Area 103,000 sq km (39,768 sq mi)
Poplation 281,000
Capital city Reykjavik (108,000)
Government Multiparty republic
Ethnicity Groups: Icelandic 97%, Danish 1%
Language Icelandic (official)
Religions Evangelical Lutheran 87%, others Protestant 4%, Roman Catholic 2%, others
Currency Icelandic krona = 100 aurar

The Republic of Iceland, in the North Atlantic Ocean, is closer to Greenland than Scotland.

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