Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Copenhagen
- Region
- Europe, Northern Europe
- Population
- 6,009,169 (2025)
- Area
- 43,094 km²
- Currency
- Danish krone (DKK)
- Languages
- Danish, English, Faroese, German
- Calling code
- +45
- Internet domain
- .dk
- ISO codes
- DK, DNK, 208
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Denmark covers about 43,094 square kilometres. By area it ranks 135th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Estonia and a little larger than Netherlands. It shares a land border with 1 neighbour: Germany. Its centre lies at about 56° north, 10° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 6.01 million people live in Denmark (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 115th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 139 people to each square kilometre. About 89 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 82 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Danish, English, Faroese, German. A person from Denmark is called Danish.
Money and economy
The currency is the Danish krone (code DKK, symbol kr). It is also the main currency of Faroe Islands, Greenland. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 463 billion (2025), which is about US$ 76,970 for each person (2025).
Time
Denmark uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Copenhagen). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Copenhagen | 1,153,615 |
| Århus | 285,273 |
| Odense | 180,863 |
| Aalborg | 142,937 |
| Frederiksberg | 95,029 |
| Esbjerg | 71,698 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Northern Europe
Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.