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Denmark is a fairly small country in the north of Europe. It consists of a mainland and several large islands.

Denmark is bordered by the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

The land is flat with quite a lot of it below sea level.

The geographical coordinates for the centre of Denmark, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 56 00N
Longitude - 10 00E

The capital of Denmark is Copenhagen.

Denmark is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy which means that the Head of State is a King (or Queen) but the laws are decided by an elected parliament with a prime minister as head of the government. The present Queen (2017) is Margrethe II who came to the throne in 1972. She is 76 years old. Her son, Frederik, is heir to the throne.

In elections everyone over the age of 18 can vote.

The currency in Denmark is the Danish Krone. Denmark is a member of the European Union but has opted out of certain parts of the European Treaty, including those relating to defense cooperation and some legal matters.

Danish is the official language.

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denmark The Danish flag is a white cross on a red background with the cross moved toward the left side of the flag toward the flagpole. It is one of the oldest flags in the world and may come from a flag used in the crusades. The idea of moving the cross away from the centre has been followed by most of the Nordic countries.

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Land

The total land area of Denmark is 43,434 sq kms which is the 27th largest in Europe.

Denmark has lakes, rivers and canals which total 660 sq kms.

>Denmark has boundaries with 1 country

  • Germany 140 kms

Denmark has a coastline of 7,314 kms which is the 5th longest in Europe.

The highest point in Denmark is Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj at 171 metres.

The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra. denmark
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People

The total population of Denmark is 5.72 million people, making it the 21st largest country in Europe by population.

Of this number 2.86 million are females and 2.76 million are males.

A person from Denmark is called a Dane.

To be a citizen of Denmark, one of your parents must be a citizen of Denmark. It is not sufficient to be born in Denmark. You have to live in Denmark for 7 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.

The largest five cities in Denmark, by population are:-

  • Copenhagen 1,153,615 people
  • Arrhus 237,551
  • Odense 145,931
  • Aalborg 122,219
  • Frederiksberg 95,029
For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre. denmarkEach little Owlbut is 1 person and the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.

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87.7% of the people live in cities or towns.
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Life

The birth rate in Denmark is 10.4 births per 1,000 of population

The death rate in Denmark is 10.3 deaths per 1,000 people.

Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.

There are 3.9 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 4.1 deaths of boys.

The median age for females is 43.0 and for males is 41.1. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number of people above the median age as below it.

The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 31.2.

The elderly dependency ratio is 29.7. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).

The potential support ratio is 3.4. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.

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Denmark spends 10.8% of its total income on health care.

There are 3.49 doctors per 1,000 people.

There are 3.5 hospital beds per 1,000 people.

19.7% of the population are estimated as obese.

100% of Danes have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or protected rainwater collection facility.

99.6% of the urban population and 99.6% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer, a pit latrine (that is a permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.



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Denmark releases 42.0 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. This puts it as the 22nd highest in Europe.
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Education

Denmark spends 8.6% of its total income on education.

Children usually start school at age 6 in Denmark. Compulsory education is for ten years until age 16 with an optional further year. Education can then continue for up to three years. This may be followed by further education at a university or college.

Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts in the middle of August and finishes at the end of June. There is usually a 2 week break at Christmas, 1 week at Easter, and a one week break in the middle of each of the first two terms.

We have no figures for the number of people who are able to read and write by the age of 15.

12.0% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 10.9% are unemployed while with males 13.1% can't find work.

The total number of people available for work in Denmark is 2.83 million.

denmarkThey work in the following sectors.

  • Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
  • Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
  • Services is everything else
4.2% of the workforce are unemployed.
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Travel



There are 28 paved airports in Denmark, which is the 17th highest number in Europe.
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There are 2,633 kilometres of railways in Denmark, which is the 25th longest in Europe.
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There are 74,497 kilometres of roads in Denmark, which means Denmark is in 19th place for the most kilometres of roads in Europe.
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There are 6 major national newspapers in Denmark.

There are 7.30 million mobile phone users.

30% of the people have a fixed landline.

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5.40 million people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).
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