Iceland Demographics Profile 2003

Population

280,798 (July 2003 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 22.7% (male 32,902; female 30,952)
15-64 years: 65.4% (male 92,519; female 91,000)
65 years and over: 11.9% (male 14,973; female 18,452) (2003 est.)

Median age

total: 34 years
male: 33.2 years
female: 34.7 years (2002)

Population growth rate

0.49% (2003 est.)

Birth rate

14.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate

6.95 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate

-2.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.8 years
male: 77.54 years
female: 82.22 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.98 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

220 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

less than 100 (2001 est.)

Nationality

noun: Icelander(s)
adjective: Icelandic

Ethnic groups

homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%

Religions

Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, other 7.1% (2002)

Languages

Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.9% (1997 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%