Country Chooser Country InformationDenmark Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, K,
Note:Denmark's
connectors have slight differences from those used elsewhere. While
pin diameter and spacing is standard, outlets may have different housing
depths which could interfere with standard adaptors -- one report says
this is due to "childproofing." Also, Plug C fits into K-type
outlets (but not vice versa).
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL G
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)
Area:
total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
water: 700 sq km
Climate:
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
Terrain:
low and flat to gently rolling plains
Economy
GDP:
$204.9 billion (2008 est.)
$206.2 billion (2007)
$202.9 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
-0.6% (2008 est.)
1.6% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$37,400 (2008 est.)
$37,700 (2007 est.)
$37,200 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 3.5% (2008 est.)
Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
Exchange rates:
Danish kroner (DKK) per US dollar - 5.0236 (2008 est.), 5.4797 (2007), 5.9468 (2006), 5.9969 (2005), 5.9911 (2004)
People
Population: 5,500,510 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 0.28% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Languages:
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language
Government
Capital:
name: Copenhagen
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
note: applies to continental Denmark only, not to its North Atlantic components
Independence:
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
Note: Information on Denmark was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Denmark, please visit one of the links below.
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