7
1969	24.3	18.8
1970	24.5	18.9
1971	24.7	19
1972	24.8	19.1
1973	24.9	19.3
1974	25.1	19.6
1975	25.4	19.9
1976	25.7	20.2
1977	26	20.7
1978	26.4	21.1
1979	26.7	21.6
1980	26.9	22.1
1981	27.2	22.5
1982	27.5	22.8
1983	27.7	23.3
1984	28	23.7
1985	28.4	24.2
1986	28.8	24.8
1987	29.1	25.3
1988	29.3	25.8
1989	29.6	26.3
1990	30	26.7
1991	30.2	27.2
1992	30.5	27.8
1993	30.8	28.3
1994	31.1	28.9
1995	31.5	29.4
1996	31.8	29.8
1997	32.1	30.2
1998	32.4	30.7
1999	32.6	31.2
2000	32.8	31.7
2001	33	32.3
2002	33.4	32.8
2003	33.7	33.4
2004	34	33.9
2005	34.2	34.5
2006	34.5	35.2
2007	34.6	35.8
2008	34.5	36.4
2009	34.6	37
2010	34.9	37.6
2011	35.1	38.2
2012	35.4	38.8
2013	35.5	39.5
2014	35.7	40.2
2015	36	40.8
2016	36.2	41.4
2017	36.3	41.9
2018	36.4	42.5
2019	36.5	43.1
2020	36.6	43.8
2021	36.7	44.4
2022	36.7	44.9
2023	36.9	45.5
2024	37.1	46.1

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