Population: |
301,931 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure: |
0-14 years: 21.4% (male 32,759/female 31,845) 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 102,161/female 99,411) 65 years and over: 11.8% (male 16,162/female 19,593) (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate: |
0.824% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate: |
13.57 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate: |
6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate: |
1.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.029 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.028 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.825 male(s)/female total population: 1.002 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: |
total: 3.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 80.43 years male: 78.33 years female: 82.62 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate: |
1.91 children born/woman (2007 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% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |