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Facts

Population: 5,468,120 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.6% (male 520,669/female 494,228) 15-64 years: 66% (male 1,817,757/female 1,792,974) 65 years and over: 15.4% (male 363,828/female 478,664) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.311% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 10.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.053 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.014 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.977 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 4.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.96 years male: 75.65 years female: 80.41 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.74 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 5,000 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less 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.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $201.5 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 3.2% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $37,000 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1.4% industry: 24.6% services: 74% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 2.91 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 3% industry: 21% services: 76% (2004 est.).

Population below poverty line: NA%.

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.8% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 3.8% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $147 billion expenditures: $138.9 billion; including capital expenditures of $4.6 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish.

Industries: iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment.

Industrial production growth rate: 2.5% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 43.35 billion kWh (2006).

Electricity - consumption: 36.41 billion kWh (2006).

Electricity - exports: 13.72 billion kWh (2006).

Electricity - imports: 6.77 billion kWh (2006).

Exports: $93.93 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills.

Exports - partners: Germany 17.6%, Sweden 13.2%, UK 8.7%, US 6.4%, France 5.5%, Netherlands 5.3%, Norway 5.1% (2005).

Imports: $89.32 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods.

Imports - partners: Germany 20.5%, Sweden 13.8%, Norway 6.6%, Netherlands 6.5%, UK 5.9%, China 4.7%, France 4.2%, Italy 4.1% (2005).

Debt - external: $405 billion (30 June 2006).

Economic aid - donor: ODA, $2.13 billion (2005).

Currency (code): Danish krone (DKK).

Exchange rates: Danish kroner per US dollar - 5.9468 (2006), 5.9969 (2005), 5.9911 (2004), 6.5877 (2003), 7.8947 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.