My World Factbook
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People
5,515,575 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 0-14 years: 18.1% (male 511,882/female 485,782)
15-64 years: 65.8% (male 1,817,800/female 1,798,964)
65 years and over: 16.1% (male 387,142/female 498,940) (2010 est.)
total: 40.7 years
male: 39.8 years
female: 41.6 years (2010 est.)
0.267% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10.4 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: urban population: 87% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.055 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: male: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 78.47 years
country comparison to the world: male: 76.11 years
female: 80.97 years (2010 est.)
1.74 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 0.2% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4,800 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: fewer than 100 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2007)
7.9% of GDP (2006)
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