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Denmark in brief

Quick facts about Denmark and the Danes:

Population:

 

5,910,913 (2023)

 

 

 

Area:

 

43,560 square kilometres

 

 

 

Population density:

 

139 per square kilometre (2023)

 

 

 

Geographic region:

 

Scandinavia

 

 

 

Gross domestic product:

 

DKK 2,684 billion (2022)

 

 

 

GDP per capita:

 

DKK 451,173,77 (2022)

 

 

 

Capital:

 

Copenhagen 1,381,000 (2023) 

 

 

 

Other major cities:

 

Aarhus 361,544 (2023), Aalborg 222,571 (2023), Odense 207,792 (2023)

 

 

 

Form of state:

 

Constitutional Monarchy

 

 

 

Head of State:

 

Queen Margrethe II (since 14 January 1972)

 

 

 

Government:


The Social Democratic Party (S), Venstre (V), Moderaterne (M), since november 2022  

 

 

Head of government:

 

Mette Frederiksen (S)

 

 

 

Ethnic distribution:

 

84,6% Danes. Immigrants and their descendants constitute 15,4% (2023)  

 

 

 

Life expectancy:

 

Women 83.92 years, men 80.13 years (2023)

 

 

 

Language:

 

Danish

 

 

 

Religion:

 

72% Protestant (Members of the National Church as of January 2023)

 

 

 

Currency:

 

Danish Kroner, DKK 1 Krone = 100 Øre

 

 

 

Membership:

 

UN, EU, NATO, Council of Europe. OECD, Schengen, OSCE, IMF, WTO and others.