Population: 259,742 (July 1991), growth rate 1.0% (1991)

Birth rate: 17 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 80 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1991)

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

Ethnic divisions: homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

Religion: Evangelical Lutheran 96%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, none 1% (1988)

Language: Icelandic

Literacy: 100% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)

Labor force: 134,429; commerce, finance, and services 55.4%, other manufacturing 14.3%., agriculture 5.8%, fish processing 7.9%, fishing 5.0% (1986)

Organized labor: 60% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Iceland on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iceland People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.