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Denmark
Kingdom of Denmark
Quick facts
- Capital
- Copenhagen
- Population
- 5.6 m
- Area
- 43,094 km²
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Languages
- Danish
- Currency
- Danish krone (kr)
- Demonym
- Danish
- UN member
- Yes
How Denmark compares
Economy size$425 B
34th of 178 worldwide · 5th of 10 in Northern Europe
Income per person$71,026
10th of 178 worldwide · 4th of 10 in Northern Europe
Life expectancy82.3 yrs
25th of 179 worldwide · 6th of 10 in Northern Europe
Internet access99.8%
4th of 179 worldwide · 1st of 10 in Northern Europe
Military spending$10.0 B
29th of 163 worldwide · 4th of 10 in Northern Europe
Highlights
GDP
$425 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$71,026
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
82.3 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
R&D spending
3.0%
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Researchers (per million)
8,838
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Resource rents
0.3%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From the rune-stone kingdom of the Vikings to a Scandinavian monarchy that shed its empire and remade itself as a modern welfare state.
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