Population: 5,132,626 (July 1991), growth rate NEGL% (1991)

Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 73 years male, 79 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Dane(s); adjective--Danish

Ethnic divisions: Scandinavian, Eskimo, Faroese, German

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

Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Eskimo dialect); small German-speaking minority

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Labor force: 2,581,400; private services 36.4%; government services 30.2%; manufacturing and mining 20%; construction 6.8%; agriculture, forestry, and fishing 5.9%; electricity/gas/water 0.7% (1990)

Organized labor: 65% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Denmark on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Denmark People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Denmark People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.