Population	5,384,384 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 18.7% (male 516,872; female 490,543) 15-64 years: 66.3% (male 1,809,138; female 1,762,577) 65 years and over: 15% (male 338,141; female 467,113) (2003 est.)
Median age	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 male: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 77.1 years male: 74.48 years female: 79.87 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.73 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Religions	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%
	source: www.cia.gov