Denmark 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%
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