Denmark

Official name (in Danish)

Kongeriget Danmark

Name etymology

the name derives from the words Dane, a tribal name with unclear Germanic origins, and mark, a Danish word that refers to a march (borderland)

DesignMeaningHistory

In this context, “Dannebrog as a plain flag” shall be understood as the Danish national flag, which consists of a horizontal white cross, which reaches to the edge of the flag, on a Dannebrog red (colour code Pantone 186C) background.

Unofficial translation by Worldometer

EnglishDanish

Dannebrog as a plain flag is a rectangular flag that is divided by the cross into four right-angled fields. [...] The fields next to the pole are squares. The length of the outer fields is 1 3/4 times the inner fields.

Unofficial translation by Worldometer

EnglishDanish

Title (in Danish)

Der er et yndigt land

Title (in English, translated)

There Is A Lovely Land

Lyrics

DanishEnglish (poetic)

1

Der er et yndigt land, det står med brede bøge nær salten østerstrand; nær salten østerstrand; det bugter sig i bakke, dal, det hedder gamle Danmark, og det er Frejas Sal og det er Frejas Sal

2

Der sad i fordums tid de harniskklædte kæmper, udhvilede fra strid; udhvilede fra strid; så drog de frem til fjenders mén nu hvile deres bene bag højens bautasten bag højens bautasten

3

Det land endnu er skønt, thi blå sig søen bælter, og løvet står så grønt; og løvet står så grønt; og ædle kvinder, skønne mø’r og mænd og raske svende bebo de danskes øer bebo de danskes øer

4

Hil drot og fædreland! Hil hver en danneborger, som virker, hvad han kan! som virker, hvad han kan! Vort gamle Danmark skal bestå, så længe bøgen spejler sin top i bølgen blå sin top i bølgen blå

Land area

42,434 km²

Water area

660 km²

Germany

140 km

Canada

1.3 km

Avg. temperature

8.9 °C

Avg. daily range

6.3 to 11.3 °C

Annual precipitation

802 mm

Temperature °CMeanDaily range

°C°F

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Precipitation mm

Monthly climate normals

Month	Avg. high, °C	Mean, °C	Avg. low, °C	Precipitation, mm
January	3.5	1.9	0.1	67
February	3.5	1.8	−0.1	54
March	5.8	3.5	1.1	51
April	10.2	7.2	4	47
May	14.4	11.3	7.7	59
June	17.5	14.5	11	74
July	20	17	13.5	75
August	20.1	17	13.8	84
September	16.5	13.9	11.2	74
October	11.9	9.8	7.5	80
November	7.5	5.9	4.1	67
December	4.6	3.1	1.4	69

Country-wide averages over 1991–2020.

Arable land

2,365,000 hectares (59.1%)

Permanent crops

29,593 hectares (0.7%)

Permanent meadows & pastures

226,000 hectares (5.7%)

Forest

638,620 hectares (16.0%)

Other land

740,380 hectares (18.5%)

Birth rate

9.9 per 1,000 population

Death rate

9.8 per 1,000 population

Net migration rate

+3.0 per 1,000 population

MaleAgeFemale

80+70-7960-6950-5940-4930-3920-2910-190-9

% of total population

Population by age group, % of total population

Age	Male	Female
80+	2.6%	3.6%
70-79	4.5%	5.1%
60-69	6.0%	6.2%
50-59	6.5%	6.6%
40-49	5.8%	5.7%
30-39	6.8%	6.5%
20-29	6.5%	6.3%
10-19	5.6%	5.3%
0-9	5.3%	5.0%

Share aged 65 and over

21.4%

Share aged under 18

18.9%

Total dependency ratio

58

Youth dependency ratio

24

Elderly dependency ratio

34

Sex ratio

0.99 male / female

Danish includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese.Other's largest groups are Polish, Romanian, Syrian, Ukrainian, German, and Iraqi.

Denominations include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian.Evangelical Lutheranism is the official religion.

The Constitution calls the form of government "limited-monarchical"; royal power is inherited by men and women under the Act of Succession to the Throne, and the King is not answerable (§§ 2, 13).

The King appoints and dismisses the Prime Minister and ministers with no investiture vote; a minister who loses the Folketing's (parliament's) confidence must leave office, and no confidence in the Prime Minister brings down the ministry unless an election is called (§§ 14, 15, 32).

1. ThuJan 1New Year's Day
2. ThuApr 2Maundy Thursday
3. FriApr 3Good Friday
4. SunApr 5Easter Sunday
5. MonApr 6Easter Monday
6. ThuMay 14Ascension Day
7. SunMay 24Pentecost
8. MonMay 25Pentecost Monday
9. FriDec 25Christmas Day
10. SatDec 26Second Day of Christmas

Nationwide public holidays only, excluding regional, bank and government-only days.

