Unity of the Realm
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Kingdom of Denmark
Kongeriget Danmark (Danish)
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Anthem: Der er et yndigt land
There is a lovely country Kong Christian stod ved højen mast King Christian stood by the lofty mast |
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![Location of Denmark proper[N 2] (dark green), in Europe (dark grey) and in the European Union (light green)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Denmark.svg)
Location of Denmark proper (dark green), in Europe (dark grey) and in the European Union (light green)
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| Capital and largest city |
Copenhagen 55°43′N 12°34′E / 55.717°N 12.567°E |
| Official languages | Danish |
| Recognised regional languages |
Faroese Greenlandic German |
| Religion | Church of Denmark |
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| Countries Autonomous territories | |
| Government | Democratic parliamentary constitutional monarchy with unitary elements |
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• Monarch
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Margrethe II |
| Lars Løkke Rasmussen | |
| Aksel V. Johannesen | |
| Kim Kielsen | |
| Legislature | Folketing |
| History | |
| c. 8th century | |
| 5 June 1849 | |
| 24 March 1948 | |
| Area | |
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• Denmark
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42,931 km2 (16,576 sq mi) (130rd) |
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• Greenland
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2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi) |
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• Faroe Islands
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1,399 km2 (540.16 sq mi) |
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• January 2017 estimate
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 5,748,769 (112th) |
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• Greenland
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56,114 |
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• Faroe Islands
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49,079 |
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• Density (Denmark)
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133.4/km2 (345.5/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
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• Total
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$264.837 billion (52nd) |
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• Per capita
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$46,602 (19th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
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$302.571 billion (34th) |
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• Per capita
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$53,242 (6th) |
| Gini (2014) |
 27.5low |
| HDI (2015) |
 0.925very high · 5th |
| Currency | Danish krone (DKK) |
| Time zone |
CET WET EGT WGT AST (UTC-3) |
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CEST GMT EGST WGST ADT (UTC-4) |
| Drives on the | right |
| Calling code | |
| ISO 3166 code | DK |
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Largest cities in Denmark (as of 1 January 2016[update])
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Rank | Core City | Region | Urban Population | Municipal Population | |||||
| 1 | Copenhagen | Capital Region of Denmark | 1,280,371 | 591,481 | ||||||
| 2 | Aarhus | Central Denmark Region | 264,716 | 330,639 | ||||||
| 3 | Odense | Region of Southern Denmark | 175,245 | 198,972 | ||||||
| 4 | Aalborg | North Denmark Region | 112,194 | 210,316 | ||||||
| 5 | Esbjerg | Region of Southern Denmark | 72,151 | 115,748 | ||||||
| 6 | Randers | Central Denmark Region | 62,342 | 97,520 | ||||||
| 7 | Kolding | Region of Southern Denmark | 59,712 | 91,695 | ||||||
| 8 | Horsens | Central Denmark Region | 57,517 | 87,736 | ||||||
| 9 | Vejle | Region of Southern Denmark | 54,862 | 111,743 | ||||||
| 10 | Roskilde | Region Zealand | 50,046 | 86,207 | ||||||
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| year | population | members | percentage |
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| 1990 | 5,135,409 | 4,584,450 | 89.3% |
| 2000 | 5,330,500 | 4,536,422 | 85.1% |
| 2005 | 5,413,600 | 4,498,703 | 83.3% |
| 2010 | 5,534,738 | 4,479,214 | 80.9% |
| 2015 | 5,659,715 | 4,400,754 | 77.8% |
| 2016 | 5,707,251 | 4,387,571 | 76.9% |
| 2017 | 5,748,769 | 4,361,518 | 75.9% |
| Statistical data: 1984, 1990–2017, Source: Kirkeministeriet | |||
Denmark (/ˈdɛnmɑːrk/; Danish: Danmark [ˈdanmɑɡ]), officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and a sovereign state. The southernmost of the Scandinavian nations, it is south-west of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has an area of 42,924 square kilometres (16,573 sq mi), total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 square kilometres (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.75 million (as of 2017[update]). Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate.
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