_#_Land use: arable land NEGL%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 23%; forest and woodland 1%; other 76%
_#_Environment: subject to earthquakes and volcanic activity
_#_Note: strategic location between Greenland and Europe; westernmost European country
_*People #_Population: 259,742 (July 1991), growth rate 1.0% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 17 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 80 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1991)