Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a democratic sovereign state in Northern Europe, located south-west of Sweden, south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom has two autonomous constituent countries in the north Atlantic Ocean, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Denmark consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and the Danish archipelago of 407 islands, of which around 70 are inhabited, are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts with little elevation and a temperate climate. The national language, Danish, is closely related to Swedish and Norwegian.
Facts and Statistics
Population | 5,627,235 (2014) |
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Area | 42,916 square kilometres |
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Population density | 130.50 per square kilometre |
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Geographic region | Scandinavia |
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Capital | Copenhagen | 1,246,611 (2014) |
Other major cities | Aarhus Odense Aalborg | 259.754 172.512 109.092 |
Form of state | Monarchy |
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Head of state | Queen Margrethe II |
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Language | Danish |
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Currency | DKK 1 Krone = 100 Øre | DKK 7.46=Euro(€)1, 2015 |
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