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Iceland vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 104th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Vietnam
Population
412970
102063551
Population rank 172/197 16/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Iceland and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Vietnam
Year GDP
Iceland Vietnam
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 $14,094,687,821
1986 $3,989,622,739 $26,336,616,250
1987 $5,520,318,405 $36,658,108,850
1988 $6,106,635,816 $25,423,812,649
1989 $5,672,569,449 $6,293,304,975
1990 $6,468,736,356 $6,471,740,806
1991 $6,909,730,288 $9,613,369,520
1992 $7,080,981,738 $9,866,990,236
1993 $6,218,581,532 $13,180,953,598
1994 $6,389,460,343 $16,286,433,533
1995 $7,123,633,418 $20,736,164,459
1996 $7,426,082,271 $24,657,470,575
1997 $7,569,672,925 $26,843,700,442
1998 $8,503,746,468 $27,209,602,050
1999 $8,982,047,589 $28,683,659,007
2000 $9,025,660,362 $31,172,518,403
2001 $8,234,846,805 $32,685,198,809
2002 $9,318,395,055 $35,064,105,501
2003 $11,429,333,038 $39,552,513,232
2004 $13,825,302,536 $45,427,854,693
2005 $16,852,963,067 $57,633,255,738
2006 $17,465,318,552 $66,371,664,817
2007 $21,652,505,597 $77,414,425,532
2008 $18,074,622,987 $99,130,304,099
2009 $13,154,414,219 $106,014,659,565
2010 $13,751,161,918 $147,201,173,197
2011 $15,221,622,926 $172,595,049,184
2012 $14,751,508,134 $195,590,661,129
2013 $16,125,060,515 $213,708,811,665
2014 $17,867,662,178 $233,451,469,643
2015 $17,517,210,519 $239,258,328,382
2016 $20,793,168,031 $257,096,001,178
2017 $24,728,285,177 $281,353,605,987
2018 $26,260,850,582 $310,106,478,395
2019 $24,681,343,649 $334,365,270,497
2020 $21,629,953,194 $346,615,738,538
2021 $25,770,339,317 $366,474,752,771
2022 $28,696,453,180 $413,445,230,669
2023 $31,452,223,862 $433,857,681,378
2024 $33,462,807,983 $476,388,230,307

Iceland and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Vietnam
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 $238.6
1986 $16,406 $436
1987 $22,453 $595
1988 $24,452 $405
1989 $22,434 $98.1
1990 $25,385 $98.8
1991 $26,803 $143.7
1992 $27,124 $144.5
1993 $23,580 $189.4
1994 $24,019 $229.9
1995 $26,634 $287.8
1996 $27,615 $337
1997 $27,919 $362
1998 $31,030 $361
1999 $32,382 $376
2000 $32,096 $404
2001 $28,897 $419
2002 $32,409 $445
2003 $39,477 $497
2004 $47,335 $565
2005 $56,795 $711
2006 $57,493 $808
2007 $69,496 $926
2008 $56,943 $1,164
2009 $41,301 $1,226
2010 $43,237 $1,683
2011 $47,715 $1,951
2012 $45,996 $2,185
2013 $49,805 $2,360
2014 $54,577 $2,546
2015 $52,952 $2,578
2016 $61,988 $2,735
2017 $72,010 $2,956
2018 $74,452 $3,222
2019 $68,452 $3,441
2020 $59,024 $3,534
2021 $69,178 $3,704
2022 $75,121 $4,148
2023 $79,960 $4,323
2024 $82,704 $4,717

Iceland vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Vietnam
1950 71 48
1951 71 48.7
1952 72.4 49.4
1953 72.3 50
1954 73.3 52
1955 73.3 54.8
1956 72.9 55.5
1957 73.4 56.2
1958 73.3 56.8
1959 72.6 57.4
1960 74 58
1961 73.4 58.5
1962 73.6 58.2
1963 72.9 56.9
1964 73.5 57.5
1965 73.8 57
1966 73.1 56.9
1967 73.7 56.7
1968 73.9 52.7
1969 73.7 54.8
1970 73.8 54.9
1971 73.5 55.6
1972 74.4 51.9
1973 74.3 55.7
1974 74.1 54.8
1975 75.3 61.9
1976 76.6 63.7
1977 76.1 64.1
1978 76.4 64.5
1979 76.5 65
1980 76.6 65.3
1981 76.2 65.8
1982 76.8 66.2
1983 76.4 66.5
1984 77.3 66.9
1985 77.4 67.2
1986 77.9 67.6
1987 77.1 68
1988 76.9 68.6
1989 77.9 68.8
1990 77.7 69
1991 77.8 69.3
1992 78.6 69.6
1993 78.8 70
1994 79 70.4
1995 77.5 70.9
1996 78.6 71.3
1997 78.7 71.7
1998 79.4 72.3
1999 79.2 72.6
2000 79.5 72.7
2001 80.4 73
2002 80.3 73.1
2003 80.8 73.2
2004 80.7 73.1
2005 81.2 73.2
2006 80.9 73.3
2007 81.1 73.4
2008 81.2 73.5
2009 81.4 73.5
2010 81.6 73.6
2011 82 73.7
2012 82.3 73.8
2013 81.7 73.8
2014 82.4 73.9
2015 82.2 74
2016 81.8 74
2017 82.2 74
2018 82.5 74.1
2019 82.8 74.2
2020 82.7 75.4
2021 82.8 74.1
2022 81.6 74.5
2023 82.7 74.6
2024 83 74.7
2025 83.2 74.9

