Denmark Facts

Facts about Denmark

Capital

Copenhagen

Total Area

total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
water: 700 sq km
note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland

Population

5,432,335 (July 2005 est.)

Languages

Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language

Literacy

total population: 99.9% (1999 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%

Religions

Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%

Life Expectancy

total population: 77.62 years
male: 75.34 years
female: 80.03 years (2005 est.)

Government Type

constitutional monarchy

Currency

Danish krone (DKK)

GDP (per capita)

purchasing power parity - $32,200 (2004 est.)

Labour Force
2.87 million (2004 est.)

Exports
$73.06 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports
$63.45 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Natural Resources
petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand

Telephones (main lines in use)
3,610,100 (2003)

Telephones (mobile cellular)
4,785,300 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)