Denmark

Denmark People

Population
5,413,392 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 18.9% (male 523,888; female 497,420)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 1,808,376; female 1,774,388)
65 years and over: 15% (male 344,113; female 465,207) (2004 est.)

Median age
total: 39.2 years
male: 38.3 years
female: 40.2 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate
0.35% (2004 est.)

Birth rate
11.59 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate
10.53 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate
2.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate
total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.44 years
male: 75.17 years
female: 79.83 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate
1.74 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.2% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
5,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths
less than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality
noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish

Ethnic groups
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali

Religions
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%

Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: NA
female: NA



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