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In 2021, 31.1% of the prisoners in Denmark had foreign background and 15.5% were foreign-born. The total number of prisoners of foreign background was 3.239, of which 1.521 were from Asia, 710 from Africa, 685 from European countries not part of the EU, 286 from EU countries, 24 from South America and 4 from North America.
According to Statistics Denmark, 3,267 foreigners living in Denmark replaced their foreign citizenship with Danish citizenship in 2012. A total of 71.4% of all those who were naturalized in 2012 were from the non-Western world.
All residents of the Kingdom (viz. Denmark proper, the Faroe Islands and Greenland) holds Danish citizenship, unless they inherit or otherwise receive a foreign citizenship. The Danish Jews number around 6,000 in 2020 according to the organisation Jewish Community in Denmark, around 1,700 being card-carrying members of the organisation. [18]
The Education Index, published with the UN's Human Development Index in 2008, based on data from 2013, lists Denmark as 0.873, amongst the highest in the world, beneath Australia, Finland and New Zealand. [4] Literacy in Denmark is approximately 99% for both men and women. [5]
Denmark's HIV/AIDS rate is 0.2% of adults (aged 15–49) as of 2009. [21] The total fertility rate (TFR) in Denmark is 1.73 children born per woman (2014 estimates), which, although below the replacement rate, is one of the highest in Europe. [22] Denmark provides for sex education in schools. [23] The age of consent in Denmark is 15.
A report published by Amnesty International in March 2019 states that women in Denmark rarely reported rape due to a "lack of trust in the justice system" and the poor treatment of victims throughout the legal process. [30] Also, Denmark has received harsh criticism for inadequate laws in regard to sexual violence.
Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa. [103] Indonesia: e-VOA / Visa on arrival [104] 30 ...
Denmark became a member of the European Union in 1973 and signed the Lisbon Treaty in 2007. Denmark was a founding member of European Free Trade Association (EFTA). During the 1960s, the EFTA countries were often referred to as the Outer Seven, as opposed to the Inner Six of what was then the European Economic Community (EEC). [50]