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GeographyLocation: Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 4,988 km
PeoplePopulation: 265,998 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.92% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.85 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.7 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.06 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 96%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, none1% (1988) Languages: Icelandic
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Reykjavik Independence: 17 June 1944 (from Denmark) Constitution: 16 June 1944, effective 17 June 1944
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.5 billion National product real growth rate: 2.4% National product per capita: $17,250 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% Unemployment rate: 7%
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |