Iceland vs Sweden statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 387K (ranked 173/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 104th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.3B) and Sweden ranks 26/197 ($604B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 9/197 ($86,041), while Sweden ranks 17/197 ($57,117).

Iceland and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Sweden
1960	$260,984,499	$15,930,075,467
1961	$266,711,460	$17,329,620,585
1962	$299,309,938	$18,794,066,990
1963	$357,240,896	$20,342,131,882
1964	$456,206,299	$22,685,490,195
1965	$550,150,988	$24,963,947,415
1966	$660,663,763	$27,154,716,721
1967	$652,609,076	$29,474,881,506
1968	$498,365,200	$31,277,871,669
1969	$435,659,610	$33,967,301,561
1970	$545,115,909	$38,037,226,668
1971	$693,679,545	$41,506,151,115
1972	$869,002,946	$48,883,173,400
1973	$1,194,794,186	$59,318,842,992
1974	$1,568,154,077	$65,917,634,590
1975	$1,456,052,700	$82,765,232,648
1976	$1,727,845,419	$89,232,517,046
1977	$2,285,707,749	$94,331,782,622
1978	$2,599,627,089	$104,290,933,496
1979	$2,953,176,971	$123,207,527,699
1980	$3,499,616,683	$141,886,067,004
1981	$3,615,094,820	$129,498,921,476
1982	$3,318,714,326	$114,214,731,799
1983	$2,862,634,164	$104,862,109,663
1984	$2,964,568,006	$109,043,045,407
1985	$3,088,359,967	$113,958,084,357
1986	$4,129,080,094	$150,279,869,729
1987	$5,713,281,235	$182,744,315,974
1988	$6,320,093,411	$206,686,590,776
1989	$5,870,854,233	$217,632,340,195
1990	$6,694,851,159	$261,466,577,009
1991	$7,151,260,062	$273,831,464,572
1992	$7,328,497,599	$283,908,914,454
1993	$6,435,952,174	$212,644,602,616
1994	$6,612,804,056	$228,699,066,874
1995	$7,372,640,169	$267,050,453,507
1996	$7,686,566,105	$291,949,597,375
1997	$7,716,781,803	$268,249,616,891
1998	$8,637,732,542	$270,887,306,759
1999	$9,107,644,691	$274,318,357,862
2000	$9,140,168,922	$262,903,560,280
2001	$8,323,401,820	$242,497,797,485
2002	$9,416,199,700	$267,371,907,447
2003	$11,564,687,742	$334,072,443,516
2004	$13,963,943,244	$384,545,442,175
2005	$17,146,410,561	$391,688,455,929
2006	$17,671,649,843	$422,528,394,459
2007	$21,960,110,030	$490,047,789,548
2008	$18,247,921,360	$514,614,100,833
2009	$13,212,543,838	$434,311,714,442
2010	$13,922,711,577	$492,750,897,239
2011	$15,394,005,872	$570,538,581,144
2012	$14,943,757,823	$549,739,674,655
2013	$16,244,319,959	$584,125,353,119
2014	$18,052,183,515	$577,727,767,304
2015	$17,700,486,957	$501,602,351,912
2016	$21,083,713,310	$513,058,312,951
2017	$25,060,086,488	$535,172,356,785
2018	$26,677,652,544	$549,649,344,043
2019	$24,985,687,022	$530,894,124,494
2020	$22,034,665,041	$544,265,668,452
2021	$26,234,872,402	$631,693,331,301
2022	$29,166,102,877	$575,071,237,641
2023	$31,677,891,897	$578,990,915,246
2024	$33,255,181,469	$603,715,224,266

