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Iceland vs Turkmenistan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 7.49M in Turkmenistan (ranked 104/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 181,441 sq mi for Turkmenistan (ranked 104th vs. 53rd).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Turkmenistan ranks 88/197 ($64.2B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Turkmenistan ranks 91/197 ($8,572).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Turkmenistan
Population
412970
7713465
Population rank 172/197 104/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$64.2B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 88/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$8,572
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 91/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$20,408
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$2.97B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
4.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$396
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 172/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$8,974
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
181,441 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
41.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
2.69
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
27.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
70.3 years
2025

Iceland and Turkmenistan: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Turkmenistan economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Turkmenistan
Year GDP
Iceland Turkmenistan
1960 $252,169,712 -
1961 $257,703,245 -
1962 $289,200,704 -
1963 $345,175,036 -
1964 $440,797,869 -
1965 $531,569,564 -
1966 $638,349,755 -
1967 $630,567,116 -
1968 $481,532,848 -
1969 $420,945,148 -
1970 $526,704,545 -
1971 $670,251,136 -
1972 $839,652,164 -
1973 $1,154,440,253 -
1974 $1,515,190,595 -
1975 $1,406,875,081 -
1976 $1,669,488,390 -
1977 $2,208,509,076 -
1978 $2,511,826,196 -
1979 $2,853,435,054 -
1980 $3,381,419,251 -
1981 $3,492,997,010 -
1982 $3,206,626,645 -
1983 $2,765,950,336 -
1984 $2,864,441,387 -
1985 $2,984,052,357 -
1986 $3,989,622,739 -
1987 $5,520,318,405 $2,331,358,820
1988 $6,106,635,816 $3,010,982,414
1989 $5,672,569,449 $3,006,988,217
1990 $6,468,736,356 $3,189,539,641
1991 $6,909,730,288 $3,208,098,919
1992 $7,080,981,738 $3,200,539,816
1993 $6,218,581,532 $3,179,225,949
1994 $6,389,460,343 $2,561,118,608
1995 $7,123,633,418 $2,482,228,440
1996 $7,426,082,271 $2,378,759,975
1997 $7,569,672,925 $2,450,350,625
1998 $8,503,746,468 $2,605,689,134
1999 $8,982,047,589 $2,450,564,100
2000 $9,025,660,362 $2,904,663,311
2001 $8,234,846,805 $3,534,772,732
2002 $9,318,395,055 $4,462,029,109
2003 $11,429,333,038 $5,977,440,583
2004 $13,825,302,536 $6,838,351,088
2005 $16,852,963,067 $8,103,901,996
2006 $17,465,318,552 $10,276,674,365
2007 $21,652,505,597 $12,664,165,103
2008 $18,074,622,987 $19,271,523,179
2009 $13,154,414,219 $20,214,385,965
2010 $13,751,161,918 $22,583,157,895
2011 $15,221,622,926 $29,233,333,333
2012 $14,751,508,134 $35,164,210,526
2013 $16,125,060,515 $39,197,543,860
2014 $17,867,662,178 $43,524,210,526
2015 $17,517,210,519 $35,799,714,286
2016 $20,793,168,031 $36,169,428,571
2017 $24,728,285,177 $37,926,285,714
2018 $26,260,850,582 $40,765,428,571
2019 $24,681,343,649 $45,232,857,143
2020 $21,629,953,194 $45,818,000,000
2021 $25,770,339,317 $50,007,428,571
2022 $28,696,453,180 $58,972,000,000
2023 $31,452,223,862 $60,628,857,143
2024 $33,462,807,983 $64,239,891,739

Iceland and Turkmenistan economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Turkmenistan
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Turkmenistan
1960 $1,436 -
1961 $1,439 -
1962 $1,586 -
1963 $1,859 -
1964 $2,332 -
1965 $2,764 -
1966 $3,264 -
1967 $3,173 -
1968 $2,390 -
1969 $2,070 -
1970 $2,576 -
1971 $3,252 -
1972 $4,015 -
1973 $5,437 -
1974 $7,041 -
1975 $6,454 -
1976 $7,583 -
1977 $9,957 -
1978 $11,237 -
1979 $12,641 -
1980 $14,822 -
1981 $15,137 -
1982 $13,712 -
1983 $11,672 -
1984 $11,960 -
1985 $12,361 -
1986 $16,406 -
1987 $22,453 $675
1988 $24,452 $846
1989 $22,434 $821
1990 $25,385 $848
1991 $26,803 $832
1992 $27,124 $811
1993 $23,580 $788
1994 $24,019 $622
1995 $26,634 $592
1996 $27,615 $558
1997 $27,919 $565
1998 $31,030 $591
1999 $32,382 $546
2000 $32,096 $634
2001 $28,897 $756
2002 $32,409 $936
2003 $39,477 $1,229
2004 $47,335 $1,379
2005 $56,795 $1,604
2006 $57,493 $1,997
2007 $69,496 $2,415
2008 $56,943 $3,606
2009 $41,301 $3,708
2010 $43,237 $4,059
2011 $47,715 $5,144
2012 $45,996 $6,054
2013 $49,805 $6,600
2014 $54,577 $7,164
2015 $52,952 $5,759
2016 $61,988 $5,687
2017 $72,010 $5,828
2018 $74,452 $6,125
2019 $68,452 $6,648
2020 $59,024 $6,593
2021 $69,178 $7,051
2022 $75,121 $8,156
2023 $79,960 $8,233
2024 $82,704 $8,572

