Denmark: People

The World Factbook 1993: Denmark People

Population: 5,175,922 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.23% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 12.5 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 11.42 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.51 years male: 72.63 years female: 78.56 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.68 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish

Ethnic divisions: 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: age 15 and over can read and write (1980) total population: 99% male: NA% female: NA%

Labor force: 2,553,900

by occupation: private services 37.1%, government services 30.4%, manufacturing and mining 20%, construction 6.3%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 5.6%, electricity/gas/water 0.6% (1991)