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Iceland vs Tuvalu statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 104th vs. 194th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Tuvalu
Population
412970
9493
Population rank 172/197 196/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$62.3M
2023
GDP rank 108/197 196/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$6,345
2023
GDP per capita rank 10/197 109/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$6,151
2023
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$2.84M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
3.26%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$289.4
2023
Government debt per person rank 9/185 179/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$4,174
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
11.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
833 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
3.21
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
25.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
67.4 years
2025

Iceland and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Tuvalu
Year GDP
Iceland Tuvalu
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 $2,585,956
1971 $670,251,136 $2,716,990
1972 $839,652,164 $2,968,458
1973 $1,154,440,253 $3,411,915
1974 $1,515,190,595 $4,122,329
1975 $1,406,875,081 $4,014,748
1976 $1,669,488,390 $3,919,072
1977 $2,208,509,076 $3,669,420
1978 $2,511,826,196 $3,798,782
1979 $2,853,435,054 $4,065,659
1980 $3,381,419,251 $4,206,128
1981 $3,492,997,010 $4,773,018
1982 $3,206,626,645 $4,118,945
1983 $2,765,950,336 $4,152,550
1984 $2,864,441,387 $4,481,978
1985 $2,984,052,357 $3,862,852
1986 $3,989,622,739 $4,574,706
1987 $5,520,318,405 $5,020,513
1988 $6,106,635,816 $7,011,059
1989 $5,672,569,449 $8,454,523
1990 $6,468,736,356 $9,542,901
1991 $6,909,730,288 $10,127,314
1992 $7,080,981,738 $10,535,028
1993 $6,218,581,532 $10,414,400
1994 $6,389,460,343 $11,772,611
1995 $7,123,633,418 $11,922,614
1996 $7,426,082,271 $13,338,597
1997 $7,569,672,925 $13,734,210
1998 $8,503,746,468 $13,795,146
1999 $8,982,047,589 $14,800,503
2000 $9,025,660,362 $15,073,976
2001 $8,234,846,805 $13,964,732
2002 $9,318,395,055 $16,842,673
2003 $11,429,333,038 $19,456,338
2004 $13,825,302,536 $22,798,275
2005 $16,852,963,067 $22,909,980
2006 $17,465,318,552 $24,096,875
2007 $21,652,505,597 $28,450,169
2008 $18,074,622,987 $31,874,435
2009 $13,154,414,219 $28,076,984
2010 $13,751,161,918 $32,105,408
2011 $15,221,622,926 $39,196,957
2012 $14,751,508,134 $39,345,579
2013 $16,125,060,515 $38,615,891
2014 $17,867,662,178 $38,760,983
2015 $17,517,210,519 $36,811,936
2016 $20,793,168,031 $41,629,064
2017 $24,728,285,177 $45,276,595
2018 $26,260,850,582 $48,015,260
2019 $24,681,343,649 $54,123,199
2020 $21,629,953,194 $51,746,594
2021 $25,770,339,317 $60,196,406
2022 $28,696,453,180 $59,065,982
2023 $31,452,223,862 $62,280,312
2024 $33,462,807,983 -

Iceland and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Tuvalu
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Tuvalu
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 $457
1971 $3,252 $478
1972 $4,015 $522
1973 $5,437 $601
1974 $7,041 $708
1975 $6,454 $656
1976 $7,583 $612
1977 $9,957 $549
1978 $11,237 $546
1979 $12,641 $566
1980 $14,822 $571
1981 $15,137 $634
1982 $13,712 $537
1983 $11,672 $533
1984 $11,960 $567
1985 $12,361 $480
1986 $16,406 $557
1987 $22,453 $600
1988 $24,452 $823
1989 $22,434 $976
1990 $25,385 $1,085
1991 $26,803 $1,134
1992 $27,124 $1,166
1993 $23,580 $1,141
1994 $24,019 $1,279
1995 $26,634 $1,285
1996 $27,615 $1,428
1997 $27,919 $1,461
1998 $31,030 $1,460
1999 $32,382 $1,559
2000 $32,096 $1,579
2001 $28,897 $1,457
2002 $32,409 $1,750
2003 $39,477 $2,007
2004 $47,335 $2,323
2005 $56,795 $2,305
2006 $57,493 $2,396
2007 $69,496 $2,794
2008 $56,943 $3,088
2009 $41,301 $2,684
2010 $43,237 $3,025
2011 $47,715 $3,636
2012 $45,996 $3,598
2013 $49,805 $3,510
2014 $54,577 $3,529
2015 $52,952 $3,358
2016 $61,988 $3,809
2017 $72,010 $4,166
2018 $74,452 $4,466
2019 $68,452 $5,115
2020 $59,024 $4,976
2021 $69,178 $5,905
2022 $75,121 $5,911
2023 $79,960 $6,345
2024 $82,704 -

