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Demographics - The People of Denmark
Population: |
5,484,723 (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure: |
0-14 years: 18.4% (male 516,735/female 490,532) 15-64 years: 65.9% (male 1,818,681/female 1,796,753) 65 years and over: 15.7% (male 374,388/female 487,634) (2008 est.) |
Median age: |
total: 40.3 years male: 39.4 years female: 41.2 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate: |
0.295% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate: |
10.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate: |
10.25 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate: |
2.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.9525 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: |
total: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 78.13 years male: 75.8 years female: 80.59 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate: |
1.74 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.2% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
5,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
fewer than 100 (2003 est.) |
Nationality: |
noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish |
Ethnic groups: |
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali |
Religions: |
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes 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: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): |
total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006) |
Education expenditures: |
8.3% (2005) |
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