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location:
northern europe. bordering the baltic sea and the north sea. on a peninsula north of germany (jutland); also includes two major islands (sjaelland and fyn)
geographic coordinates:
56 00 n. 10 00 e
map references:
europe
area:
total: 43.094 sq km land: 42.394 sq km water: 700 sq km note: includes the island of bornholm in the baltic sea and the rest of metropolitan denmark (the jutland peninsula. and the major islands of sjaelland and fyn). but excludes the faroe islands and greenland
area - comparative:
slightly less than twice the size of massachusetts
land boundaries:
total: 68 km border countries: germany 68 km
coastline:
7.314 km
maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
climate:
temperate; humid and overcast; mild. windy winters and cool summers
terrain:
low and flat to gently rolling plains
elevation extremes:
lowest point: lammefjord -7 m highest point: yding skovhoej 173 m
natural resources:
petroleum. natural gas. fish. salt. limestone. chalk. stone. gravel and sand
land use:
arable land: 54.02% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 45.79% (2001)
irrigated land:
4.760 sq km (1998 est.)
natural hazards:
flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g.. parts of jutland. along the southern coast of the island of lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes
environment - current issues:
air pollution. principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the north sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides
environment - international agreements:
party to: air pollution. air pollution-nitrogen oxides. air pollution-persistent organic pollutants. air pollution-sulfur 85. air pollution-sulfur 94. air pollution-volatile organic compounds. antarctic treaty. biodiversity. climate change. climate change-kyoto protocol. desertification. endangered species. environmental modification. hazardous wastes. law of the sea. marine dumping. marine life conservation. ozone layer protection. ship pollution. tropical timber 83. tropical timber 94. wetlands. whaling signed. but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
geography - note:
controls danish straits (skagerrak and kattegat) linking baltic and north seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater copenhagen
population:
5.432.335 (july 2005 est.)
age structure:
0-14 years: 18.8% (male 524.250/female 497.683) 15-64 years: 66.1% (male 1.811.787/female 1.780.907) 65 years and over: 15.1% (male 349.458/female 468.250) (2005 est.)
median age:
total: 39.47 years male: 38.55 years female: 40.4 years (2005 est.)
population growth rate:
0.34% (2005 est.)
birth rate:
11.36 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
death rate:
10.43 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
net migration rate:
2.53 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
infant mortality rate:
total: 4.56 deaths/1.000 live births male: 4.59 deaths/1.000 live births female: 4.53 deaths/1.000 live births (2005 est.)
life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.62 years male: 75.34 years female: 80.03 years (2005 est.)
total fertility rate:
1.74 children born/woman (2005 est.)
hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2003 est.)
hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids:
5.000 (2003 est.)
hiv/aids - deaths:
less than 100 (2003 est.)
nationality:
noun: dane(s) adjective: danish
ethnic groups:
scandinavian. inuit. faroese. german. turkish. iranian. somali
religions:
evangelical lutheran 95%. other protestant and roman catholic 3%. muslim 2%
languages:
danish. faroese. greenlandic (an inuit dialect). german (small minority) note: english is the predominant second language
literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
country name:
conventional long form: kingdom of denmark conventional short form: denmark local long form: kongeriget danmark local short form: danmark
government type:
constitutional monarchy
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