Iceland vs. Turkmenistan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Turkmenistan
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Turkmenistan
1950 71 48.1
1951 71 48.6
1952 72.4 49
1953 72.3 49.4
1954 73.3 49.8
1955 73.3 50.2
1956 72.9 50.6
1957 73.4 51
1958 73.3 51.4
1959 72.6 51.8
1960 74 52.1
1961 73.4 52.5
1962 73.6 52.9
1963 72.9 53.2
1964 73.5 53.6
1965 73.8 54
1966 73.1 54.4
1967 73.7 54.8
1968 73.9 55.3
1969 73.7 55.7
1970 73.8 56
1971 73.5 56.3
1972 74.4 56.6
1973 74.3 56.8
1974 74.1 57
1975 75.3 57.2
1976 76.6 57.4
1977 76.1 57.7
1978 76.4 58.3
1979 76.5 59.1
1980 76.6 60.2
1981 76.2 61
1982 76.8 61.6
1983 76.4 62
1984 77.3 62.4
1985 77.4 62.8
1986 77.9 63.2
1987 77.1 63.5
1988 76.9 63.7
1989 77.9 63.8
1990 77.7 63.9
1991 77.8 63.8
1992 78.6 63.8
1993 78.8 63.6
1994 79 63.5
1995 77.5 63.5
1996 78.6 63.5
1997 78.7 63.7
1998 79.4 64
1999 79.2 64.5
2000 79.5 64.9
2001 80.4 65.3
2002 80.3 65.6
2003 80.8 65.9
2004 80.7 66.1
2005 81.2 66.3
2006 80.9 66.6
2007 81.1 67
2008 81.2 67.6
2009 81.4 68.2
2010 81.6 68.6
2011 82 68.9
2012 82.3 69
2013 81.7 69
2014 82.4 69
2015 82.2 69.1
2016 81.8 69.1
2017 82.2 69.2
2018 82.5 69.3
2019 82.8 69.4
2020 82.7 68.8
2021 82.8 69.4
2022 81.6 69.9
2023 82.7 70.1
2024 83 70.2
2025 83.2 70.3

Iceland and Turkmenistan population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Turkmenistan
Year Population
Iceland Turkmenistan
1960 175,574 1,643,457
1961 179,029 1,695,400
1962 182,378 1,749,214
1963 185,653 1,804,272
1964 188,983 1,859,997
1965 192,286 1,915,916
1966 195,570 1,971,737
1967 198,751 2,027,403
1968 201,488 2,083,069
1969 203,369 2,139,024
1970 204,438 2,195,616
1971 206,098 2,253,119
1972 209,137 2,311,430
1973 212,317 2,370,919
1974 215,209 2,432,028
1975 217,979 2,494,570
1976 220,154 2,558,521
1977 221,799 2,623,948
1978 223,537 2,691,088
1979 225,735 2,760,358
1980 228,138 2,832,203
1981 230,755 2,907,187
1982 233,860 2,985,557
1983 236,977 3,067,534
1984 239,511 3,154,079
1985 241,405 3,247,534
1986 243,180 3,347,809
1987 245,859 3,452,731
1988 249,740 3,559,363
1989 252,852 3,662,459
1990 254,826 3,760,562
1991 257,797 3,855,894
1992 261,057 3,944,689
1993 263,725 4,032,407
1994 266,021 4,116,662
1995 267,468 4,191,203
1996 268,916 4,263,819
1997 271,128 4,336,730
1998 274,047 4,410,507
1999 277,381 4,492,170
2000 281,205 4,582,677
2001 284,968 4,675,409
2002 287,523 4,769,465
2003 289,521 4,863,865
2004 292,074 4,958,093
2005 296,734 5,052,257
2006 303,782 5,147,105
2007 311,566 5,244,046
2008 317,414 5,345,029
2009 318,499 5,451,592
2010 318,041 5,564,356
2011 319,014 5,683,417
2012 320,716 5,808,546
2013 323,764 5,939,341
2014 327,386 6,075,283
2015 330,815 6,215,770
2016 335,439 6,360,041
2017 343,400 6,507,061
2018 352,721 6,655,524
2019 360,563 6,803,944
2020 366,463 6,949,912
2021 372,520 7,092,043
2022 382,003 7,230,193
2023 393,349 7,364,438
2024 404,610 7,494,498

