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Population:
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5,432,335 (July 2005 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.8% (male 524,250/female 497,683)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male 1,811,787/female 1,780,907) 65 years and over: 15.1% (male 349,458/female 468,250) (2005 est.) |
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Median age:
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total: 39.47 years
male: 38.55 years female: 40.4 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate:
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0.34% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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11.36 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Death rate:
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10.43 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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2.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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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: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.62 years
male: 75.34 years female: 80.03 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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1.74 children born/woman (2005 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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5,000 (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 100 (2003 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish |
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Ethnic groups:
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Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali |
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Religions:
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Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2% |
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Languages:
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Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% |
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