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<text id=94CT0648><title>Iceland—People</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Iceland<nl>People</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 263,599 (July 1994 est.) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> population data estimates based on average growth rate may differ slightly from official population data because of volatile migration rates </list> <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 0.9% (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 16.41 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 6.72 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 4 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 78.83 years <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 76.57 years <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 81.21 years (1994 est.) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.11 children born/woman (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Icelander(s) <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Icelandic </list> <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Evangelical Lutheran 96%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, none 1% (1988) <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Icelandic <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 100% <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> NA% <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> NA% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 127,900 <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> commerce, transportation, and services 60.0%, manufacturing 12.5%, fishing and fish processing 11.8%, construction 10.8%, agriculture 4.0% (1990) </list></list></body></article></text>