| Population: |
5,352,815 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
18.59% (male 510,826; female 484,385)
15-64 years:
66.56% (male 1,804,617; female 1,758,019)
65 years and over:
14.85% (male 331,906; female 463,062) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.3% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
11.96 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
1.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.72 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
5.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
76.72 years
male:
74.12 years
female:
79.47 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.73 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.17% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
4,300 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Dane(s)
adjective:
Danish
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| Ethnic groups: |
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali
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| Religions: |
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslims 2%
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| Languages: |
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note:
English is the predominant second language
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
100%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
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