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Background: |
Once the seat of Viking raiders
and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern,
prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and
economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now
the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of
the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic
and Monetary Union (EMU), European defense cooperation, and issues
concerning certain justice and home affairs. |
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Location: |
Northern Europe, bordering the
Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland);
also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn) |
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Geographic coordinates: |
56 00 N, 10 00 E |
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Map references: |
Europe |
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Area: |
total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
water: 700 sq km
note:
includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of
metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of
Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the
size of Massachusetts |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 68 km
border countries: Germany 68 km |
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Coastline: |
7,314 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf:
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Climate: |
temperate; humid and overcast;
mild, windy winters and cool summers |
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Terrain: |
low and flat to gently rolling
plains |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Lammefjord
-7 m
highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m |
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Natural resources: |
petroleum, natural gas, fish,
salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand |
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Land use: |
arable land: 54.02%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 45.79% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
4,760 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
flooding is a threat in some
areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of
the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of
dikes |
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Environment - current issues: |
air pollution, principally from
vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of
the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal
wastes and pesticides |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Air Pollution,
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic
Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Geography - note: |
controls Danish Straits
(Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter
of the population lives in greater Copenhagen |
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Population: |
5,432,335 (July 2005 est.)
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 18.8% (male
524,250/female 497,683)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male
1,811,787/female 1,780,907)
65 years and over: 15.1% (male
349,458/female 468,250) (2005 est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 39.47 years
male: 38.55 years
female: 40.4 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
0.34% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate: |
11.36 births/1,000 population
(2005 est.) |
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Death rate: |
10.43 deaths/1,000 population
(2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
2.53 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
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Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.06
male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64
years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75
male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005
est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 4.56 deaths/1,000
live births
male: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 77.62
years
male: 75.34 years
female: 80.03 years (2005
est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
1.74 children born/woman (2005
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.2% (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
5,000 (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (2003 est.)
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Nationality: |
noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish |
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Ethnic groups: |
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese,
German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali |
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Religions: |
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other
Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2% |
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Languages: |
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic
(an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is
the predominant second language |
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 100%
male:
100%
female: 100% |
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Country name: |
conventional long form:
Kingdom of Denmark
conventional short form: Denmark
local long form: Kongeriget Danmark
local short
form: Danmark |
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Government type: |
constitutional monarchy |
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Capital: |
Copenhagen |
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Administrative divisions: |
metropolitan Denmark - 14
counties (amter, singular - amt) and 2 boroughs* (amtskommuner, singular -
amtskommune); Arhus, Bornholm, Frederiksberg*, Frederiksborg, Fyn,
Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn (Copenhagen)*, Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkobing,
Roskilde, Sonderjylland, Storstrom, Vejle, Vestsjalland, Viborg
note: see separate entries for the Faroe Islands and Greenland,
which are part of the Kingdom of Denmark and are self-governing overseas
administrative divisions; note - counties may be replaced by regions
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Independence: |
first organized as a unified
state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy |
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National holiday: |
none designated; Constitution
Day, 5 June (1849) is generally viewed as the National Day |
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Constitution: |
5 June 1849 adoption of
original constitution; a major overhaul of 5 June 1953 allowed for a
unicameral legislature and a female chief of state |
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Legal system: |
civil law system; judicial
review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations |
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Suffrage: |
18 years of age; universal
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Executive branch: |
chief of state: Queen
MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK,
elder son of the monarch (born 26 May 1968)
head of government:
Prime Minister Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN (since 27 November 2001)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister and approved
by parliament
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary;
following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the
leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by
the monarch |
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Legislative branch: |
unicameral People's Assembly or
Folketinget (179 seats, including 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe
Islands; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional
representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 8
February 2005 (next to be held February 2009)
election results:
percent of vote by party - Liberal Party 29%, Social Democrats 25.9%,
Danish People's Party 13.2%, Conservative Party 10.3%, Social Liberal
Party 9.2%, Socialist People's Party 6%, Unity List 3.4%; seats by party -
Liberal Party 52, Social Democrats 47, Danish People's Party 24,
Conservative Party 19, Social Liberal Party 16, Socialist People's Party
11, Unity List 6; note - does not include the 2 seats from Greenland and
the 2 seats from the Faroe Islands |
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Judicial branch: |
Supreme Court (judges are
appointed by the monarch for life) |
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Political parties and leaders: |
Center Democratic Party [Mimi
JAKOBSEN]; Christian Democrats (was Christian People's Party) [Marianne
KARLSMOSE]; Conservative Party (sometimes known as Conservative People's
Party) [Bendt BENDTSEN]; Danish People's Party [Pia KJAERSGAARD]; Liberal
Party [Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN]; Social Democratic Party [Helle
THORNING-SCHMIDT]; Social Liberal Party (sometimes called the Radical
Left) [Marianne JELVED, leader; Soren BALD, chairman]; Socialist People's
Party [Villy SOEVNDAL]; Red-Green Unity List (bloc includes Left Socialist
Party, Communist Party of Denmark, Socialist Workers' Party) [collective
leadership] |
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Political pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
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International organization participation: |
AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group,
BIS, CBSS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 9, IADB, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MIGA, MONUC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB,
NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, UN, UN Security
Council (temporary), UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIK,
UNMIL, UNMISET, UNMOGIP, UNOMIG, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WEU (observer), WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC |
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Diplomatic representation in the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Ulrik Andreas FEDERSPIEL
chancery: 3200 Whitehaven
Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 234-4300
FAX: [1] (202) 328-1470
consulate(s) general:
Chicago and New York |
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Diplomatic representation from the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Sally M. LIGHT
embassy:
Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen
mailing address: PSC
73, APO AE 09716
telephone: [45] 35 55 31 44
FAX:
[45] 35 43 02 23 |
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Flag description: |
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 the other Nordic countries of
Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden |
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Economy - overview: |
This thoroughly modern market
economy features high-tech agriculture, up-to-date small-scale and
corporate industry, extensive government welfare measures, comfortable
living standards, a stable currency, and high dependence on foreign trade.
Denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and enjoys a comfortable
balance of payments surplus. Government objectives include streamlining
the bureaucracy and further privatization of state assets. The government
has been successful in meeting, and even exceeding, the economic
convergence criteria for participating in the third phase (a common
European currency) of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), but
Denmark has decided not to join 12 other EU members in the euro; even so,
the Danish krone remains pegged to the euro. Growth in 2004 was sluggish,
yet above the scanty 0.3% of 2003. Because of high GDP per capita, welfare
benefits, a low Gini index, and political stability, the Danish people
enjoy living standards topped by no other nation. A major long-term issue
will be the sharp decline in the ratio of workers to retirees. |
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GDP: |
purchasing power parity -
$174.4 billion (2004 est.) |
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GDP - real growth rate: |
2.1% (2004 est.) |
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GDP - per capita: |
purchasing power parity -
$32,200 (2004 est.) |
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GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 25.5%
services: 72.3% (2004 est.) |
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Investment (gross fixed): |
19.8% of GDP (2004 est.) |
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Population below poverty line: |
NA |
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Household income or consumption by percentage
share: |
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.) |
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Distribution of family income - Gini index: |
24.7 (1992) |
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): |
1.4% (2004 est.) |
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Labor force: |
2.87 million (2004 est.) |
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Labor force - by occupation: |
agriculture 4%, industry 17%,
services 79% (2002 est.) |
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Unemployment rate: |
6.2% (2004 est.) |
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Budget: |
revenues: $136.1 billion
expenditures: $133.4 billion, including capital expenditures of
$500 million (2004 est.) |
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Public debt: |
42.5% of GDP (2004 est.) |
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Agriculture - products: |
barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar
beets; pork, dairy products; fish |
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Industries: |
iron, steel, nonferrous metals,
chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment,
textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood
products, shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills |
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Industrial production growth rate: |
1.7% (2004 est.) |
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Electricity - production: |
36.38 billion kWh (2002) |
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Electricity - production by source: |
fossil fuel: 82.7%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 17.3%
(2001) |
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Electricity - consumption: |
31.63 billion kWh (2002) |
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Electricity - exports: |
11.1 billion kWh (2002) |
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Electricity - imports: |
8.9 billion kWh (2002) |
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Oil - production: |
346,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption: |
218,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports: |
332,100 bbl/day (2001) |
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Oil - imports: |
195,000 bbl/day (2001) |
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Oil - proved reserves: |
1.23 billion bbl (1 January
2002) |
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Natural gas - production: |
8.38 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption: |
5.28 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports: |
3.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports: |
0 cu m (2001 est.) |
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Natural gas - proved reserves: |
81.98 billion cu m (1 January
2002) |
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Current account balance: |
$6.529 billion (2004 est.)