Iceland and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Sweden
1960	$1,486	$2,128
1961	$1,490	$2,304
1962	$1,641	$2,485
1963	$1,924	$2,675
1964	$2,414	$2,961
1965	$2,861	$3,228
1966	$3,378	$3,478
1967	$3,284	$3,746
1968	$2,473	$3,953
1969	$2,142	$4,263
1970	$2,666	$4,729
1971	$3,366	$5,125
1972	$4,155	$6,018
1973	$5,627	$7,291
1974	$7,287	$8,078
1975	$6,680	$10,103
1976	$7,848	$10,853
1977	$10,305	$11,432
1978	$11,630	$12,602
1979	$13,082	$14,856
1980	$15,340	$17,073
1981	$15,666	$15,564
1982	$14,191	$13,719
1983	$12,080	$12,590
1984	$12,378	$13,080
1985	$12,793	$13,647
1986	$16,980	$17,955
1987	$23,238	$21,761
1988	$25,307	$24,499
1989	$23,219	$25,625
1990	$26,272	$30,549
1991	$27,740	$31,777
1992	$28,072	$32,753
1993	$24,404	$24,390
1994	$24,858	$26,046
1995	$27,565	$30,254
1996	$28,584	$33,022
1997	$28,462	$30,324
1998	$31,519	$30,605
1999	$32,834	$30,969
2000	$32,504	$29,633
2001	$29,208	$27,259
2002	$32,749	$29,958
2003	$39,944	$37,292
2004	$47,810	$42,758
2005	$57,784	$43,378
2006	$58,172	$46,531
2007	$70,483	$53,568
2008	$57,489	$55,817
2009	$41,484	$46,708
2010	$43,776	$52,543
2011	$48,255	$60,379
2012	$46,595	$57,750
2013	$50,173	$60,844
2014	$55,140	$59,583
2015	$53,506	$51,188
2016	$62,854	$51,704
2017	$72,976	$53,210
2018	$75,634	$54,018
2019	$69,296	$51,649
2020	$60,128	$52,569
2021	$70,425	$60,648
2022	$76,350	$54,837
2023	$82,139	$54,950
2024	$86,041	$57,117

Iceland vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Sweden
1950	71	71.1
1951	71	71.4
1952	72.4	71.8
1953	72.3	71.9
1954	73.3	72.4
1955	73.3	72.6
1956	72.9	72.7
1957	73.4	72.5
1958	73.3	73.2
1959	72.6	73.4
1960	74	73
1961	73.4	73.5
1962	73.6	73.4
1963	72.9	73.5
1964	73.5	73.7
1965	73.8	73.9
1966	73.1	74.1
1967	73.7	74.1
1968	73.9	74
1969	73.7	74.1
1970	73.8	74.7
1971	73.5	74.6
1972	74.4	74.7
1973	74.3	74.9
1974	74.1	75
1975	75.3	75
1976	76.6	75
1977	76.1	75.4
1978	76.4	75.5
1979	76.5	75.5
1980	76.6	75.7
1981	76.2	76
1982	76.8	76.3
1983	76.4	76.6
1984	77.3	76.8
1985	77.4	76.7
1986	77.9	77
1987	77.1	77.1
1988	76.9	77
1989	77.9	77.7
1990	77.7	77.6
1991	77.8	77.7
1992	78.6	78.1
1993	78.8	78.1
1994	79	78.7
1995	77.5	78.8
1996	78.6	79
1997	78.7	79.3
1998	79.4	79.4
1999	79.2	79.5
2000	79.5	79.7
2001	80.4	79.8
2002	80.3	79.9
2003	80.8	80.2
2004	80.7	80.5
2005	81.2	80.6
2006	80.9	80.8
2007	81.1	81
2008	81.2	81.1
2009	81.4	81.4
2010	81.6	81.5
2011	82	81.8
2012	82.3	81.7
2013	81.7	81.9
2014	82.4	82.2
2015	82.2	82.2
2016	81.8	82.3
2017	82.2	82.4
2018	82.5	82.5
2019	82.8	83.1
2020	82.7	82.4
2021	82.8	83
2022	81.6	83
2023	82.7	83.3
2024	83	83.4
2025	83.2	83.6
2026	83.3	83.7

Iceland and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Sweden
1960	175,574	7,484,656
1961	179,029	7,519,998
1962	182,378	7,561,588
1963	185,653	7,604,328
1964	188,983	7,661,354
1965	192,286	7,733,853
1966	195,570	7,807,797
1967	198,751	7,867,931
1968	201,488	7,912,273
1969	203,369	7,968,072
1970	204,438	8,042,801
1971	206,098	8,098,334
1972	209,137	8,122,300
1973	212,317	8,136,312
1974	215,209	8,159,955
1975	217,979	8,192,437
1976	220,154	8,222,286
1977	221,799	8,251,540
1978	223,537	8,275,599
1979	225,735	8,293,678
1980	228,138	8,310,531
1981	230,755	8,320,503
1982	233,860	8,325,263
1983	236,977	8,329,033
1984	239,511	8,336,605
1985	241,405	8,350,386
1986	243,180	8,369,829
1987	245,859	8,397,804
1988	249,740	8,436,489
1989	252,852	8,492,964
1990	254,826	8,558,835
1991	257,797	8,617,375
1992	261,057	8,668,067
1993	263,725	8,718,561
1994	266,021	8,780,745
1995	267,468	8,826,939
1996	268,916	8,840,998
1997	271,128	8,846,062
1998	274,047	8,850,974
1999	277,381	8,857,874
2000	281,205	8,872,109
2001	284,968	8,895,960
2002	287,523	8,924,958
2003	289,521	8,958,229
2004	292,074	8,993,531
2005	296,734	9,029,572
2006	303,782	9,080,505
2007	311,566	9,148,092
2008	317,414	9,219,637
2009	318,499	9,298,515
2010	318,041	9,378,126
2011	319,014	9,449,213
2012	320,716	9,519,374
2013	323,764	9,600,379
2014	327,386	9,696,110
2015	330,815	9,799,186
2016	335,439	9,923,085
2017	343,400	10,057,698
2018	352,721	10,175,214
2019	360,563	10,278,887
2020	366,463	10,353,442
2021	372,520	10,415,811
2022	382,003	10,486,941
2023	385,663	10,536,632
2024	386,506	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Iceland and Sweden

