Iceland vs Zambia statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 104th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Iceland and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Zambia
1960	$252,169,712	$698,739,721
1961	$257,703,245	$682,359,727
1962	$289,200,704	$679,279,729
1963	$345,175,036	$704,339,719
1964	$440,797,869	$822,639,671
1965	$531,569,564	$1,061,199,576
1966	$638,349,755	$1,238,999,505
1967	$630,567,116	$1,340,639,464
1968	$481,532,848	$1,573,739,371
1969	$420,945,148	$1,926,399,230
1970	$526,704,545	$1,788,779,285
1971	$670,251,136	$1,653,259,341
1972	$839,652,164	$1,872,416,680
1973	$1,154,440,253	$2,434,255,237
1974	$1,515,190,595	$2,910,981,262
1975	$1,406,875,081	$2,442,672,141
1976	$1,669,488,390	$2,742,859,263
1977	$2,208,509,076	$2,515,296,940
1978	$2,511,826,196	$2,811,032,473
1979	$2,853,435,054	$3,353,445,378
1980	$3,381,419,251	$3,884,530,854
1981	$3,492,997,010	$4,008,126,497
1982	$3,206,626,645	$3,871,117,093
1983	$2,765,950,336	$3,321,048,451
1984	$2,864,441,387	$2,719,518,933
1985	$2,984,052,357	$2,252,454,500
1986	$3,989,622,739	$1,664,413,508
1987	$5,520,318,405	$2,265,250,972
1988	$6,106,635,816	$3,728,878,149
1989	$5,672,569,449	$3,994,673,161
1990	$6,468,736,356	$3,288,381,797
1991	$6,909,730,288	$3,376,806,697
1992	$7,080,981,738	$3,182,810,841
1993	$6,218,581,532	$3,273,505,344
1994	$6,389,460,343	$3,656,806,166
1995	$7,123,633,418	$3,806,983,413
1996	$7,426,082,271	$3,597,220,962
1997	$7,569,672,925	$4,303,288,480
1998	$8,503,746,468	$3,537,741,942
1999	$8,982,047,589	$3,404,284,891
2000	$9,025,660,362	$3,600,632,111
2001	$8,234,846,805	$4,094,441,301
2002	$9,318,395,055	$4,193,850,445
2003	$11,429,333,038	$4,901,869,764
2004	$13,825,302,536	$6,221,110,219
2005	$16,852,963,067	$8,331,870,169
2006	$17,465,318,552	$12,756,858,899
2007	$21,652,505,597	$14,056,957,976
2008	$18,074,622,987	$17,910,858,638
2009	$13,154,414,219	$15,328,342,304
2010	$13,751,161,918	$20,265,559,484
2011	$15,221,622,926	$23,459,515,276
2012	$14,751,508,134	$25,503,060,420
2013	$16,125,060,515	$28,037,239,463
2014	$17,867,662,178	$27,141,023,558
2015	$17,517,210,519	$21,251,216,799
2016	$20,793,168,031	$20,958,412,538
2017	$24,728,285,177	$25,873,601,261
2018	$26,260,850,582	$26,311,507,274
2019	$24,681,343,649	$23,308,667,781
2020	$21,629,953,194	$18,137,764,931
2021	$25,770,339,317	$22,096,416,932
2022	$28,696,453,180	$29,163,782,140
2023	$31,452,223,862	$27,577,956,471
2024	$33,462,807,983	$26,325,775,287

Iceland and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Zambia
1960	$1,436	$221.6
1961	$1,439	$209.7
1962	$1,586	$202.3
1963	$1,859	$203.2
1964	$2,332	$230
1965	$2,764	$287.4
1966	$3,264	$325
1967	$3,173	$341
1968	$2,390	$387
1969	$2,070	$459
1970	$2,576	$414
1971	$3,252	$372
1972	$4,015	$410
1973	$5,437	$518
1974	$7,041	$601
1975	$6,454	$490
1976	$7,583	$533
1977	$9,957	$474
1978	$11,237	$514
1979	$12,641	$595
1980	$14,822	$669
1981	$15,137	$670
1982	$13,712	$627
1983	$11,672	$520
1984	$11,960	$413
1985	$12,361	$332
1986	$16,406	$238.2
1987	$22,453	$315
1988	$24,452	$504
1989	$22,434	$526
1990	$25,385	$422
1991	$26,803	$423
1992	$27,124	$389
1993	$23,580	$391
1994	$24,019	$426
1995	$26,634	$433
1996	$27,615	$400
1997	$27,919	$466
1998	$31,030	$373
1999	$32,382	$350
2000	$32,096	$359
2001	$28,897	$397
2002	$32,409	$394
2003	$39,477	$446
2004	$47,335	$549
2005	$56,795	$711
2006	$57,493	$1,052
2007	$69,496	$1,119
2008	$56,943	$1,376
2009	$41,301	$1,136
2010	$43,237	$1,451
2011	$47,715	$1,625
2012	$45,996	$1,710
2013	$49,805	$1,821
2014	$54,577	$1,707
2015	$52,952	$1,296
2016	$61,988	$1,239
2017	$72,010	$1,483
2018	$74,452	$1,464
2019	$68,452	$1,259
2020	$59,024	$952
2021	$69,178	$1,127
2022	$75,121	$1,447
2023	$79,960	$1,331
2024	$82,704	$1,235

