Language
Danish (official)
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	5.5 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	5.5 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	5.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	5.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	5.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	5.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	5.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	5.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	5.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
5.6 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Almost 96 percent of the population is of Danish origin. A German minority lives in Jutland and there are immigrant communities from Turkey, Asia, Africa, former Yugoslavia and other Scandinavian countries.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Lutheran (96 percent), with Catholic and other minorities
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	85.9 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	85.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	85.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	85.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	85.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	85.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	85.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	85.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1915
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
96 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	18.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	18.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	18.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	18.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	18.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	18.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Time zone
Standard Time GMT+1, Summer Time GMT+2

Climate description
Temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers.

Currency
Danish Krone

Telephone dialling code
(+) 45

Driving (left/right)
Right

Average life expectancy

2005	77.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	77.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	77.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	76.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	76.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	76.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	75.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	75.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	74.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	74.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	74.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	73.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	80.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	79.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	79.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	79.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	78.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	78.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	3 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	3 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	5 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	14	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	15	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	14	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	17	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	11	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	14	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	<2.5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	<2.5 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	100 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2008	456 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	519 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	571 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	618 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	646 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	671 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	689 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	722 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	719 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1200 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	1159 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	1073 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	1006 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	956 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	885 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	834 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	740 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	630 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	849 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	810 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	830 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	770 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	760 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	710 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	640 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	429 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	391 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	1 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	1 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	4	Transparency International
2005	4	Transparency International
2004	3 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	3 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	2 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	2	Transparency International
2000	2	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	55440 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	52560 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	48650 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	41590 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	33970 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	30070 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	30640 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	31850 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	311.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	276.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	258.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	244.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	212.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	173.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	160.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	160.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	3.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	2.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	0.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	0.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	0.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	3.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	1.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	2.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	1.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	2.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	2.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	3.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.6 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
21.3 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	293 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	293 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	366 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	339 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	8 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	8 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	8 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	8 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Number of refugees originating here

2008	11	UNHCR
2007	14	UNHCR
2006	12	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	12	UNHCR
2004	10	UNHCR
2003	10	UNHCR
2002	No data available
2001	No data available
2000	25	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	23401	UNHCR
2007	26788	UNHCR
2006	36659	UNHCR
2005	44374	UNHCR
2004	65310	UNHCR
2003	69858	UNHCR
2002	73597	UNHCR
2001	73284	UNHCR
2000	71035	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	1.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	1.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	1.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	8.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	8.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	8.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	8.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	8.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	7.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	7.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	7.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	7.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	6.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003