Iceland
Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland; [ˈistlant] (listen)) is an island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic, between Greenland and Norway, formerly a possession of Denmark. It is culturally considered to be part of Europe. Iceland is 301 kilometers east of Greenland and 1001 kilometers west of Norway. There are about 329,100 people who live in Iceland. Iceland has an area of 103,000 km².
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Iceland Ísland | |
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Anthem: Lofsöngur" ("Hymn") | |
Capital and largest city | Reykjavík 64°08′N 21°56′W |
Official languages | Icelandic |
Recognized languages |
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Ethnic groups (2018)[lower-alpha 1][1] |
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Religion (2020)[2] | 75.1% Christianity —63.5% Church of Iceland[lower-alpha 2] —7.6% Other Protestant —4.0% Roman Catholic 21.5% No religion 1.3% Ásatrúarfélagið 2.1% Other |
Demonym(s) | Icelander Icelandic |
Government | Unitary parliamentary republic |
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | |
Bjarni Benediktsson | |
• President of Parliament | Birgir Ármannsson |
• President of Supreme Court | Benedikt Bogason |
Legislature | Althing |
Formation | |
• Settlement | 9th century |
930–1262 | |
• Union with Norway Signing of the Old Covenant | 1262–1397 |
1397–1523 | |
• Denmark–Norway | 1523–1814 |
14 January 1814 | |
• Constitution and limited home rule Minister for Iceland appointed | 5 January 1874 |
• Extended home rule | 1 February 1904 |
1 December 1918 | |
• Republic | 17 June 1944 |
• EFTA accession | 3 May 1960 |
Area | |
• Total | 102,775[4] km2 (39,682 sq mi) (106th) |
• Water (%) | 2.07 (as of 2015)[5] |
Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 364,134 (179th) |
• 2024 census | 399,189[6] |
• Density | 3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi) (240th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $19.8 billion[7] (142nd) |
• Per capita | $54,482[7] (16th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $20.8 billion[7] |
• Per capita | $57,189[7] (5th) |
Gini (2016) | 24.1[8] low · 2nd |
HDI (2019) | 0.949[9] very high · 4th |
Currency | Icelandic króna (ISK) |
Time zone | UTC[lower-alpha 3] (GMT/WET) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +354 |
ISO 3166 code | IS |
Internet TLD | .is |
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Iceland covers its own Arctic island in the Arctic Ocean is but north of Ireland, east of Greenland, west of Norway, northwest of the United Kingdom, northeast of Canada and southeast of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Unlike Greenland, Iceland is part of Europe and not North America.