ICELAND ICELAND REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JUNE 17 1944 FROM DENMARK DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JUNE 16 1944 POPULATION 272512 1999 EST AREA 39699 SQ MI CAPITAL REYKJAVIK FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES FISH HYDROELECTRIC AND GEOTHERMAL POWER MAIN INDUSTRIES FISHING ALUMINUM SMELTING GEOTHERMAL POWER PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE POTATOES TURNIPS CATTLE SHEEP CURRENCY KRONA GDP 6.06 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 22400 1998 EST LANGUAGES ICELANDIC RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERANISM OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLICISM LITERACY RATE 100 LIFE EXPECTANCY 77 YEARS MALE 81 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 15 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 PER 1000 POPULATION
