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Demographics |
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- Population: 306,694
- Life Expectancy: 80.67 years
- Literacy: 99%
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Median Age: 35.1 years
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Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal
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The volcanic island
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Mount Surtsey erupted to the surface,
off the southern coast of Iceland in 1963 |
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Geographics |
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- Gulf Stream
- Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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History |
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- Independence Day from Denmark (June 17, 1944)
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Language |
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- Icelandic
- English
- Nordic languages,
- German widely spoken
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Religion |
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- Lutheran Church of Iceland 82.1%
- Roman Catholic Church 2.4%
- Reykjavik Free Church 2.3%
- Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%
- other Christian 2.8%
- other religions 0.9%
- unaffiliated 2.6%
- other or unspecified 5.5%
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