Denmark:
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Population	5,468,120 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 18.6% (male 520,669/female 494,228) 15-64 years: 66% (male 1,817,757/female 1,792,974) 65 years and over: 15.4% (male 363,828/female 478,664) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 40.1 years male: 39.2 years female: 40.9 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	0.311% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	10.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.053 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.014 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.977 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 4.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 77.96 years male: 75.65 years female: 80.41 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.74 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.2% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	5,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish
Ethnic groups	Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali
Religions	Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Languages	Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)