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Once the seat of Viking
raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a
modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and
economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the
EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the
European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and
Monetary Union (EMU) and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.
Geography
Denmark
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)
Geographic coordinates:
56 00 N, 10 00 E
Map references:
Europe
Area:
total: 43,094 sq km
water: 700 sq km note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest
of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of
Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland land: 42,394 sq km
Area - comparative:
slightly less than twice the
size of Massachusetts
Land boundaries:
total: 68 km border countries: Germany 68 km
Coastline:
7,314 km
Maritime claims:
continental shelf:
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Climate:
temperate; humid and
overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
Terrain:
low and flat to gently
rolling plains
Elevation extremes:
lowest point:
Lammefjord -7 m highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m
Natural resources:
petroleum, natural gas, fish,
salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand
flooding is a threat in some
areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of
the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes
Environment - current issues:
air pollution, principally
from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of
the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal
wastes and pesticides
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air
Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic
Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping,
Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of
the Sea
Geography - note:
controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak
and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the
population lives in greater Copenhagen
total: 39.1 years male: 38.1 years female: 40.1 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
0.28% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
11.52 births/1,000 population
(2003 est.)
Death rate:
10.72 deaths/1,000 population
(2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.04 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.9
deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.) male: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.1
years male: 74.48 years female: 79.87 years (2003 est.)
Evangelical Lutheran 95%,
other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%
Languages:
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic
(an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write total population: 100% male: NA% female: NA%
Government
Denmark
Country name:
conventional long form:
Kingdom of Denmark conventional short form: Denmark local short form: Danmark local long form: Kongeriget Danmark
Government type:
constitutional monarchy
Capital:
Copenhagen
Administrative divisions:
metropolitan Denmark - 14
counties (amter, singular - amt) and 2 boroughs* (amtskommuner, singular -
amtskomunes); Arhus, Bornholm, Fredericksberg*, Frederiksborg, Fyn,
Kobenhavn, Kobenhavns*, Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkobing, Roskilde,
Sonderjylland, Storstrom, Vejle, Vestsjalland, Viborg note: see separate entries for the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which
are part of the Kingdom of Denmark and are self-governing overseas
administrative divisions
Independence:
first organized as a unified
state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
National holiday:
none designated; Constitution
Day, 5 June is generally viewed as the National Day
Constitution:
1849 was the original
constitution; there was a major overhaul 5 June 1953, allowing for a
unicameral legislature and a female chief of state
Legal system:
civil law system; judicial
review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen
MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK,
elder son of the monarch (born 26 May 1968) head of government: Prime Minister Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN (since 27
November 2001) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister and approved by
Parliament elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; following legislative
elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority
coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch
Legislative branch:
unicameral Parliament or
Folketing (179 seats, including 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe
Islands; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional
representation to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 20 November 2001 (next to be held by November
2005) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Liberal Party 56, Social Democrats 52, Danish People's Party 22,
Conservative Party 16, Socialist People's Party 12, Social Liberal Party 9,
Christian People's Party 4, Unity List 4; note - does not include the 2
seats from Greenland and the 2 seats from the Faroe Islands
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court (judges are
appointed by the monarch for life)
Political parties and leaders:
Center Democratic Party [Mimi
JAKOBSEN]; Christian People's Party [Marianne KARLSMOSE]; Conservative Party
(sometimes known as Conservative People's Party) [Bendt BENDTSEN]; Danish
People's Party [Pia KJAERSGAARD]; Liberal Party [Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN];
Social Democratic Party [Mogens LYKKETOFT]; Social Liberal Party (sometimes
called the Radical Left) [Marianne JELVED, leader; Johannes LEBECH,
chairman]; Socialist People's Party [Holger K. NIELSEN]; Red-Green Unity
List (bloc includes Left Socialist Party, Communist Party of Denmark,
Socialist Workers' Party) [collective leadership]
chief of mission:
Ambassador Ulrik Andreas FEDERSPIEL consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York FAX: [1] (202) 328-1470 telephone: [1] (202) 234-4300 chancery: 3200 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Stuart A. BERNSTEIN embassy: Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen mailing address: PSC 73, APO AE 09716 telephone: [45] 35 55 31 44 FAX: [45] 35 43 02 23
Flag description:
red with a white cross that
extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted
to the hoist side, and that design element of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland,
Norway, and Sweden
Economy
Denmark
Economy - overview:
This thoroughly modern market
economy features high-tech agriculture, up-to-date small-scale and corporate
industry, extensive government welfare measures, comfortable living
standards, a stable currency, and high dependence on foreign trade. Denmark
is a net exporter of food and energy and enjoys a comfortable balance of
payments surplus. Government objectives include streamlining the bureaucracy
and further privatization of state assets. The government has been
successful in meeting, and even exceeding, the economic convergence criteria
for participating in the third phase (a common European currency) of the
European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), but Denmark has decided not to
join the 12 other EU members in the euro; even so, the Danish Krone remains
pegged to the euro. Given the sluggish state of the European economy, growth
in 2003 was a mere 1.1%.