Iceland vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Zambia
1950	71	46.8
1951	71	47.2
1952	72.4	47.6
1953	72.3	48
1954	73.3	48.4
1955	73.3	48.8
1956	72.9	49.1
1957	73.4	49.5
1958	73.3	49.9
1959	72.6	50.3
1960	74	50.6
1961	73.4	51
1962	73.6	51.3
1963	72.9	51.6
1964	73.5	51.2
1965	73.8	52.1
1966	73.1	52.3
1967	73.7	52.5
1968	73.9	52.7
1969	73.7	53
1970	73.8	53.4
1971	73.5	53.9
1972	74.4	54.4
1973	74.3	54.9
1974	74.1	55.4
1975	75.3	55.7
1976	76.6	56.1
1977	76.1	56.3
1978	76.4	56.3
1979	76.5	56
1980	76.6	55.5
1981	76.2	55
1982	76.8	54.4
1983	76.4	53.7
1984	77.3	52.9
1985	77.4	52
1986	77.9	51.1
1987	77.1	50.4
1988	76.9	49.7
1989	77.9	48.9
1990	77.7	48.2
1991	77.8	47.4
1992	78.6	47
1993	78.8	46.7
1994	79	46.3
1995	77.5	46.1
1996	78.6	45.8
1997	78.7	45.7
1998	79.4	45.7
1999	79.2	45.9
2000	79.5	46.6
2001	80.4	47.4
2002	80.3	48.5
2003	80.8	49.6
2004	80.7	50.5
2005	81.2	51.6
2006	80.9	52.7
2007	81.1	53.7
2008	81.2	54.8
2009	81.4	55.9
2010	81.6	56.9
2011	82	57.8
2012	82.3	58.7
2013	81.7	59.4
2014	82.4	60.1
2015	82.2	60.7
2016	81.8	61.1
2017	82.2	61.6
2018	82.5	62.1
2019	82.8	62.9
2020	82.7	63.4
2021	82.8	62.4
2022	81.6	65.3
2023	82.7	66.3
2024	83	66.5
2025	83.2	66.7

Iceland and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Zambia
1960	175,574	3,153,729
1961	179,029	3,254,086
1962	182,378	3,358,099
1963	185,653	3,465,907
1964	188,983	3,577,017
1965	192,286	3,692,086
1966	195,570	3,812,003
1967	198,751	3,936,343
1968	201,488	4,065,593
1969	203,369	4,197,116
1970	204,438	4,321,718
1971	206,098	4,442,525
1972	209,137	4,569,309
1973	212,317	4,702,693
1974	215,209	4,842,746
1975	217,979	4,990,086
1976	220,154	5,143,842
1977	221,799	5,302,480
1978	223,537	5,465,374
1979	225,735	5,631,728
1980	228,138	5,802,833
1981	230,755	5,983,289
1982	233,860	6,178,637
1983	236,977	6,381,038
1984	239,511	6,580,490
1985	241,405	6,780,953
1986	243,180	6,986,471
1987	245,859	7,191,282
1988	249,740	7,391,440
1989	252,852	7,589,216
1990	254,826	7,786,169
1991	257,797	7,981,650
1992	261,057	8,176,680
1993	263,725	8,373,921
1994	266,021	8,576,269
1995	267,468	8,785,763
1996	268,916	9,004,053
1997	271,128	9,237,063
1998	274,047	9,482,408
1999	277,381	9,740,005
2000	281,205	10,017,631
2001	284,968	10,325,185
2002	287,523	10,647,949
2003	289,521	10,983,595
2004	292,074	11,338,198
2005	296,734	11,718,819
2006	303,782	12,129,553
2007	311,566	12,565,085
2008	317,414	13,021,324
2009	318,499	13,490,389
2010	318,041	13,965,594
2011	319,014	14,437,796
2012	320,716	14,913,629
2013	323,764	15,398,997
2014	327,386	15,895,315
2015	330,815	16,399,089
2016	335,439	16,914,423
2017	343,400	17,441,320
2018	352,721	17,973,569
2019	360,563	18,513,839
2020	366,463	19,059,395
2021	372,520	19,603,607
2022	382,003	20,152,938
2023	393,349	20,723,965
2024	404,610	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Iceland and Zambia

