Population: 5,511,451 (2010)
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
Other major cities: Ã…rhus , Odense , Aalborg
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: 90.9% Danes. Immigrants and their descendants constitute about 9.1 per cent of the population.(2009)
Life expectancy: Women 80.5 years, men 76.0 (2009)
Language: Danish
Religion: 90% Protestant
Currency: Danish Kroner, DKK. 1 Krone = 100 Øre (5.42 DKK = 1 USD, 2010)
Member of: UN, OECD, EU, Nato, Schengen, OSCE, IMF, WTO and others
