| Tours | Unesco WHS | Guidebooks |
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| groups tours with set departures |
World Heritage Sites | country, regions and cities |
| Time zone: | GMT 0 (Greenwich mean time) | Daylight savings: None |
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| Main languages: | Icelandic |
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| Currency: |
Icelandic kronur (ISK) €1 = kr0.00, $1 = kr116, £1 = kr154 (rates as of Sep 2016) |
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| Internet Domain: | .is | International Dialling Code: 354 |
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For help planning your trip to Iceland including visas, vaccinations, currency exchange, flights, accomodation and insurance, see our Iceland trip planning page.
Further information on Iceland
Discover more about Iceland - the country's geogrpahy and natural features, an assessment of its status on freedom and rights and data on the country's population and economy.
Geography & Natural Features
Total area: 103,000 sq km (2,750 sq km under water)
Coastline: 4,970 km (Atlantic Ocean, Greenland Sea)
Neighbours (border lengths): No land borders
Highest mountain: Hvannadalshnukur (2,110m)
Freedom & Rights
Summary status and rankings for Iceland from classifications of different organisations measuring political and economic freedom, democracy and civil rights. See more details of these rankings.
| Index | Status | Rank | |
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 | Freedom in the World | Free | - |
 | Democracy Index | Full democracy | 3/167 |
 | Economic Freedom | Mostly Free | 26/179 |
 | Press Freedom | Satisfactory situation | 21/179 |
 | ILGA LGBT rights | Broad rights | - |
 | Corruption Perceptions | Low corruption | 12/174 |
| Overall Ranking: | 6/195 | ||
Other Data & Links
Full name: Republic of Iceland Status: Independent Country
Population: 317,351 (rank: 173/196) Density: 3 people/sq km (rank: 193/196)
Ethnic groups: homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%
Religions: 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.)
GDP (PPP): $13.11 billion GDP per capita: $40,700 (rank: 17/195)
Information derived from the CIA World Factbook. Other country profiles: BBC News.