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Area: 43,098 square kilometers

Population density: 126.4 inhabitants/km²

Location: Scandinavia

Geographical area: Scandinavia

GDP: DKK 1,825.6 billion (2012)

GDP per capita: DKK 327,000 (2012)

Capital: Copenhagen (Copenhagen & Frederiksberg) (population 672,274) (2014)

Other major cities: Aarhus (population 323,893), Odense (population 195,797), Aalborg (population 205,809)

State system: constitutional monarchy

Government: Coalition Government of the Social Democrats, the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party

Head of State: Queen Margrethe II (since 14 January 1972)

Head of Government: Hella Terning Schmidt (since 3 October 2011)

Ethnic composition: 4,996,980 Danes. 567,932 immigrants and descendants of migrants (2011)

Life Cycle: 81.2 years for women, 77.1 years for men (2011)

Language: Danish

Religion: 90% Protestant

Currency: Danish krone. DKK 1 = DKK 100 centavos (5.3 kroner = USD 1) (2011)

Member States: United Nations, European Economic Cooperation (ECO), EU, NATO, SCHENGEN, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, International Trade Fund (IMF), World Trade Organization.