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Capital: Reykjavik
Area size: 100250 sq. km Slightly larger than Portugal
Time zone: Standard Time GMT, Summer Time GMT +1
Currency: Icelandic krona
Area code: (+) 354
Driving: Right
Climate description: Temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Icelandic
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2007 0.3 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 0.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 0.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 0.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 0.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 0.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 0.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 0.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.4 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Some 96 percent of Icelanders are descendants of Norwegian, Scottish and Irish immigrants.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Lutheran 92 percent; there are small Catholic and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 93.0 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 92.9 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 92.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 92.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 92.6 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 92.5 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 92.4 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 92.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1915 1920
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
97 (2006)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15
2005 22.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 22.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 22.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 23.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 23.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 23.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


Average life expectancy
2005 81.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 80.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 80.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 79.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 79.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 79.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2005 79.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 79.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 78.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 77.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 77.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 76.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2005 83.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 82.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 82.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 81.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 81.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 81.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2006 2 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 2 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 2 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 3 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 3 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 3 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 4 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2006 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 4 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 4 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 4 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 4 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel
No data available percent

Maternal mortality
2005 4 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 0 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 1 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 2 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 2 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 8 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 1 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 7 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
2002-2004 average <2.5 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average <2.5 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
2006 100 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 100 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
2006 100 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 100 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 No data available percent

Literacy - average
2004 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2007 620 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006 635 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 658 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 652 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 666 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 656 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 692 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 698 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers
2007 1154 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2006 1087 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 1032 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 994 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 967 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 909 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 874 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 764 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Internet users
2007 672 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2006 653 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 621 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 575 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 574 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 523 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 493 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 444 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
2008 7 (joint) Transparency International 2008
2007 6 Transparency International 2007
2006 1 (joint) Transparency International
2005 1 Transparency International
2004 3 (joint) Transparency International
2003 2 Transparency International
2002 4 Transparency International
2001 4 (joint) Transparency International
2000 6 (joint) Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2006 49960 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 49430 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 39920 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 32040 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 29320 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 29570 current US$ WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000 30750 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
2006 16.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 16.2 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 13.2 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 10.9 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 8.9 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 7.9 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 8.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth
2006 2.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 7.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 7.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 2.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 -0.1  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 3.9  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 4.3  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
2006 8.9  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 2.9  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 2.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 0.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 5.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 8.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 3.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians
2000-2004 362 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 362 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 352 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 326 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2007 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
2006 4 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2005 3 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2004 3 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2003 2 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2002 3 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2001 3 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2000 4 per 100,000 people WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2007 7 UNHCR
2006 31 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 7 UNHCR
2004 10 UNHCR
2003 12 UNHCR
2002 13 UNHCR
2001 No data available
2000 No data available

Number of refugees residing here
2007 49 UNHCR
2006 267 UNHCR
2005 293 UNHCR
2004 239 UNHCR
2003 239 UNHCR
2002 207 UNHCR
2001 213 UNHCR
2000 244 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
No data available

Landmine casualties per year
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2005 0.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2005 8.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004 8.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002 6.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001 6.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000 No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 8.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 8.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 8.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 7.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 7.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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