Iceland People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 244,000 (July 1986), average

annual growth rate 1.0%

Nationality noun—Icelander(s);

adjective—Icelandic

Ethnic divisions: homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

Religion · 95% Evangelical Lutheran, 3% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 2% no affiliation

Language: Icelandic

Infant mortality rate: 6.1/1,000(1983)

Ltfe expectancy men 73.9, women 79.4

Literacy: 99 9%

Labor force: 114,000 (1984); 18.6% com

merce, finance, and services; 12 2%

construction; 9.0% agriculture, 8.0% fish

processing, 6 3% transportation and communications; 5.4% fishing; 16.8% other manufacturing; 23.7% other(1983); 1.3% unemployment (1984 average!

Organized labor: 60% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Iceland on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iceland 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.