Iceland:
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Population	301,931 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 21.4% (male 32,759/female 31,845) 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 102,161/female 99,411) 65 years and over: 11.8% (male 16,162/female 19,593) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 34.5 years male: 34 years female: 35 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	0.824% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	13.57 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	1.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.029 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.028 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.825 male(s)/female total population: 1.002 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 3.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 80.43 years male: 78.33 years female: 82.62 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.91 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.2% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	220 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: Icelander(s) adjective: Icelandic
Ethnic groups	homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%
Religions	Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4% (2004)
Languages	Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)