Iceland Demographics Profile 2009

Population

306,694 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 20.7% (male 32,268/female 31,308)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 104,158/female 101,584)
65 years and over: 12.2% (male 16,952/female 20,424) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 35.1 years
male: 34.6 years
female: 35.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.741% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

13.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

6.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 92% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.67 years
male: 78.53 years
female: 82.9 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.9 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

220 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer 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 80.7%, Roman Catholic Church 2.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.4%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%, other religions 3.6%, unaffiliated 3%, other or unspecified 6.2% (2006 est.)

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.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 19 years (2006)

Education expenditures

7.6% of GDP (2004)