| Population: |
5,468,120 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 18.6% (male 520,669/female 494,228)
15-64 years: 66% (male 1,817,757/female 1,792,974)
65 years and over: 15.4% (male 363,828/female 478,664) (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
0.311% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
10.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.053 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.014 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.977 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 4.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 77.96 years
male: 75.65 years
female: 80.41 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.74 children born/woman (2007 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 Christian (includes 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: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
