Infant mortality rate: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.08 years male: 77.68 years female: 82.6 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.24 children born/woman (1996 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 est.)
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Government —————
Name of country:
conventional long form: Republic of Iceland
conventional short form: Iceland
local long form: Lyoveldio Island
local short form: Island