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			<title><![CDATA[The Iceland population increased by 1,040 in the 1st quarter]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 1st quarter 2013 was 322,930, 161,960 males and 160,970 females. The population increased by 1,040 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 21,910 by the end of the 1st quarter 2013. Inhabitants of the capital region were 206,650.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Icelandic population increased by 0.7% in 2012]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On 1 January 2013 the resident population in Iceland was 321,857. The population growth was 0.7% or 2,282 persons. The population has grown in the past ten years by an annual average growth rate of 1.1%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Immigrants and persons with foreign background 1996-2013]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Immigrants in Iceland were 25,926 1 January 2013, 8.1% of the population. The proportion of immigrants is slightly larger than last year, when it was 8.0% of the population. The number of second generation immigrants rose from 2,876 in 2012 to 3,204 in 2013.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Births 2012]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Live births in Iceland were 4,533 in 2012, 2,317 boys and 2,216 girls, 1,046 boys for every 1,000 girls. This is an increase in the number of births from the previous year when 4,492 children were born. The total fertility rate was 2.04, compared with 2.02 in 2011. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Infant mortality in Iceland was lower than in any other European country in 2011]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Infant mortality in Iceland was lower than in any other European country in 2011, 0.9 per 1,000 live births. Life expectancy of males in 2012 was 80.8 years and 83.9 years for females in 2012.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Changes to release dates]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9891</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to unforeseen circumstances, the statistical release on births in 2012, due 19 February 2013, will be postponed until 5 Mars 2013. Release of data on population by foreign origin 1 January 2013, due 5 Mars 2013, will be postponed until 19 Mars 2013.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population 1 January 2013]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The total population 1 January 2013 was 321,857 compared with 319,575 in 2012. This constitutes an increase of 0.7%. The population declined in two regions, mostly in the Northwest which lost 0.4% of its population in 2013. Six regions experienced a population increase. The Westfjords gained most proportionally (1.1%) where the population increased by 77 persons.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Migration 2012]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Net external migration was -319 in 2012 compared with -1,404 in 2011. The number of immigrants was 5,957 in 2012 compared with 5,578 in 2011. At the same time the number of emigrants declined from 6,982 in 2011 to 6,276 in 2012.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The population increases by 1,230 in 4th quarter 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9586</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 4th quarter 2012 was 321,890, 161,440 males and 160,450 females. The population increased by 1,230 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 21,470 by the end of the 4th quarter 2012. Inhabitants of the capital region were 205,740.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Iceland population increased by 500 in the third quarter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8982</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 3rd quarter 2012 was 320,660, 160,870 males and 159,790 females.  The population increased by 500 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 20,820 by the end of the 3rd Quarter 2012. Inhabitants of the capital region were 204,630.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Immigrants and persons with foreign background 1996-2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9264</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Immigrants in Iceland were 24,442 1 January 2012, 8.0% of the population. The number of immigrants fell from 1 January 2011, when they were 8.1% of the population. At the same time the number of second generation immigrants rose from 2,582 to 2,876.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Names and Birth Days1 January 2012]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In 2011 the name Aron was the most popular given name of new born male children. Emilía was the most frequent name given to female children born in 2011.

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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Changes to release dates]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9259</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to unforeseen circumstances, the statistical release on deaths in 2010, due 11 September 2012, will be postponed until further notice. 
