Location: Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK
Population: 301,931 (July 2007 est.)
Religions: Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4% (2004)
Languages: Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
National holiday: Independence Day, 17 June (1944)
Currency (code): Icelandic krona (ISK)
Exchange rates: Icelandic kronur per US dollar - 63.391 (2007), 70.195 (2006), 62.982 (2005), 70.192 (2004), 76.709 (2003)
