Facts and Figures
Full name: Iceland
Nationality
noun: Icelander(s) adjective: Icelandic
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Area total: 103,000 sq km water: 2,750 sq km land: 100,250 sq km
Population: 296,737 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%
population of foreign origin 6%
Capital: Reykjavik, population 110,000
Largest Cities
Kopavogur – 22,000 Akureyri – 15,000
Official Language
Icelandic
English Nordic languages German widely spoken
Religion
Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%
other Protestant 4.1% Roman Catholic 1.7% other 7.1% (2002)
Political system: constitutional republic
GDP: purchasing power parity – $9.373 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $31,900 (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 11.2% industry: 9.6% services: 79.2% (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 1.8% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 4% (2004 est.)