| 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.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.35% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
11.59 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
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 / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 77.44 years male: 75.17 years female: 79.83 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.74 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.2% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
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 |