| People | Denmark |
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Population:
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5,529,888 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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131 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 87% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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COPENHAGEN (capital) 1.174 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 17.6% (male 500,265/female 474,829)
15-64 years: 65.3% (male 1,811,198/female 1,798,507)
65 years and over: 17.1% (male 417,957/female 527,132) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 40.9 years
male: 40 years
female: 41.8 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.251% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.055 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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5 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.63 years
male: 76.25 years
female: 81.14 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.74 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.419 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.57 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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5,300 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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11.4% (2006) |
Nationality:
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noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish |
Ethnic groups:
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Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali |
Religions:
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Evangelical Lutheran (official) 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2% |
Languages:
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Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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7.8% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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