Population: 248,501 (July 1989), growth rate 0.8% (1989)

Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 81 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Icelander(s); adjective--Icelandic

Ethnic divisions: homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

Religion: 95% Evangelical Lutheran, 3% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 2% no affiliation

Language: Icelandic

Literacy: 100%

Labor force: 122,800; 55.4% commerce, finance, and services, 20.3% other manufacturing, 11.3% agriculture, 8.0% fish processing, 5.0% fishing (1985)

Organized labor: 60% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Iceland on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iceland People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.