President: Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Prime minister: Johanna Sigurdardottir
Population
5,496,737
313,183
Life Expectancy
69.450 years
81.000 years
Capital City
Bishkek
Reykjavik
Largest city
Bishkek (population: 900,000)
Reykjavik (population: 113,906)
Human Development Index
0.694
NA
GDP per capita
$2,400 US
$38,500 US
Literacy Rate
98.7%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
1.8
8.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.6%
33.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson ($1.0bn US)
Unemployment Rate
8.600%
7.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances
Abolished
Political System
republic
constitutional republic
Independence date
31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown); 17 June 1944 (from Denmark)
Religions
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Lutheran Church of Iceland 82.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2.4%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.3%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%, other Christian 2.8%, other religions 0.9%, unaffiliated 2.6%, other or unspecified 5.5% (2006 est.)
Languages
Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
