Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Head of state: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi Prime minister: Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
Population
5,543,453
194,320
Life Expectancy
78.780 years
72.660 years
Capital City
Copenhagen
Largest city
Copenhagen (population: 1,153,620)
Apia (population: 40,407)
Human Development Index
0.952
0.76
GDP per capita
$37,600 US
Literacy Rate
99%
99.7%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
38%
8.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ($2.1bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
6.000%
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
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
Samoan (Polynesian), English
Exports
machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
External Debt
$626,900,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
Danish kroner (DKK) per US dollar - 5.0236 (2008 est.), 5.4797 (2007), 5.9468 (2006), 5.9969 (2005), 5.9911 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
7
0
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)
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Area
43,094 km sq
2,831 km sq
Coastline
7,314 km
403 km
Climate
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)
