Country Sheet : Denmark

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Last Update on 5th June 2026

DENMARK

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Geography

Area : 43,094 km²

Borders : 68 km (with Germany)

Coastline : 7,314 km

Capital : Copenhagen

Official language : Danish

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Population

Population : 5,992,734 inhabitants (2025)

Crude natural change rate : 0‰ (2024)

Population repartition: 15.5% under 15 years old, 20.4% over 65 years old (est. 2025)

Foreign residents: EU nationals 4.6%, non-EU nationals 9.4% (2024)

Crude net migration rate: 5,3‰ (2024)

First time asylum applicants: 1 920 (2025)

Life expectancy: men 80.2 years, women 83.9 years (2024)

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified 19.8% (2019 est.)

Ethnic groups: Danish 84.2%, Turkish 1.1%, others 14.7% (of which Poles, Syrians, Romanians, Germans, Iraqis) (2023 est.)

Source : Eurostat, The CIA World Factbook

Economy

Currency: Danish Crown (DKK) (exchange rate in December 2025: 1 € = 7.47 DKK)

GDP: € 410.37 billion (2025)

GDP per capita (PPS): € 68,310 (2025)

GDP growth : 2.9% (Q4 2025)

Inflation: 2.1% (February 2026)

Public debt: 30.5% of GDP (December 2025)

Unemployment: 7.5% (January 2026)

Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 45.5% of GDP (2024)

Budget balance: 2.7% of GDP (March 2025)

Source : Eurostat, OECD, European Commission, Trading Economics

Political system

Constitutional monarchy, unicameral democratic parliament.

Head of State: King Frederik X since 14th January 2024

Prime Minister: Mette Frederiksen (Social Democratic Party), Prime Minister since 26th June 2019. Her party won the March 2026 general election, but with its lowest vote share since 1903, plunging Denmark into a political crisis. After two months of negotiations, Mette Frederiksen managed to form a coalition with the Socialist People’s Party (SF), the Social Liberals (RV), and the Moderates (M), though she did not secure an absolute majority (82 seats out of 179). Her party won the March 2026 general election, but with its lowest vote share since 1903, plunging Denmark into a political crisis. After two months of negotiations, Mette Frederiksen managed to form a coalition with the Socialist People’s Party (SF), the Social Liberals (RV), and the Moderates (M), though she did not secure an absolute majority (82 seats out of 179). Her part won the March 2026 general election, but with its lowest vote share since 1903, plunging Denmark into a political crisis. After two months of negociations, Mette Frederiksen managed to form a coallition with the Socialist People's Party (SF), the Social Liberals (RV), and the moderates (M), tough she did not secure an absolute majority (82 seats out of 179).

The Folketing (“The People’s Assembly”) comprises 179 representatives, elected by direct universal suffrage for four years. The Faroe Islands and Greenland are each represented by two representatives.