Denmark People:
Population:
5,432,335 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.8% (male:524,250; female:497,683)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male:1,811,787; female:1,780,907)
65 years and over: 15.1% (male:349,458; female:468,250) (2005)
Median age:
total: 39.47 years
male: 38.55 years
female: 40.4 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.34% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
11.36 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
10.43 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.53 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.56 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 4.59 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 4.53 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 77.62 years (2005 est.)
male: 75.34 years
female: 80.03 years
Total fertility rate:
1.74 children born/woman (2005 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: 100%
female: 100%
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