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- Date of Independence: 1849
- Date of Current Constitution: 1849; revised June 5, 1953
- Population: 5,356,845 (1999 est.)
- Area: 16,639 sq. mi.
- Capital: Copenhagen
- Form of Government: constitutional monarchy
- Main Industries: machinery, furniture, pharmaceuticals, food processing
- Agriculture: grains, potatoes
- Natural Resources: oil and gas, fish
- Currency: krone
- GDP: $124.4 billion (1998 est.)
- GDP per capita: $23,300 (1998 est.)
- Languages: Danish (official), Farosese
- Religions: Christian (evangelical Lutheran)
- Literacy Rate: 99%
- Life Expectancy: 74 years (male)
- 80 years (female)
- Birthrate: 12 per 1,000 population
- Death Rate: 11 per 1,000 population