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Communications

Broadcast media [time series]

strong public-sector TV presence with state-owned Danmarks Radio (DR) operating 4 channels and publicly owned TV2 operating roughly a half dozen channels; broadcasts of privately owned stations are available via satellite and cable feed; DR operates 4 nationwide FM radio stations, 15 digital audio broadcasting stations, and about 15 web-based radio stations; approximately 250 commercial and community radio stations (2007)

Internet country code [time series]

.dk

Internet users (Internet hosts) [time series]

4.297 million (2012) country comparison to the world: 25

Internet users [time series]

4.75 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 48

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

general assessment: excellent telephone and telegraph services domestic: buried and submarine cables and microwave radio relay form trunk network, multiple cellular mobile communications systems international: country code - 45; a series of fiber-optic submarine cables link Denmark with Canada, Faroe Islands, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and UK; satellite earth stations - 18 (6 Intelsat, 10 Eutelsat, 1 Orion, 1 Inmarsat (Blaavand-Atlantic-East)); note - the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) share the Danish earth station and the Eik, Norway, station for worldwide Inmarsat access (2011)

Telephones - fixed lines (Telephones - main lines in use) [time series]

2.431 million (2012) country comparison to the world: 53

Telephones - mobile cellular [time series]

6.6 million (2012) country comparison to the world: 97

Economy

Agricultural products (Agriculture - products) [time series]

barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish

Budget [time series]

revenues: $181.4 billion expenditures: $189.7 billion (2013 est.)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) [time series]

-2.5% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 103

Central bank discount rate [time series]

0.75% (31 December 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 133 0.75% (31 December 2010 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate [time series]

3.6% (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 162 3.6% (31 December 2012 est.)

Current account balance [time series]

$19.6 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 16 $17.44 billion (2012 est.)

Debt - external [time series]

$586.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 24 $571.4 billion (31 December 2011)

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income (Distribution of family income - Gini index) [time series]

24.8 (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 137 24.7 (1992)

Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]

This thoroughly modern market economy features a high-tech agricultural sector, state-of-the-art industry with world-leading firms in pharmaceuticals, maritime shipping and renewable energy, and a high dependence on foreign trade. Denmark is a member of the European Union (EU); Danish legislation and regulations conform to EU standards on almost all issues. Danes enjoy a high standard of living and the Danish economy is characterized by extensive government welfare measures and an equitable distribution of income. Denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and enjoys a comfortable balance of payments surplus, but depends on imports of raw materials for the manufacturing sector. Within the EU, Denmark is among the strongest supporters of trade liberalization. After a long consumption-driven upswing, Denmark's economy began slowing in 2007 with the end of a housing boom. Housing prices dropped markedly in 2008-09 and, following a short respite in 2010, have since continued to decline. Household indebtedness is still relatively high at more than 275% of gross disposable income in the first half of 2013. The global financial crisis has exacerbated this cyclical slowdown through increased borrowing costs and lower export demand, consumer confidence, and investment. Denmark made a modest recovery in 2010, in part because of increased government spending; however, the country experienced a technical recession in late 2010-early 2011. Historically low levels of unemployment rose sharply with the recession and have remained at about 6% in 2010-13, based on the national measure, about two-thirds average EU unemployment. An impending decline in the ratio of workers to retirees will be a major long-term issue. Denmark maintained a healthy budget surplus for many years up to 2008, but the budget balance swung into deficit in 2009, where it remains. In spite of the deficits, the new coalition government delivered a modest stimulus to the economy in 2012. Nonetheless, Denmark's fiscal position remains among the strongest in the EU with public debt at about 46% of GDP in 2013. Despite previously meeting the criteria to join the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), so far Denmark has decided not to join, although the Danish krone remains pegged to the euro.

Exchange rates [time series]

Danish kroner (DKK) per US dollar - 5.695 (2013 est.) 5.7925 (2012 est.) 5.6241 (2010 est.) 5.361 (2009) 5.0236 (2008)

Exports [time series]

$106 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 37 $104.9 billion (2012 est.)

Exports - commodities [time series]

machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills

Exports - partners [time series]

Germany 15.9%, Sweden 13.5%, UK 9.6%, US 6.6%, Norway 6.3%, Netherlands 4.6% (2012)

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

GDP (official exchange rate) [time series]

$324.3 billion (2013 est.)

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

$211.3 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 55 $211.1 billion (2012 est.) $211.9 billion (2011 est.) note: data are in 2013 US dollars

GDP - composition, by end use [time series]

household consumption: 49.1% government consumption: 28.8% investment in fixed capital: 17.7% investment in inventories: 0.2% exports of goods and services: 53.4% imports of goods and services: -49.2% (2013 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin [time series]

agriculture: 1.5% industry: 21.7% services: 76.8% (2013 est.)

