Iceland vs Syria statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 104th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Iceland and Syria: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Syria economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Syria
1960	$252,169,712	$857,704,413
1961	$257,703,245	$945,244,972
1962	$289,200,704	$1,110,565,881
1963	$345,175,036	$1,200,447,408
1964	$440,797,869	$1,339,494,267
1965	$531,569,564	$1,472,036,540
1966	$638,349,755	$1,342,287,553
1967	$630,567,116	$1,580,229,799
1968	$481,532,848	$1,753,746,430
1969	$420,945,148	$2,245,011,515
1970	$526,704,545	$2,140,384,010
1971	$670,251,136	$2,589,851,325
1972	$839,652,164	$3,059,681,698
1973	$1,154,440,253	$3,239,487,516
1974	$1,515,190,595	$5,159,557,148
1975	$1,406,875,081	$6,826,980,444
1976	$1,669,488,390	$7,633,528,867
1977	$2,208,509,076	$7,696,011,396
1978	$2,511,826,196	$9,275,200,458
1979	$2,853,435,054	$9,929,681,529
1980	$3,381,419,251	$13,062,420,382
1981	$3,492,997,010	$15,518,201,335
1982	$3,206,626,645	$16,298,929,011
1983	$2,765,950,336	$17,589,277,143
1984	$2,864,441,387	$17,503,078,174
1985	$2,984,052,357	$16,403,539,893
1986	$3,989,622,739	$13,293,205,278
1987	$5,520,318,405	$11,356,215,543
1988	$6,106,635,816	$10,577,041,645
1989	$5,672,569,449	$9,853,395,762
1990	$6,468,736,356	$12,308,624,418
1991	$6,909,730,288	$12,981,833,333
1992	$7,080,981,738	$13,253,565,861
1993	$6,218,581,532	$13,695,962,055
1994	$6,389,460,343	$10,122,020,000
1995	$7,123,633,418	$11,396,706,587
1996	$7,426,082,271	$13,789,560,878
1997	$7,569,672,925	$14,505,233,463
1998	$8,503,746,468	$15,200,846,154
1999	$8,982,047,589	$15,873,875,969
2000	$9,025,660,362	$18,937,052,543
2001	$8,234,846,805	$20,237,024,725
2002	$9,318,395,055	$20,669,357,462
2003	$11,429,333,038	$21,828,144,686
2004	$13,825,302,536	$25,086,950,495
2005	$16,852,963,067	$28,858,965,517
2006	$17,465,318,552	$33,751,788,856
2007	$21,652,505,597	$40,465,318,382
2008	$18,074,622,987	$52,557,913,569
2009	$13,154,414,219	$54,111,735,629
2010	$13,751,161,918	$61,390,830,875
2011	$15,221,622,926	$67,539,428,159
2012	$14,751,508,134	$43,190,318,033
2013	$16,125,060,515	$21,361,254,635
2014	$17,867,662,178	$21,502,061,466
2015	$17,517,210,519	$16,466,863,117
2016	$20,793,168,031	$12,597,854,877
2017	$24,728,285,177	$16,369,843,352
2018	$26,260,850,582	$21,497,782,868
2019	$24,681,343,649	$22,583,045,060
2020	$21,629,953,194	$12,047,752,036
2021	$25,770,339,317	$14,353,205,678
2022	$28,696,453,180	$23,622,827,080
2023	$31,452,223,862	$19,993,439,950
2024	$33,462,807,983	-

