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Iceland
65.0N 18.0W · 25 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
THE FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC AT ÞINGVELLIR · 17 JUNE 1944
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1949 – present · The Cod Wars and the Modern Republic
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1958 · First Cod War (12 nautical miles) 3 REFS
1975–1976 · Third Cod War (200 nautical miles) 2 REFS
1918 – 1949 · Occupation, the Republic and NATO
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May 1940 · British occupation of Iceland 2 REFS
17 Jun 1944 · Founding of the Republic at Þingvellir 3 REFS
1783 – 1918 · National Awakening, Home Rule and Sovereignty
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1843 · The Althing restored 2 REFS
1874 · Constitution on the settlement millennium 2 REFS
1262 – 1783 · Under Norway and Denmark: Reformation, Monopoly and Famine
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7 Nov 1550 · Execution of Bishop Jón Arason 2 REFS
1602–1786 · The Danish trade monopoly 2 REFS
1000 – 1262 · Christianity, the Sagas and the Old Covenant
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c. 1000 · The Althing adopts Christianity 2 REFS
c. 1220–1262 · The Age of the Sturlungs 2 REFS
c. 874 – 1000 · The Settlement and the Icelandic Commonwealth
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c. 874 · Ingólfr Arnarson settles Reykjavík 3 REFS
930 · Founding of the Althing at Þingvellir 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Reykjavik
- Population
- 340,000
- Area
- 103,000 km²
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Languages
- Icelandic
- Currency
- Icelandic króna (kr)
- Demonym
- Icelander
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$39 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$98,323’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.3%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
4.1%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
82.5%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
392,000’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
82.8 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
94.2%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.6’24 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
81.8’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
86.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
83.3’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
75.8’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
85.0’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
84.9’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
9.0%’24 WB-WHO
Physicians
4.37’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
2.8’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
97.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
100.0%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Education spending
7.3%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
98.2%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
108.9%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
76.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
2.6%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
5,953’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
98.2%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
121’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
54.0%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
100,830 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
0.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
16.2%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
8.5’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
82.4%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Defense spending
$0’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
0’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($39 B), superseding 2024 ($33 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($98,323), superseding 2024 ($86,041) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (1.3%), superseding 2024 (-1.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (4.1%), superseding 2024 (5.9%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (82.5%), superseding 2024 (86.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (392,000), superseding 2024 (387,000) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (94.2%), superseding 2024 (94.2%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14