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Introduction Denmark
Geography Denmark
Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 10 00 E
Map references: Europe
Area: total: 43,094 sq km
water: 700 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
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
Terrain: low and flat to gently rolling plains
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m
Land use: arable land: 54.02%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 45.79% (2001)
Irrigated land: 4,760 sq km (1998 est.)
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
People Denmark
Population: 5,413,392 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.9% (male 523,888; female 497,420)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 1,808,376; female 1,774,388)
65 years and over: 15% (male 344,113; female 465,207) (2004 est.)
Median age: total: 39.2 years
male: 38.3 years
female: 40.2 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.35% (2004 est.)
Birth rate: 11.59 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate: 10.53 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate: 2.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate: total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.44 years
male: 75.17 years
female: 79.83 years (2004 est.)
Nationality: noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish
note: English is the predominant second language
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: NA
female: NA
Government Denmark
Country name: conventional long form: Kingdom of Denmark
conventional short form: Denmark
local short form: Danmark
local long form: Kongeriget Danmark
Government type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Copenhagen
National holiday: none designated; Constitution Day, 5 June is generally viewed as the National Day
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister and approved by Parliament
elections: last held 20 November 2001 (next to be held 8 February 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - Liberal Party 31%, Social Democrats 29%, Danish People's Party 12%, Conservative Party 9%, Socialist People's Party 6%, Social Liberal Party 5%, Christian People's Party (now Christian Democrats) 2%, Unity List 2%; seats by party - Liberal Party 56, Social Democrats 52, Danish People's Party 22, Conservative Party 16, Socialist People's Party 12, Social Liberal Party 9, Christian People's Party (now Christian Democrats) 4, Unity List 4; note - does not include the 2 seats from Greenland and the 2 seats from the Faroe Islands
Political pressure groups and leaders: NA
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Ulrik Andreas FEDERSPIEL
consulate(s) general: Chicago and New York
FAX: [1] (202) 328-1470
telephone: [1] (202) 234-4300
chancery: 3200 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Stuart A. BERNSTEIN; note - will leave 15 January 2005
embassy: Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen
mailing address: PSC 73, APO AE 09716
telephone: [45] 35 55 31 44
FAX: [45] 35 43 02 23
Economy Denmark
GDP: purchasing power parity - $167.2 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 0% (2003 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $31,100 (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2%
industry: 22.1%
services: 75.9% (2003 est.)
Investment (gross fixed): 19.9% of GDP (2003)
Population below poverty line: NA
highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 24.7 (1992)
Labor force: 2.863 million (2003 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 4%, industry 17%, services 79% (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate: 6.1% (2003)
Budget: revenues: $118.5 billion
expenditures: $116 billion, including capital expenditures of $500 million (2003 est.)
Public debt: 45% of GDP (2003)
Industrial production growth rate: 0.3% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production: 35.47 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption: 32.41 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports: 8.775 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports: 8.199 billion kWh (2001)
Oil - exports: 332,100 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - imports: 195,000 bbl/day (2001)
Current account balance: $6.397 billion (2003)
Exports: $64.16 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - partners: Germany 18.7%, Sweden 12.6%, UK 8.5%, US 6.2%, Norway 5.7%, France 5.1%, Netherlands 4.7% (2003)
Imports: $54.47 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - partners: Germany 23.1%, Sweden 13%, UK 7%, Netherlands 6.9%, France 4.9%, Norway 4.5%, Italy 4.1% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: $37.98 billion (2003)
Debt - external: $21.7 billion (2000)
Economic aid - donor: ODA, $1.63 billion (1999)
Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
Currency code: DKK
Exchange rates: Danish kroner per US dollar - 6.5877 (2003), 7.8947 (2002), 8.3228 (2001), 8.0831 (2000), 6.9762 (1999)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications Denmark
Telephones - main lines in use: 3,610,100 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 4,785,300 (2003)
Telephone system: general assessment: excellent telephone and telegraph services
Radios: 6.02 million (1997)
Televisions: 3.121 million (1997)
Internet country code: .dk
Internet hosts: 1,219,925 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 13 (2000)
Internet users: 2.756 million (2002)
Transportation Denmark
Railways: total: 3,002 km
standard gauge: 3,002 km 1.435-m gauge (595 km electrified) (2003)
Highways: total: 71,591 km
paved: 71,591 km (including 880 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2000)
Waterways: 417 km (2001)
Ports and harbors: Aabenraa, Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Frederikshavn, Hirtshals, Kolding, Odense, Roenne (Bornholm), Vejle
Merchant marine: total: 276 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,952,473 GRT/9,030,444 DWT
registered in other countries: 284 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Germany 1, Greece 1, Indonesia 2, Norway 5
by type: bulk 4, cargo 77, chemical tanker 36, container 83, liquefied gas 15, livestock carrier 5, petroleum tanker 27, rail car carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 8, roll on/roll off 11, short-sea/passenger 5, specialized tanker 4
Airports: 99 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 28
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 69
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 63 (2004 est.)
Military Denmark
Military branches: Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,276,087 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,088,751 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 30,333 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $3,271.6 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.6% (2003)
This page was last updated on 1 January 2003
