Denmark
Currency code:
Currency name:
Danish krone
Country name:
Denmark
Capital:
Copenhagen
Country code:
Continent:
Independent from:
ca. 965 unified and Christianized under HARALD I Gormson; 5 June 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
Total area:
43,094
Total area note:
43,094note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Land area:
42,434
Water area:
660
Population:
5,556,452
Population note:
5,556,452 (July 2013 est.)
Official language:
Danish
All languages:
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language
Time zone:
CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Drive on:
Right
Calling code:
+45
Domain:
.dk