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More People Left Iceland In 2024 Than Ever Before
The year 2024 saw the highest number of people leaving Iceland in recorded history, while immigration remained among the highest on record, according to new data published by Statistics Iceland. A total of 15,745 individuals emigrated from Iceland last year, exceeding the…
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More Icelanders Leaving Than Coming Home
New data from Statistics Iceland shows that Icelanders leaving Iceland outnumber those returning home. At the same time, the population increased by just over 1,400 during the last quarter of 2015. RÚV reports that the current population of Iceland is 332,750, with…
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Young, Educated Icelanders Leaving The Country
Young and educated Icelanders are leaving the country by the thousands, data from Statistics Iceland shows. MBL reports that 3,210 Icelanders emigrated from the country during the first nine months of this year alone, exceeding the number of Icelanders moving back by…
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Half Of Icelandic Kids Want To Leave Country
About half of Icelandic primary school kids polled say they intend to leave the country when they grow up. The findings are a part of research conducted by the University of Akureyri, Akureyri víkublað reports, and shows a dramatic shift in attitudes…
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Population Of Iceland On The Rise
Iceland’s population increased by 700 people in the first three months of 2015, reports Statistics Iceland. At the end of March the population of Iceland was 329,740, which is nearly a 0.25% rise from the beginning of January. The growth was due…
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Statistics Iceland: 447.000 Icelanders By 2065
By 2065 there will be more Icelanders to love, 447.000 in total according to a new report from Statistics Iceland. The report includes national projections for the size and structure of the future total population of Iceland. The forecast is based on…
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Bishop Blames Immigration For People Leaving The Church
Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir believes people leaving Iceland and foreigners coming in contribute to the high numbers of people deregistering from the National Church. Addressing attendees at an ecumenical council last Saturday, RÚV reports, the bishop offered a number of…
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Hello! I Must Be Going!
To forge a synthesis: Last week, as evident in what follows, citizens of the volcano-plagued republic seem to have mainly wondered which things should be allowed entrance into their country and which should rather be kept out: should meat-products from elsewhere be…