Countries

Denmark

Also Known As Kingdom of Denmark This entity is metropolitan Denmark. The wider Kingdom of Denmark also includes the self-governing Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Denmark." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/denmark.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Denmark. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/denmark

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-denmark,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Denmark},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/denmark},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, comprising the Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands, with Copenhagen as its capital and largest city. The unified Kingdom of Denmark emerged by the eighth century AD as a maritime power, with no single clean founding date; its modern constitutional monarchy dates to 5 June 1849. The wider Kingdom of Denmark also includes the self-governing Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Facts

Capital

Copenhagen 1

Population

6,001,008 1

May 2025 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Area (sq km)

43,094 1

Metropolitan Denmark; the wider Kingdom of Denmark also includes the self-governing Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.

Source Copenhagen (Wikipedia)

Northern Europe

Scandinavia

Bordered By Water

North Sea

Source North Sea (Wikipedia)

Wadden Sea

Source Wadden Sea (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.

Source Copenhagen (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Europe

Sources

1. Denmark (Wikipedia)

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Copenhagen (Kobenhavn)

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43,094 km2 (16,639 sq mi)

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6,001,008

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The unified Kingdom of Denmark emerged in the eighth century as a maritime power; its modern constitutional form dates to 1849.

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Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, comprising the Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands, with Copenhagen as its capital and largest city.

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Wadden Sea (Wikipedia)

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