| Population : |
293,966 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 22.5% (male 33,522; female 32,489)
15-64 years: 65.8% (male 98,091; female 95,450)
65 years and over: 11.7% (male 15,552; female 18,862) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.97% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
13.83 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
6.57 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
2.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| 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: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 80.18 years
male: 78.18 years
female: 82.27 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.93 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.2% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
220 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
less than 100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Icelander(s)
adjective: Icelandic |
| Ethnic Groups : |
homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6% |
| Religions : |
Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, other 7.1% (2002) |
| Languages : |
Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken |
| Literacy : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.9% (1997 est.)
male: NA
female: NA |
