Population 5,809,502

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)

Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 56 youth dependency ratio: 26.3 elderly dependency ratio: 29.7 potential support ratio: 3.4

Median age total: 41.9 years male: 40.8 years female: 42.9 years

Population growth rate 0.59%

Birth rate 10.9 births/1,000 population

Death rate 9.3 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate 4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Urbanization urban population: 88% of total population (2019) rate of urbanization: 0.51% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Major cities - population 1.334 million COPENHAGEN (capital)

Sex ratio at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female

Mother's mean age at first birth 29.1 years

Infant mortality rate total: 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth total population: 81 years male: 79.1 years female: 83.1 years

Total fertility rate 1.78 children born/woman

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.1%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 6,200

HIV/AIDS - deaths <100

Drinking water source improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population

Sanitation facility access improved: urban: 99.6% of population rural: 99.6% of population total: 99.6% of population unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population rural: 0.4% of population total: 0.4% of population

Nationality noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish

Ethnic groups Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 86.3%, Turkish 1.1%, other 12.6% (largest groups are Polish, Syrian, German, Iraqi, and Romanian) note: data represent population by ancestry

Religions Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Mormon, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8%

Languages Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 20 years

Education expenditures 7.6% of GDP

Maternal mortality rate 4 deaths/100,000 live births

Health expenditures 10.4%

Physicians density 4.46 physicians/1,000 population

Hospital bed density 2.5 beds/1,000 population