Iceland vs Vatican statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 104th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Iceland and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Iceland vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Vatican
1950	71	65.9
1951	71	65.3
1952	72.4	65.7
1953	72.3	66.3
1954	73.3	67.5
1955	73.3	67.8
1956	72.9	67.3
1957	73.4	67.5
1958	73.3	68.7
1959	72.6	69.2
1960	74	69.2
1961	73.4	69.8
1962	73.6	69.2
1963	72.9	69.3
1964	73.5	70.3
1965	73.8	70.1
1966	73.1	70.9
1967	73.7	70.9
1968	73.9	70.7
1969	73.7	70.7
1970	73.8	71.5
1971	73.5	71.7
1972	74.4	72
1973	74.3	71.9
1974	74.1	72.7
1975	75.3	72.6
1976	76.6	72.9
1977	76.1	73.3
1978	76.4	73.7
1979	76.5	74
1980	76.6	74.1
1981	76.2	74.3
1982	76.8	74.8
1983	76.4	74.7
1984	77.3	75.1
1985	77.4	75.5
1986	77.9	75.7
1987	77.1	76.2
1988	76.9	76.4
1989	77.9	76.8
1990	77.7	76.9
1991	77.8	76.9
1992	78.6	77.3
1993	78.8	77
1994	79	77.7
1995	77.5	77.8
1996	78.6	78.5
1997	78.7	78.2
1998	79.4	78.3
1999	79.2	78.7
2000	79.5	79.3
2001	80.4	79.9
2002	80.3	80
2003	80.8	79.8
2004	80.7	80.2
2005	81.2	80.6
2006	80.9	81.2
2007	81.1	81.3
2008	81.2	81.4
2009	81.4	81.3
2010	81.6	81.5
2011	82	81.7
2012	82.3	82
2013	81.7	82.5
2014	82.4	82.6
2015	82.2	82.5
2016	81.8	82.9
2017	82.2	82.7
2018	82.5	83.3
2019	82.8	83.6
2020	82.7	83
2021	82.8	82.9
2022	81.6	83.3
2023	82.7	83
2024	83	83.1
2025	83.2	83.3

Iceland and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Vatican
1960	175,574	-
1961	179,029	-
1962	182,378	-
1963	185,653	-
1964	188,983	-
1965	192,286	-
1966	195,570	-
1967	198,751	-
1968	201,488	-
1969	203,369	-
1970	204,438	-
1971	206,098	-
1972	209,137	-
1973	212,317	-
1974	215,209	-
1975	217,979	-
1976	220,154	-
1977	221,799	-
1978	223,537	-
1979	225,735	-
1980	228,138	-
1981	230,755	-
1982	233,860	-
1983	236,977	-
1984	239,511	-
1985	241,405	-
1986	243,180	-
1987	245,859	-
1988	249,740	-
1989	252,852	-
1990	254,826	-
1991	257,797	-
1992	261,057	-
1993	263,725	-
1994	266,021	-
1995	267,468	-
1996	268,916	-
1997	271,128	-
1998	274,047	-
1999	277,381	-
2000	281,205	880
2001	284,968	890
2002	287,523	900
2003	289,521	911
2004	292,074	921
2005	296,734	921
2006	303,782	932
2007	311,566	821
2008	317,414	824
2009	318,499	826
2010	318,041	829
2011	319,014	832
2012	320,716	836
2013	323,764	839
2014	327,386	842
2015	330,815	1,000
2016	335,439	-
2017	343,400	1,000
2018	352,721	-
2019	360,563	1,000
2020	366,463	-
2021	372,520	-
2022	382,003	-
2023	393,349	-
2024	404,610	-

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