Government type Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Area 42,947 km² (16,582 sq mi)
Population 5,933,000 inh. (2023)
Population density 138 inh/km² (358 inh/mi²)
Capital Copenhagen (816,000 pop., 1,649,000 urban aggl.)
Currency Danish krone
Human development index 0.948 (6th place)
Languages Danish
Life expectancy M 80 years, F 84 years
Dependent areas Faroe Islands (1,396 km² - 539 sq mi, 54,100 pop.)
Dependent areas Greenland (2,166,086 km² - 836,330 sq mi, 56,900 pop.)