| Country (long form) |
Kingdom of Denmark |
| Capital |
Copenhagen |
| Total Area |
16,638.69 sq mi
43,094.00 sq km
(slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts) |
| Population |
5,336,394 (July 2000 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
5,577,713 |
| Languages |
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is predominant second language |
| Literacy |
100.0% total, N/A% male, N/A% female |
| Religions |
Evangelical Lutheran 97%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic, other |
| Life Expectancy |
73.95 male, 79.27 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
constitutional monarchy |
| Currency |
1 Danish krone (DKr) = 100 oere |
| GDP (per capita) |
$23,800 (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture, and other wood products, shipbuilding |
| Agriculture |
grain, potatoes, rape, sugar beets; beef, dairy products; fish
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| Arable Land |
60% |
| Natural Resources |
petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand |
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