Iceland vs Switzerland statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 104th vs. 131st).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Iceland and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Switzerland
1960	$252,169,712	$10,412,232,621
1961	$257,703,245	$11,713,348,834
1962	$289,200,704	$12,989,649,694
1963	$345,175,036	$14,283,872,299
1964	$440,797,869	$15,833,133,858
1965	$531,569,564	$16,780,226,225
1966	$638,349,755	$18,019,402,374
1967	$630,567,116	$19,397,044,714
1968	$481,532,848	$20,712,102,794
1969	$420,945,148	$22,442,043,274
1970	$526,704,545	$24,998,066,773
1971	$670,251,136	$30,040,171,751
1972	$839,652,164	$36,844,318,854
1973	$1,154,440,253	$49,550,006,320
1974	$1,515,190,595	$57,103,011,446
1975	$1,406,875,081	$65,466,081,819
1976	$1,669,488,390	$68,476,524,644
1977	$2,208,509,076	$73,135,771,167
1978	$2,511,826,196	$102,280,472,036
1979	$2,853,435,054	$114,970,094,425
1980	$3,381,419,251	$122,557,843,886
1981	$3,492,997,010	$112,244,805,519
1982	$3,206,626,645	$115,043,365,512
1983	$2,765,950,336	$114,634,358,535
1984	$2,864,441,387	$109,455,312,168
1985	$2,984,052,357	$110,980,314,192
1986	$3,989,622,739	$159,089,921,063
1987	$5,520,318,405	$199,236,370,038
1988	$6,106,635,816	$215,540,625,299
1989	$5,672,569,449	$208,105,846,934
1990	$6,468,736,356	$265,763,573,999
1991	$6,909,730,288	$268,901,693,863
1992	$7,080,981,738	$279,921,425,828
1993	$6,218,581,532	$272,237,527,071
1994	$6,389,460,343	$301,375,055,202
1995	$7,123,633,418	$352,835,806,342
1996	$7,426,082,271	$340,103,959,547
1997	$7,569,672,925	$294,788,198,856
1998	$8,503,746,468	$303,459,014,347
1999	$8,982,047,589	$297,873,643,323
2000	$9,025,660,362	$279,216,033,870
2001	$8,234,846,805	$286,582,672,434
2002	$9,318,395,055	$309,301,422,430
2003	$11,429,333,038	$362,075,086,508
2004	$13,825,302,536	$403,912,891,033
2005	$16,852,963,067	$418,284,865,885
2006	$17,465,318,552	$441,634,672,197
2007	$21,652,505,597	$490,740,715,595
2008	$18,074,622,987	$567,267,767,519
2009	$13,154,414,219	$554,212,916,092
2010	$13,751,161,918	$598,851,027,948
2011	$15,221,622,926	$715,888,126,682
2012	$14,751,508,134	$686,420,221,558
2013	$16,125,060,515	$706,234,937,371
2014	$17,867,662,178	$726,537,809,430
2015	$17,517,210,519	$694,118,186,380
2016	$20,793,168,031	$687,895,460,903
2017	$24,728,285,177	$695,200,834,102
2018	$26,260,850,582	$725,568,717,468
2019	$24,681,343,649	$721,369,112,727
2020	$21,629,953,194	$741,999,406,006
2021	$25,770,339,317	$815,309,330,987
2022	$28,696,453,180	$828,508,926,958
2023	$31,452,223,862	$894,424,821,645
2024	$33,462,807,983	$936,564,198,049

