• Capital city: Copenhagen
• Total area: 43 094 km2;
• Population: 5.4 million
• Currency: Danish Krone

Denmark consists of the Jutland peninsula which has a border with Germany. The largest islands are Zealand, Funen, Lolland-Falster and Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. They are two autonomous regions, Greenland and Faeroe Islands, which belong to Denmark but not to the EU.

The Kingdom has a population density of 120 inhabitants per km2. 70% of the Danish population live in urban areas. Of the 190,000 foreigners, Asian is the largest group, followed by Turks. 20% come from EU Member States, and predominantly from the UK and Germany.

Denmark's reputation for being among the world's primary agricultural and fishery countries is still valid. However, over the last few decades industrial exports have exceeded those of agriculture and fisheries. Danish industry is mainly composed of small and medium sized companies.

Main economic sectors comprise food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, chemicals products, electronics, construction, ship building and furniture and other wood products. North Sea oil and natural gas are becoming increasingly important to the economy.

The Kingdom of Denmark is a constitutional and parliamentary democracy. Legislative power lies jointly with the Queen and the single chamber parliament ("Folketing"). Its 179 members are directly elected by a system of proportional representation for four years. The Queen appoints the Prime Minister and the different Ministers provided the Government has a majority in Parliament. Bills passed by the Folketing must be put to a referendum if one third of its members so request.