| People | Iceland |
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Population:
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311,058 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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4 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 93% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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REYKJAVIK (capital) 198,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 20.2% (male 31,929/female 31,034)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 105,541/female 103,202)
65 years and over: 12.7% (male 17,974/female 21,378) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 35.6 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 36.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.687% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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13.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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5 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.9 years
male: 78.72 years
female: 83.17 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.89 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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4.2% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.934 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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5.79 beds/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.3% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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12.4% (2002) |
Nationality:
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noun: Icelander(s)
adjective: Icelandic |
Ethnic groups:
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homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6% |
Religions:
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Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 80.7%, Roman Catholic 2.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.4%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%, other religions 3.6%, unaffiliated 3%, other or unspecified 6.2% (2006 est.) |
Languages:
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Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 20 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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7.4% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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