Iceland vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Tuvalu
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Tuvalu
1950 71 40
1951 71 40.8
1952 72.4 41.7
1953 72.3 42.5
1954 73.3 43.4
1955 73.3 44.2
1956 72.9 45
1957 73.4 45.8
1958 73.3 46.7
1959 72.6 47.5
1960 74 48.3
1961 73.4 49
1962 73.6 49.8
1963 72.9 50.6
1964 73.5 51.3
1965 73.8 52.1
1966 73.1 52.8
1967 73.7 53.5
1968 73.9 54.1
1969 73.7 54.7
1970 73.8 55.3
1971 73.5 56
1972 74.4 54.7
1973 74.3 57.2
1974 74.1 57.7
1975 75.3 58.3
1976 76.6 58.8
1977 76.1 59.2
1978 76.4 59.6
1979 76.5 59.9
1980 76.6 60.2
1981 76.2 60.5
1982 76.8 60.7
1983 76.4 60.9
1984 77.3 61.1
1985 77.4 61.1
1986 77.9 61.2
1987 77.1 61.3
1988 76.9 61.4
1989 77.9 61.5
1990 77.7 61.6
1991 77.8 61.8
1992 78.6 60.3
1993 78.8 62.1
1994 79 62.3
1995 77.5 62.5
1996 78.6 62.7
1997 78.7 62.9
1998 79.4 63.2
1999 79.2 63.3
2000 79.5 63.5
2001 80.4 63.7
2002 80.3 63.8
2003 80.8 63.9
2004 80.7 64
2005 81.2 64.1
2006 80.9 64.2
2007 81.1 64.4
2008 81.2 64.5
2009 81.4 64.7
2010 81.6 64.8
2011 82 65
2012 82.3 65.1
2013 81.7 65.2
2014 82.4 65.3
2015 82.2 65.4
2016 81.8 65.5
2017 82.2 65.7
2018 82.5 65.9
2019 82.8 66.1
2020 82.7 66.4
2021 82.8 65.8
2022 81.6 66.9
2023 82.7 67.1
2024 83 67.3
2025 83.2 67.4

Iceland and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Tuvalu
Year Population
Iceland Tuvalu
1960 175,574 5,598
1961 179,029 5,648
1962 182,378 5,699
1963 185,653 5,751
1964 188,983 5,752
1965 192,286 5,715
1966 195,570 5,686
1967 198,751 5,652
1968 201,488 5,624
1969 203,369 5,631
1970 204,438 5,663
1971 206,098 5,685
1972 209,137 5,692
1973 212,317 5,681
1974 215,209 5,822
1975 217,979 6,117
1976 220,154 6,404
1977 221,799 6,686
1978 223,537 6,957
1979 225,735 7,184
1980 228,138 7,366
1981 230,755 7,526
1982 233,860 7,664
1983 236,977 7,789
1984 239,511 7,902
1985 241,405 8,046
1986 243,180 8,217
1987 245,859 8,371
1988 249,740 8,518
1989 252,852 8,662
1990 254,826 8,798
1991 257,797 8,928
1992 261,057 9,038
1993 263,725 9,126
1994 266,021 9,207
1995 267,468 9,280
1996 268,916 9,342
1997 271,128 9,400
1998 274,047 9,451
1999 277,381 9,496
2000 281,205 9,544
2001 284,968 9,586
2002 287,523 9,623
2003 289,521 9,695
2004 292,074 9,816
2005 296,734 9,940
2006 303,782 10,056
2007 311,566 10,182
2008 317,414 10,321
2009 318,499 10,461
2010 318,041 10,614
2011 319,014 10,780
2012 320,716 10,934
2013 323,764 11,001
2014 327,386 10,984
2015 330,815 10,963
2016 335,439 10,930
2017 343,400 10,869
2018 352,721 10,751
2019 360,563 10,581
2020 366,463 10,399
2021 372,520 10,194
2022 382,003 9,992
2023 393,349 9,816
2024 404,610 9,646

