Area: 102,829 sq.km (39,702 sq.m); 1% cultivated, 20% grazing, 79% other. Coastline: 4,988km (3,100m). Maritime claims: Territorial water 22km (12nm). EEZ 370km (200nm), continental shelf 200nm or edge of continental margin. Population: 308,910 (July 2010 est.); annual growth rate 0.699% (2010 est.). The population is almost entirely Icelandic (homogenous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts). Religion: Church of Iceland (Evangelical Lutheran) 91.5%, other Lutherans 3.3%, Roman Catholics 1%, others or no affiliation 4.2%. Language: Icelandic. Literacy rate: 100%.
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