Fertility rates in Iceland and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate
Iceland

Turkmenistan
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Turkmenistan
1960 4.29 6.59
1961 3.88 6.69
1962 3.98 6.76
1963 3.99 6.79
1964 3.88 6.79
1965 3.73 6.76
1966 3.59 6.7
1967 3.28 6.64
1968 3.06 6.56
1969 2.99 6.48
1970 2.81 6.4
1971 2.92 6.32
1972 3.09 6.2
1973 2.94 6.15
1974 2.66 6.09
1975 2.65 6
1976 2.52 5.9
1977 2.31 5.77
1978 2.35 5.61
1979 2.49 5.46
1980 2.48 5.3
1981 2.33 5.16
1982 2.27 5.04
1983 2.24 4.97
1984 2.08 4.96
1985 1.93 4.97
1986 1.92 4.94
1987 2.06 4.84
1988 2.26 4.68
1989 2.19 4.46
1990 2.3 4.29
1991 2.18 4.14
1992 2.21 3.96
1993 2.22 3.78
1994 2.14 3.62
1995 2.08 3.49
1996 2.12 3.29
1997 2.04 3.18
1998 2.05 3.08
1999 1.99 2.98
2000 2.08 2.9
2001 1.95 2.81
2002 1.93 2.71
2003 1.99 2.67
2004 2.04 2.67
2005 2.05 2.71
2006 2.08 2.72
2007 2.09 2.73
2008 2.15 2.75
2009 2.23 2.79
2010 2.2 2.85
2011 2.02 2.9
2012 2.04 2.96
2013 1.93 3.01
2014 1.93 3.02
2015 1.8 3.03
2016 1.74 2.99
2017 1.71 2.93
2018 1.71 2.88
2019 1.74 2.83
2020 1.72 2.79
2021 1.82 2.75
2022 1.59 2.73
2023 1.59 2.69

Iceland and Turkmenistan demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Turkmenistan
Year Median age, years
Iceland Turkmenistan
1960 25.4 21.3
1961 25.2 20.9
1962 24.9 20.4
1963 24.7 19.7
1964 24.4 19
1965 24.2 18.4
1966 24.1 18
1967 24.1 17.7
1968 24.2 17.5
1969 24.3 17.4
1970 24.5 17.4
1971 24.7 17.4
1972 24.8 17.5
1973 24.9 17.6
1974 25.1 17.7
1975 25.4 17.9
1976 25.7 18
1977 26 18.2
1978 26.4 18.3
1979 26.7 18.5
1980 26.9 18.7
1981 27.2 18.8
1982 27.5 19
1983 27.7 19.1
1984 28 19.2
1985 28.4 19.3
1986 28.8 19.3
1987 29.1 19.3
1988 29.3 19.3
1989 29.6 19.3
1990 30 19.3
1991 30.2 19.4
1992 30.5 19.4
1993 30.8 19.5
1994 31.1 19.6
1995 31.5 19.7
1996 31.8 19.9
1997 32.1 20.1
1998 32.4 20.3
1999 32.6 20.6
2000 32.8 20.9
2001 33 21.2
2002 33.4 21.5
2003 33.7 21.8
2004 34 22.1
2005 34.2 22.4
2006 34.5 22.8
2007 34.6 23.1
2008 34.5 23.4
2009 34.6 23.7
2010 34.9 24
2011 35.1 24.3
2012 35.4 24.5
2013 35.5 24.8
2014 35.7 25
2015 36 25.3
2016 36.2 25.5
2017 36.3 25.7
2018 36.4 25.9
2019 36.5 26.2
2020 36.6 26.4
2021 36.7 26.7
2022 36.7 26.9
2023 36.9 27.2
2024 37.1 27.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Turkmenistan
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$62.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
11.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
2.71%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.9%
1999
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
57,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
+0.17%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
4%
2010
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
49.4%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
39.3%
2023
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
47.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
31.5%
1998
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
2.4%
1998
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
$1.51B
1999
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
380,000
1998
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
n/a
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
40.6%
2017

Energy

Iceland Turkmenistan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
5,626 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$3.26
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
66 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
8.96 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
100%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
0.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
0%
2022
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
-109.8%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
2,829 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
0.01%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
0.02%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Iceland Turkmenistan
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.09%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
+14,646
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
54.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.34 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
33.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
17
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
1.09
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
13.5
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
65
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.9%
2022
English speaking
98%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
21.3%
2017

Health

Iceland Turkmenistan
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$579
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$459
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
70.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0.63%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
2.14
2021
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
24.1 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
5
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
40
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
22.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
7.1%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
26
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
5.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
2.62 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Turkmenistan
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.32%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
24,210 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
152,812 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
15,934 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
n/a

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