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Iceland population increased by 100 in the second quarter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8980</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 2nd quarter 2012 was 320,160, 160,600 males and 159,560 females. The population increased by 100 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 20,570 by the end of the 2nd Quarter 2012. Inhabitants of the capital region were 203,970.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland closed from 16 July through 6 August]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9194</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to summer vacations, Statistics Iceland will be closed from 16 July through 6 August. Therefore, the dates of previously announced releases in the period have been changed accordingly.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population projection 2012-2060]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9154</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland has revised the population projection from 2010 for the years 2012&#8211;2061. The population is projected to be 436 thousand by the end of the period. The low variant projects that the number of inhabitants will be 393 thousand while the high variant projects the population to 498 thousand. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[News release on population projection 2012-2060 postponed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8979</link>
			<description><![CDATA[News release on population projection 2012-2060, due for release today,  Thursday 31 May, will be postponed until 5 June.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The population increased by 500 in the 1st quarter]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 1st quarter 2012 was 320,060, 160,610 males and 159,450 females. The population increased by 500 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 20,950 by the end of the 1st quarter 2012. Inhabitants of the capital region were 203,970.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Iceland population increased by 0.4% in 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8977</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On 1 January 2012 the resident population in Iceland was 319,575, an increase of 1,123 (0.4%) from the previous year. Although increasing, the population growth of 0.4% was historically low.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Foreign citizens 1 January 2012]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Foreign citizens were 6.6% of the population 1 January 2012, the same as in the previous year. The number of foreign citizens was 20,957 or 186 fewer than in the previous year. The rate of foreign citizens has almost doubled in the past decade.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Births 2011]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Live births in Iceland were 4,496 in 2011, 2,327 boys and 2,169 girls. That amounts to 1,073 boys for every 1,000 girls. This is a decrease in the number of births from the previous year when 4,907 children were born. Although decreasing, the number of births in 2011 is still the same as the average in the last couple of decades.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mortality and life expectancy 2011]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In 2011, 1,985 persons died in Iceland, 998 men and 987 women. The crude death rate was 6.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. Infant mortality rate in Iceland was 0.9 per 1,000 live births in 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Error in the calculation of age in population figures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9021</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to an error in the calculation of age, the population figures for the reference date 1 December 2011 are republished. This regards one table published 14 February and two tables on religious affiliation on 7 February.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population 1 January 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8973</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population on 1 January 2012 was 319,575 compared with 318,452 in 2011. This constitutes an increase of 0.4%. The population declined in four regions, mostly in the Northwest which lost 2.6% of its population in 2011. Five regions experienced a population increase.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[News release on population 1 January 2012 postponed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9000</link>
			<description><![CDATA[News release on population 1 January 2012, due for release today,  Tuesday 7 February, will be postponed until 14 February.

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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Migration 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8972</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Net external migration was -1,404 in 2011 compared with -2,134 in 2010. The number of immigrants was 5,578 in 2011 compared with 5,625 in 2010. At the same time the number of emigrants declined from 7,759 in 2010 to 6,982 in 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population in the 4th Quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8956</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 4th quarter 2011 was 319,560, 160,360 males and 159,200 females.  The population increased by 470 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 20,930 by the end of the 4th Quarter 2011. Inhabitants of the capital region were 203,570.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population in the 3rd quarter 2011]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 3rd quarter 2011 was 319,090, 160,130 males and 158,960 females.  The population decreased by 90 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 20,960 by the end of the 3rd Quarter 2011. Inhabitants of the capital region were 203,240.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Names 1 January 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5547</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2010 the name Aron was the most popular name of new born male children. Emilía was the most frequent name given to female children born in 2010.

