Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
President: Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema
Population
5,543,453
6,961,049
Life Expectancy
78.780 years
63.170 years
Capital City
Copenhagen
Largest city
Copenhagen (population: 1,153,620)
Lome (population: 749,700)
Human Development Index
0.952
0.479
GDP per capita
$37,600 US
Literacy Rate
99%
60.9%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3
2.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
38%
11.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ($2.1bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished in practice
Political System
constitutional monarchy
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
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%
Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
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
1
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)
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana
Area
43,094 km sq
56,785 km sq
Coastline
7,314 km
56 km
Climate
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