Real GDP per capita (GDP - per capita (PPP)) [time series]

$37,800 (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 32 $37,800 (2012 est.) $38,100 (2011 est.) note: data are in 2013 US dollars

Real GDP growth rate (GDP - real growth rate) [time series]

0.1% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 195 -0.4% (2012 est.) 1.1% (2011 est.)

Gross national saving [time series]

24.1% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 54 22.6% of GDP (2012 est.) 23.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share [time series]

lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 28.7% (2007)

Imports [time series]

$98.45 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 35 $96.77 billion (2012 est.)

Imports - commodities [time series]

machinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods

Imports - partners [time series]

Germany 21.2%, Sweden 13.5%, Netherlands 7.5%, China 6.4%, Norway 6.3%, UK 5.6% (2012)

Industrial production growth rate [time series]

1.1% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 143

Industries [time series]

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

0.8% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 18 2.4% (2012 est.)

Labor force [time series]

2.795 million (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 106

Labor force - by occupation [time series]

agriculture: 2.6% industry: 20.3% services: 77.1% (2011 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares [time series]

$NA (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 31 $179.5 billion (31 December 2011) $231.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Population below poverty line [time series]

13.4% (2011)

Public debt [time series]

47% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 75 45.6% of GDP (2012 est.) note: data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold [time series]

$89.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 24 $89.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of broad money [time series]

$180.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 42 $174.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad [time series]

$248.3 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 21 $241.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home [time series]

$146 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 31 $147.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of domestic credit [time series]

$675 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 $664.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of narrow money [time series]

$147.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 26 $150.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Taxes and other revenues [time series]

55.9% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 8

Unemployment rate [time series]

6% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 59 6% (2012 est.)

Energy

Carbon dioxide emissions (Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy) [time series]

46.66 million Mt (2011 est.)

Crude oil - exports [time series]

155,200 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

Crude oil - imports [time series]

55,010 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 54

Crude oil - production [time series]

207,400 bbl/day (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 39

Crude oil - proved reserves [time series]

805 million bbl (1 January 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 43

Electricity - consumption [time series]

33.56 billion kWh (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 60

Electricity - exports [time series]

10.71 billion kWh (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 20

Electricity - from fossil fuels [time series]

63% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 129

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants [time series]

0.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 150

Electricity - from nuclear fuels [time series]

0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 75

Electricity - from other renewable sources [time series]

36.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 2

Electricity - imports [time series]

15.92 billion kWh (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 13

Electricity - installed generating capacity [time series]

13.71 million kW (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

Electricity - production [time series]

33.71 billion kWh (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 63

Natural gas - consumption [time series]

4.994 billion cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 63

Natural gas - exports [time series]

2.983 billion cu m (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 39

Natural gas - imports [time series]

254 million cu m (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 68

Natural gas - production [time series]

6.412 billion cu m (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 50

Natural gas - proved reserves [time series]

42.98 billion cu m (1 January 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 67

Refined petroleum products - consumption [time series]

160,200 bbl/day (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 64

Refined petroleum products - exports [time series]

104,400 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 43

Refined petroleum products - imports [time series]

124,100 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 45

Refined petroleum products - production [time series]

145,300 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 62

Geography

Area [time series]

total: 43,094 sq km country comparison to the world: 134 land: 42,434 sq km water: 660 sq km note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland

Area - comparative [time series]

slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts

Climate [time series]

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

Coastline [time series]

7,314 km

Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]

lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m highest point: Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m

Environment - current issues [time series]

air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides

International environmental agreements (Environment - international agreements) [time series]

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Total water withdrawal (Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)) [time series]

total: 0.66 cu km/yr (58%/5%/36%) per capita: 118.4 cu m/yr (2009)

Geographic coordinates [time series]

56 00 N, 10 00 E

Geography - note [time series]

controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen

Irrigated land [time series]

4,354 sq km (2007)

Land boundaries [time series]

total: 140 km border countries: Germany 140 km

Land use [time series]

arable land: 57.99% permanent crops: 0.09% other: 41.91% (2011)

Location [time series]

Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes several major islands (Sjaelland, Fyn, and Bornholm)

Map references [time series]

Europe

Maritime claims [time series]

territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Natural hazards [time series]

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

Natural resources [time series]

petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand

Terrain [time series]

low and flat to gently rolling plains

Total renewable water resources [time series]

6 cu km (2011)

Government

Administrative divisions [time series]

metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular - region); Hovedstaden (Capital), Midtjylland (Central Jutland), Nordjylland (North Jutland), Sjaelland (Zealand), Syddanmark (Southern Denmark) note: an extensive local government reform merged 271 municipalities into 98 and 13 counties into five regions, effective 1 January 2007

