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