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Overview
- Capital:
- Reykjavik
- Area:
- 103,000 km²
- Population:
- 299,388 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German.
- Religion(s):
- Lutheran Church of Iceland - 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church - 2.1%, Roman Catholic - 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church - 1.5%, other Christian - 2.7%, others and unspecified - 3.8%, unaffiliated - 2.4%.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- Norse and Celts - 94%, others - 6%.