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Kingdom of Denmark

Head of State: King Christian XI (of the House of Oldenburg)
Premierminister: Hans Henrik Schmidt

Capital: Copenhagen

Other Large Cities: Altona, Kiel, Aarhus, Odense, Slesvig, Lauenburg, Stralsund, Aalborg, Esbjerg

Population: 11,012,201 (2001)

Population growth rate annual: 0,5 % (2001)

Official Languages: Nordic and German*

Ethnic Groups: Nordic (59%)** German (39%)*** others (2%) (2000)

Religions: Lutherans (80%), Catholic (6%), Jewish (3%) Other (11%) (1999)

Nationality noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish

Currency: Rigsmark

GDP: 616,7 Billions £ (25th) (2001)

GDP real growth rate: 2,5% (2001)

GDP per capita: 56002 £ (11th) (2001)

*Most Danes are bilingual.
** 98% of all Danish Nordbos speak the Danish dialect of Nordic.
***93% of all Danish Germans is Low German speakers, 85% of them speak the Schleswigsch dialect (which is not mutual intelligibility with Standard German), while most of the rest speak Pomeranian dialects.


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