Iceland

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Facts

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.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $11.38 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 2.6% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $38,000 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.4% industry: 15.6% services: 76% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 173,000 (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 5.1% industry: 23% services: 71.4% (2005).

Population below poverty line: NA%.

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%.

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.8% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 1.3% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $7.345 billion expenditures: $6.655 billion; including capital expenditures of $467 million (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: potatoes, green vegetables; mutton, dairy products; fish.

Industries: fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production; geothermal power, tourism.

Industrial production growth rate: 5% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 8.474 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 7.881 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).

Exports: $3.587 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: fish and fish products 70%, aluminum, animal products, ferrosilicon, diatomite.

Exports - partners: UK 17.9%, Germany 16.4%, Netherlands 13%, US 8.1%, Spain 7.7%, Denmark 4.3% (2005).

Imports: $5.189 billion (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs, textiles.

Imports - partners: Germany 13.4%, US 9.1%, Sweden 8.6%, Denmark 7.3%, Norway 7.2%, UK 5.9%, China 5.3%, Netherlands 5%, Japan 4.7% (2005).

Debt - external: $3.073 billion (2002).

Economic aid - donor: $6.7 million (2004).

Currency (code): Icelandic krona (ISK).

Exchange rates: Icelandic kronur per US dollar - 70.195 (2006), 62.982 (2005), 70.192 (2004), 76.709 (2003), 91.662 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.