World average 42

highly corruptvery clean

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Confidence interval

Corruption index score by year

Year	Score	Lower bound	Upper bound
2012	90	87	93
2013	91	87	95
2014	92	89	95
2015	91	87	95
2016	90	86	94
2017	88	83	93
2018	88	84	92
2019	87	82.8	91.2
2020	88	85.1	90.9
2021	88	85	91
2022	90	87.2	92.8
2023	90	87	93
2024	90	86.7	93.3
2025	89	85.9	92.1

GDP per capita (nominal)

$82,714 (9th in the world)

The shape of the economy

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GDP by end use

Households

+43.6%

Government

+23.2%

Investment

+22.1%

Exports

+70.1%

Imports

−59.1%

Current account

11.2% of GDP, $56 billion surplus

Projected GDP growth

+1.3% a year over the next 10 years

By specializationBy volume

ProductSpecialization index

1. 1Rye29.6×
2. 2Barley11.7×
3. 3Oats6×
4. 4Meat of pig with the bone (fresh or chilled)5.6×
5. 5Sugar beet4.6×
6. 6Rape or colza seed4.2×
7. 7Potatoes4.1×
8. 8Raw milk of cattle3.8×
9. 9Wheat2.2×

Median

€5,733 per month($6,479)

Men

€6,701 per month($7,572)

Women

€5,614 per month($6,344)

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DenmarkWorld

Human Development Index by year

Year	Denmark	World
1990	0.844	0.608
1991	0.848	0.611
1992	0.850	0.614
1993	0.853	0.617
1994	0.859	0.620
1995	0.862	0.625
1996	0.870	0.631
1997	0.876	0.636
1998	0.883	0.641
1999	0.894	0.646
2000	0.896	0.651
2001	0.902	0.657
2002	0.902	0.662
2003	0.907	0.669
2004	0.912	0.675
2005	0.917	0.681
2006	0.917	0.688
2007	0.918	0.694
2008	0.922	0.698
2009	0.915	0.701
2010	0.920	0.707
2011	0.934	0.713
2012	0.938	0.717
2013	0.941	0.721
2014	0.939	0.726
2015	0.943	0.731
2016	0.951	0.735
2017	0.951	0.739
2018	0.950	0.741
2019	0.953	0.745
2020	0.954	0.742
2021	0.958	0.742
2022	0.959	0.752
2023	0.962	0.756

Expected for a child today

18.7 years

Share of government spending

14.2%

Households with Internet access

96.9%

Fixed telephone lines

697,867

Fixed broadband

43.4 subscriptions per 100 people

Counts subscriptions, not people.

Debit-card ownership

99%

Account at a bank or mobile-money provider

100%

Made or received a digital payment

100%

Asylum seekers

2,774

Stateless persons

8,514

Refugees from Denmark abroad

30

Overnight arrivals by year2010 to 2022

Per resident

2.4 arrivals per resident

Same-day visitors

17.3 million arrivals

Visitor spending in the country

$11.3 billion(2024)

Share of GDP

2% tourism direct GDP(2023)

Domestic trips

20.7 million overnight trips by residents

Residents' trips abroad

6 million overnight trips

Residents' spending abroad

$12.3 billion(2024)

Hotel beds

123,328(2024)

Average hotel stay

2.1 nights(2024)

A tourist stays at least one night. Arrivals count trips, not people.

Site	Type
Denmark: Mounds, Runic Stones, and Church at Jelling	Cultural
Roskilde Cathedral	Cultural
Kronborg Castle	Cultural
Wadden Sea	Natural
Stevns Klint	Natural
Christiansfeld, Moravian Church Settlement	Cultural
Par force hunting landscape, North Zealand	Cultural
Greenland: Ilulissat Icefjord	Natural
Kujataa, Norse and Inuit Farming	Cultural
Aasivissuit–Nipisat, Inuit Hunting Ground	Cultural
Viking-Age Ring Fortresses	Cultural
Møns Klint	Natural

includes three sites in Greenland

A low figure can also mean weak recording.

Persons held

4,154

Men

17.2%

Women

15.5%

World median

3.1%

CO₂ per capita

4.3 t per person

World Rank67thof 207

Share of global CO₂

0.06%

Methane (CH₄)

8.07 Mt CO₂-eq

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

4.37 Mt CO₂-eq

Fluorinated gases

0.26 Mt CO₂-eq

All greenhouse gases

38.3 Mt CO₂-eq

WHO guideline

5 µg/m³

National standard

10 µg/m³

Treaty	Standing	Joined
Climate
Paris Agreement	in force	2016
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change	in force	1994
Kyoto Protocol	in force	2005
Ozone layer
Montreal Protocol	in force	1989
Vienna Convention (Ozone Layer)	in force	1988
Biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity	in force	1994
CITES	in force	1977
Convention on Migratory Species (Bonn)	in force	1983
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety	in force	2003
Nagoya Protocol	signed 2011, not ratified
Land and heritage
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	in force	1978
World Heritage Convention	in force	1979
UN Convention to Combat Desertification	in force	1996
Chemicals and waste
Basel Convention	in force	1994
Rotterdam Convention (PIC)	in force	2004
Stockholm Convention (POPs)	in force	2004
Minamata Convention on Mercury	in force	2017
Oceans
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea	in force	2004
High Seas Treaty (BBNJ)	in force	2026
MARPOL 73/78	in force	1983

Per person

1,016 m³ per year

Dependency ratio

0% originates outside the country

Annual water withdrawal

0.9 billion m³ per year

Withdrawn for agriculture

54%

Water stress

25% of available freshwater withdrawn

Men

15.5%

Women

13.2%

Per capita

101.8 GJ per person

Share of world total

0.10%

Supply

Deficitproduces 61% of what it consumes, 2024

OverviewBy source

Generation

35 TWh per year

Consumption

36 TWh per year

Imports

25 TWh per year

Exports

21 TWh per year

Net

−3.7 TWh per year

Denmark has had compulsory military service since 1849; conscripts are chosen by lottery; conscientious objectors can choose to instead serve 6 months in a non-military position, for example in Beredskabsstyrelsen (dealing with non-military disasters like fires, flood, pollution, etc.) or overseas foreign aid work.Women have been able serve in all military occupations, including combat arms, since 1988; military conscription was extended to women in June 2025.