| People | Denmark |
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Population:
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5,500,510 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 87% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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130 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.1% (male 511,882/female 485,782)
15-64 years: 65.8% (male 1,817,800/female 1,798,964)
65 years and over: 16.1% (male 387,142/female 498,940) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 40.5 years
male: 39.6 years
female: 41.3 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.28% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.25 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 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 (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.3 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 80.78 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.74 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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4,800 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2003 est.) |
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 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: 17 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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8.3% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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