Capital [time series]

name: Copenhagen geographic coordinates: 55 40 N, 12 35 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: applies to continental Denmark only, not to its North Atlantic components

Constitution [time series]

previous 1665; latest adopted 5 June 1849; amended several times, last in 2009 (2009)

Country name [time series]

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

Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Rufus GIFFORD (since 15 August 2013) embassy: Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen 0 mailing address: Unit 5280, DPO, AE 09716 telephone: [45] 33 41 71 00 FAX: [45] 35 43 02 23

Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Peter TAKSOE-JENSEN (since 1 September 2010) chancery: 3200 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 234-4300 FAX: [1] (202) 328-1470 consulate(s) general: Chicago, New York

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK, elder son of the monarch (born on 26 May 1968) head of government: Prime Minister Helle THORNING-SCHMIDT (since 3 October 2011) cabinet: Council of State appointed by the monarch (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website) elections: the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch

Flag (Flag description) [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; the banner is referred to as the Dannebrog (Danish flag) and is one of the oldest national flags in the world; traditions as to the origin of the flag design vary, but the best known is a legend that the banner fell from the sky during an early-13th century battle; caught up by the Danish king before it ever touched the earth, this heavenly talisman inspired the royal army to victory; in actuality, the flag may derive from a crusade banner or ensign note: the shifted design element was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

Government type [time series]

constitutional monarchy

Independence [time series]

ca. 965 (unified and Christianized under HARALD I Gormson); 5 June 1849 (became a constitutional monarchy)

International law organization participation [time series]

accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

International organization participation [time series]

ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EITI (implementing country), ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Judicial branch [time series]

highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 18 judges) judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the monarch upon the recommendation of the Minister of Justice with the advice of the Judicial Appointments Council, a 6-member independent body of judges and lawyers; judges appointed for life with retirement at age 70 subordinate courts: Special Court of Indictment and Revision; 2 High Courts; Maritime and Commercial Court; county courts

Legal system [time series]

civil law; judicial review of legislative acts

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral People's Assembly or Folketing (179 seats, including 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands; members elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms unless the Folketing is dissolved earlier) elections: last held on 15 September 2011 (next to be held by September 2015) election results: percent of vote by party - V 26.7%, SDP 24.9%, DF 12.3%, SLP 9.5%, SF 9.2%, O 6.7%, LA 5%, C 4.9%, other 0.8%; seats by party - V 47, SDP 44, DF 22, SLP 17, SF 16, O 12, LA 9, C 8; note - does not include the two seats from Greenland and the two seats from the Faroe Islands

National anthem(s) (National anthem) [time series]

name: "Der er et yndigt land" (There is a Lovely Land); "Kong Christian" (King Christian)

National holiday [time series]

none designated; Constitution Day, 5 June (1849) is generally viewed as the National Day

National symbol(s) [time series]

lion; mute swan

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

Conservative People's Party or C [Lars BARFOED] Danish People's Party or DF [Kristian THULESEN DAHL] Liberal Alliance or LA [Anders SAMUELSEN] Liberal Party or V [Lars LOKKE RAMUSSEN] Red-Green Alliance (Unity List) or O [collective leadership, spokesperson Johanne SCHMIDT-NIELSEN] Social Democratic Party or SDP [Helle THORNING-SCHMIDT] Social Liberal Party or SLP [Margrethe VESTAGER] Socialist People's Party or SF [Annette VILHELMSEN]

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

Confederation of Danish Employers or DA [President Jorn Neergaard LARSEN] Confederation of Danish Industries [CEO Karsten DYBVAD] Confederation of Danish Labor Unions (Landsorganisationen) or LO [President Harald BORSTING] Danish Shipowners' Association [Chairman Carsten MORTENSEN]; Danish Bankers Association [CEO Joergen HORWITZ] DaneAge Association [President Bjarne HASTRUP] Danish Society for Nature Conservation [President Ella Maria BISSCHOP-LARSEN] other: environmental groups; humanitarian relief; development assistance; human rights NGOs

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Introduction

Background [time series]

Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), European defense cooperation, and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.

Military

Manpower available for military service [time series]

males age 16-49: 1,236,337 females age 16-49: 1,224,182 (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service [time series]

males age 16-49: 1,014,560 females age 16-49: 1,003,921 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually [time series]

male: 37,913 female: 35,865 (2010 est.)

