Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
President: Pal Schmitt (resigned April 2012)
Population
5,543,453
9,958,453
Life Expectancy
78.780 years
75.020 years
Capital City
Copenhagen
Budapest
Largest city
Copenhagen (population: 1,153,620)
Budapest (population: 1,696,130)
Human Development Index
0.952
0.877
GDP per capita
$37,600 US
$19,800 US
Literacy Rate
99%
99.4%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3
5.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
38%
11.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ($2.1bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
6.000%
10.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
constitutional monarchy
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census)
Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
Exports
machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)
External Debt
$626,900,000,000 $
$184,500,000,000 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)
forints (HUF) per US dollar - 171.8 (2008), 183.83 (2007), 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.300%
1.750%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
7
10
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)
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Area
43,094 km sq
93,028 km sq
Coastline
7,314 km
0 km
Climate
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
