The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change,

       Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,

       Environmental Protection through Criminal Law, Hazardous Wastes,

       Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban,

       Oil Pollution, Ozone Layer Protection, Persistent Organic

       Pollutants, Ship Pollution, Transboundary Air Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic

       Pollutants, Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation

      Geography - note:

       strategic location between Greenland and Europe; westernmost

       European country; Reykjavik is the northernmost national capital in

       the world; more land covered by glaciers than in all of continental

       Europe

      People Iceland

      Population:

       280,798 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 22.7% (male 32,902; female 30,952)

       15–64 years: 65.4% (male 92,519; female 91,000)

       65 years and over: 11.9% (male 14,973; female 18,452) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 34 years

       male: 33.2 years

       female: 34.7 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       0.49% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       14.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       6.95 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −2.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female

       total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 79.8 years

       male: 77.54 years

       female: 82.22 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.98 children born/woman (2003 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 (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%

      Government Iceland

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Iceland

       conventional short form: Iceland

       local short form: Island

       local long form: Lydhveldidh Island

      Government type:

       constitutional republic

      Capital:

       Reykjavik

      Administrative divisions:

       23 counties (syslur, singular - sysla) and 14 independent towns*

       (kaupstadhir, singular - kaupstadhur); Akranes*, Akureyri*,

       Arnessysla, Austur-Bardhastrandarsysla, Austur-Hunavatnssysla,

       Austur-Skaftafellssysla, Borgarfjardharsysla, Dalasysla,

       Eyjafjardharsysla, Gullbringusysla, Hafnarfjordhur*, Husavik*,

       Isafjordhur*, Keflavik*, Kjosarsysla, Kopavogur*, Myrasysla,

       Neskaupstadhur*, Nordhur-Isafjardharsysla, Nordhur-Mulasys-la,

       Nordhur-Thingeyjarsysla, Olafsfjordhur*, Rangarvallasysla,

       Reykjavik*, Saudharkrokur*, Seydhisfjordhur*, Siglufjordhur*,

       Skagafjardharsysla, Snaefellsnes-og Hnappadalssysla, Strandasysla,

       Sudhur-Mulasysla, Sudhur-Thingeyjarsysla, Vesttmannaeyjar*,

       Vestur-Bardhastrandarsysla, Vestur-Hunavatnssysla,

       Vestur-Isafjardharsysla, Vestur-Skaftafellssysla

       note: there may be four other counties

      Independence:

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