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title: "Denmark — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Denmark: capital Copenhagen, area 43,094 km², population 6,009,169 (2025), currency Danish krone. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/denmark/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Denmark

**Denmark: Capital Copenhagen**

43,094 km² · 6,009,169 people (2025) · Danish krone

Denmark proper is a peninsula plus 406 islands, about 70 of them inhabited, and no point is more than 52 km from the sea. The highest natural point is Møllehøj at 170 m. Including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the Kingdom of Denmark spans more than 2.2 million km².

## The facts

- **Capital:** Copenhagen
- **Area:** 43,094 km² — 16,639 sq mi
- **Population:** 6,009,169 (2025)
- **Density:** 139.4 people per km²
- **Currency:** Danish krone (DKK, kr)
- **Official language:** Danish
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +45
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** DK · DNK
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 131 of 200
- **By population:** 115 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dominican Republic | 48,670 | 11,520,487 |
| Estonia | 45,228 | 1,366,475 |
| Denmark ← | 43,094 | 6,009,169 |
| Netherlands | 41,543 | 18,087,633 |
| Switzerland | 41,277 | 9,092,436 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Denmark?

Copenhagen

### What currency does Denmark use?

The Danish krone (DKK).

### How big is Denmark?

43,094 km², or 16,639 square miles — 131 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Denmark drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Dominican Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/)
- [Estonia](https://atoneplace.net/country/estonia/)
- [Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country/netherlands/)
- [Switzerland](https://atoneplace.net/country/switzerland/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]