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$Date{1990}
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Title: Denmark
Book: CIA World Factbook
Author: Central Intelligence Agency
Affiliation: United States Government
Date: 1990
[Hear National Anthem]
[See Map of Denmark]
[See Flag of Denmark]
Statistical Profile of Denmark
Geography
Total area: 43,070 km2; land area: 42,370 km2; includes the island of
Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes
the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Massachusetts
Land boundaries: 68 km with FRG
Coastline: 3,379 km
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 4 nm
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 3 nm
Disputes: Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Iceland, Ireland,
and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the
Rockall area)
Climate: temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool
summers
Terrain: low and flat to gently rolling plains
Natural resources: crude oil, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone
Land use: 61% arable land; NEGL% permanent crops; 6% meadows and
pastures; 12% forest and woodland; 21% other; includes 9% irrigated
Environment: air and water pollution
Note: controls Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas
People
Population: 5,129,659 (July 1989), growth rate 0.1% (1989)
Birth rate: 11 births/1,000 population (1989)
Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1989)
Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1989)
Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)
Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 79 years female (1989)
Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (1989)
Nationality: noun--Dane(s); adjective--Danish
Ethnic divisions: Scandinavian, Eskimo, Faroese, German
Religion: 97% Evangelical Lutheran, 2% other Protestant and Roman
Catholic, 1% other
Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Eskimo dialect); small
German-speaking minority
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 2,860,000; 31.3% services, 26.4% government,
18.4% manufacturing, 6.1% agriculture, forestry, and fishing,
5.8% construction (1987)
Organized labor: 65% of labor force
Government
Long-form name: Kingdom of Denmark
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Copenhagen
Administrative divisions: metropolitan Denmark--14 counties (amter,
singular--amt) and 1 city* (stad); Arhus, Bornholm, Frederiksborg, Fyn,
Kobenhavn, Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkobing, Roskilde, Sonderjylland,
Staden Kobenhavn*, Storstrom, Vejle, Vestsjaelland, Viborg; note--see
separate entries for the Faroe Islands and Greenland which are part of the
Danish realm and self-governing administrative divisions
Independence: became a constitutional monarchy in 1849
Constitution: 5 June 1953
Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
National holiday: Birthday of the Queen, 16 April (1940)
Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with crown and parliament
(Folketing); executive power vested in crown but exercised by Cabinet
responsible to parliament; Supreme Court, 2 superior courts, 106 lower courts
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen MARGRETHE II (since January 1972);
Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK, elder son of the Queen (born 26 May 1968);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Poul SCHLUTER (since 10 September
1982)
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: on call of prime minister but at least every four years; last
election 10 May 1988
Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic, Svend Auken;
Liberal, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen; Conservative, Poul Schluter; Radical Liberal,
Niels Helveg Petersen; Socialist People's, Gert Petersen; Communist, Jorgen
Jensen; Left Socialist, Preben Wilnjelm; Center Democratic, Erhard Jakobsen;
Christian People's, Flemming Kofoed-Svendsen; Justice, Poul Gerhard Kristiansen;
Trade and Industry Party, Asger J. Lindinger; Progress Party, Mogens
Glistrup; Socialist Workers Party, no chairman; Communist Workers' Party
(KAP), Benito Scocozza; Common Course, Preben Mooller Hansen
Voting strength: 10 May 1988 parliamentary election (179
seats)--Social Democratic 55 seats, Conservative 35 seats, Socialist
People's 24 seats, Liberal 22 seats, Progress 16 seats, Radical Liberal
10 seats, Center Democratic 9 seats, Christian People's 4 seats, Common Course
no seats, Left Socialist no seats; includes 2 seats Greenland, 2 seats Faroe
Islands; note--a party must have at least 2% of the vote to be in parliament
Member of: ADB, CCC, Council of Europe, DAC, EC, EMS, ESA, FAO, GATT,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICES, ICO, IDA, IDB, Inter-American Development Bank,
IEA, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, IMF, IMO,
INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC--International Wheat Council, NATO,
Nordic Council, OECD, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Eigil JORGENSEN; Chancery at
3200 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 234-4300; there
are Danish Consulates General at Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York;
US--Ambassador Keith L. BROWN; Embassy at Dag Hammarskjold Alle 24,
2100 Copenhagen O (mailing address is APO New York 09170);
telephone [45] (1) 42 31 44
Flag: red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the
vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side and that design element
of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) was subsequently adopted by all other
Scandinavian countries
Economy
Overview: The highly diversified economy is heavily dependent
on foreign trade (including services), which accounts for 40% of GDP.
Over the past 30 years manufacturing has gradually replaced agriculture
as the most important sector. In 1987 about 60% of total exports
came from manufactured products compared to 30% from agriculture.
GDP: $101.3 billion, per capita $19,780; real growth rate - 1.1% (1987)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.0% (1987)
Unemployment rate: 8.9% (1988)
Budget: revenues $34 billion; expenditures $34 billion, including
capital expenditures of $19 billion (1988)
Exports: $25.6 billion (f.o.b., 1987);
commodities--meat and meat products, dairy products, transport equipment,
fish, chemicals, industrial machinery;
partners--US 6.9%, FRG, Norway, Sweden, UK, other EC, Japan
Imports: $25.5 billion (c.i.f., 1987);
commodities--petroleum, machinery and equipment, chemicals, grain and
foodstuffs, textiles, paper;
partners--US 5.3%, FRG, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, other EC
External debt: $19.0 billion (December 1988 est.)
Industrial production: growth rate - 2.4% (1987)
Electricity: 11,123,000 kW capacity; 30,011 million kWh produced,
5,860 kWh per capita (1988)
Industries: food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and
clothing, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture, and other
wood products
Agriculture: highly intensive, specializes in dairying and animal
husbandry; main crops--cereals, root crops; food imports--oilseed, grain,
animal feedstuffs
Aid: donor--ODA and OOF commitments (1970-86) $4.4 billion
Currency: Danish krone (plural--kroner); 1 Danish krone
(DKr) = 100 ore
Exchange rates: Danish kroner (DKr) per US$1--7.085 (January 1989),
6.732 (1988), 6.840 (1987), 8.091 (1986), 10.596 (1985)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Railroads: 2,675 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; Danish State Railways
(DSB) operate 2,025 km (1,999 km rail line and 121 km rail ferry services);
188 km electrified, 730 km double tracked; 650 km of standard-gauge lines are
privately owned and operated
Highways: 66,482 km total; 64,551 km concrete, bitumen, or stone block;
1,931 km gravel, crushed stone, improved earth
Inland waterways: 417 km
Pipelines: crude oil, 110 km; refined products, 578 km; natural gas, 700
km
Ports: Alborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia; numerous
secondary and minor ports
Merchant marine: 223 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,123,748
GRT/6,248,626 DWT; includes 11 short-sea passenger, 71 cargo, 12 refrigerated
cargo, 25 container, 38 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 railcar carrier,
34 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 9 chemical tanker,
10 liquefied gas, 3 livestock carrier, 9 bulk
Civil air: 58 major transport aircraft
Airports: 130 total, 114 usable; 27 with permanent-surface runways; 9
with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: excellent telephone, telegraph, and broadcast
services; 4,237,000 telephones; stations--2 AM, 8 (39 repeaters) FM, 13
(22 repeaters) TV stations; 7 submarine coaxial cables; 2 satellite earth
stations operating in EUTELSAT and domestic systems
Defense Forces
Branches: Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,365,699; 1,181,114 fit for military
service; 37,461 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: $2.352 billion, 7.3% of central government budget
(1988 est.)