Denmark

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Denmark
Misc
Country CodeDK
Geography
Area (sq km)43,094
Coastline (km)7,314
Highest Point (m)171 (Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj)
Average Elevation (m)34
People
Population5,809,502
Median Age41.90
Growth Rate0.59 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)10.90
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)9.30
Urban Population87.90 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth29.10
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)6.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)3.20
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)10.80 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.46
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)2.50
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)19.70 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)7.60 %
School life (years)19
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)11.00 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)287.800 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)2.30 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)50,100
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)28.80 %

See Also

Europe
Europe is the smallest of the world’s continents and comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.
Northern Europe
Northern Europe is the geographic region that covers the northern part of the European continent. It consists of eight countries - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden as well as the dependent area Faroe Islands