Iceland
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President: Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1996)
Prime Minister: Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson (2013)
Land area: 38,707 sq mi (100,251 sq km); total area: 39,768 sq mi (103,000 sq km)1
Population (2014 est.): 317,351 (growth rate: 0.65%); birth rate: 13.09/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.15/1000; life expectancy: 81.22
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Reykjavik, 206,000
Monetary unit: Icelandic króna
National name: Lydveldid Island
Languages: Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
Ethnicity/race: homogeneous mixture of Norse/Celtic descendants 94%, population of foreign origin 6%