People

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%