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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[News release on names 1 January 2011 postponed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=6082</link>
			<description><![CDATA[News release on names 2011, due for release today,  Tuesday 6 September, will be postponed until 13 September.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population in the 2nd quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5519</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 2nd quarter 2011 was 319,180, 160,240 males and 158,940 females. Foreign citizens were 21,150 by the end of the 2nd Quarter 2011. Inhabitants of the capital region were 203,050.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population projection 2011-2060]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5494</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland has revised the population projection from 2010 for the years 2011&#8211;2060. The population is projected to be 433 thousand by the end of the period. The low variant projects that the number of inhabitants will be 384 thousand while the high variants projects 491 thousand. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population in the 1st quarter 2011]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland numbered 319,100 at the end of the 1st quarter 2011, 160,300 males and 158,800 females.  The population increased by 600 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 21,400 at the end of the 1st Quarter 2011. Inhabitants of the capital region were 203,000.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Religious affiliation 1 January 2011]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On 1 January 2011 the adult members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (aged 18 years and older) numbered 183,697, or 77.2% of the total population of that age, compared with 186,697, (78.8%) in the previous year.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population development 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5452</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland was 318,452 1 January 2011, compared with 317,630 1 January 2010. In 2010, there were 4,907 births in Iceland, 2,523 males and 2,384 females, the third highest number of births ever recorded. In 2010, 2,017 deaths, 1,063 males and 954 females, were recorded. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Immigrants 1 January 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5443</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Immigrants in Iceland were 25,693 1 January 2011, 8.1% of the population. The number of immigrants fell from 1 January 2010, when they were 8.2% of the population. At the same time the number of second generation immigrants rose from 2,254 in 2010 to 2,582 1 January 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mortality and life expectancy 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5423</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2010, 2,017 persons died in Iceland, 1,063 men and 954 women. The crude death rate was 6.3 per 1,000 inhabitants which was the same as in 2009. Infant mortality rate in Iceland was 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Births 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5417</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Live births in Iceland were 4,907 in 2010, 2,523 boys and 2,384 girls. This is a decrease of 119 children from the previous year when live births where 5,026. Only twice in the history of Iceland have there been more children born in one year. The total fertility rate was 2.20, compared with 2.22 in 2009 and 2.14 in 2008. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population 1 Januar 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5414</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population on 1 January 2011 was 318,452 compared with 317,630 in 2010. This constitutes an increase of 0.3%. The population declined in five regions, but three regions experienced a population increase. The capital region gained the most where the population increased by 1,434 persons, or 0.7%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Migration 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5406</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Net international migration was minus 2,134 in 2010 compared with minus 4,835 in 2009. While the number of immigrants was the same in 2010 as in the previous year, the number of emigrants declined from 10,612 in 2009 to 7,759 in 2010.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population in the 4th quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5397</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 4th quarter 2010 was 318,500, 160,000 males and 158,500 females.  The population increased by 280 from the previous quarter. Foreign citizens were 21,200 by the end of the 4th Quarter 2010. Inhabitants of the capital region were 202,400.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population 1 December 2010 by municipalities and parishes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5377</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland was 318,236 on 1 December 2010. This is an increase of 0.2% from previous year. The population increased in the Capital region and in the Northeast, while the population decreased in all other regions from 1 December 2009.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Immigrants and persons with foreign background 1 January 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5051</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Immigrants in Iceland were 26,171 1 January 2010, 8.2% of the population. The number of immigrants fell from 1 January 2009, when they were 9.6% of the population. At the same time the number of second generation immigrants rose from 1,898 in 2009 to 2,254 1 January 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Adoptions 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5050</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2009, 61 individuals were adopted in Iceland. Step-adoptions were 33 and primary adoptions 28. In 17 cases, children in primary adoptions came from abroad. Eight of the children who were adopted from abroad came from China. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population in the third quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5225</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the third quarter 2010 was 318,200, 160,000 males and 158,200 females. Foreign citizens were 21,500 by the end of the second quarter 2010. Inhabitants of the capital region were 201,900.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Causes of death 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5047</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Names and dates of birth]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5224</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2009 the name Alexander was the most popular name of male children born in that year. Anna was the most frequent name given to female children born in 2009.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Births 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5046</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Live births in Iceland were 5,027 in 2009, 2,561 boys and 2,466 girls. This is an increase of 192 children from the previous year when live births where 4,835. Never in the history of Iceland have there been more children born in one year.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[News release on births 2009 postponed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5321</link>
