What do you know about Iceland? Learn all about its land, products and cultures.

Official name: Republic of Iceland

Size: 39,768 square miles (103,000 square kilometers); slightly smaller than Kentucky

Population: 311,058 as of July 2011

Population Under Age 14: 20.2%

Capital: Reykjavik (ray-kyuh-vik)

Language: Icelandic. Other Nordic languages as well as English and German are also spoken.

Currency: Icelandic krona

Religion: Lutheran Church of Iceland 80.7%, Roman Catholic Church 2.5%, other 16.8%

Literacy: 99%

Climate: Temperate; windy and mild winters and cool, moist summers

Agriculture : potatoes, green vegetables; mutton, chicken, pork, beef, dairy products; fish

Industries: Fishing and fish products, aluminum mining, tourism, geothermal power, hydropower