Denmark

Kingdom of Denmark Kongeriget Danmark  (Danish)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthems: Der er et yndigt land (English: "There is a lovely country") Kong Christian stod ved højen mast[N 1] (English: "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
Location of the Kingdom of Denmark (green), including Greenland, the Faroe Islands (circled), and Denmark proper
Location of  Denmark proper  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Capital and largest city	Copenhagen 55°43′N 12°34′E / 55.717°N 12.567°E / 55.717; 12.567
Official languages	Danish
Recognised regional languages	Faroese Greenlandic German[N 2]
Ethnic groups	86.11% Danish Faroese Indigenous status: Inuit[2] Minority status: German[3] Other: 13.89% non-Danish
Religion (2020)[4][5]	75.8% Christianity —74.3% Church of Denmark[N 3] —1.5% Other Christian 19.1% No religion 4.4% Islam 0.7% Others
Demonym(s)	Danish Dane
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Frederik X
• Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
Legislature	Folketing
History
• Consolidation	c. 8th century[6]
• Constitutional Act	5 June 1849
• Danish Realm	24 March 1948[N 4]
• EEC accession	1 January 1973
Area
• Denmark proper	42,933 km2 (16,577 sq mi) (130th)
• Entire kingdom	2,220,930 km2 (857,510 sq mi) (12th)
Population
• Q3 2020 estimate	5,837,213[7] (114th)
• Faroe Islands	52,110[8]
• Greenland	56,081[9]
• Density (Denmark)	137.65/km2 (356.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$299 billion[10] (52nd)
• Per capita	$51,643[10] (19th)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$370 billion[10] (34th)
• Per capita	$63,829[10] (6th)
Gini (2019)	27.5[11] low
HDI (2019)	0.940[12] very high · 10th
Currency	Danish krone[N 5] (DKK)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
	[N 6]
Driving side	right
Calling code	3 calling codes +45      (Denmark) +298    (Faroe Islands) +299    (Greenland)
ISO 3166 code	DK
Internet TLD	3 TLDs .dk (Denmark)[N 7] .fo  (Faroe Islands) .gl  (Greenland)
Website Denmark.dk

Denmark (Danish: Danmark), officially named the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the furthest south of the Scandinavian countries, to the northwest of North America, to the south of Norway and south-west of Sweden (which it is connected to by a bridge). It has a south border with Germany and a northeast border with Canada. It borders the Arctic Ocean, to the north-northwest, the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast, North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east. Denmark is a developed country with a large welfare state;^[13] In 2006 and 2007, surveys^[14] ranked Denmark as "the happiest place in the world," based on standards of health, welfare, and education.

The origin of the name Denmark (Danish: Danmark) is uncertain. In Old Norse, the country was called Danmǫrk, referring to the Danish March (the marches of the Danes).

The capital city of Denmark is Copenhagen, on the island of Zealand. Denmark is a constitutional monarchy (meaning the head of state is a monarch who has few established powers) with a King, Frederik X.^[15] Denmark is a parliamentary state, meaning the people appoint a parliament to make decisions for them, and it has a democratic government headed by an elected Prime Minister, who currently is Mette Frederiksen since 2019.

1. ↑ "Not one but two national anthems". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
2. ↑ "Bekendtgørelse af ILO-konvention nr. 169 af 28. juni 1989 vedrørende oprindelige folk og stammefolk i selvstændige stater". Retsinformation.dk. 9 October 1997.
3. ↑ "Den dansk-tyske mindretalsordning". Udenrigsministeriet.
4. ↑ "Folkekirkens medlemstal" (in Danish). Kirkeministeriet. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
5. ↑ Arly Jacobsen, Brian (8 February 2018). "Hvor mange muslimer bor der i Danmark?" (in Danish). Religion.dk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
6. ↑ Stone et al. 2008, p. 31. sfn error: no target: CITEREFStoneBainBoothParnell2008 (help)
7. ↑ "Population and population projections". Statistics Denmark. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
8. ↑ "Faroe Islands Population". Hagstova Føroya. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
9. ↑ "2020 Population". Retrieved 1 April 2020.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} "Denmark". International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
11. ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income - EU-SILC survey". ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
12. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
13. ↑ Esping-Andersen, G. (1990). The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Princeton University Press.
14. ↑ News, A. B. C. (8 January 2009). "Great Danes: The Geography of Happiness". ABC News. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
15. ↑ "H.M. Kongen". www.kongehuset.dk. Retrieved 2024-02-25.