Iceland vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 104th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Iceland and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Iceland and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Iceland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	United Kingdom
1960	$252,169,712	$73,233,967,692
1961	$257,703,245	$77,741,965,703
1962	$289,200,704	$81,247,564,157
1963	$345,175,036	$86,561,961,812
1964	$440,797,869	$94,407,558,351
1965	$531,569,564	$101,824,755,079
1966	$638,349,755	$108,572,752,102
1967	$630,567,116	$113,116,888,211
1968	$481,532,848	$107,759,910,068
1969	$420,945,148	$116,464,702,803
1970	$526,704,545	$130,671,946,244
1971	$670,251,136	$148,113,896,325
1972	$839,652,164	$169,965,034,965
1973	$1,154,440,253	$192,537,971,583
1974	$1,515,190,595	$206,131,369,799
1975	$1,406,875,081	$241,756,637,168
1976	$1,669,488,390	$232,614,555,256
1977	$2,208,509,076	$263,066,457,352
1978	$2,511,826,196	$335,883,029,722
1979	$2,853,435,054	$438,994,070,309
1980	$3,381,419,251	$564,947,710,899
1981	$3,492,997,010	$540,765,675,241
1982	$3,206,626,645	$515,048,916,841
1983	$2,765,950,336	$489,618,008,186
1984	$2,864,441,387	$461,487,097,632
1985	$2,984,052,357	$489,285,164,271
1986	$3,989,622,739	$601,452,653,181
1987	$5,520,318,405	$745,162,608,269
1988	$6,106,635,816	$910,122,732,124
1989	$5,672,569,449	$926,884,816,754
1990	$6,468,736,356	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$6,909,730,288	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$7,080,981,738	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$6,218,581,532	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$6,389,460,343	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$7,123,633,418	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$7,426,082,271	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$7,569,672,925	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$8,503,746,468	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$8,982,047,589	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$9,025,660,362	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$8,234,846,805	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$9,318,395,055	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$11,429,333,038	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$13,825,302,536	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$16,852,963,067	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$17,465,318,552	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$21,652,505,597	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$18,074,622,987	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$13,154,414,219	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$13,751,161,918	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$15,221,622,926	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$14,751,508,134	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$16,125,060,515	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$17,867,662,178	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$17,517,210,519	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$20,793,168,031	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$24,728,285,177	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$26,260,850,582	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$24,681,343,649	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$21,629,953,194	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$25,770,339,317	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$28,696,453,180	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$31,452,223,862	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$33,462,807,983	$3,643,834,188,783

Iceland and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	United Kingdom
1960	$1,436	$1,398
1961	$1,439	$1,472
1962	$1,586	$1,526
1963	$1,859	$1,613
1964	$2,332	$1,748
1965	$2,764	$1,874
1966	$3,264	$1,987
1967	$3,173	$2,059
1968	$2,390	$1,952
1969	$2,070	$2,101
1970	$2,576	$2,348
1971	$3,252	$2,650
1972	$4,015	$3,030
1973	$5,437	$3,426
1974	$7,041	$3,666
1975	$6,454	$4,300
1976	$7,583	$4,138
1977	$9,957	$4,681
1978	$11,237	$5,977
1979	$12,641	$7,805
1980	$14,822	$10,032
1981	$15,137	$9,599
1982	$13,712	$9,146
1983	$11,672	$8,692
1984	$11,960	$8,179
1985	$12,361	$8,652
1986	$16,406	$10,611
1987	$22,453	$13,119
1988	$24,452	$15,987
1989	$22,434	$16,239
1990	$25,385	$19,095
1991	$26,803	$19,901
1992	$27,124	$20,487
1993	$23,580	$18,389
1994	$24,019	$19,709
1995	$26,634	$23,169
1996	$27,615	$24,406
1997	$27,919	$26,766
1998	$31,030	$28,275
1999	$32,382	$28,762
2000	$32,096	$28,281
2001	$28,897	$27,907
2002	$32,409	$30,078
2003	$39,477	$34,443
2004	$47,335	$40,367
2005	$56,795	$42,105
2006	$57,493	$44,512
2007	$69,496	$50,398
2008	$56,943	$47,396
2009	$41,301	$38,744
2010	$43,237	$39,599
2011	$47,715	$42,110
2012	$45,996	$42,490
2013	$49,805	$43,419
2014	$54,577	$47,427
2015	$52,952	$44,984
2016	$61,988	$40,988
2017	$72,010	$40,629
2018	$74,452	$43,315
2019	$68,452	$42,794
2020	$59,024	$40,405
2021	$69,178	$46,926
2022	$75,121	$46,063
2023	$79,960	$49,201
2024	$82,704	$52,637