Iceland and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Switzerland
1960	$1,436	$1,954
1961	$1,439	$2,155
1962	$1,586	$2,330
1963	$1,859	$2,508
1964	$2,332	$2,735
1965	$2,764	$2,865
1966	$3,264	$3,045
1967	$3,173	$3,237
1968	$2,390	$3,413
1969	$2,070	$3,657
1970	$2,576	$4,044
1971	$3,252	$4,835
1972	$4,015	$5,885
1973	$5,437	$7,856
1974	$7,041	$9,005
1975	$6,454	$10,328
1976	$7,583	$10,865
1977	$9,957	$11,644
1978	$11,237	$16,282
1979	$12,641	$18,266
1980	$14,822	$19,394
1981	$15,137	$17,665
1982	$13,712	$18,000
1983	$11,672	$17,859
1984	$11,960	$16,991
1985	$12,361	$17,152
1986	$16,406	$24,460
1987	$22,453	$30,441
1988	$24,452	$32,690
1989	$22,434	$31,309
1990	$25,385	$39,575
1991	$26,803	$39,544
1992	$27,124	$40,714
1993	$23,580	$39,237
1994	$24,019	$43,092
1995	$26,634	$50,114
1996	$27,615	$48,093
1997	$27,919	$41,584
1998	$31,030	$42,681
1999	$32,382	$41,696
2000	$32,096	$38,865
2001	$28,897	$39,639
2002	$32,409	$42,459
2003	$39,477	$49,336
2004	$47,335	$54,659
2005	$56,795	$56,243
2006	$57,493	$59,011
2007	$69,496	$64,989
2008	$56,943	$74,175
2009	$41,301	$71,568
2010	$43,237	$76,531
2011	$47,715	$90,477
2012	$45,996	$85,836
2013	$49,805	$87,304
2014	$54,577	$88,725
2015	$52,952	$83,806
2016	$61,988	$82,153
2017	$72,010	$82,254
2018	$74,452	$85,217
2019	$68,452	$84,122
2020	$59,024	$85,898
2021	$69,178	$93,665
2022	$75,121	$94,395
2023	$79,960	$100,632
2024	$82,704	$103,670

Iceland vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Switzerland
1950	71	68.9
1951	71	68.7
1952	72.4	69.6
1953	72.3	69.5
1954	73.3	70
1955	73.3	70.1
1956	72.9	70.2
1957	73.4	70.5
1958	73.3	71.3
1959	72.6	71.5
1960	74	71.4
1961	73.4	71.7
1962	73.6	71.3
1963	72.9	71.3
1964	73.5	72.2
1965	73.8	72.3
1966	73.1	72.4
1967	73.7	72.7
1968	73.9	72.7
1969	73.7	72.7
1970	73.8	73.1
1971	73.5	73.2
1972	74.4	73.8
1973	74.3	74.1
1974	74.1	74.4
1975	75.3	74.8
1976	76.6	74.9
1977	76.1	75.4
1978	76.4	75.3
1979	76.5	75.6
1980	76.6	75.6
1981	76.2	75.8
1982	76.8	76.2
1983	76.4	76.2
1984	77.3	76.8
1985	77.4	76.9
1986	77.9	77
1987	77.1	77.3
1988	76.9	77.4
1989	77.9	77.6
1990	77.7	77.4
1991	77.8	77.6
1992	78.6	77.9
1993	78.8	78.2
1994	79	78.5
1995	77.5	78.6
1996	78.6	79
1997	78.7	79.2
1998	79.4	79.5
1999	79.2	79.7
2000	79.5	79.8
2001	80.4	80.3
2002	80.3	80.4
2003	80.8	80.5
2004	80.7	81.1
2005	81.2	81.2
2006	80.9	81.5
2007	81.1	81.7
2008	81.2	82
2009	81.4	82
2010	81.6	82.3
2011	82	82.6
2012	82.3	82.6
2013	81.7	82.7
2014	82.4	83.1
2015	82.2	82.8
2016	81.8	83.4
2017	82.2	83.4
2018	82.5	83.6
2019	82.8	83.8
2020	82.7	83.1
2021	82.8	83.6
2022	81.6	83.2
2023	82.7	84
2024	83	84.1
2025	83.2	84.2

Iceland and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Switzerland
1960	175,574	5,327,827
1961	179,029	5,434,294
1962	182,378	5,573,815
1963	185,653	5,694,247
1964	188,983	5,789,228
1965	192,286	5,856,472
1966	195,570	5,918,002
1967	198,751	5,991,785
1968	201,488	6,067,714
1969	203,369	6,136,387
1970	204,438	6,180,877
1971	206,098	6,213,399
1972	209,137	6,260,956
1973	212,317	6,307,347
1974	215,209	6,341,405
1975	217,979	6,338,632
1976	220,154	6,302,504
1977	221,799	6,281,174
1978	223,537	6,281,738
1979	225,735	6,294,365
1980	228,138	6,319,408
1981	230,755	6,354,074
1982	233,860	6,391,309
1983	236,977	6,418,773
1984	239,511	6,441,865
1985	241,405	6,470,365
1986	243,180	6,504,124
1987	245,859	6,545,106
1988	249,740	6,593,386
1989	252,852	6,646,912
1990	254,826	6,715,519
1991	257,797	6,799,978
1992	261,057	6,875,364
1993	263,725	6,938,265
1994	266,021	6,993,795
1995	267,468	7,040,687
1996	268,916	7,071,850
1997	271,128	7,088,906
1998	274,047	7,110,001
1999	277,381	7,143,991
2000	281,205	7,184,250
2001	284,968	7,229,854
2002	287,523	7,284,753
2003	289,521	7,339,001
2004	292,074	7,389,625
2005	296,734	7,437,115
2006	303,782	7,483,934
2007	311,566	7,551,117
2008	317,414	7,647,675
2009	318,499	7,743,831
2010	318,041	7,824,909
2011	319,014	7,912,398
2012	320,716	7,996,861
2013	323,764	8,089,346
2014	327,386	8,188,649
2015	330,815	8,282,396
2016	335,439	8,373,338
2017	343,400	8,451,840
2018	352,721	8,514,329
2019	360,563	8,575,280
2020	366,463	8,638,167
2021	372,520	8,704,546
2022	382,003	8,777,088
2023	393,349	8,888,093
2024	404,610	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Iceland and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Iceland

