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Population: |
296,737 (July 2005 est.)
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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 est.)
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Median age: |
total: 34 years
male: 33.53 years
female: 34.49 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
0.91% (2005 est.)
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Birth rate: |
13.73 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate: |
6.68 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 80.19 years
male: 78.13 years
female: 82.34 years (2005 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
1.92 children born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.2% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
220 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (2003 est.)
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Nationality: |
noun: Icelander(s)
adjective: Icelandic
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Ethnic groups: |
homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%
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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)
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Languages: |
Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.9% (1997 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%
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