People
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Population:

270,292 (Juli1996)

Age structure:

0-14 years:	24%	33.605 male, 31.933 female
15-64 years:	64%	88.064 male, 85.724 female
+65 years:	12%	13.916 male, 17.050 female

Population growth rate:

0,83% (1996)
Birth rate: 16.94 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.17 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate:

-2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 )

Sex ratio:

at birth:	1,05 male / 1 female
under 15 years:	1,05 male / 1 female
15-64 years:	1,03 male 1 female
+65 years:	0,82 male / 1 female
all ages:	1,01 male / 1 female

Infant mortality rate:

4.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1996)

Life expectancy at birth:

male:	77,68 Jahre
female:	82,6 Jahre
total population:	80,08 Jahre

Total fertility rate:

2.24 children born/woman (1996)

Nationality:

Icelander, icelandic

Ethnic divisions:

homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

Religions:

Evangelical Lutheran	96%
other Protestant and Roman Catholic	3%
none:	1%

Languages:

Icelandic

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1976); total population: 100%