Iceland

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Official Name
Republic of Iceland
Population Full

351,000 (2020 World Factbook)

Principal Languages
Icelandic
Literacy Rate
99% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2005), ICCPR (1979), UNCRPD (2016), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011
Deaf Population
About 200 (2005 M. Parkvall), below 1% of the population
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Iceland is 3. All are living languages. Of these, 2 are indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional, 1 is developing, and 1 is vigorous. Also listed are 4 unestablished languages.