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Information About The People |
Population:
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5,500,510 (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 110
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Polulation Rank:
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0-14 years: 18.1% (male 511,882/female 485,782)
15-64 years: 65.8% (male 1,817,800/female 1,798,964)
65 years and over: 16.1% (male 387,142/female 498,940) (2009 est.)
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Age structure:
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total: 40.5 years
male: 39.6 years
female: 41.3 years (2009 est.)
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Median age:
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0.28% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 174
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Population growth rate:
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10.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
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Birth rate:
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10.22 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
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Net migration rate:
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2.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
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Urbanization:
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urban population: 87% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 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: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 203
male:4.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.3 years
country comparison to the world: 46
male: 75.96 years
female: 80.78 years (2009 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.74 children born/woman (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
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HIV/AIDS - people living with
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0.2% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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4,800 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 124
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Major infectious diseases:
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fewer than 100 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
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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 Christian (includes 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: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
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School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
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Education expenditures:
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8.3% of GDP (2005)
country comparison to the world: 12
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