About the Country:

OFFICIAL NAME: Kingdom of Denmark CAPITAL: Copenhagen SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy AREA: 43,076 Sq Km (16,632 Sq Mi) ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION 5,212,500 LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Denmark is located in North Europe and consists of the greater part of the Jutland Peninsula as well as a number of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea and North Sea such as Greenland and the Faroe Islands. It is bound by Skagerrak to the north, Kattegat and Baltic Sea to the east, the North Sea to the west and Germany to the south. Denmark is a low lying country characterized by a mixture of glacial moraine deposits of clay, sand, gravel and limestone which form undulating plains with rolling hills that are interspersed with lakes. The coastline is indented with many lagoons and fjords. Major Cities (pop. est.); Copenhagen 1,342,700, Arhus 204,100, Odense 140,900, Alborg 115,000 (1992). Land Use; forested 10%, pastures 5%, agricultural-cultivated 60%, other 25% (1993). CLIMATE: Denmark has a temperate maritime climate that is very changeable under the marine influences and the effect of the Gulf Air Stream. Generally, the winters are cold and cloudy, although summers are warm and sunny. Average annual precipitation is 600 mm (24 inches) and snow falls between January and March. Although rainfall occurs throughout the year it is heaviest between August and October and lowest during the spring and winter months. Average temperature ranges in Copenhagen are from -3 to 2 degrees Celsius (27 to 36 degrees Fahrenheit) in February to 14 to 22 degrees Celsius (57 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit) in July. DEMOGRAPHIC/VITAL STATISTICS: Density; 119 persons per sq km (309 persons per sq mi) (1991). Urban-Rural; 86.4% urban, 13.6% rural (1990). Sex Distribution; 49.3% male, 50.7% female (1990). Life Expectancy at Birth; 71.8 years male, 77.7 years female (1988). Age Breakdown; 17% under 15, 23% 15 to 29, 22% 30 to 44, 17% 45 to 59, 14% 60 to 74, 7% 75 and over (1990). Birth Rate; 12.4 per 1,000 (1990). Death Rate; 11.9 per 1,000 (1990). Increase Rate; 0.5 per 1,000 (1990). Infant Mortality Rate; 7.5 per 1,000 live births (1990). LANGUAGES: The official language is Danish which is a branch of the East Scandinavian group of languages that are derived from primitive Norse. CURRENCY: The official currency is the Krone (Dkr) (plural; Kroner) divided into 100 Ore. ECONOMY: Gross National Product; USD $137,610,000,000 (1993). National Debt; Dkr 628,370,000,000 (1993). Imports; Dkr 191,325,000,000 (1993). Exports; Dkr 232,884,000,000 (1993). Tourism Receipts; USD $3,052,000,000 (1993). Balance of Trade; Dkr 120,497,000,000 (1994). Economically Active Population; 2,910,325 or 56.2% of total population (1993). Unemployed; 11.2% (1994).