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Need an argumentative essay on Country Analysis of Iceland: Population, Resources and Development. Needs to be 6 pages. Please no plagiarism.Download file to see previous pages... Most of Iceland's la
Need an argumentative essay on Country Analysis of Iceland: Population, Resources and Development. Needs to be 6 pages. Please no plagiarism.
Download file to see previous pages...Most of Iceland's land area is uninhabitable: three-fifths consist of glaciers, wastelands, and lakes, and only around one-fifth is occupied by human dwellers.
Although Iceland's population density is quite low, more than ninety percent of its inhabitants are situated in urban areas. The population is mostly located and congested in the valleys, coastal belts, and southwest areas of the country. In previous decades, the majority of the population lived in Hofuoborgarsvaeoi, but in recent times, the populatin shifted to the Greater Reykjavk area (over fifty percent of the population). The shift towards this area is due in part to the loss of jobs in fishing villages because fishing quota were being sold to large fishing companies. Other towns are relatively sparsely populated. Iceland's net migration rate is -2.28 migrant(s) every 1,000 individuals which means that more people are coming in than going out of the country. In 2004, 7 percent of the total population were composed of people born from other countries, 3.6 percent of those having foreign citizenships.
The crude birth rate, or the number of live births per thousand people each year, is 13.73 (as of 2005). The total fertility rate is down to 1.92 children born per woman in 2005, from 4.17 in 1960. One basic assumption supporting the theory of demographic transition is that economically more developed and modernized countries such as Iceland will have lower fertility rates than less developed countrieso. The fertility rate is affected by a woman's social and economic development and is a result of traditional attitudes in many cultures. However, Icelandic society is non-traditional in nature, with many women holding business and government positions, and almost two-thirds participate in the labor force, a higher rate than most European countries. Marriage rates are also low (5.22/1,000 of the population) and 35 percent women aged 20-40 use some form of contraception.
Health care is free in Iceland, and includes family planning services. Iceland's crude death rate, at 6.3%, and infant mortality rate, at 2.8 per 1,000 live births, remain one of the lowest in the world. Life expectancy is among the world's highest at 82.7 years in females and 78.2 years in males (as of 2005). The total population's sex ratio is fairly equal at 1 male per female. Population growth rate rose to 0.91% in 2005 from 0.54% in 2001. Its demographic model shows the stage of high fertility-declining mortality/high growth. the combination of low mortality and low emigration rates causing the steady increase in population growth.
As with other demographic patterns, life expectancy and mortality is affected by the socioeconomic status of a population, and it can be seen that death rates are lower (and life expectancy higher) among those with higher incomes and higher levels of educational attainment. Iceland is a society living with progressive technology, high living standards, and high literacy rates. The percentage of the population living below poverty line is close to zero, unemployment rates are among the lowest in Europe at 1.8 percent, and education is mostly free. the literacy rate is almost perfect at 99 percent in 2001, which makes it among the highest in the world.
