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Table 1 Information about 354,035 pure-bred Icelandic horses all over the world

From: WorldFengur - the studbook of origin for the Icelandic horse

Country

Total number of horses located in country

Percentage of total number of horses

Horses alive

Percentage of total number of horses alive

Less than 1 year old horses

Iceland

205,704

58.103%

99,996

45.418%

6,881

Denmark

38,782

10.954%

31,473

14.295%

2,369

Germany

31,820

8.988%

25,598

11.627%

2,427

Sweden

29,823

8.424%

24,715

11.226%

1,441

Norway

12,456

3.518%

11,428

5.191%

391

Netherlands

8,905

2.515%

7,240

3.288%

264

United States

5,041

1.424%

4,162

1.890%

109

Austria

3,230

0.912%

2,723

1.237%

136

Finland

3,114

0.880%

2,641

1.200%

89

Switzerland

3,350

0.946%

2,284

1.037%

63

Canada

2,098

0.593%

1,671

0.759%

33

Unknown

4,385

1.239%

1,658

0.753%

 

Belgium

1,535

0.434%

1,415

0.643%

57

France

1,270

0.359%

1,099

0.499%

11

Great-Britain

1,126

0.318%

929

0.422%

32

Italy

362

0.102%

294

0.134%

7

Faroe Islands

293

0.083%

219

0.099%

2

Luxembourg

190

0.054%

174

0.079%

2

Slovenia

168

0.047%

159

0.072%

3

Australia

105

0.030%

86

0.039%

1

New Zealand

78

0.022%

72

0.033%

5

Ireland

40

0.011%

35

0.016%

 

Hungary

27

0.008%

26

0.012%

 

Romania

20

0.006%

20

0.009%

 

Greenland

45

0.013%

19

0.009%

 

Poland

11

0.003%

9

0.004%

 

Mexico

7

0.002%

7

0.003%

7

Estonia

5

0.001%

5

0.002%

 

Liechtenstein

3

0.001%

3

0.001%

 

Russia

2

0.001%

2

0.001%

 

Czech Republic

2

0.001%

2

0.001%

 

Croatia

2

0.001%

2

0.001%

 

Lithuania

34

0.010%

1

  

Portugal

2

0.001%

1

  

Total:

354.035

100%

220.168

100%

14.330

  1. Source: WF [3], 25.11.2010