Population 5,333,617 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 18% (male 496,886; female 471,891)
15-64 years: 67% (male 1,807,384; female 1,760,353)
65 years and over: 15% (male 330,385; female 466,718) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.49% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 12.18 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 11.08 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 3.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 5.17 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76.31 years
male: 73.64 years
female: 79.12 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.68 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish

Ethnic groups 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
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1980 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%

NOTE: The information regarding Denmark on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Denmark People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Denmark People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.