NationMaster - Icelandic People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	22.1		[156th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	66.2		[93rd of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	11.7 %		[54th of 225]
Chinese population	100		[110th of 127]
Divorces per 100 marriages	30.7 divorces per 100 marriag		[15th of 20]
Gender development	0.934		[6th of 141]
Gender empowerment	0.833		[2nd of 65]
Nobel prize laureates	1		[29th of 44]
Percentage living in urban areas	93%		[15th of 199]
Population in 2015	319		[175th of 225]
Projected population growth	17.54%		[98th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.03		[61st of 223]
Teenage birth rate	24.7		[6th of 28]
Total Population > Male	149,841		[176th of 227]
Urban population	275,384	...	[161st of 195]
Urban population growth > annual %	1.69 annual %	...	[109th of 195]
Urbanization	93		[12th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	86.6%		[5th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	94.3%		[9th of 164]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	105		[120th of 173]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; The Nobel Foundation; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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