environmental issues- water pollution from fertilizer runoff: inadequate wastewater treatment
Ethnic groups- homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%
Languages spoken- Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
Religions are practiced- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 73.8%, Roman Catholic 3.6%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.9%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 2%, The Independent Congregation 1%, other religions 3.9% (includes Pentecostal and Asatru Association), none 5.6%, other or unspecified 7.2% (2015 est.)
Population growth rate- 1.17% Birthrate- 13.8 births/1,000 population Net migration- 4.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate- 2.1 deaths/1,000 live births Fertility rate- 2.01 children born/woman Obesity –adult prevalence rate-23.9% GDP (purchase power parity)-$15.15 billion GDP real growth rate- 4% Per capital GDP-$46,100 Labor force-191,400 Unemployment rate-4%
Inflation rate- 1.6% Industrial production growth rate- 1.5% Top five agricultural products- potatoes, carrots, green vegetables, mutton, chicken
Top five industries Tourism, fish processing, aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production, geothermal power
Money made on exports- $ 4.653 billion Top five export partners- Netherlands, UK, Spain, Germany, France Spent on imports- 4.924 billion Top five import partners- Norway, Germany, U.S., China, Denmark