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Communications

Broadcast media (Radio) [time series]

broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 radios: NA

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

4,509,000 telephones; excellent telephone and telegraph services; buried and submarine cables and microwave radio relay support trunk network local: NA intercity: microwave radio relay international: 19 submarine coaxial cables; 7 INTELSAT, EUTELSAT, and INMARSAT earth stations

Broadcast media (Television) [time series]

broadcast stations: 50 televisions: NA

Defense Forces

Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]

Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard

Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]

exchange rate conversion - $2.7 billion, 1.9% of GDP (1994) DJIBOUTI

Manpower availability [time series]

males age 15-49 1,347,774; males fit for military service 1,158,223; males reach military age (20) annually 36,191 (1995 est.)

Economy

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

accounts for 4% of GDP; principal products - meat, dairy, grain, potatoes, rape, sugar beets, fish

Budget [time series]

revenues: $56.5 billion expenditures: $64.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1994 est.)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

1 Danish krone (DKr) = 100 oere

Economic aid [time series]

donor: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $5.9 billion

Electricity [time series]

capacity: 10,030,000 kW production: 32 billion kWh consumption per capita: 5,835 kWh (1993)

Exchange rates [time series]

Danish kroner (DKr) per US$1 - 6.034 (January 1995), 6.361 (1994), 6.484 (1993), 6.036 (1992), 6.396 (1991), 6.189 (1990)

Exports [time series]

$42.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994) commodities: meat and meat products, dairy products, transport equipment (shipbuilding), fish, chemicals, industrial machinery partners: EC 54.3% (Germany 23.6%, UK 10.1%, France 5.7%), Sweden 10.5%, Norway 5.8%, US 4.9%, Japan 3.6% (1992)

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$40.9 billion (1994 est.)

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

Imports [time series]

$37.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) commodities: petroleum, machinery and equipment, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, textiles, paper partners: EC 53.4% (Germany 23.1%, UK 8.2%, France 5.6%), Sweden 10.8%, Norway 5.4%, US 5.7%, Japan 4.1% (1992)

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate -2.5% (1993 est.)

Industries [time series]

food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture, and other wood products, shipbuilding

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

2% (1994 est.)

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (National product) [time series]

GDP - purchasing power parity - $103 billion (1994 est.)

Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]

$19,860 (1994 est.)

Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]

4.5% (1994 est.)

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

This thoroughly modern economy features high-tech agriculture, up-to-date small-scale and corporate industry, extensive government welfare measures, comfortable living standards, and high dependence on foreign trade. Denmark is self-sufficient in food production. The new center-left coalition government will concentrate on reducing the persistent high unemployment rate and the budget deficit as well as following the previous government's policies of maintaining low inflation and a current account surplus. In the face of recent international market pressure on the Danish krone, the coalition has also vowed to maintain a stable currency. The coalition hopes to lower marginal income taxes while maintaining overall tax revenues; boost industrial competitiveness through labor market and tax reforms and increased research and development funds; and improve welfare services for the neediest while cutting paperwork and delays. Prime Minister RASMUSSEN's reforms will focus on adapting Denmark to the criteria for European integration by 1999; although Copenhagen has won from the European Union (EU) the right to opt out of the European Monetary Union (EMU) if a national referendum rejects it. Denmark is, in fact, one of the few EU countries likely to fit into the EMU on time. Denmark is weathering the current worldwide slump better than many West European countries. After posting 4.5% real GDP growth in 1994, Copenhagen is predicting a continued strong showing in 1995, with real GDP up by 3.2%. The government expects an upswing in business investment in 1995 to drive economic growth. Although unemployment is high, it remains stable compared to most European countries.

Unemployment rate [time series]

12.3% (1994 est.)

Geography

Area [time series]

total area: 43,070 sq km land area: 42,370 sq km comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Massachusetts note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland

Climate [time series]

temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

Coastline [time series]

3,379 km

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

current issues: air pollution, principally from vehicle emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes natural hazards: flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea

Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]

Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Iceland, Ireland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area)

Irrigated land [time series]

4,300 sq km (1989 est.)

