GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $14.1 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $12.33 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $38,000 (US$) or (GBP)Capital: Reykjavik
Population (Estimated July 2012): 313,183
Area: 103,000 km2 or 39,769 mi2
Currency: Icelandic Króna (ISK)
Official Language: Icelandic
Political Information: Parliamentary Republic
Official Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
(approximately 80.7% of the population are Lutheran, 2.5% are Roman Catholic, 2.4% follow the Reykjavik Free Church, 1.6% follow the Hafnarfjorour Free Church and 14.4% have other or unspecified religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Öræfajökull at 2,109.6m or 6,921ft
Largest River:Time Zone (GMT/UTC): GMT
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 8 regions; Austurland, Hofudhborgarsvaedhi, Nordhurland Eystra, Nordhurland Vestra, Sudhurland, Sudhurnes, Vestfirdhir and Vesturland.
Leaders: President Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson with Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurõttir.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.