Denmark People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population- 5,097,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate — 0.1 %

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

Infant mortality rate: 7.7/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy: men 71.5, women 77.5

Literacy: 99%

Labor force: 2,713,000 (1984); 33.2% government; 20.7% manufacturing, 13.2% commerce; 2.0% agriculture, forestry, and fishing; 5.9% construction; 7.8% banking and business services; 7.5% transportation; 10.3% unemployment rate

Organized labor: 65% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Denmark on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Denmark 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Denmark 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.