oducts 578 km; natural
gas 700 km

Ports and harbors: Alborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg,
Fredericia, Grena, Koge, Odense, Struer

Merchant marine:
total: 337 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,130,643
GRT/6,880,248 DWT
ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 130, chemical tanker 19, container 73,
liquefied gas tanker 26, livestock carrier 6, oil tanker 20, railcar
carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 15, roll-on/roll-off cargo 21,
short-sea passenger 9, specialized tanker 3
note: Denmark has created its own internal register, called the
Danish International Ship register (DIS); DIS ships do not have to
meet Danish manning regulations, and they amount to a flag of
convenience within the Danish register (1998 est.)

Airports: 118 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 28
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 3 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 90
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 82 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal
Danish Air Force, Home Guard

Military manpower--military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 1,316,584 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,129,870 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 32,130 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $2.5 billion (1999)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.6% (1999)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: Rockall continental shelf dispute
involving Iceland, Ireland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have
signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area)

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Geography

Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red
Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia

Geographic coordinates: 11 30 N, 43 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 22,000 sq km
land: 21,980 sq km
water: 20 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly smaller than Massachusetts

Land boundaries:
total: 508 km
border countries: Eritrea 113 km, Ethiopia 337 km, Somalia 58 km

Coastline: 314 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: deser