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Background: Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the EU's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union, and justice and home affairs issues.


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Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes several major islands (Sjaelland, Fyn, and Bornholm)

Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 10 00 E

Map reference: Europe

Area
Total: 43,094 km²
Land: 42,434 km²
Water: 660 km²
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
Comparative: slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts; about two-thirds the size of West Virginia

Land boundaries
Total: 141 km
Border countries: (2) Germany 140 km; Canada 1.3 km

Coastline: 7,314 km

Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Climate: temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

Terrain: low and flat to gently rolling plains

Elevation
Highest point: Store Mollehoj 171 m
Lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
Mean elevation: 34 m

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish, arable land, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand

Land use
Agricultural land: 63.4% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land arable land: 58.9% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land permanent pasture: 4.4% (2018 est.)
Forest: 12.9% (2018 est.)
Other: 23.7% (2018 est.)

Irrigated land: 2,360 km² (2020)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal
Municipal: 400 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial: 50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural: 530 million cubic meters (2020 est.)

Total renewable water resources: 6 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)

Natural hazards: flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes

Geography
Note: composed of the Jutland Peninsula and a group of more than 400 islands (Danish Archipelago); controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen


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Population
Distribution: with excellent access to the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea, population centers tend to be along coastal areas, particularly in Copenhagen and the eastern side of the country's mainland: 5,946,984 (2023 est.)
Growth rate: 0.44% (2023 est.)
Below poverty line: 12.5% (2018 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Dane(s)
Adjective: Danish

Ethnic groups: Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 85.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 13.3% (largest groups are Polish, Syrian, Romanian, German, and Iraqi) (2022 est.)
Note: data represent population by ancestry

Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language
Major-language samples:

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8% (2019 est.)

Demographic profile: Modern immigration to Denmark began in the 1960s and 1970s, although immigration, primarily from the Nordic countries and Western Europe, has earlier roots. Dutch migrants came in the 16^th century and Germans in the 18^th, in both cases to work in agriculture. Between the late 19^th century and World War I, Denmark absorbed unskilled Polish, German, and Swedish labor migrants in significant numbers, sometimes at the request of the Danish Government. Between the two World Wars, Denmark received many Eastern European, Jewish, and German migrants. It wasn’t until after World War II, that refugees began seeking sanctuary in Demark, including a large number of German refugees and later Hungarians, Czechs, and Polish Jews. Denmark also imported foreign labor during the 1960s, mainly from Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, and Pakistan. Although the “guest worker” program was halted in 1973, immigrants continued to arrive to be reunited with family members who were already in Denmark as refugees or as guest workers. Non-European refugees came from Chile, Uganda, and Vietnam. In the 1990s, Denmark began receiving migrants and refugees from new places, including Russia, Hungary, Bosnia, Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. Despite raising more restrictions on immigration, in the 2000s, Denmark continued to receive asylum seekers, particularly from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and the former Yugoslavia, as well as labor migrants from new EU member states. 

Age structure
0-14 years: 16.24% (male 495,887/female 469,976)
15-64 years: 63.13% (male 1,900,182/female 1,854,222)
65 years and over: 20.63% (2023 est.) (male 566,363/female 660,354)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 57.3
Youth dependency ratio: 25.4
Elderly dependency ratio: 31.9
Potential support ratio: 3.1 (2021 est.)

Median age
Total: 42.2 years (2023 est.)
Male: 41 years
Female: 43.3 years

Population growth rate: 0.44% (2023 est.)

Birth rate: 11.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate: 9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution: with excellent access to the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea, population centers tend to be along coastal areas, particularly in Copenhagen and the eastern side of the country's mainland

Urbanization
Urban population: 88.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas
Population: 1.381 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2023)

Environment
Current issues: air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides; much of country's household and industrial waste is recycled
International agreements party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements signed, but not ratified: Antarctic-Environmental Protection

Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions: 9.66 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: 31.79 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions: 6.54 megatons (2020 est.)

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mothers mean age at first birth: 29.8 years (2020 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio: 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate
Total: 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
Male: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 81.9 years (2023 est.)
Male: 80 years
Female: 83.9 years

Total fertility rate: 1.77 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate: NA

Drinking water source
Improved urban: 100% of population
Improved rural: 100% of population
Improved total: 100% of population
Unimproved urban: 0% of population
Unimproved rural: 0% of population
Unimproved total: 0% of population (2020 est.)

Current health expenditure: 10.5% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density: 4.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Hospital bed density: 2.6 beds/1,000 population (2019)

Sanitation facility access
Improved urban:
Unimproved urban:

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate: 19.7% (2016)

Alcohol consumption
Per capita total: 9.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita beer: 3.42 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita wine: 4.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita spirits: 1.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use
Total: 17.5% (2020 est.)
Male: 17.8% (2020 est.)
Female: 17.1% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight: NA

Education expenditures: 6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy
Total population: NA
Male: NA
Female: NA

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 19 years
Male: 18 years
Female: 19 years (2020)

Youth unemployment
Rate ages 15 24 total: 10.1% (2021 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 male: 9.7%
Rate ages 15 24 female: 10.6%


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Country name
Conventional long form: Kingdom of Denmark
Conventional short form: Denmark
Local long form: Kongeriget Danmark
Local short form: Danmark
Etymology: the name derives from the words "Dane(s)" and "mark"; the latter referring to a march (borderland) or forest