Iceland and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Vietnam
Year Population
Iceland Vietnam
1960 175,574 32,531,933
1961 179,029 33,409,059
1962 182,378 34,288,560
1963 185,653 35,249,101
1964 188,983 36,201,563
1965 192,286 37,129,656
1966 195,570 38,024,836
1967 198,751 38,895,080
1968 201,488 39,734,609
1969 203,369 40,582,096
1970 204,438 41,475,230
1971 206,098 42,449,276
1972 209,137 43,429,168
1973 212,317 44,409,861
1974 215,209 45,413,537
1975 217,979 46,482,903
1976 220,154 47,684,931
1977 221,799 48,954,872
1978 223,537 50,249,552
1979 225,735 51,378,211
1980 228,138 52,490,101
1981 230,755 53,738,141
1982 233,860 55,011,289
1983 236,977 56,337,921
1984 239,511 57,706,067
1985 241,405 59,060,622
1986 243,180 60,347,048
1987 245,859 61,584,651
1988 249,740 62,843,228
1989 252,852 64,147,348
1990 254,826 65,504,552
1991 257,797 66,891,775
1992 261,057 68,260,337
1993 263,725 69,586,384
1994 266,021 70,854,391
1995 267,468 72,049,940
1996 268,916 73,156,447
1997 271,128 74,226,889
1998 274,047 75,299,660
1999 277,381 76,287,452
2000 281,205 77,154,011
2001 284,968 77,969,361
2002 287,523 78,772,224
2003 289,521 79,563,777
2004 292,074 80,338,971
2005 296,734 81,088,313
2006 303,782 82,167,897
2007 311,566 83,633,375
2008 317,414 85,175,788
2009 318,499 86,460,018
2010 318,041 87,455,152
2011 319,014 88,468,314
2012 320,716 89,510,356
2013 323,764 90,573,104
2014 327,386 91,679,578
2015 330,815 92,823,254
2016 335,439 94,000,117
2017 343,400 95,176,977
2018 352,721 96,237,319
2019 360,563 97,173,776
2020 366,463 98,079,191
2021 372,520 98,935,098
2022 382,003 99,680,655
2023 393,349 100,352,192
2024 404,610 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Iceland and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Iceland

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Vietnam
1960 4.29 6.27
1961 3.88 5.48
1962 3.98 6.26
1963 3.99 6.39
1964 3.88 6.29
1965 3.73 6.16
1966 3.59 5.97
1967 3.28 5.88
1968 3.06 6.03
1969 2.99 6.01
1970 2.81 6.02
1971 2.92 6.07
1972 3.09 6.1
1973 2.94 6.11
1974 2.66 5.78
1975 2.65 5.62
1976 2.52 5.46
1977 2.31 5.29
1978 2.35 5.1
1979 2.49 4.94
1980 2.48 4.8
1981 2.33 4.67
1982 2.27 4.59
1983 2.24 4.52
1984 2.08 4.41
1985 1.93 4.21
1986 1.92 3.96
1987 2.06 3.72
1988 2.26 3.62
1989 2.19 3.64
1990 2.3 3.6
1991 2.18 3.52
1992 2.21 3.35
1993 2.22 3.17
1994 2.14 2.94
1995 2.08 2.7
1996 2.12 2.47
1997 2.04 2.27
1998 2.05 2.1
1999 1.99 2
2000 2.08 2.03
2001 1.95 2.02
2002 1.93 2.01
2003 1.99 2
2004 2.04 1.97
2005 2.05 1.89
2006 2.08 1.87
2007 2.09 1.91
2008 2.15 1.93
2009 2.23 1.92
2010 2.2 1.91
2011 2.02 1.93
2012 2.04 1.97
2013 1.93 1.98
2014 1.93 2.09
2015 1.8 2.1
2016 1.74 2
2017 1.71 1.99
2018 1.71 1.88
2019 1.74 1.94
2020 1.72 1.96
2021 1.82 1.94
2022 1.59 1.93
2023 1.59 1.91

Iceland and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Iceland Vietnam
1960 25.4 21.2
1961 25.2 20.7
1962 24.9 20.2
1963 24.7 19.7
1964 24.4 19.2
1965 24.2 18.9
1966 24.1 18.7
1967 24.1 18.5
1968 24.2 18.4
1969 24.3 18.4
1970 24.5 18.4
1971 24.7 18.4
1972 24.8 18.5
1973 24.9 18.5
1974 25.1 18.6
1975 25.4 18.7
1976 25.7 18.8
1977 26 19
1978 26.4 19.1
1979 26.7 19.3
1980 26.9 19.4
1981 27.2 19.5
1982 27.5 19.6
1983 27.7 19.7
1984 28 19.8
1985 28.4 19.9
1986 28.8 20
1987 29.1 20.1
1988 29.3 20.2
1989 29.6 20.4
1990 30 20.5
1991 30.2 20.7
1992 30.5 20.9
1993 30.8 21.1
1994 31.1 21.4
1995 31.5 21.7
1996 31.8 22
1997 32.1 22.4
1998 32.4 22.9
1999 32.6 23.3
2000 32.8 23.7
2001 33 24.2
2002 33.4 24.6
2003 33.7 25
2004 34 25.4
2005 34.2 25.8
2006 34.5 26.3
2007 34.6 26.9
2008 34.5 27.4
2009 34.6 27.9
2010 34.9 28.3
2011 35.1 28.7
2012 35.4 29
2013 35.5 29.4
2014 35.7 29.8
2015 36 30.2
2016 36.2 30.5
2017 36.3 30.8
2018 36.4 31.2
2019 36.5 31.6
2020 36.6 32.1
2021 36.7 32.5
2022 36.7 33
2023 36.9 33.4
2024 37.1 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
2.6%
2022
Number of billionaires
1
2025
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

Iceland Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Iceland Vietnam
% of world population
0.005%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
79
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
96.1%
2022
English speaking
98%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Iceland Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Vietnam
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
354,460 mi
2019

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