Kingdom of Denmark Kongeriget Danmark (Danish) | |
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Anthems: Der er et yndigt land (English: "There is a lovely country") Kong Christian stod ved højen mast[N 1] (English: "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") | |
.svg) Location of the Kingdom of Denmark (green), including Greenland, the Faroe Islands (circled), and Denmark proper | |
![Location of Denmark proper[N 2] (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green)](/wiki/File:EU-Denmark.svg) Location of Denmark proper[N 2] (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Copenhagen 55°43′N 12°34′E / 55.717°N 12.567°E |
| Official languages | Danish |
| Recognised regional languages | Faroese Greenlandic German[N 3] |
| Ethnic groups |
Indigenous status: Minority status: Other:
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| Religion | 75.8% Christianity —74.3% Church of Denmark[N 4] —1.5% Other Christian 19.1% No religion 4.4% Islam 0.7% Others |
| Demonym(s) | |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Mette Frederiksen | |
| Legislature | Folketing |
| History | |
| c. 8th century[6] | |
| 5 June 1849 | |
| 24 March 1948[N 5] | |
| 1 January 1973 | |
| Area | |
• Denmark proper | 42,933 km2 (16,577 sq mi)[7] (130th) |
• Entire kingdom | 2,220,930 km2 (857,510 sq mi) (12th) |
| Population | |
• Q3 2020 estimate |  5,837,213[8] (114th) |
• Faroe Islands | 52,110[9] |
• Greenland | 56,081[10] |
• Density (Denmark) | 137.65/km2 (356.5/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $299 billion[11][N 6] (52nd) |
• Per capita | $51,643[11] (19th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $370 billion[11][N 6] (34th) |
• Per capita | $63,829[11] (6th) |
| Gini (2019) |  27.5[12]low |
| HDI (2019) |  0.940[13]very high · 10th |
| Currency | Danish krone[N 7] (DKK) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| [N 8] | |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | |
| ISO 3166 code | DK |
| Internet TLD | |
Website Denmark.dk | |
Denmark
Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. Denmark proper, which is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark is constitutionally a unitary state comprising Denmark proper and the two autonomous territories in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has a total area of 42,943 km2 (16,580 sq mi) as of 2020, and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi). Denmark proper has a population of 5.83 million.