Military and security forces (Military branches) [time series]

Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish Fleet, Arctic Command, Tactical Air Command, Home Guard (2010)

Military expenditures [time series]

1.41% of GDP (2012) country comparison to the world: 71 1.35% of GDP (2011) 1.41% of GDP (2010)

Military service age and obligation [time series]

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to mobilization units following completion of their conscript service; women eligible to volunteer for military service (2012)

People and Society

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 17% (male 485,115/female 460,682) 15-24 years: 13.1% (male 371,258/female 355,984) 25-54 years: 39.2% (male 1,087,993/female 1,093,545) 55-64 years: 12.4% (male 343,685/female 347,732) 65 years and over: 18% (male 457,175/female 565,908) (2014 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

10.22 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 190

Death rate [time series]

10.23 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 46

Dependency ratios [time series]

total dependency ratio: 55.6 % youth dependency ratio: 27.1 % elderly dependency ratio: 28.5 % potential support ratio: 3.5 (2014 est.)

Drinking water source [time series]

improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)

Education expenditure (Education expenditures) [time series]

8.7% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 8

Ethnic groups [time series]

Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate [time series]

0.2% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 111

HIV/AIDS - deaths [time series]

fewer than 100 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 133

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS [time series]

5,300 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 122

Health expenditure (Health expenditures) [time series]

11.2% of GDP (2011) country comparison to the world: 12

Hospital bed density [time series]

3.5 beds/1,000 population (2010)

Infant mortality rate [time series]

total: 4.1 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 197 male: 4.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Languages [time series]

Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 79.09 years country comparison to the world: 47 male: 76.68 years female: 81.64 years (2014 est.)

Literacy [time series]

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)

Major urban areas - population [time series]

COPENHAGEN (capital) 1.206 million (2011)

Maternal mortality ratio (Maternal mortality rate) [time series]

12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 151

Median age [time series]

total: 41.6 years male: 40.7 years female: 42.5 years (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth [time series]

29.1 (2012 est.)

Nationality [time series]

noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish

Net migration rate [time series]

2.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 43

Obesity - adult prevalence rate [time series]

18.2% (2008) country comparison to the world: 107

Physician density (Physicians density) [time series]

3.42 physicians/1,000 population (2007)

Population [time series]

5,569,077 (July 2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 115

Population growth rate [time series]

0.22% (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 178

Religions [time series]

Evangelical Lutheran (official) 80%, Muslim 4%, other (denominations of less than 1% each, includes Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, and Buddhist) 16% (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access [time series]

improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) [time series]

total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2010)

Sex ratio [time series]

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate [time series]

1.73 children born/woman (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 168

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) (Unemployment, youth ages 15-24) [time series]

total: 14.2% country comparison to the world: 89 male: 14.8% female: 14.1% (2012)

Urbanization [time series]

urban population: 86.9% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international [time series]

Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm; Faroese continue to study proposals for full independence; sovereignty dispute with Canada over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland; Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have made submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) and Russia is collecting additional data to augment its 2001 CLCS submission

Refugees and internally displaced persons [time series]

stateless persons: 3,623 (2012)

Transportation

Airports [time series]

80 (2013) country comparison to the world: 68

Airports - with paved runways [time series]

total: 28 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 2 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways [time series]

total: 52 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 47 (2013)

Merchant marine [time series]

total: 367 country comparison to the world: 27 by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 48, carrier 1, chemical tanker 125, container 94, liquefied gas 4, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 40, petroleum tanker 36, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 8, specialized tanker 3 foreign-owned: 27 (Germany 9, Greenland 1, Norway 2, Sweden 15) registered in other countries: 582 (Antigua and Barbuda 20, Bahamas 69, Belgium 4, Brazil 3, Curacao 1, Cyprus 6, Egypt 1, France 11, Gibraltar 7, Hong Kong 42, Isle of Man 30, Italy 4, Jamaica 1, Liberia 8, Lithuania 8, Luxembourg 1, Malaysia 1, Malta 34, Marshall Islands 7, Moldova 1, Netherlands 27, Norway 7, Panama 41, Philippines 2, Portugal 4, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9, Singapore 149, Sweden 4, UK 43, Uruguay 1, US 31, Venezuela 1, unknown 4) (2010)

Pipelines [time series]

condensate 11 km; gas 4,377 km; oil 647 km; oil/gas/water 2 km (2013)

Ports (Ports and terminals) [time series]

major seaport(s): Baltic Sea - Aarhus, Copenhagen, Fredericia, Kalundborg; North Sea - Esbjerg, river port(s): Aalborg (Langerak) dry bulk cargo port(s): Ensted (coal) cruise port(s): Copenhagen

Railways [time series]

total: 2,667 km country comparison to the world: 62 standard gauge: 2,667 km 1.435-m gauge (640 km electrified) (2008)

Roadways [time series]

total: 73,929 km country comparison to the world: 63 paved: 73,929 km (includes 1,143 km of expressways) (2012)

Waterways [time series]

400 km (2010) country comparison to the world: 88