			<description><![CDATA[News release on births 2009, due for release to day 7 September, has been postponed until Friday 10 September 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mid-year population 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5045</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population 1 July 2010 was 318,006 compared with 319,246 on 1 July 2009. The population decreased by 0.4% between years. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population in the 2nd quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5223</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the second quarter 2010 was 317,900, 159,800 males and 158,100 females. Foreign citizens were 21,100 by the end of the second quarter 2010. Inhabitants of the capital region were 201,300.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population projection 2010-2060]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5222</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Icelandic population will increase from 317,600 in 2010 to 436,500 in 2060 according to the medium variant of a population projection published today by Statistics Iceland. The population will increase for most of the period, but mainly because of a high net migration. Life expectancy is expected to increase for men from 79.7 to 85.0 in 2060, and 83.3 to 87.1 for women.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[News release on births 2009 postponed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5282</link>
			<description><![CDATA[News about births in 2009, due for release on Tuesday 6 July, has been postponed until Tuesday 7 September 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Custody of dependent children after divorce and dissolutions of consensual unions 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5043</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Currently, it is most common that parents share the custody of their children. In the case of divorce, joint custody was chosen for 85.1% of all children and for 92.4% of all children after dissolution of a consensual union. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marriages, consensual unions and divorces 2009. Preliminary figures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5042</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2009, 1,480 couples got married in Iceland according to preliminary data. Furthermore, there were 20 registered partnerships, equally many male and female couples. The marriage rate was 4.6 per 1,000 population in 2009 compared with 5.1 in 2008.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Religious affiliation 1 January 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5041</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On 1 January 2010 the adult members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (aged 18 years and older) numbered 186,697, or 78.8% of the total population of that age. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mortality and life expectancy 2009. Preliminary figures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5040</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2009, mean life expectancy for Icelandic women was 83.3 years and 79.7 years for men. Mean life expectancy for Icelandic men was the second highest in Europe in 2007 with Switzerland in first place with an average life span of 79.5 years]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population in the 1st Quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5039</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland at the end of the 1st quarter 2010 was 317,900, of which 159,900 were males and 158,800 females. This is an increase of 400 persons from the end of the 4th quarter 2009, when the population was 317,500. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Change of citizenship 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5037</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2009, 728 individuals were granted an Icelandic citizenship, a decline from a record year in 2008 when 914 individuals were naturalised. More females were granted an Icelandic citizenship in 2009 than males, or 414 females compared with 314 males.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Migration patterns 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5036</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New figures on migration patterns 1987-2008 by date of migration have been released. The data cover the number of persons migrating, type of migration, migration by municipalities and migration by number of persons per move.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population 1 January 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5035</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland has decreased for the first time since 1889. On 1 January 2010 the population was 317,630, compared with 319,368 1 January 2009. The population decrease is due to a record negative net migration in 2009, while the natural increase (births less deaths) was 1%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Migration 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5034</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Net international migration was minus 4,835 in 2009 compared with plus 1,144 in 2008. That is the largest negative net migration since 1801. The highest emigration recorded before 2009 happened in 1887 when net international migration was -2,229. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Non-residential deaths in Iceland 1999-2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5033</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A total of 129 individuals with a foreign domicile died in Iceland in the years 1999&#8211;2008. Almost half of these individuals (50) were tourists. A total of 21 individuals died within national air space or seas of Iceland and the same number of individuals was recorded in the Register of non-residents.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population 1 December 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3784</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population of Iceland was 317,593 on 1 December 2009. This is a decrease of 0.7% from previous year. The population of the East region decreased by 3.3% from previous year. The decrease in population is mostly due to lower number of foreign citizens. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Return migration 1986-2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4352</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Up to 79% of Icelandic citizens who migrate return after an average stay of 2.4 years abroad. The return migration of foreign citizens is 17%, after an average stay of less than 1 year.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Immigrants and persons with foreign background 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4351</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On 1 January 2009 immigrants in Iceland were 28,644, or 9% of the population. This is a different picture from 1996 when immigrants were 5,357, or 2% of the population.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Immigrants and persons with foreign background 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4452</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Press release on immigrants and persons with foreign background, due for release on 11 November, has been postponed until Wednesday 2 December 2009.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Adoptions 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3782</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, 69 individuals were adopted in Iceland. Step-adoptions were 46 and primary adoptions 23. In 13 cases children in primary adoptions came from another country than Iceland. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Causes of death 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3780</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, 1,987 persons died, 1,005 females and 982 males. The main categories of causes of death have not changed significantly from previous years. Due to the small population, there are, however, random fluctuations that have to be taken into account.