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Kingdom of Denmark
Kongeriget Danmark
INTRODUCTION
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Background:
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Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. However, the country has opted out of European Union's Maastricht Treaty, the European monetary system (EMU), and issues concerning certain internal affairs. |
GEOGRAPHY
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Location:
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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) |
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Geographic coordinates:
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56 00 N, 10 00 E |
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Map references:
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Europe |
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Area:
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total: 43,094 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 land: 42,394 sq km |
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Area - comparative:
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slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts |
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Land boundaries:
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total: 68 km
border countries: Germany 68 km |
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Coastline:
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7,314 km |
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Maritime claims:
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continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM |
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Climate:
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temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers |
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Terrain:
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low and flat to gently rolling plains |
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m |
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Natural resources:
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petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand |
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Land use:
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arable land: 55.74%
permanent crops: 0.19% other: 44.07% (1998 est.) |
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Irrigated land:
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4,760 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards:
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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 |
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Environment - current issues:
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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 |
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Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note:
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controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen |
PEOPLE
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Population:
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5,368,854 (July 2002 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.7% (male 514,589; female 488,121)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 1,806,722; female 1,760,149) 65 years and over: 14.9% (male 334,599; female 464,674) (2002 est.) |
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Population growth rate:
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0.29% (2002 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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11.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) |
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Death rate:
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10.81 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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2.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2002 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate:
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4.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 76.91 years
female: 79.67 years (2002 est.) male: 74.3 years |
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Total fertility rate:
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1.73 children born/woman (2002 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.17% (1999 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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4,300 (1999 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 100 (1999 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish |
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Ethnic groups:
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Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali |
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Religions:
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Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2% |
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Languages:
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Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100% male: NA% female: NA% |