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- Population: 5.445.000 (2007)
- Area: 43.098 square kilometres
- Population density: 126,4 pr. square kilometre
- Geographic region: Scandinavia
- Neighbouring countries: Germany, Norway, Sweden
- Gross domestic product: USD 280 billion (DKK 1.642 billion) (2006)
- GDP pr. inhabitant: USD 45.000 (2006)
- Capital: Copenhagen 1.1 million inhabitants (2007)
- Other major cities: Århus 228.000, Odense 158.000, Aalborg 122.000
(2007)
- 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: Anders Fogh Rasmussen (since 27 November 2001)
- Ethnic distribution: 91,2% Danes. Immigrants and their descendants
constitute about 8.8 per cent of the population.(2007)
- Life expectancy: women 80,4 years, men 75,9 (2006)
- Language: Danish
- Religion: 90% Protestant
- Currency: Danish Kroner, DKK. 1 Krone = 100 Øre (4,80 DKK = 1 USD, 2008)
- Member of: UN, OECD, EU, Nato, Schengen, OSCE, IMF, WTO and others
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