Fertility rate

Iceland

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Sweden
1960	4.29	2.17
1961	3.88	2.21
1962	3.98	2.25
1963	3.99	2.33
1964	3.88	2.47
1965	3.73	2.39
1966	3.59	2.37
1967	3.28	2.28
1968	3.06	2.07
1969	2.99	1.93
1970	2.81	1.92
1971	2.92	1.96
1972	3.09	1.91
1973	2.94	1.87
1974	2.66	1.87
1975	2.65	1.77
1976	2.52	1.68
1977	2.31	1.64
1978	2.35	1.6
1979	2.49	1.66
1980	2.48	1.68
1981	2.33	1.63
1982	2.27	1.62
1983	2.24	1.61
1984	2.08	1.66
1985	1.93	1.74
1986	1.92	1.8
1987	2.06	1.84
1988	2.26	1.96
1989	2.19	2.01
1990	2.3	2.13
1991	2.18	2.11
1992	2.21	2.09
1993	2.22	1.99
1994	2.14	1.88
1995	2.08	1.73
1996	2.12	1.6
1997	2.04	1.52
1998	2.05	1.5
1999	1.99	1.5
2000	2.08	1.54
2001	1.95	1.57
2002	1.93	1.65
2003	1.99	1.71
2004	2.04	1.75
2005	2.05	1.77
2006	2.08	1.85
2007	2.09	1.88
2008	2.15	1.91
2009	2.23	1.94
2010	2.2	1.98
2011	2.02	1.9
2012	2.04	1.91
2013	1.93	1.89
2014	1.93	1.88
2015	1.8	1.85
2016	1.74	1.85
2017	1.71	1.78
2018	1.71	1.76
2019	1.74	1.71
2020	1.72	1.67
2021	1.82	1.67
2022	1.59	1.53
2023	1.59	1.45

Iceland and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Sweden
1960	25.4	36
1961	25.2	36.2
1962	24.9	36.3
1963	24.7	36.3
1964	24.4	36.3
1965	24.2	36.2
1966	24.1	36
1967	24.1	35.9
1968	24.2	35.8
1969	24.3	35.6
1970	24.5	35.4
1971	24.7	35.3
1972	24.8	35.3
1973	24.9	35.3
1974	25.1	35.3
1975	25.4	35.3
1976	25.7	35.4
1977	26	35.5
1978	26.4	35.7
1979	26.7	36
1980	26.9	36.2
1981	27.2	36.5
1982	27.5	36.8
1983	27.7	37.1
1984	28	37.4
1985	28.4	37.6
1986	28.8	37.9
1987	29.1	38.1
1988	29.3	38.2
1989	29.6	38.3
1990	30	38.3
1991	30.2	38.3
1992	30.5	38.4
1993	30.8	38.4
1994	31.1	38.4
1995	31.5	38.5
1996	31.8	38.6
1997	32.1	38.8
1998	32.4	39
1999	32.6	39.2
2000	32.8	39.4
2001	33	39.5
2002	33.4	39.7
2003	33.7	39.8
2004	34	40
2005	34.2	40.2
2006	34.5	40.4
2007	34.6	40.5
2008	34.5	40.6
2009	34.6	40.7
2010	34.9	40.7
2011	35.1	40.8
2012	35.4	40.9
2013	35.5	40.9
2014	35.7	40.9
2015	36	40.9
2016	36.2	40.8
2017	36.3	40.7
2018	36.4	40.6
2019	36.5	40.5
2020	36.6	40.6
2021	36.7	40.7
2022	36.7	40.7
2023	36.9	40.9
2024	37.1	41.1

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