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Iceland [51]
(Independent in 1944 from Denmark)
LAND AREA: 102846 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 271000 (1996)
DENSITY: 3 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 3%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 21%
URBAN POP: 91% (1994), versus 80% (1960), Annual Growth: 1.2%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 79.1 years, ADULT LITERACY: 99.0%
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.942
ECONOMY
GNP: US$7.0 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 2.0%, Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 1.2%
GDP/Capita: $20927 GDP/Capita PPP: $20566
GDP/Capita: 1960 $6624, 1970 $7419, 1980 $18214, 1990 $21450
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
TOTAL FOREST AREA: 11,000 ha, 0.1% of land area, 0.0 ha/capita
ARABLE LAND: 0.1% of land area
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 624.5,000 cu.m/cap/year
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 11/02/98
Islands of Iceland
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