Per capita Iceland has
the highest number of book and magazine publications and 10% of the
country’s population will publish a book in their lifetimes.
A majority of Icelanders believe in elves.
Size: 103,000 sq. km (40,000 sq. miles), bigger than Hungary and Portugal and a little bit smaller than Cuba.
Population:332,529 (1 January 2016 estimate)
Density : 3.2/km2
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Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, is the northernmost city of any sovereign state in the world.
It doesn’t get that cold though. Average temperature in Reykjavik in January is just about the same as in New York.
There is no railway system of any sort in Iceland.
There is a penis museum in Reykjavik. It contains a collection of penises from over 200 different mammals, including one from a man.
Iceland is one of the Nordic countries and part of Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden).
There are no forests in Iceland.
Icelandic people love eating ice cream even though temperatures are well below zero.
Icelanders watch more movies than any other nation.
Iceland does not have an army, navy or air force.
Hekla is Iceland's most active volcano; Hekla is also a common female name in Iceland.
Mosquitoes do not exist in Iceland.
The Icelandic police don’t carry guns. Crime in Iceland is very low and violent crime is practically nonexistent.
List of Top 10 Countries With Largest Forest Area
Suriname:
Highest Percentage of Land Covered in Jungle .
With 91% of its land covered in jungle, Suriname’s half-a-million
residents live primarily along the coast near the capital. Only 5% of
the population (mainly indigenous people) live inland.
Libya:
Country Covered with the Highest Percentage of Desert : With 99% of the country covered in desert, Libya is one of the most arid places in the world and in some regions decades may go by without a single drop of rain.
Haiti:
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Almost Entirely Treeless – : On the opposite end of the spectrum is Haiti, a country that has been so badly deforested that you can tell where it borders the Dominican Republic by looking at a satellite image.
Mongolia:Least Densely Populated At 4 people per square mile, Mongolia is the least densely populated country on Earth.
Suriname:
Highest Percentage of Land Covered in Jungle . With 91% of its land covered in jungle, Suriname’s half-a-million residents live primarily along the coast near the capital. Only 5% of the population (mainly indigenous people) live inland.
Greenland is unable to join FIFA because the ground there can’t grow a grass field.
The country of Nauru does not have a capital city.
Sudan has more than 200 pyramids, more than the number of pyramids found in Egypt.
San Marino has the highest amount of automobiles per people in the world.
A 2010 study found that the tiny nation of San Marino, which is located entirety within Italy, had 1,139.06 cars per 1,000 people — the only nation in the study, in fact, that had more cars than citizens.
Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the world.
