Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Population
10,732,900
5,543,453
Life Expectancy
75.240 years
78.780 years
Capital City
Tunis
Copenhagen
Largest city
Tunis (population: 693,210)
Copenhagen (population: 1,153,620)
Human Development Index
0.762
0.952
GDP per capita
$9,600 US
$37,600 US
Literacy Rate
74.3%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
9.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.9%
38%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ($2.1bn US)
Unemployment Rate
18.000%
6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Abolished
Political System
republic
constitutional monarchy
Independence date
20 March 1956 (from France)
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
Religions
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Languages
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
Exports
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
External Debt
$23,210,000,000 $
$626,900,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (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
1.400%
1.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1
7
Location
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
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
163,610 km sq
43,094 km sq
Coastline
1,148 km
7,314 km
Climate
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