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Exports: |
$73.06 billion f.o.b. (2004
est.) |
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Exports - commodities: |
machinery and instruments, meat
and meat products, dairy products, fish, chemicals, furniture, ships,
windmills |
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Exports - partners: |
Germany 16.9%, Sweden 14%, UK
6.9%, US 5.4%, France 5.2%, Netherlands 5.1%, Norway 4.8% (2004) |
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Imports: |
$63.45 billion f.o.b. (2004
est.) |
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Imports - commodities: |
machinery and equipment, raw
materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and
foodstuffs, consumer goods |
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Imports - partners: |
Germany 22.9%, Sweden 12.4%,
Netherlands 7.6%, France 5.6%, UK 5.4%, Norway 5%, Italy 4.3% (2004)
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Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: |
$37.98 billion (2003) |
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Debt - external: |
$21.7 billion (2000) |
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Economic aid - donor: |
ODA, $1.63 billion (1999)
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Currency: |
Danish krone (DKK) |
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Currency code: |
DKK |
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Exchange rates: |
Danish kroner per US dollar -
5.9911 (2004), 6.5877 (2003), 7.8947 (2002), 8.3228 (2001), 8.0831 (2000)
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Fiscal year: |
calendar year |
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Telephones - main lines in use: |
3,610,100 (2003) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
4,785,300 (2003) |
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Telephone system: |
general assessment:
excellent telephone and telegraph services
domestic: buried and
submarine cables and microwave radio relay form trunk network, 4 cellular
mobile communications systems
international: country code - 45;
18 submarine fiber-optic cables linking Denmark with Canada, Faroe
Islands, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden,
and UK; satellite earth stations - 6 Intelsat, 10 Eutelsat, 1 Orion, 1
Inmarsat (Blaavand-Atlantic-East); note - the Nordic countries (Denmark,
Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) share the Danish earth station and
the Eik, Norway, station for worldwide Inmarsat access (1997) |
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 2, FM 355, shortwave 0
(1998) |
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Radios: |
6.02 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations: |
26 (plus 51 repeaters) (1998)
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Televisions: |
3.121 million (1997) |
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Internet country code: |
.dk |
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Internet hosts: |
1,219,925 (2004) |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
13 (2000) |
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Internet users: |
2.756 million (2002)
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Railways: |
total: 3,002 km
standard gauge: 3,002 km 1.435-m gauge (595 km electrified)
(2003) |
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Highways: |
total: 71,847 km
paved: 71,847 km (including 918 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002) |
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Waterways: |
417 km (2001) |
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Pipelines: |
condensate 12 km; gas 3,892 km;
oil 455 km; oil/gas/water 2 km; unknown (oil/water) 64 km (2004) |
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Ports and harbors: |
Aabenraa, Aalborg, Aarhus,
Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Frederikshavn, Hirtshals, Kolding,
Odense, Roenne (Bornholm), Vejle |
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Merchant marine: |
total: 287 ships (1,000
GRT or over) 6,952,473 GRT/9,030,444 DWT
by type: bulk carrier
2, cargo 67, chemical tanker 40, container 79, liquefied gas 10, livestock
carrier 2, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 42, petroleum tanker 25,
refrigerated cargo 7, roll on/roll off 8, specialized tanker 4
foreign-owned: 23 (Bahamas 14, France 1, Greece 1, Greenland 1,
Norway 2, Sweden 2, UAE 1, Vietnam 1)
registered in other
countries: 487 (2005) |
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Airports: |
97 (2004 est.) |
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Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 28
over
3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
4
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 69
914 to
1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 63 (2004 est.) |
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Military branches: |
Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish
Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard (Hjemmevaernet) |
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Military manpower - military age and obligation: |
18 years of age for compulsory
and volunteer military service; conscripts serve an initial training
period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization;
reservists are assigned to mobilization units following completion of
their conscript service (2004) |
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Military manpower - availability: |
males age 18-49:
1,175,108 (2005 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 18-49: 955,168
(2005 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age
annually: |
males: 31,317 (2005
est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure: |
$3,271.6 million (2003) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
1.5% (2004) |
| Transnational Issues |
Denmark |
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Disputes - international: |
Iceland disputes the Faroe
Islands' fisheries median line; Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute
Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond
200 nm; Faroese continue to study proposals for full independence;
uncontested sovereignty dispute with Canada over Hans Island in the
Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland |
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