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Iceland People:

Population:
296,737 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22.1% (male:33,302; female:32,257)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male:99,513; female:96,886)
65 years and over: 11.7% (male:15,723; female:19,056) (2005)

Median age:
total: 34 years
male: 33.53 years
female: 34.49 years (2005)

Population growth rate:
0.91% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
13.73 births / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
6.68 deaths / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
2.06 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2005)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 3.31 deaths / 1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 3.45 deaths / 1,000 live births
female: 3.16 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total: 80.19 years (2005 est.)
male: 78.13 years
female: 82.34 years

Total fertility rate:
1.98 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
220 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Icelander(s)
adjective: Icelandic

Ethnic groups:
homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%

Religions:
Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4% (2004)

Languages:
Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.9% (1997)
male: NA
female: NA



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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