Denmark
Official name: |
Denmark |
Capital City: |
Copenhagen |
Current Local Time: |
| International Dialing Code: |
45 |
Population: |
5,249,632 (July 1996 |
Currency: |
1 Danish krone (DKr) = 100 oere |
Spoken Languages: |
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Eskimo dialect), German (small minority) |
Holidays: |
Jan 1, Apr 21, 22, 24, 25, May 1, 20, Jun 2, 5, 12, 13, Dec 24, 25, 26, 31 |
Major Exports: |
Commodities: meat and meat products, dairy products, transport equipment (shipbuilding), fish, chemicals, industrial machinery |
Partners: EU 49.4% (Germany 22.4%, UK 8.2%), Sweden 10.4%, Norway 6.5%, US 5.5%, Japan 4.1%, FSU 1.7% (1994) Major Imports: |
Commodities: petroleum, machinery and equipment, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, textiles, paper |
Partners: EU 51% (Germany 22%, UK 6.5%), Sweden 11.6%, Norway 5.1%, US 5.2%, Japan 3.5%, FSU 1.7% (1994) Total Export: |
$39.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994) |
Total Import: |
$34 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) |
Gross Domestic Product: |
$112.8 billion (1995 est.) |
Per Capita Income: |
$21,700 (1995 est.) |
Literacy Rate: |
99% |
Population Growth Rate: |
0.38% (1996 est.) |
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