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Migration January-June 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3779</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Net international migration in Iceland was -1,532 in January &#8211; June 2009 compared with 2,674 in the same period in 2008. The majority of emigrants (persons moving from Iceland) moved to Poland (1,247), Denmark (676), Norway (565) and Sweden (317). ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mid-year population 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3778</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population 1 July 2009 was 319,246 according to the national register of persons. The population decreased by 0.03% between years, the first time since the years 1888 and 1889.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Release of migration figures January-June 2009 brought forward]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4336</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland will bring forward the publication date of the preliminary migration figures for January-June 2009. The press release on population migration in the first half of 2009 will be published Friday 21 August 2009.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Custody of dependent children after divorce and dissolutions of consensual unions 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3777</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Joint custody was introduced by law in 1992 and since then the number of parents that choose this arrangement has increased notably. Currently, it is most common that parents share the custody of their children. In the case of divorce, joint custody was chosen for 81.1% of all children.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marriages, consensual unions and divorces 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3776</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, 1,642 couples got married in Iceland according to preliminary data. Furthermore, there were 18 registered partnerships, 12 male and six female couples. The marriage rate was 5.5 per 1,000 population in 2008 compared with 5.6 in 2007. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mortality and life expectancy 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3773</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, 1,986 persons died in Iceland, 981 men and 1,005 women. The crude death rate was 6.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. Since 1900 the number of registered male deaths has only 26 times been higher than the number of female deaths, over the course of one year. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Births 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3772</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Live births in Iceland were 4,835 in 2008, 2,470 boys and 2,365 girls. This is an increase of 275 children from the previous year when live births where 4,560. Only twice in the history of Iceland have there been more children born in one year, i.e. in 1960 and 1959, with 4,916 and 4,837 live births, respectively. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population by municipalities and urban nucleis 1 January 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3767</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The population increase for the whole country was 1.2% in 2008 compared with 2.5% the previous year. Of the eight regions, the population decreased in only one region, the East, where the population decreased by 1,153 or 8.2%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Granting of Icelandic citizenship 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3766</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, 914 individuals were granted Icelandic citizenship. The number of applications for Icelandic citizenship has increased continuously since 1999, with the exception of the year 2007 when the number decreased by 197 from the previous year.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Migration 2007 and 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3765</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Net international migration was 1,144 in 2008 compared with 5,132 in 2007. Net gains were most pronounced in areas in the vicinity of the capital region. A significant change in the sex ratio of international migrants has taken place in recent years. Up until 2003 more females migrated every year to Iceland than males.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Immigrants and persons with foreign bakground in 1996-2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4173</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Iceland has experienced strong growth in immigrant population since 1996. In 1996 immigrants were 5,357 (1.8% of the total population) compared with 25,265 (8%) in 2008. Second generation immigrants were 345 in 1996 and 1,558 in 2008. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population projection 2008-2050]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4163</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to the projection of Statistics Iceland, population in Iceland will increase from 313,376 to 408,835 between 2008 and 2050. Mean annual population increase during this period will be 0.7%.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Adoptions 2007]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2977</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2007, 48 individuals were adopted in Iceland. Step-adoptions were 27 and primary adoptions 21. In 17 cases children in primary adoptions came from other countries than Iceland, most of them from China (13).]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Custody of dependent children after divorce and dissolutions of consensual unions 2007]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2972</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2007, 515 divorces occurred in Iceland. Furthermore, 603 couples reported dissolution of a consensual union to the National registry. A total of 310 couples with dependent children divorced and 376 couples with dependent children reported dissolution of consensual union. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marriages, consensual unions and divorces 2007]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2971</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2007, 1,708 couples got married in Iceland. Furthermore, there were nineteen registered partnerships, ten male and nine female couples. The number of divorces was 515. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population 1 January 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3482</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland announces a publication in the Statistical Series Hagtíðindi. The current issue is devoted to population increase in Iceland. A summary in English is included. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Population 31 December 2003]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=1156</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Population in Iceland numbered 290,570 on 31 December 2003 according to the 
National registry. Population increase between 31 December 2002 and 31 December 
2003 was 0.7 per cent. The growth ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Migration 2003]]></title>
			<link>http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=1157</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
The first issue on population statistics in a new 
Statistical Series published by Statistics Iceland is now available. The first 
issue is devoted to migration during the period 1986-2003 with ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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