About Denmark
ABOUT DENMARK
Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe.
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GOVERNMENT
Monarch: Margrethe II
Prime Minister: Mette Frederiksen
Government Type: Unitary Parliamentary/Constitutional Monarchy
Capital: Copenhagen
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GEOGRAPHY
Area Total: 43,094 sq km
Land: 42,434 sq km
Water: 660 sq km
Climate: Temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
Natural Resources: Petroleum, natural gas, fish, arable land, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand
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PEOPLE & SOCIETY
Population: 5,920,767 (2022 est.)
Population Growth Rate: 0.44% (2022 est.)
Ethnicity: Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 85.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 13.3% (largest groups are Polish, Syrian, Romanian, German, and Iraqi) (2022 est.)
Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language
Religion: Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8% (2019 est.)
Source: The World Factbook
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