Land boundaries [time series]

total 68 km, Germany 68 km

Land use [time series]

arable land: 61% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 6% forest and woodland: 12% other: 21%

Location [time series]

Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany

Map references [time series]

Europe

Maritime claims [time series]

contiguous zone: 4 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 nm

Natural resources [time series]

petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone

Note [time series]

controls Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in Copenhagen

Terrain [time series]

low and flat to gently rolling plains

Government

Administrative divisions [time series]

metropolitan Denmark - 14 counties (amter, singular - amt) and 1 city* (stad); Arhus, Bornholm, Frederiksborg, Fyn, Kbenhavn, Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkbing, Roskilde, Snderjylland, Staden Kbenhavn*, Storstrm, Vejle, Vestsjaelland, Viborg note: see separate entries for the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which are part of the Danish realm and self-governing administrative divisions

Capital [time series]

Copenhagen

Constitution [time series]

5 June 1953

Digraph [time series]

Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation in US) [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Peter Pedersen DYVIG (Knud-Erik TYGESEN is Ambassador Elect for 1995) chancery: 3200 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 234-4300

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: Queen MARGRETHE II (since NA January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK, elder son of the Queen (born 26 May 1968) head of government: Prime Minister Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN (since NA January 1993) cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the monarch

Diplomatic representation in the US (FAX) [time series]

[1] (202) 328-1470 consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

Diplomatic representation in the US (FAX) [time series]

[45] (35) 43 02 23

Flag [time series]

red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side, and that design element of the DANNEBROG (Danish flag) was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

Independence [time series]

1849 (became a constitutional monarchy)

Judicial branch [time series]

Supreme Court

Legal system [time series]

civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CCC, CE, CERN, EBRD, EC, ECE, EIB, ESA, FAO, G- 9, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MTCR, NACC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OECD, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMOGIP, UNOMIG, UNPROFOR, UNTSO, UPU, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, ZC

Country name (Names) [time series]

conventional long form: Kingdom of Denmark conventional short form: Denmark local long form: Kongeriget Danmark local short form: Danmark

National holiday [time series]

Birthday of the Queen, 16 April (1940)

Legislative branch (Parliament (Folketing)) [time series]

elections last held 21 September 1994 (next to be held by December 1998); results - Social Democrats 34.6%, Liberals 23.3%, Conservatives 15.0%, Social People's Party 7.3%, Progress Party 6.4%, Radical Liberals 4.6%, Unity Party 3.1%, Center Democrats 2.8%, Christian People's Party 1.8%; seats - (179 total) Social Democrats 63, Liberals 44, Conservatives 28, Social People's Party 13, Progress Party 11, Radical Liberals 8, Unity Party 6, Center Democrats 5, independent 1

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

Social Democratic Party, Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN; Conservative Party, Hans ENGELL; Liberal Party, Uffe ELLEMANN-JENSEN; Socialist People's Party, Holger K. NIELSEN; Progress Party, Group Chairman Kim BEHNKE and Policy Spokesman Jan Kopke CHRISTENSEN; Center Democratic Party, Mimi Stilling JAKOBSEN; Radical Liberal Party, Marianne JELVED; Christian People's Party, Jann SJURSEN; Common Course, Preben Moller HANSEN; Danish Workers' Party; Unity Party

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Government type (Type) [time series]

constitutional monarchy

Diplomatic representation from the US (US diplomatic representation) [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Edward E. ELSON embassy: Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen O mailing address: APO AE 09716 telephone: [45] (31) 42 31 44

People

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 17% (female 430,598; male 451,993) 15-64 years: 68% (female 1,731,531; male 1,780,083) 65 years and over: 15% (female 473,537; male 331,695) (July 1995 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

12.38 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate [time series]

11.14 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

Scandinavian, Eskimo, Faroese, German

Infant mortality rate [time series]

6.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Labor force [time series]

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)

Languages [time series]

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

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 76.11 years male: 73.23 years female: 79.16 years (1995 est.)

Literacy [time series]

age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.) total population: 99%

Nationality [time series]

noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish

Net migration rate [time series]

0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Population [time series]

5,199,437 (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

0.22% (1995 est.)

Religions [time series]

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

Total fertility rate [time series]

1.69 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Transportation

Airports [time series]

total: 118 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 13 with paved runways under 914 m: 85 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 7

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

total: 71,042 km paved: concrete, asphalt, stone block 71,042 km (696 km of expressways)

Waterways (Inland waterways) [time series]

417 km

Merchant marine [time series]

total: 345 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,005,470 GRT/6,974,750 DWT ships by type: bulk 17, cargo 109, chemical tanker 24, combination bulk 1, container 61, liquefied gas tanker 32, livestock carrier 4, oil tanker 32, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 35, short-sea passenger 11 note: Denmark has created its own internal register, called the Danish International Ship register (DIS); DIS ships do not have to meet Danish manning regulations, and they amount to a flag of convenience within the Danish register

Pipelines [time series]

crude oil 110 km; petroleum products 578 km; natural gas 700 km

Ports [time series]

Alborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Grenaa, Koge, Odense, Struer

Railways (Railroads) [time series]

total: 2,838 km (494 km privately owned and operated) standard gauge: 2,838 km 1.435-m gauge (440 km electrified; 760 km double track) (1994)