Iceland: People

The World Factbook 1993: Iceland People

Population: 261,270 (July 1993 est.)

note: population data estimates based on average growth rate may differ slightly from official population data because of volatile migration rates

Population growth rate: 0.88% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 16.99 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 6.74 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.69 years male: 76.45 years female: 81.04 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.16 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Icelander(s) adjective: Icelandic

Ethnic divisions: homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 96%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, none 1% (1988)

Languages: Icelandic

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1976) total population: 100% male: NA% female: NA%

Labor force: 127,900

by occupation: commerce, transportation, and services 60.0%, manufacturing 12.5%, fishing and fish processing 11.8%, construction 10.8%, agriculture 4.0% (1990)