Iceland vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	United Kingdom
1950	71	68.6
1951	71	68.2
1952	72.4	69.5
1953	72.3	69.8
1954	73.3	70.2
1955	73.3	70.1
1956	72.9	70.4
1957	73.4	70.5
1958	73.3	70.7
1959	72.6	70.8
1960	74	71
1961	73.4	70.8
1962	73.6	70.9
1963	72.9	70.8
1964	73.5	71.5
1965	73.8	71.5
1966	73.1	71.4
1967	73.7	72.1
1968	73.9	71.7
1969	73.7	71.7
1970	73.8	71.9
1971	73.5	72.2
1972	74.4	72
1973	74.3	72.2
1974	74.1	72.4
1975	75.3	72.7
1976	76.6	72.6
1977	76.1	73.1
1978	76.4	73
1979	76.5	73.2
1980	76.6	73.6
1981	76.2	73.9
1982	76.8	74
1983	76.4	74.3
1984	77.3	74.7
1985	77.4	74.5
1986	77.9	74.8
1987	77.1	75.1
1988	76.9	75.3
1989	77.9	75.4
1990	77.7	75.7
1991	77.8	75.9
1992	78.6	76.3
1993	78.8	76.2
1994	79	76.7
1995	77.5	76.6
1996	78.6	76.9
1997	78.7	77.1
1998	79.4	77.3
1999	79.2	77.4
2000	79.5	77.8
2001	80.4	78.1
2002	80.3	78.2
2003	80.8	78.3
2004	80.7	78.9
2005	81.2	79.1
2006	80.9	79.3
2007	81.1	79.5
2008	81.2	79.7
2009	81.4	80.2
2010	81.6	80.4
2011	82	80.8
2012	82.3	80.9
2013	81.7	80.9
2014	82.4	81.2
2015	82.2	80.9
2016	81.8	81.1
2017	82.2	81.2
2018	82.5	81.1
2019	82.8	81.4
2020	82.7	80.4
2021	82.8	80.7
2022	81.6	81.1
2023	82.7	81.3
2024	83	81.4
2025	83.2	81.6

Iceland and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	United Kingdom
1960	175,574	52,400,000
1961	179,029	52,800,000
1962	182,378	53,250,000
1963	185,653	53,650,000
1964	188,983	54,000,000
1965	192,286	54,348,050
1966	195,570	54,648,500
1967	198,751	54,943,600
1968	201,488	55,211,700
1969	203,369	55,441,750
1970	204,438	55,663,250
1971	206,098	55,896,223
1972	209,137	56,086,065
1973	212,317	56,194,527
1974	215,209	56,229,974
1975	217,979	56,225,800
1976	220,154	56,211,968
1977	221,799	56,193,492
1978	223,537	56,196,504
1979	225,735	56,246,951
1980	228,138	56,314,216
1981	230,755	56,333,829
1982	233,860	56,313,641
1983	236,977	56,332,848
1984	239,511	56,422,072
1985	241,405	56,550,268
1986	243,180	56,681,396
1987	245,859	56,802,050
1988	249,740	56,928,327
1989	252,852	57,076,711
1990	254,826	57,247,586
1991	257,797	57,424,897
1992	261,057	57,580,402
1993	263,725	57,718,614
1994	266,021	57,865,745
1995	267,468	58,019,030
1996	268,916	58,166,950
1997	271,128	58,316,954
1998	274,047	58,487,141
1999	277,381	58,682,466
2000	281,205	58,892,514
2001	284,968	59,119,673
2002	287,523	59,370,479
2003	289,521	59,647,577
2004	292,074	59,987,905
2005	296,734	60,401,206
2006	303,782	60,846,820
2007	311,566	61,322,463
2008	317,414	61,806,995
2009	318,499	62,276,270
2010	318,041	62,766,365
2011	319,014	63,258,810
2012	320,716	63,711,000
2013	323,764	64,139,000
2014	327,386	64,620,000
2015	330,815	65,088,000
2016	335,439	65,607,000
2017	343,400	65,966,000
2018	352,721	66,289,000
2019	360,563	66,631,000
2020	366,463	66,744,000
2021	372,520	66,984,000
2022	382,003	67,604,000
2023	393,349	68,492,000
2024	404,610	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Iceland and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Iceland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	United Kingdom
1960	4.29	2.69
1961	3.88	2.78
1962	3.98	2.86
1963	3.99	2.88
1964	3.88	2.93
1965	3.73	2.86
1966	3.59	2.78
1967	3.28	2.68
1968	3.06	2.6
1969	2.99	2.51
1970	2.81	2.44
1971	2.92	2.41
1972	3.09	2.2
1973	2.94	2.04
1974	2.66	1.92
1975	2.65	1.81
1976	2.52	1.74
1977	2.31	1.69
1978	2.35	1.75
1979	2.49	1.86
1980	2.48	1.9
1981	2.33	1.82
1982	2.27	1.78
1983	2.24	1.77
1984	2.08	1.77
1985	1.93	1.79
1986	1.92	1.78
1987	2.06	1.81
1988	2.26	1.82
1989	2.19	1.79
1990	2.3	1.83
1991	2.18	1.82
1992	2.21	1.79
1993	2.22	1.76
1994	2.14	1.74
1995	2.08	1.71
1996	2.12	1.73
1997	2.04	1.72
1998	2.05	1.71
1999	1.99	1.68
2000	2.08	1.64
2001	1.95	1.63
2002	1.93	1.63
2003	1.99	1.7
2004	2.04	1.75
2005	2.05	1.76
2006	2.08	1.82
2007	2.09	1.86
2008	2.15	1.91
2009	2.23	1.89
2010	2.2	1.92
2011	2.02	1.91
2012	2.04	1.92
2013	1.93	1.83
2014	1.93	1.81
2015	1.8	1.8
2016	1.74	1.79
2017	1.71	1.74
2018	1.71	1.68
2019	1.74	1.63
2020	1.72	1.57
2021	1.82	1.58
2022	1.59	1.56
2023	1.59	1.56

Iceland and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	United Kingdom
1960	25.4	35.5
1961	25.2	35.4
1962	24.9	35.3
1963	24.7	35.3
1964	24.4	35.2
1965	24.2	35.1
1966	24.1	34.9
1967	24.1	34.8
1968	24.2	34.6
1969	24.3	34.4
1970	24.5	34.2
1971	24.7	34.1
1972	24.8	34
1973	24.9	34
1974	25.1	34
1975	25.4	34
1976	25.7	34
1977	26	34.1
1978	26.4	34.2
1979	26.7	34.3
1980	26.9	34.4
1981	27.2	34.5
1982	27.5	34.8
1983	27.7	35
1984	28	35.2
1985	28.4	35.3
1986	28.8	35.4
1987	29.1	35.4
1988	29.3	35.7
1989	29.6	35.9
1990	30	36
1991	30.2	36.1
1992	30.5	36.2
1993	30.8	36.3
1994	31.1	36.5
1995	31.5	36.6
1996	31.8	36.8
1997	32.1	37
1998	32.4	37.2
1999	32.6	37.4
2000	32.8	37.7
2001	33	37.9
2002	33.4	38.1
2003	33.7	38.2
2004	34	38.4
2005	34.2	38.5
2006	34.5	38.6
2007	34.6	38.8
2008	34.5	38.9
2009	34.6	39
2010	34.9	39.2
2011	35.1	39.3
2012	35.4	39.5
2013	35.5	39.6
2014	35.7	39.7
2015	36	39.8
2016	36.2	39.8
2017	36.3	39.9
2018	36.4	40
2019	36.5	40.1
2020	36.6	40.2
2021	36.7	40.3
2022	36.7	40.5
2023	36.9	40.8
2024	37.1	41

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