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Denmark
Population
The total population of Denmark is 5,748,769. 11.62% of the total is foreign born (Eurostat).
The median age of Denmark is 40.95 which is close to the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).
Political Parties
The most recent parliamentary elections were held in June 2015. The prominent parties, vote shares in these elections and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
|
Party Name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
|
Social Democrats |
25.66 |
Social democracy |
|
Danish Peoples Party |
20,58 |
Right-wing |
|
Liberal Party |
19.01 |
Liberal |
|
Red-Green Alliance |
7.62 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
New-Liberal Alliance |
7.36 |
Liberal |
|
The Alternative |
4.68 |
Green/Ecologist |
|
Danish Social Liberal Party |
4.47 |
Liberal |
|
Socialist Peoples Party |
4.09 |
Green/Ecologist |
|
Conservatives |
3.27 |
Conservative |
|
Community of the People |
0.22 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Forward (Greenland) |
0.22 |
Social democracy |
|
Republic (Faroe Islands) |
0.16 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) |
0.16 |
Social democracy |
|
Christian People's Party |
0.81 |
Christian democracy |
Electoral System
Denmark has a system based on the List PR. It uses D’Hondt method. (wiki) which parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives. The voter turnout in 2015 was 85.89 % (idea.int).
Quality of Democracy
Denmark is constitutional monarchy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Denmark is ranked 2nd least corrupt out of 180 countries. Its score is 88 out of 100.
Gender Equality
37% of the parliamentarians are women. There is no legislated quota for women candidates. (idea.int)