Iceland Demographics Profile 2008

Population

304,367 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 21% (male 32,500/female 31,566)
15-64 years: 67% (male 103,231/female 100,545)
65 years and over: 12% (male 16,530/female 19,995) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 34.8 years
male: 34.4 years
female: 35.3 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.783% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

13.5 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.55 years
male: 78.43 years
female: 82.76 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.91 children born/woman (2008 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 (2003 est.)

Nationality

noun: Icelander(s)
adjective: Icelandic

Ethnic groups

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

Religions

Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4% (2004)

Languages

Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)