Dänemark - Daten & Fakten
Daten & Fakten

Hauptstadt
name:
Copenhagen
geographic coordinates:
55 40 N, 12 35 E
time difference:
UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time:
+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October; note - applies to continental Denmark only, not to its North Atlantic components
etymology: name derives from the city's Danish appellation Kobenhavn, meaning "Merchant's Harbor"
Staatsbürgerschaft
citizenship by birth:
no
citizenship by descent only:
at least one parent must be a citizen of Denmark
dual citizenship recognized:
yes
residency requirement for naturalization:
7 years
Regierungstyp
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Rechtsordnung
civil law; judicial review of legislative acts
Wahlrecht
18 years of age; universal
Country Comparison :: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
11.0
est.
est.
Country Comparison :: GDP - per capita (PPP)
$50,100
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Labor force
2,998,000
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Unemployment rate
5.70
2017 est.
2017 est.
Labor force
2,998,000
Population below poverty line
13.4%(2011 est.)
note: excludes students
Unemployment rate
(%)
5.7%(2017 est.)6.2%(2016 est.)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
(%)
total:11%male:11.4%female:10.7%(2017 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years:16.57%(male 493,829 /female 468,548)15-24 years:12.67%(male 377,094 /female 358,807)25-54 years:39.03%(male 1,147,196 /female 1,119,967)55-64 years:12.33%(male 356,860 /female 359,264)65 years and over:19.42%(male 518,200 /female 609,737)(2018 est.)
Birth rate
(births/1,000 population)
10.9 births/1,000 population(2018 est.)
Death rate
(deaths/1,000 population)
9.30
Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language
Life expectancy at birth
(years)
81.00
Major urban areas - population
1.321 million COPENHAGEN (capital)
(2018)
Median age
(years)
total:41.9 yearsmale:40.8 yearsfemale:42.9 years(2018 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.1 years
(2015 est.)
Net migration rate
4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
Population distribution
with excellent access to the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea, population centers tend to be along coastal areas, particularly in Copenhagen and the eastern side of the country's mainland
Population growth rate
(%)
0.59%(2018 est.)
Total fertility rate
(children born/woman)
1.78 children born/woman(2018 est.)
Urbanization
rate of urbanization:
0.51% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)
Education expenditures
(% of GDP)
7.60
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
female:
20 years
(2016)
Country Comparison :: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home
$188,700,000,000
31 December 2017 est.
31 December 2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad
$287,900,000,000
31 December 2017 est.
31 December 2017 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad
$287.9 billion(31 December 2017 est.)$235.4 billion(31 December 2016 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home
$188,700,000,000
Country Comparison :: Central bank discount rate
0.00
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
Central bank discount rate
(%)
0.00
Country Comparison :: Exports
$113,600,000,000
2017 est.
2017 est.
Exports
$113,600,000,000
Exports - partners
Germany 15.5%, Sweden 11.6%, UK 8.2%, US 7.5%, Norway 6%, China 4.4%, Netherlands 4.4%
(2017)
Area
(sq km)
total:43,094 sq kmland:42,434 sq kmwater:660 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 use
agricultural land:63.4%(2011 est.)arable land:58.9%(2011 est.)
/
permanent crops:0.1%(2011 est.)
/
permanent pasture:4.4%(2011 est.)forest:12.9%(2011 est.)other:23.7%(2011 est.)
note: highest percentage of arable land for any country in the world
Location
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes several major islands (Sjaelland, Fyn, and Bornholm)
Country Comparison :: Imports
$94,930,000,000
2017 est.
2017 est.
Imports
$94,930,000,000
Imports - partners
Germany 21.3%, Sweden 11.9%, Netherlands 7.8%, China 7.1%, Norway 6.3%, Poland 4%
(2017)
Country Comparison :: Inflation rate (consumer prices)
1.10
2017 est.
2017 est.
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
(%)
1.10
Country Comparison :: Electricity - production
29,840,000,000
2016 est.
2016 est.
Country Comparison :: Electricity - consumption
33,020,000,000
2016 est.
2016 est.
Country Comparison :: Electricity - exports
9,919,000,000
2016 est.
2016 est.
Country Comparison :: Electricity - imports
14,980,000,000
2016 est.
2016 est.
Country Comparison :: Crude oil - production
137,100
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Crude oil - exports
82,980
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Crude oil - imports
98,240
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Natural gas - production
4,842,000,000
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Natural gas - exports
2,237,000,000
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Natural gas - imports
509,700,000
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Telephones - fixed lines
1,439,695
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Telephones - mobile cellular
6,978,348
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Internet users
5,424,169
July 2016 est.
July 2016 est.
Country Comparison :: Broadband - fixed subscriptions
2,475,382
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Airports
80
2013
2013
Country Comparison :: Railways
3,476
2017
2017
Country Comparison :: Roadways
74,558
2017
2017
Country Comparison :: Waterways
400
2010
2010
Airports
80
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total:2,475,382(2017 est.)subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:44(2017 est.)
Crude oil - exports
(bbl/day)
82,980
Crude oil - imports
(bbl/day)
98,240 bbl/day(2017 est.)
Crude oil - production
(bbl/day)
137,100 bbl/day(2017 est.)
Electricity - consumption
(kWh)
33,020,000,000
Electricity - exports
(kWh)
9,919,000,000
Electricity - imports
(kWh)
14,980,000,000
Electricity - production
(kWh)
29,840,000,000
Internet users
total:
5,424,169
(July 2016 est.)
Natural gas - exports
(cu m)
2,237,000,000
Natural gas - imports
(cu m)
509.7 million cu m(2017 est.)
Natural gas - production
(cu m)
4.842 billion cu m(2017 est.)
Railways
(km)
total:3,476 km(2017)standard gauge:3,476 km1.435-m gauge (1,756 km electrified)(2017)
Roadways
(km)
74,558
Telephones - fixed lines
total subscriptions:1,439,695(2017 est.)subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:26(2017 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
6,978,348
Waterways
(km)
400
Disputes - international
Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm; sovereignty dispute with Canada over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland; Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have made submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) and Russia is collecting additional data to augment its 2001 CLCS submission
Country Comparison :: Public debt
35.30
2017 est.
2017 est.
Public debt
(% of GDP)
35.30
Country Comparison :: GDP - real growth rate
2.30
2017 est.
2017 est.
Country Comparison :: Gross national saving
28.80
2017 est.
2017 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
(% (of GDP))
1.1% (of GDP)(2017 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity)
$287,800,000,000
Industrial production growth rate
(%)
2.50
Länderstatistik
Branche
Land
Unterschied in %
gesamt
Dänemark
19
241
924
000
EUR
0
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