Icelandic People, Iceland People

Population: 296,737 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 22.1% (male 33,302/female 32,257) 15-64 years: 66.2% (male 99,513/female 96,886) 65 years and over: 11.7% (male 15,723/female 19,056) (2005 est.)

Median age: Total: 34 years male: 33.53 years female: 34.49 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.91% (2005 est.)

Death rate: 6.68 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: Total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: Total population: 80.19 years male: 78.13 years female: 82.34 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.92 children born/woman (2005 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: 99.9% (1997 est.) male: NA% female: NA%

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