Animal Info - Denmark

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References and Links

Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Denmark and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

Vulnerable:
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).
- Pond Bat (Myotis dasycneme).
- Western Barbastelle (Bat) (Barbastella barbastellus).
- White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas).

Other:
- Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus). (Rated Lower Risk: Conservation Dependent in the 2004 IUCN Red List; recommended rating of Vulnerable in 2005 by the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group )

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Total number of species: 43 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 0 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 3 (7.0 % of total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000: 5 (12 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)

Biodiversity/Ecosystems

Denmark contains portions of the Icelandic & Celtic Marine Ecosystems and the Wadden Sea Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)

Population

Population in 1995: 5,210,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 120.9 people/sq km (313.1 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 5,333,617 (World Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 0 % (World Bank 1992)

Area/Land Use

Area: 43,092 sq km (16,638 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:

Other Coastal Aquatic: 31 %
Crop and Settlements: 50 %
Interrupted Woods: 19 %

(Groombridge 1992)

Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 0 %; Medium: 0 %; High: 100 % (WRI 1994)

Protected Lands

Area: 4,100 sq km (1,583 sq mi) (Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land protected: 0.38 % totally protected; 9.13 % partially protected; 9.51 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge 1992)

Economy

Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $23,793 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $22,700 (World Almanac 1999)

Education

Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 100 % (World Bank 1992)

References and Links

References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, Polar Bear Spec. Gr. 2005, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Denmark): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Denmark: Consulate General of Denmark, DENet, WWF/World Wide Fund for Nature/Verdensnaturfonden - Denmark

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