Denmark/ Danmark
Smallest of the Scandinavian countries (half the size of Maine), Denmark occupies the Jutland peninsula, a lowland area. The country also consists of several islands in the Baltic Sea; the two largest are Sjælland, the site of Copenhagen, and Fyn.
Government - Constitutional monarchy.
Land area: 16,359 sq mi (42,370 sq km); total area: 16,639 sq mi (43,094 sq km)1
Population (2006 est.): 5,450,661 (growth rate: 0.3%); birth rate: 11.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.5/1000; life expectancy: 77.8; density per sq mi: 333
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Copenhagen, 1,094,400
Other large cities: Århus, 220,700; Odense, 144,600; Ålborg, 120,600
Monetary unit: Krone
Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German; English is the predominant second language
Ethnicity/race: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%