Nationality:
noun: Dane(s)
adjective:
Danish
Ethnic groups:
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali
Languages:
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note:
English is the predominant second language
Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran (official) 80%, Muslim 4%, other (denominations of less than 1% each, includes Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, and Buddhist) 16% (2012 est.)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
5,569,077 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
17% (male 485,115/female 460,682)
15-24 years:
13.1% (male 371,258/female 355,984)
25-54 years:
39.2% (male 1,087,993/female 1,093,545)
55-64 years:
12.4% (male 343,685/female 347,732)
65 years and over:
18% (male 457,175/female 565,908) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:
total dependency ratio:
55.6 %
youth dependency ratio:
27.1 %
elderly dependency ratio:
28.5 %
potential support ratio:
3.5 (2014 est.)
total:
41.6 years
male:
40.7 years
female:
42.5 years (2014 est.)
0.22% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 178
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
10.22 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 190
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
10.23 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
2.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 43
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
86.9% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
COPENHAGEN (capital) 1.206 million (2011)
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.8 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
29.1 (2012 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 151
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
4.1 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 197
male:
4.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
79.09 years
country comparison to the world: 47
male:
76.68 years
female:
81.64 years (2014 est.)
1.73 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 168
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
11.2% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
3.42 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
3.5 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2012 est.)
0.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
5,300 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 122
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 133
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
18.2% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 107
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
8.7% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 8
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
99% (2003 est.)
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
18 years (2010)
total:
14.2%
country comparison to the world: 89
male:
14.8%
female:
14.1% (2012)