Denmark
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 6M (2025). World rank 114 of 216; in Europe, 22 of 48. Area: 43,094 km². World rank 134 of 249; in Europe, 29 of 52. GDP per person: $76,970 (2025). World rank 13 of 210 (1 = best); in Europe, 9 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 5.7M → 6M, GDP $301.8B → $462.5B, and GDP per person $53,094 → $76,970. Better than all its neighbours (Germany): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Local name
- Danmark
- Capital
- Copenhagen
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Frederik X
- Head of government
- Mette Frederiksen
- Women in parliament
- 43.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 6,009,169 2025
- Area
- 43,094 km²
- GDP
- $462.5B 2025
- GDP per person
- $76,970 2025
- Life expectancy
- 82.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Danish
- Currency
- Danish Krone (DKK)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +45
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E, F, K
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 7,314
- Neighbours
- Germany
- Agricultural land
- 65.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Møllehøj, 171 m
- Lowest point
- Lammefjord, -7 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 34
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 9
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 18°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 1°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 703 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 139.4 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.5% 2025
- Living in cities
- 88.9% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +22.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 14.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 15.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 63.3% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 84.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 80.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 9.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 71.4%, other 24.3%, and Muslim 4.3% (2024)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 91.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 93.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 92.4 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 84.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 90.5 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $83,218 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.9% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $77,190 2025
- Inflation
- +1.9% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 92 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.2% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 24.8% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 62.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 11.7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 60.8% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 70.1% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 59.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +12.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +3.7% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 33.4% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 29.9 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.4% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 99.8% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 126% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 79% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6.4% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.4% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $6,745 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 13.9% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 4.5 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 12.2 2021
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.4 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 94% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 3.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 4 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 6.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 44.9% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 15.7% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.8 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 3.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 10.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 79.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 7.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 6.4 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 16% 2024
- Protected areas
- 23.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,016 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 25.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 99.8% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 127 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 43.4 2024
- Internet domain
- .dk
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 6,373 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 39.5% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 79% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 5.4% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 6,428,701 2004
- Airports
- 102 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,682 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 3.1% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 8,838 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 15,603 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 987 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 17.6% 2024