Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Population
2,889,187
5,543,453
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
78.780 years
Capital City
Kingston
Copenhagen
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Copenhagen (population: 1,153,620)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.952
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
$37,600 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
9.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
38%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ($2.1bn US)
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
6.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
constitutional monarchy
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
Religions
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Languages
English, English patois
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
External Debt
$14,700,000,000 $
$626,900,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Jamaican dollars (JMD) per US dollar - 72.236 (2008 est.), 69.034 (2007), 65.768 (2006), 62.51 (2005), 61.197 (2004)
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
0.600%
1.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
11
7
Location
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
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)
Area
10,991 km sq
43,094 km sq
Coastline
1,022 km
7,314 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