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Switzerland
1960	4.29	2.44
1961	3.88	2.52
1962	3.98	2.58
1963	3.99	2.65
1964	3.88	2.66
1965	3.73	2.59
1966	3.59	2.5
1967	3.28	2.39
1968	3.06	2.29
1969	2.99	2.19
1970	2.81	2.1
1971	2.92	2.04
1972	3.09	1.91
1973	2.94	1.81
1974	2.66	1.73
1975	2.65	1.61
1976	2.52	1.55
1977	2.31	1.53
1978	2.35	1.51
1979	2.49	1.52
1980	2.48	1.55
1981	2.33	1.55
1982	2.27	1.56
1983	2.24	1.52
1984	2.08	1.53
1985	1.93	1.52
1986	1.92	1.53
1987	2.06	1.52
1988	2.26	1.57
1989	2.19	1.56
1990	2.3	1.58
1991	2.18	1.58
1992	2.21	1.58
1993	2.22	1.51
1994	2.14	1.49
1995	2.08	1.48
1996	2.12	1.5
1997	2.04	1.48
1998	2.05	1.47
1999	1.99	1.48
2000	2.08	1.5
2001	1.95	1.38
2002	1.93	1.39
2003	1.99	1.39
2004	2.04	1.42
2005	2.05	1.42
2006	2.08	1.44
2007	2.09	1.46
2008	2.15	1.48
2009	2.23	1.5
2010	2.2	1.52
2011	2.02	1.52
2012	2.04	1.52
2013	1.93	1.52
2014	1.93	1.54
2015	1.8	1.54
2016	1.74	1.54
2017	1.71	1.52
2018	1.71	1.52
2019	1.74	1.48
2020	1.72	1.46
2021	1.82	1.52
2022	1.59	1.39
2023	1.59	1.33

Iceland and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Switzerland
1960	25.4	32.6
1961	25.2	32.4
1962	24.9	32
1963	24.7	31.7
1964	24.4	31.5
1965	24.2	31.6
1966	24.1	31.6
1967	24.1	31.6
1968	24.2	31.7
1969	24.3	31.7
1970	24.5	32
1971	24.7	32.2
1972	24.8	32.3
1973	24.9	32.5
1974	25.1	32.7
1975	25.4	33.1
1976	25.7	33.5
1977	26	33.8
1978	26.4	34.2
1979	26.7	34.5
1980	26.9	34.8
1981	27.2	35
1982	27.5	35.3
1983	27.7	35.6
1984	28	35.9
1985	28.4	36.1
1986	28.8	36.3
1987	29.1	36.5
1988	29.3	36.7
1989	29.6	36.8
1990	30	36.9
1991	30.2	36.9
1992	30.5	36.9
1993	30.8	37
1994	31.1	37.1
1995	31.5	37.3
1996	31.8	37.6
1997	32.1	37.9
1998	32.4	38.2
1999	32.6	38.4
2000	32.8	38.7
2001	33	39
2002	33.4	39.3
2003	33.7	39.6
2004	34	39.9
2005	34.2	40.3
2006	34.5	40.6
2007	34.6	40.9
2008	34.5	41.1
2009	34.6	41.3
2010	34.9	41.5
2011	35.1	41.6
2012	35.4	41.8
2013	35.5	42
2014	35.7	42.1
2015	36	42.2
2016	36.2	42.3
2017	36.3	42.4
2018	36.4	42.5
2019	36.5	42.6
2020	36.6	42.7
2021	36.7	42.8
2022	36.7	43
2023	36.9	43.4
2024	37.1	43.7

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