About Denmark
Denmark is based in Northern Europe and is the smallest of the Scandinavian countries. The Kingdom of Denmark also has 2 autonomous provinces – the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The latter is over 500 times larger than Denmark but has 100 times less people. Denmark is well known for its strong welfare state, mixed market capitalist economy and has one of the most egalitarian societies in the world. In 2010 it was voted yet again the happiest country in the world.
Facts about Denmark
Population: 5.564.219 (2011) - Area: 43.098 square kilometres
- Population density: 126,4 pr. square kilometre
- Geographic region: Scandinavia
- Gross domestic product: DKK 1.658 billion (2009)
- GDP pr. inhabitant: 300.241 DKK (2009)
- Capital: Copenhagen 1.702.388 (2011)
- Other major cities: Århus 311.235, Odense 190.448, Aalborg 199.437 (2011)
- Form of state: Monarchy
- Government: Coalition of the Liberals and the Conservatives, headed by the Liberals
- Head of state: Queen Margrethe II (since 14 January 1972)
- Head of government: Lars Løkke Rasmussen (since 5. April 2009)
- Ethnic distribution: 4.996.980 Danes. Immigrants and their descendants constitute 567.932 (2011)
- Life expectancy: Women 81,2 years, men 77,1 (2011)
- Language: Danish
- Religion: 90% Protestant
- Currency: Danish Kroner, DKK. 1 Krone = 100 Øre (5,3 DKK = 1 USD, 2011)
- Member of: UN, OECD, EU, Nato, Schengen, OSCE, IMF, WTO and others