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Population:
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304,367 (July 2008 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 21% (male 32,500/female 31,566)
15-64 years: 67% (male 103,231/female 100,545)
65 years and over: 12% (male 16,530/female 19,995) (2008 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 34.8 years
male: 34.4 years
female: 35.3 years (2008 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.783% (2008 est.)
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Birth rate:
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13.5 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Death rate:
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6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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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 (2008 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 3.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.55 years
male: 78.43 years
female: 82.76 years (2008 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.91 children born/woman (2008 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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220 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2003 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Icelander(s)
adjective: Icelandic
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Ethnic groups:
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homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%
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Religions:
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Lutheran Church of Iceland 82.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2.4%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.3%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%, other Christian 2.8%, other religions 0.9%, unaffiliated 2.6%, other or unspecified 5.5% (2006 est.)
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Languages:
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Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
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School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 19 years (2006)
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Education expenditures:
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7.6% of GDP (2004)
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