Exact population: 5,450,661 (July 2006 est.)

Literacy: Total population: 100%; male: 100%; female: 100%

Ethnicities: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali

Area: Total: 43,094 sq km; land: 42,394 sq km; water: 700 sq km; note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland

Land boundaries: Total: 68 km; border countries: Germany 68 km

Terrain: Low and flat to gently rolling plains

Extremes: Lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m; highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m

Imports: Germany 22.3%, Sweden 13.5%, Netherlands 6.8%, UK 6.1%, France 4.5%, Norway 4.5%, Italy 4.1%, China 4% (2004)

Exports: Germany 18%, Sweden 13.2%, UK 8.7%, US 5.8%, Netherlands 5.5%, Norway 5.4%, France 5% (2004)

Industries: Iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills

Source: CIA World Factbook