Facts and Figures

Full name: Iceland

Nationality 
        noun: Icelander(s)
        adjective: Icelandic

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Area 
        total: 103,000 sq km 
        water: 2,750 sq km 
        land: 100,250 sq km

Population: 296,737 (July 2005 est.)

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

Capital: Reykjavik, population 110,000

Largest Cities
        Kopavogur - 22,000
        Akureyri - 15,000

Official Language
        Icelandic
        English
        Nordic languages
        German widely spoken

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

Political system: constitutional republic

GDP: purchasing power parity - $9.373 billion (2004 est.)  

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $31,900 (2004 est.) 

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 11.2%
        industry: 9.6%
        services: 79.2% (2004 est.) 

Annual growth: 1.8% (2004 est.) 

Inflation: 4% (2004 est.)

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