Iceland and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Syria
1960	$1,436	$183.5
1961	$1,439	$196.3
1962	$1,586	$223.9
1963	$1,859	$234.9
1964	$2,332	$254.2
1965	$2,764	$270.8
1966	$3,264	$239.3
1967	$3,173	$272.9
1968	$2,390	$293.3
1969	$2,070	$364
1970	$2,576	$335
1971	$3,252	$393
1972	$4,015	$448
1973	$5,437	$459
1974	$7,041	$707
1975	$6,454	$904
1976	$7,583	$976
1977	$9,957	$951
1978	$11,237	$1,108
1979	$12,641	$1,146
1980	$14,822	$1,458
1981	$15,137	$1,676
1982	$13,712	$1,703
1983	$11,672	$1,776
1984	$11,960	$1,706
1985	$12,361	$1,544
1986	$16,406	$1,208
1987	$22,453	$997
1988	$24,452	$898
1989	$22,434	$809
1990	$25,385	$978
1991	$26,803	$1,000
1992	$27,124	$990
1993	$23,580	$993
1994	$24,019	$712
1995	$26,634	$780
1996	$27,615	$918
1997	$27,919	$941
1998	$31,030	$961
1999	$32,382	$978
2000	$32,096	$1,138
2001	$28,897	$1,187
2002	$32,409	$1,183
2003	$39,477	$1,220
2004	$47,335	$1,368
2005	$56,795	$1,534
2006	$57,493	$1,719
2007	$69,496	$1,938
2008	$56,943	$2,429
2009	$41,301	$2,462
2010	$43,237	$2,731
2011	$47,715	$2,952
2012	$45,996	$1,898
2013	$49,805	$986
2014	$54,577	$1,061
2015	$52,952	$848
2016	$61,988	$656
2017	$72,010	$852
2018	$74,452	$1,098
2019	$68,452	$1,110
2020	$59,024	$572
2021	$69,178	$664
2022	$75,121	$1,052
2023	$79,960	$847
2024	$82,704	-

Iceland vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Syria
1950	71	42.5
1951	71	43.4
1952	72.4	44.3
1953	72.3	45.3
1954	73.3	46.4
1955	73.3	47.4
1956	72.9	48.5
1957	73.4	49.6
1958	73.3	50.7
1959	72.6	51.7
1960	74	52.7
1961	73.4	53.7
1962	73.6	54.6
1963	72.9	55.4
1964	73.5	56.2
1965	73.8	56.9
1966	73.1	57.6
1967	73.7	58
1968	73.9	59.1
1969	73.7	59.8
1970	73.8	60.6
1971	73.5	61.3
1972	74.4	62
1973	74.3	60.8
1974	74.1	63.4
1975	75.3	64.2
1976	76.6	64.8
1977	76.1	65.4
1978	76.4	65.9
1979	76.5	66.2
1980	76.6	66.5
1981	76.2	64.6
1982	76.8	60.8
1983	76.4	67.4
1984	77.3	67.7
1985	77.4	68
1986	77.9	68.4
1987	77.1	68.8
1988	76.9	69.2
1989	77.9	69.5
1990	77.7	69.8
1991	77.8	70.1
1992	78.6	70.2
1993	78.8	70.3
1994	79	70.3
1995	77.5	70.2
1996	78.6	70.2
1997	78.7	70.2
1998	79.4	70.2
1999	79.2	70.5
2000	79.5	70.9
2001	80.4	71.3
2002	80.3	71.7
2003	80.8	72.2
2004	80.7	72.5
2005	81.2	72.8
2006	80.9	73
2007	81.1	73.3
2008	81.2	73.4
2009	81.4	73.5
2010	81.6	73.5
2011	82	72.3
2012	82.3	66.2
2013	81.7	65.1
2014	82.4	65.5
2015	82.2	63.3
2016	81.8	65.2
2017	82.2	65.7
2018	82.5	67.4
2019	82.8	71
2020	82.7	71.9
2021	82.8	72.4
2022	81.6	72.8
2023	82.7	72.1
2024	83	72.6
2025	83.2	73

Iceland and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Syria
1960	175,574	4,673,500
1961	179,029	4,815,466
1962	182,378	4,959,340
1963	185,653	5,110,467
1964	188,983	5,269,087
1965	192,286	5,435,267
1966	195,570	5,609,047
1967	198,751	5,790,198
1968	201,488	5,978,742
1969	203,369	6,175,166
1970	204,438	6,380,609
1971	206,098	6,598,094
1972	209,137	6,826,024
1973	212,317	7,060,321
1974	215,209	7,302,160
1975	217,979	7,554,364
1976	220,154	7,817,320
1977	221,799	8,090,501
1978	223,537	8,372,759
1979	225,735	8,661,909
1980	228,138	8,957,663
1981	230,755	9,260,189
1982	233,860	9,572,511
1983	236,977	9,904,809
1984	239,511	10,258,398
1985	241,405	10,625,672
1986	243,180	11,002,844
1987	245,859	11,388,923
1988	249,740	11,782,264
1989	252,852	12,179,060
1990	254,826	12,579,208
1991	257,797	12,980,821
1992	261,057	13,385,571
1993	263,725	13,795,686
1994	266,021	14,208,583
1995	267,468	14,616,801
1996	268,916	15,018,104
1997	271,128	15,417,542
1998	274,047	15,820,413
1999	277,381	16,228,061
2000	281,205	16,637,888
2001	284,968	17,051,338
2002	287,523	17,468,332
2003	289,521	17,889,296
2004	292,074	18,336,875
2005	296,734	18,814,091
2006	303,782	19,637,022
2007	311,566	20,884,125
2008	317,414	21,636,564
2009	318,499	21,976,969
2010	318,041	22,482,421
2011	319,014	22,878,098
2012	320,716	22,759,763
2013	323,764	21,666,917
2014	327,386	20,273,659
2015	330,815	19,424,618
2016	335,439	19,193,834
2017	343,400	19,224,668
2018	352,721	19,577,845
2019	360,563	20,353,534
2020	366,463	21,049,429
2021	372,520	21,628,839
2022	382,003	22,462,173
2023	393,349	23,594,623
2024	404,610	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Iceland and Syria

