Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
Population
5,543,453
4,480,043
Life Expectancy
78.780 years
75.990 years
Capital City
Copenhagen
Zagreb
Largest city
Copenhagen (population: 1,153,620)
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Human Development Index
0.952
0.862
GDP per capita
$37,600 US
$18,400 US
Literacy Rate
99%
98.1%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
38%
20.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ($2.1bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
6.000%
17.700%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
constitutional monarchy
presidential/parliamentary democracy
Independence date
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Exports
machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
External Debt
$626,900,000,000 $
$66,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Danish kroner (DKK) per US dollar - 5.0236 (2008 est.), 5.4797 (2007), 5.9468 (2006), 5.9969 (2005), 5.9911 (2004)
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.300%
2.390%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
7
5
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)
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Area
43,094 km sq
56,594 km sq
Coastline
7,314 km
5,835 km
Climate
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
