| Kingdom of Denmark Kongeriget Danmark |
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Motto: none
(Royal motto: Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke[1]
"God's Help, the People's Love, Denmark's Strength") |
Anthem: Der er et yndigt land (national)
Royal anthem: Kong Christian stod ved højen mast (royal and national) |
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Capital
(and largest city) | Copenhagen
55°43′N12°34′E / 55.717°N 12.567°E / 55.717; 12.567 |
| Official language(s) | Danish1 |
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| Ethnic groups | 90.1% Danish
9.9% other (2010)[2] |
| Demonym | Danish or Dane(s) |
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| Government | Unitaryparliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy |
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| - | Queen | Margrethe II |
| - | Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| - | Folketing Speaker | Thor Pedersen |
| - | Current coalition | VK Coalition |
| Legislature | Folketing |
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| Consolidation | 8th century |
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| EUaccession | 1 January 1973 (7th) |
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| Area |
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| - | Total | 43,075 km2 (132nd)
16,641 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 1.64 |
| Population |
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| - | 1 October 2010 estimate | 5,557,709[3] (110th) |
| - | Density | 129/km2 (78th)
334/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $200.796 billion[4] (50th) |
| - | Per capita | US$36,336[4] (16th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | US$313.825 billion[4] (31st) |
| - | Per capita | US$56,790[4] (5th) |
| Gini (2009) | 24.7 (low) (1st) |
| HDI (2010) |  0.866[5] (very high) (19th) |
| Currency | Danish krone (DKK) |
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| Time zone | CET(UTC+1) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Drives on the | right |
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| ISO 3166 code | DK |
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| Internet TLD | .dk2,3 |
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| Calling code | 454 |
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1 Co-official with Faroese in the Faroe Islands. German is recognised as a protected minority language in the South Jutland (Sønderjylland) area of Denmark. Danish is recognised as a protected minority language in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany.
2For Denmark excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
3 The TLD .eu is shared with other European Union countries.
4 The Faroe Islands use +298 and Greenland uses +299. |
![Location of Denmark (dark green)– on the European continent (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) — [Legend]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Denmark.svg)
