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Key facts

  • Currency: Danish krone
  • Capital city: Copenhagen
  • Region: Northern Europe
  • Continent: Europe
  • Land area: 40,000 km²
  • Population: 5,903,037
  • Political Leader: Mette Frederiksen (Prime Minister)

Latest news

Today in Denmark: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday

Read: The Local

2024-03-28

Why is Maundy Thursday a holiday in Denmark and Norway but not in Sweden?

Read: The Local

2024-03-28

Denmark Shows the Way to Help Ukraine Rebuild Itself After Russia War

Read: Bloomberg

2024-03-28

Danish PM Frederiksen issues warning after use of fake subtitles in video

Read: The Local

2024-03-27

Danish economy gets boost from weight-loss drug maker

Read: The Local

2024-03-27

What's open and what's closed in Denmark over Easter weekend?

Read: The Local

2024-03-27

Today in Denmark: A roundup of the news on Wednesday

Read: The Local

2024-03-27

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 75.26 % of GDP
Expense 37.12 % of GDP
GDP 400,167,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 7.70 annual %
Self-employed 8.58 % of total employment
Tax revenue 34.81 % of GDP
Unemployment 4.43 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 5.78 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 26,180.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 11.75 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 27,356.50 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 24.54 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 6.27 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.06 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 1.08 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 65.44 % of total
Net energy imports 1.77 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.72 births per woman
Forest area 6,293 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 64.93 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -1,927.65 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 37.20 years
Methane emissions 7,778.77 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 5,492.83 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 2,966,194
Male Population 2,936,844
Renewable energy consumption 39.70 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 40,365.60 km²
Rural population 686,700
Urban land area 2,235.49 km²
Urban population 5,216,337
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 8.65 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 10.80 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.80 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 7,375.15 current US$
Health expenditure 10.85 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.02 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 2.60 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 81 years
Suicide mortality rate 10.70 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 97.86 % of population
Net migration 19,999
Press freedom 7.92


Politics

Armed forces personnel 15,000
Democracy score 9.22
Democracy type Full democracy
Military expenditure 1.42 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 43.58 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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