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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TODAY: DENMARK

The People of Denmark Population: 5,593,785 Ethnic groups: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iraqi, Polish, Syrian Age structure:

0–14 years 16.58% 15–64 years 64.46% 65 years and above 18.96%

Population grown rate: 0.22% Birth rate: 10.4 births/1,000 pop. Death rate: 10.3 deaths/1,000 pop. Migration rate: 2.1 migrants/1,000 pop. Infant mortality rate: 4 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birth: Total population : 79.4 years Male: 77 years Female: 82 years Total fertility rate: 1.73 children born/woman Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 76%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 4% Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, German Literacy rate: 99%

Source: www.cia.gov 2017

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