| Country name: |
Denmark |
| Capital: |
Copenhagen |
| Country code: |
248 |
| Continent: |
Europe |
| Currency name: |
Danish krone |
| Independence: |
|
| Independent from: |
ca. 965 unified and Christianized under HARALD I Gormson; 5 June 1849 became a constitutional monarchy |
| Total area (km2): |
43,094 |
| Land area (km2): |
42,434 |
| Water area (km2): |
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) |
| Date format: |
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| Drive on: |
right |
| Calling code: |
+45 |
| Domain: |
.dk |
