Short facts about people of Denmark
| Population: |
5,352,815 (July 2001
est.) |
| 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.) |
| Population
growth rate: |
0.3% (2001
est.) |
| Birth
rate: |
11.96 births/1,000 population (2001
est.) |
| Death
rate: |
10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2001
est.) |
| Net
migration rate: |
1.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001
est.) |
| 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.) |
| Infant
mortality rate: |
5.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2001
est.) |
| Life
expectancy at birth: |
total population:
76.72 years
male: 74.12 years
female:
79.47 years (2001 est.) |
| Total
fertility rate: |
1.73 children born/woman (2001
est.) |
| HIV/AIDS -
adult prevalence rate: |
0.17% (1999
est.) |
| HIV/AIDS -
people living with HIV/AIDS: |
4,300 (1999
est.) |
| HIV/AIDS -
deaths: |
less than 100 (1999
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%, Muslims 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% | Source: World Factbook |