Fertility rate

Iceland

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Syria
1960	4.29	7.51
1961	3.88	7.5
1962	3.98	7.51
1963	3.99	7.51
1964	3.88	7.53
1965	3.73	7.53
1966	3.59	7.55
1967	3.28	7.56
1968	3.06	7.57
1969	2.99	7.59
1970	2.81	7.62
1971	2.92	7.6
1972	3.09	7.57
1973	2.94	7.55
1974	2.66	7.52
1975	2.65	7.49
1976	2.52	7.45
1977	2.31	7.42
1978	2.35	7.35
1979	2.49	7.25
1980	2.48	7.12
1981	2.33	6.97
1982	2.27	6.81
1983	2.24	6.69
1984	2.08	6.59
1985	1.93	6.48
1986	1.92	6.37
1987	2.06	6.2
1988	2.26	6
1989	2.19	5.78
1990	2.3	5.56
1991	2.18	5.34
1992	2.21	5.14
1993	2.22	4.99
1994	2.14	4.86
1995	2.08	4.7
1996	2.12	4.54
1997	2.04	4.37
1998	2.05	4.25
1999	1.99	4.14
2000	2.08	4.07
2001	1.95	3.98
2002	1.93	3.87
2003	1.99	3.76
2004	2.04	3.68
2005	2.05	3.61
2006	2.08	3.56
2007	2.09	3.54
2008	2.15	3.48
2009	2.23	3.42
2010	2.2	3.36
2011	2.02	3.29
2012	2.04	3.22
2013	1.93	3.17
2014	1.93	3.12
2015	1.8	3.07
2016	1.74	3.01
2017	1.71	2.97
2018	1.71	2.93
2019	1.74	2.88
2020	1.72	2.84
2021	1.82	2.8
2022	1.59	2.75
2023	1.59	2.71

Iceland and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Syria
1960	25.4	17.6
1961	25.2	17.3
1962	24.9	17.1
1963	24.7	16.9
1964	24.4	16.7
1965	24.2	16.5
1966	24.1	16.4
1967	24.1	16.2
1968	24.2	16.1
1969	24.3	16
1970	24.5	15.9
1971	24.7	15.8
1972	24.8	15.8
1973	24.9	15.7
1974	25.1	15.7
1975	25.4	15.7
1976	25.7	15.6
1977	26	15.6
1978	26.4	15.6
1979	26.7	15.6
1980	26.9	15.6
1981	27.2	15.6
1982	27.5	15.7
1983	27.7	15.8
1984	28	15.8
1985	28.4	15.9
1986	28.8	16
1987	29.1	16.1
1988	29.3	16.2
1989	29.6	16.4
1990	30	16.5
1991	30.2	16.7
1992	30.5	16.9
1993	30.8	17.1
1994	31.1	17.3
1995	31.5	17.5
1996	31.8	17.7
1997	32.1	17.9
1998	32.4	18.1
1999	32.6	18.3
2000	32.8	18.5
2001	33	18.8
2002	33.4	19
2003	33.7	19.2
2004	34	19.5
2005	34.2	19.7
2006	34.5	20.3
2007	34.6	21
2008	34.5	21.3
2009	34.6	21.5
2010	34.9	21.7
2011	35.1	21.9
2012	35.4	21.8
2013	35.5	21.2
2014	35.7	20.1
2015	36	19.5
2016	36.2	19.5
2017	36.3	19.6
2018	36.4	20.1
2019	36.5	20.9
2020	36.6	21.6
2021	36.7	22.2
2022	36.7	22.7
2023	36.9	23.3
2024	37.1	23.9

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