Iceland
Ísland
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
The Althing, Iceland's general assembly, was founded around 930 at Þingvellir. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 16%
- people aged 65 or older
- 62.7K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 23.9%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 24.3 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 26.9%
- women 33.2%, men 20.4%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2021
Languages
2 languages, 1 of them endangered
- Icelandic Sign LanguageVulnerable
- Icelandic
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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