GDP:
purchasing power parity -
$155.3 billion (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
24.7 (1992)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.3% (2002 est.)
Labor force:
2.856 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 79%, industry 17%,
agriculture 4% (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate:
5.1% (2002)
Budget:
revenues: $52.9
billion expenditures: $51.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $500
million (2001 est.)
Industries:
food processing, machinery
and equipment, textiles and clothing, chemical products, electronics,
construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding, windmills
barley, wheat, potatoes,
sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish
Exports:
$56.3 billion f.o.b. (2002
est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and instruments,
meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, chemicals, furniture, ships,
windmills
Exports - partners:
Germany 17.1%, Sweden 11.6%,
UK 7.8%, US 6.8%, France 5.8%, Norway 5.7%, Japan 4.4% (2002)
Imports:
$47.9 billion f.o.b. (2002
est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, raw
materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and
foodstuffs, consumer goods
Imports - partners:
Germany 22.9%, Sweden 10.7%,
UK 8.7%, Netherlands 7.8%, France 6%, Norway 4.9%, Italy 4.4% (2002)
Debt - external:
$21.7 billion (2000)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $1.63 billion (1999)
Currency:
Danish krone (DKK)
Currency code:
DKK
Exchange rates:
Danish kroner per US dollar -
7.89 (2002), 8.32 (2001), 8.08 (2000), 6.98 (1999), 6.7 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications
Denmark
Telephones - main lines in use:
4.785 million (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,444,016 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
excellent telephone and telegraph services domestic: buried and submarine cables and microwave radio relay form
trunk network, 4 cellular mobile communications systems international: 18 submarine fiber-optic cables linking Denmark with
Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Faroe Islands,
Iceland, and Canada; satellite earth stations - 6 Intelsat, 10 Eutelsat, 1
Orion, 1 Inmarsat (Blaavand-Atlantic-East); note - the Nordic countries
(Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) share the Danish earth
station and the Eik, Norway, station for worldwide Inmarsat access (1997)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 355, shortwave 0
(1998)
Radios:
6.02 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
26 (plus 51 repeaters) (1998)
Televisions:
3.121 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.dk
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
13 (2000)
Internet users:
3.37 million (2002)
Transportation
Denmark
Railways:
total: 3,164 km standard gauge: 2,324 km 1.435-m gauge (595 km electrified) note:: total includes 840 km of suburban track (2002)
Highways:
total: 71,591 km paved: 71,591 km (including 880 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000)
Waterways:
417 km
Pipelines:
condensate 12 km; gas 3,892
km; oil 455 km; oil/gas/water 2 km; unknown (oil/water) 64 km (2003)
total: 282 ships
(1,000 GRT or over) 6,714,557 GRT/8,715,716 DWT note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Germany 1, Greenland 1, Indonesia 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 9,
United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 85, chemical tanker 29, container 77,
liquefied gas 19, livestock carrier 5, petroleum tanker 28, railcar carrier
1, refrigerated cargo 12, roll on/roll off 11, short-sea passenger 6,
specialized tanker 4
Airports:
104 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 28 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 3 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 76 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 71 (2002)
Military
Denmark
Military branches:
Royal Danish Army, Royal
Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49:
1,282,315 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49:
1,094,611 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 28,198 (2003
est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2.47 billion (FY99/00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.4% (FY99/00)
Transnational Issues
Denmark
Disputes - international:
Rockall continental shelf
dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have
signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area); dispute with Iceland over
the Faroe Islands' fisheries median line boundary within 200 NM; disputes
with Iceland, the UK, and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf
boundary outside 200 NM; Faroese are considering proposals for full
independence; uncontested dispute with Canada over Hans Island sovereignty
in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
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