Fertility rates in Iceland and Tuvalu

Fertility rate
Iceland

Tuvalu
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Tuvalu
1960 4.29 5.15
1961 3.88 5.09
1962 3.98 5
1963 3.99 4.91
1964 3.88 4.83
1965 3.73 4.73
1966 3.59 4.64
1967 3.28 4.49
1968 3.06 4.36
1969 2.99 4.23
1970 2.81 4.08
1971 2.92 3.94
1972 3.09 3.81
1973 2.94 3.71
1974 2.66 3.63
1975 2.65 3.58
1976 2.52 3.55
1977 2.31 3.56
1978 2.35 3.59
1979 2.49 3.65
1980 2.48 3.73
1981 2.33 3.8
1982 2.27 3.88
1983 2.24 3.91
1984 2.08 3.95
1985 1.93 3.97
1986 1.92 3.97
1987 2.06 3.94
1988 2.26 3.88
1989 2.19 3.8
1990 2.3 3.75
1991 2.18 3.79
1992 2.21 3.86
1993 2.22 3.92
1994 2.14 3.92
1995 2.08 3.96
1996 2.12 3.95
1997 2.04 3.95
1998 2.05 3.95
1999 1.99 3.92
2000 2.08 3.84
2001 1.95 3.75
2002 1.93 3.64
2003 1.99 3.58
2004 2.04 3.55
2005 2.05 3.55
2006 2.08 3.53
2007 2.09 3.45
2008 2.15 3.42
2009 2.23 3.43
2010 2.2 3.44
2011 2.02 3.46
2012 2.04 3.47
2013 1.93 3.39
2014 1.93 3.33
2015 1.8 3.31
2016 1.74 3.3
2017 1.71 3.3
2018 1.71 3.33
2019 1.74 3.33
2020 1.72 3.31
2021 1.82 3.28
2022 1.59 3.24
2023 1.59 3.21

Iceland and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Tuvalu
Year Median age, years
Iceland Tuvalu
1960 25.4 23.1
1961 25.2 23.1
1962 24.9 23
1963 24.7 22.6
1964 24.4 21
1965 24.2 19.3
1966 24.1 18.5
1967 24.1 18.1
1968 24.2 17.9
1969 24.3 18
1970 24.5 18.2
1971 24.7 18.6
1972 24.8 19
1973 24.9 19.4
1974 25.1 19.7
1975 25.4 19.8
1976 25.7 19.9
1977 26 20.2
1978 26.4 20.5
1979 26.7 20.9
1980 26.9 21
1981 27.2 21.4
1982 27.5 21.9
1983 27.7 22.5
1984 28 23.2
1985 28.4 23.6
1986 28.8 23.8
1987 29.1 24
1988 29.3 24.2
1989 29.6 24.5
1990 30 24.7
1991 30.2 24.9
1992 30.5 25
1993 30.8 25
1994 31.1 25.1
1995 31.5 25
1996 31.8 24.9
1997 32.1 24.6
1998 32.4 24.4
1999 32.6 24.1
2000 32.8 23.9
2001 33 23.7
2002 33.4 23.5
2003 33.7 23.5
2004 34 23.5
2005 34.2 23.6
2006 34.5 23.6
2007 34.6 23.7
2008 34.5 23.8
2009 34.6 23.9
2010 34.9 24
2011 35.1 24.1
2012 35.4 24.2
2013 35.5 24.3
2014 35.7 24.5
2015 36 24.7
2016 36.2 24.9
2017 36.3 25.2
2018 36.4 25.3
2019 36.5 25.3
2020 36.6 25.3
2021 36.7 25.3
2022 36.7 25.3
2023 36.9 25.3
2024 37.1 25.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Tuvalu
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$86M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
101.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
12.8%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-1.87%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
7.32%
2022
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
7.02%
2015
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
60
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
30.8%
2010
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
2.7%
2010
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
n/a
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$2M
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
3,599
2019
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
43.4%
2013
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
n/a

Energy

Iceland Tuvalu
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
0 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
0 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
5.2%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
15.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Iceland Tuvalu
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.0001%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-280
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
66.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
44.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
48
2025
Higher education index
79
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
0
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
0.2
2025
Visa free countries
171
2025
130
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
100%
2022
English speaking
98%
2023
70%
2025
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
74.3%
2023

Health

Iceland Tuvalu
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$1,085
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$4
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
67.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
27.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
1.26
2020
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
23.5 years
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
19.9
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
65.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
97
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
33.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
1.26 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Tuvalu
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.00002%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
1,201 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
6.95 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
3.86 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
4.97 mi
2011

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