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The People of Iceland

Icelandic People

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Population: 306,694 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 20.7% (male 32,268/female 31,308) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 104,158/female 101,584) 65 years and over: 12.2% (male 16,952/female 20,424) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 35.1 years male: 34.6 years female: 35.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.741% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 3.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.67 years male: 78.53 years female: 82.9 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 220 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer 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 80.7%, Roman Catholic Church 2.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.4%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%, other religions 3.6%, unaffiliated 3%, other or unspecified 6.2% (2006 est.)

Languages: Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)