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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
5 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
1843 · The Althing restored 2 REFS
1874 · Constitution on the settlement millennium 2 REFS
1262 – 1783 · Under Norway and Denmark: Reformation, Monopoly and Famine
4 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
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
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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

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