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TransportationAirports World Ranking: 58
99 (2012)
Airports - with paved runways
Total 6
Over 3,047 m 1 1,524 to 2,437 m 3 914 to 1,523 m 2 (2012) Airports - with unpaved runways
Total 93
1,524 to 2,437 m 3 914 to 1,523 m 27 Under 914 m 63 (2012) Roadways World Ranking: 128
Total 12,869 km
Paved/oiled gravel 4,438 km (does not include urban roads) Unpaved 8,431 km (2009)Merchant marine World Ranking: 141
Total 2
By type Passenger/cargo 2 Registered in other countries 19 (Antigua and Barbuda 10, Belize 1, Faroe Islands 4, Finland 1, Gibraltar 1, Norway 2) (2010) Ports and terminals
Grundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Reykjavik
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Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland was subsequently ruled by Norway and Denmark. Fallout from the Askja volcano of 1875 devastated the Icelandic economy and caused widespread famine. Over the next quarter century, 20% of the island's population emigrated, mostly to Canada and the US. Denmark granted limited home rule in 1874 and complete independence in 1944. The second half of the 20th century saw substantial economic growth driven primarily by the fishing industry. The economy diversified greatly after the country joined the European Economic Area in 1994, but Iceland was especially hard hit by the global financial crisis in the years following 2008. Literacy, longevity, and social cohesion are first rate by world standards.