President: Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Prime minister: Johanna Sigurdardottir
Population
13,817,479
313,183
Life Expectancy
52.570 years
81.000 years
Capital City
Lusaka
Reykjavik
Largest city
Lusaka (population: 1,267,440)
Reykjavik (population: 113,906)
Human Development Index
0.453
NA
GDP per capita
$1,600 US
$38,500 US
Literacy Rate
80.6%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8
8.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
15.2%
33.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson ($1.0bn US)
Unemployment Rate
14.000%
7.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Abolished
Political System
republic
constitutional republic
Independence date
24 October 1964 (from UK)
1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown); 17 June 1944 (from Denmark)
Religions
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
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
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
