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Population:
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5,384,384 (July 2003 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.7% (male 516,872; female 490,543)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 1,809,138; female 1,762,577)
65 years and over: 15% (male 338,141; female 467,113) (2003 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 39.1 years
male: 38.1 years
female: 40.1 years (2002)
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Population growth rate:
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0.28% (2003 est.)
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Birth rate:
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11.52 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Death rate:
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10.72 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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2.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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 (2003 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.1 years
male: 74.48 years
female: 79.87 years (2003 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.73 children born/woman (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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3,800 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 100 (2001 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%
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