Denmark

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Population Full

5,823,000 (2020 census)

Principal Languages
Danish
Literacy Rate
99% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CDE (1963), CPPDCE (2006), CSICH (2009), ECRML (2000), FCPNM (1997), ICCPR (1972), ILOCITP (1996), UNCRPD (2009), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Comrie 1987, Hancock 1992, Stephens 1976
Deaf Population
5,000 (Danish Deaf Association)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Denmark is 8. Of these, 7 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 3 are indigenous and 4 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 5 are institutional and 2 are developing. Also listed are 43 unestablished languages.