The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ 1.05 male(s)/female

      15–64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

      65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

      total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 198 male: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births

      female: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 78.47 years country comparison to the world: 47 male: 76.11 years

      female: 80.97 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      1.74 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 164

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      0.2% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 106

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      4,800 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 124

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      fewer than 100 (2003 est.) country comparison to the world: 130

      Nationality:

      noun: Dane(s)

      adjective: Danish

      Ethnic groups:

      Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali

      Religions:

      Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes 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: 99%

      male: 99%

      female: 99% (2003 est.)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 17 years

      male: 16 years

      female: 18 years (2007)

      Education expenditures:

      7.9% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 12

      Government ::Denmark

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Kingdom of Denmark

      conventional short form: Denmark

      local long form: Kongeriget Danmark

      local short form: Danmark

      Government type:

      constitutional monarchy

      Capital:

      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

      Administrative divisions:

      metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular - region); Hovedstaden, Midtjylland, Nordjylland, Sjaelland, Syddanmark

      note: an extensive local government reform merged 271 municipalities into 98 and 13 counties into five regions, effective 1 January 2007

      Independence:

      ca. 965 (unified and Christianized under HARALD I Gormson); 5 June 1849 (becomes a constitutional monarchy)

      National holiday:

      none designated; Constitution Day, 5 June (1849) is generally viewed as the National Day

      Constitution:

      5 June 1953; note - constitution allowed 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 on 26 May 1968)

      head of government: Prime Minister Lars Loekke RASMUSSEN (since 5 April 2009)

      cabinet: Council of State appointed by the monarch (For more information visit the World Leaders website ) elections: the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch

      Legislative branch:

      unicameral People's Assembly or Folketing (179 seats, including 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands; members elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms unless the Folketing is dissolved earlier)

      elections: last held on 13 November 2007 (next to be held in 2011)

      election results: percent of vote by party - Liberal Party 26.2%, Social Democrats 25.5%, Danish People's Party 13.9%, Socialist People's Party 13.0%, Conservative People's Party 10.4%, Social Liberal Party 5.1%, New Alliance 2.8%, Red-Green Unity List 2.2%, other 0.9%; seats by party - Liberal Party 46, Social Democrats 45, Danish People's Party 25, Socialist People's Party 23, Conservative People's Party 18, Social Liberal Party 9, New Alliance 5, Red-Green Alliance 4; note - does not include the two seats from Greenland and the two seats from the Faroe Islands

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court (judges are appointed for life by the monarch)

      Political parties and leaders:

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