Population: 5,187,821 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.23% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 12.45 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 11.28 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.81 years
male: 72.93 years
female: 78.86 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.68 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish

Ethnic divisions: Scandinavian, Eskimo, Faroese, German

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 91%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 2%, other 7% (1988)

Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Eskimo dialect), German (small minority)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Labor force: 2,553,900
by occupation: private services 37.1%, government services 30.4%, manufacturing and mining 20%, construction 6.3%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 5.6%, electricity/gas/water 0.6% (1991)

NOTE: The information regarding Denmark on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Denmark People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Denmark People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.