Fertility rate

Iceland

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Zambia
1960	4.29	6.95
1961	3.88	6.98
1962	3.98	7.01
1963	3.99	7.06
1964	3.88	7.09
1965	3.73	7.12
1966	3.59	7.14
1967	3.28	7.15
1968	3.06	7.18
1969	2.99	7.18
1970	2.81	7.22
1971	2.92	7.26
1972	3.09	7.3
1973	2.94	7.34
1974	2.66	7.36
1975	2.65	7.42
1976	2.52	7.39
1977	2.31	7.35
1978	2.35	7.29
1979	2.49	7.22
1980	2.48	7.14
1981	2.33	7.07
1982	2.27	7.04
1983	2.24	7.01
1984	2.08	6.97
1985	1.93	6.93
1986	1.92	6.87
1987	2.06	6.8
1988	2.26	6.7
1989	2.19	6.64
1990	2.3	6.57
1991	2.18	6.46
1992	2.21	6.35
1993	2.22	6.3
1994	2.14	6.26
1995	2.08	6.23
1996	2.12	6.18
1997	2.04	6.12
1998	2.05	6.07
1999	1.99	6
2000	2.08	5.92
2001	1.95	5.85
2002	1.93	5.77
2003	1.99	5.71
2004	2.04	5.7
2005	2.05	5.7
2006	2.08	5.68
2007	2.09	5.61
2008	2.15	5.53
2009	2.23	5.45
2010	2.2	5.36
2011	2.02	5.26
2012	2.04	5.14
2013	1.93	5.01
2014	1.93	4.89
2015	1.8	4.78
2016	1.74	4.67
2017	1.71	4.57
2018	1.71	4.49
2019	1.74	4.42
2020	1.72	4.32
2021	1.82	4.25
2022	1.59	4.18
2023	1.59	4.1

Iceland and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Zambia
1960	25.4	17
1961	25.2	16.9
1962	24.9	16.8
1963	24.7	16.7
1964	24.4	16.6
1965	24.2	16.6
1966	24.1	16.5
1967	24.1	16.5
1968	24.2	16.4
1969	24.3	16.4
1970	24.5	16.2
1971	24.7	16.1
1972	24.8	15.9
1973	24.9	15.8
1974	25.1	15.7
1975	25.4	15.5
1976	25.7	15.4
1977	26	15.4
1978	26.4	15.3
1979	26.7	15.3
1980	26.9	15.2
1981	27.2	15.3
1982	27.5	15.3
1983	27.7	15.4
1984	28	15.4
1985	28.4	15.5
1986	28.8	15.5
1987	29.1	15.6
1988	29.3	15.6
1989	29.6	15.7
1990	30	15.7
1991	30.2	15.7
1992	30.5	15.8
1993	30.8	15.8
1994	31.1	15.8
1995	31.5	15.8
1996	31.8	15.8
1997	32.1	15.8
1998	32.4	15.8
1999	32.6	15.8
2000	32.8	15.9
2001	33	15.9
2002	33.4	16
2003	33.7	16.1
2004	34	16.2
2005	34.2	16.3
2006	34.5	16.3
2007	34.6	16.4
2008	34.5	16.5
2009	34.6	16.6
2010	34.9	16.7
2011	35.1	16.8
2012	35.4	16.9
2013	35.5	17
2014	35.7	17.1
2015	36	17.2
2016	36.2	17.4
2017	36.3	17.5
2018	36.4	17.7
2019	36.5	17.9
2020	36.6	18
2021	36.7	18.2
2022	36.7	18.4
2023	36.9	18.6
2024	37.1	18.8

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