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== Demographics ==
{{main|Demographics of Denmark|Languages of Denmark}}
The majority of the population is of Scandinavian descent, with small groups of [[Inuit]] from [[Greenland]], [[Faroese people|Faroese]], and immigrants. According to official statistics, January 1, 2007, 477,700 immigrants and their descendants made up 8.9% of the total population — a large number of whom come from South Asia, and The Middle East. People of Danish descent totaled 4,968,436 people. <ref>{{da icon}} {{cite web|last=|first=|author=|coauthors=|year= 2007|url=http://www.dst.dk/nytudg/11817| title=Nyt%20fra%20Danmarks%20Statistik:%C2%A0Nr.%20214,%208.%16maj%202007&ancestor=Gratis%20statistik&file=/asp2xml/PUK/udgivelser/get_file.asp?id=8062&show=pdf|title=Stadig flere polske indvandrere|format=pdf|work=Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik #214|pages=|publisher=Danmarks Statistik|accessdate=July 31|accessyear=2007}} Definitions: Immigrants are persons, born in foreign countries, whose parents were not Danish citizens and additionally were not born in Denmark. Descendants are persons, born in Denmark, whose parents were neither Danish citizens nor born in Denmark. Everybody else is Danish, including children of immigrants who have acquired Danish citizenship.</ref> During recent years, anti-immigration sentiment has surfaced in Denmark as is the case also in many other parts of Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6505809|title=Danes' Anti-Immigrant Backlash Marks Radical Shift|pages=|publisher=|accessdate=May 1|accessdate=2007-01-28}}.</ref> Nevertheless immigration has increased since implementation of new immigration laws in 2001.<ref>http://www.nyidanmark.dk/NR/rdonlyres/01D113D6-EA0D-4DB6-B2F9-DA47A6706EFF/0/tal_og_fakta_2006.pdf</ref>
[[Danish language|Danish]] is spoken throughout the country, although a small group near the German border also speak [[German language|German]]. [[English Language|English]] is the most widely spoken foreign language.
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