Iceland: People & Society#
Population | 335,878 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Icelander(s) adjective: Icelandic |
Ethnic groups | homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6% |
Languages | Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken |
Religions | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 73.8%, Roman Catholic 3.6%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.9%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 2%, The Independent Congregation 1%, other religions 3.9% (includes Pentecostal and Asatru Association), none 5.6%, other or unspecified 7.2% (2015 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 20.4% (male 35,009/female 33,495) 15-24 years: 13.77% (male 23,452/female 22,789) 25-54 years: 39.99% (male 67,878/female 66,428) 55-64 years: 11.75% (male 19,848/female 19,622) 65 years and over: 14.1% (male 22,130/female 25,227) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 51.6% youth dependency ratio: 30.8% elderly dependency ratio: 20.8% potential support ratio: 4.8% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 36.3 years male: 35.7 years female: 36.9 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 1.17% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 13.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 4.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | Iceland is almost entirely urban with half of the population located in and around the capital of Reykjavik; smaller agglomerations are primarily found along the coast in the north and west |
Urbanization | urban population: 94.1% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.25% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | REYKJAVIK (capital) 184,000 (2014) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 27 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 2.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 1.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 83 years male: 80.9 years female: 85.3 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 2.01 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Health expenditures | 8.9% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 3.48 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
Hospital bed density | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | mproved: urban: 98.7% of population rural: 100% of population total: 98.8% of population unimproved: urban: 1.3% of population rural: 0% of population total: 1.2% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 23.9% (2014) |
Education expenditures | 7.8% of GDP (2013) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 20 years (2012) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 9.8% male: 12.9% female: 6.6% (2014 est.) |