The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate

       Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species,

       Hazardous Wastes, Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,

       Ozone Layer Protection, 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:

       293,966 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 22.5% (male 33,522; female 32,489)

       15–64 years: 65.8% (male 98,091; female 95,450)

       65 years and over: 11.7% (male 15,552; female 18,862) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 33.8 years

       male: 33.3 years

       female: 34.3 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       0.97% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       13.83 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       6.57 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       2.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.83 male(s)/female

       total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 3.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 80.18 years

       male: 78.18 years

       female: 82.27 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.93 children born/woman (2004 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:

       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:

       8 regions; Austurland, Hofudhborgarsvaedhi, Nordhurland Eystra,

       Nordhurland Vestra, Sudhurland, Sudhurnes, Vestfirdhir, Vesturland

      Independence:

       1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown);

       17 June 1944 (from Denmark)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 17 June (1944)

      Constitution:

       16 June 1944, effective 17 June 1944

      Legal system:

       civil law system based on Danish law; has not accepted compulsory

       ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Olafur Ragnar GRIMSSON (since 1 August

       1996)

       head of government: Prime Minister Halldor ASGRIMSSON (since 15

       September 2004); note - Former Prime Minister David ODDSSON switched

       positions with former Foreign Minister Halldor СКАЧАТЬ