Government type Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Area 42,947 km² (16,582 sq mi)
Population 5,843,000 inh. (2021)
Population density 136 inh/km² (352 inh/mi²)
Capital Copenhagen (799,000 pop., 1,618,000 urban aggl.)
Currency Danish krone
Human development index 0.940 (10th place)
Languages Danish
Life expectancy M 80 years, F 84 years
Dependent areas Faroe Islands (1,396 km² - 539 sq mi, 53,600 pop.)
Dependent areas Greenland (2,166,086 km² - 836,330 sq mi, 56,700 pop.)