Government type: parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Capital
Name: Copenhagen
Geographic coordinates: 55 40 N, 12 35 E
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
Etymology: name derives from the city's Danish appellation Kobenhavn, meaning "Merchant's Harbor"

Administrative divisions: metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular - region); Hovedstaden (Capital), Midtjylland (Central Jutland), Nordjylland (North Jutland), Sjaelland (Zealand), Syddanmark (Southern Denmark)

Dependent areas

Independence: ca. 965 (unified and Christianized under Harald I GORMSSON); 5 June 1849 (became a parliamentary constitutional monarchy)

National holiday: Constitution Day, 5 June (1849); note - closest equivalent to a national holiday

Constitution
History: several previous; latest adopted 5 June 1953
Amendments: proposed by the Folketing with consent of the government; passage requires approval by the next Folketing following a general election, approval by simple majority vote of at least 40% of voters in a referendum, and assent of the chief of state; changed several times, last in 2009 (Danish Act of Succession)

Legal system: civil law; judicial review of legislative acts

International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: no
Citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Denmark
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: 7 years

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch
Chief of state: Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK (elder son of the monarch, born on 26 May 1968)
Head of government: Prime Minister Mette FREDERIKSEN (since 27 June 2019)
Cabinet: Council of State appointed by the monarch
Elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch

Legislative branch
Description: unicameral People's Assembly or Folketing (179 seats, including 2 each representing Greenland and the Faroe Islands; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms unless the Folketing is dissolved earlier)
Elections: last held on 1 November 2022 (next to be held on 31 October 2,026)
Election results:

Judicial branch
Highest courts: Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 18 judges)
Judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the monarch upon the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, with the advice of the Judicial Appointments Council, a 6-member independent body of judges and lawyers; judges appointed for life with retirement at age 70
Subordinate courts: Special Court of Indictment and Revision; 2 High Courts; Maritime and Commercial Court; county courts

Political parties and leaders:

International organization participation: ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Jesper Møller SØRENSEN (since 15 September 2023)
In the us chancery: 3,200 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] (202) 234-4,300
In the us FAX: [1] (202) 328-1470
In the us email address and website:
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Alan LEVENTHAL (since 1 July 2022)
From the us embassy: Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2,100 Kobenhavn 0
From the us mailing address: 5,280 Copenhagen Place, Washington DC 20,521-5,280
From the us telephone: [45] 33-41-71-00
From the us FAX: [45] 35-43-02-23
From the us email address and website:

Flag description: red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side; the banner is referred to as the Dannebrog (Danish flag) and is one of the oldest national flags in the world; traditions as to the origin of the flag design vary, but the best known is a legend that the banner fell from the sky during an early-13th century battle; caught up by the Danish king before it ever touched the earth, this heavenly talisman inspired the royal army to victory; in actuality, the flag may derive from a crusade banner or ensign
Note: the shifted cross design element was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as by the Faroe Islands

National symbols: lion, mute swan; national colors: red, white

National anthem
Name: "Der er et yndigt land" (There is a Lovely Country); "Kong Christian" (King Christian)
Lyrics/music: Adam Gottlob OEHLENSCHLAGER/Hans Ernst KROYER; Johannes EWALD/unknown
Note: Denmark has two national anthems with equal status; "Der er et yndigt land," adopted 1844, is a national anthem, while "Kong Christian," adopted 1780, serves as both a national and royal anthem; "Kong Christian" is also known as "Kong Christian stod ved hojen mast" (King Christian Stood by the Lofty Mast) and "Kongesangen" (The King's Anthem); within Denmark, the royal anthem is played only when royalty is present and is usually followed by the national anthem; when royalty is not present, only the national anthem is performed; outside Denmark, the royal anthem is played, unless the national anthem is requested

National heritage
Total World Heritage Sites: 11 (8 cultural, 3 natural); note - includes three sites in Greenland
Selected World Heritage Site locales:


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Economy overview: diversified EU trade-based economy; environmental regulatory innovator; dominant services sector; increased government spending but retaining budget surpluses; currently high inflation; unique "flexicurity" labor market

Real gdp purchasing power parity:
Note: data are in 2017 dollars

Real gdp growth rate:

Real gdp per capita:
Note: data are in 2017 dollars

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 48% (2017 est.)
Government consumption: 25.2% (2017 est.)
Investment in fixed capital: 20% (2017 est.)
Investment in inventories: -0.2% (2017 est.)
Exports of goods and services: 54.5% (2017 est.)
Imports of goods and services: -47.5% (2017 est.)

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 1.3% (2017 est.)
Industry: 22.9% (2017 est.)
Services: 75.8% (2017 est.)

Agriculture products: milk, wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, pork, rye, rapeseed, oats, poultry

Industries: wind turbines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, shipbuilding and refurbishment, iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products

Industrial production growth rate: 5.25% (2021 est.)

Labor force: 3.051 million (2021 est.)

Unemployment rate:

Youth unemployment
Rate ages 15 24 total: 10.1% (2021 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 male: 9.7%
Rate ages 15 24 female: 10.6%

Population below poverty line: 12.5% (2018 est.)

Gini index
Coefficient distribution of family income: 27.7 (2019 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10%: 9%
Highest 10%: 23.4% (2016 est.)

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget
Revenues: $185.645 billion (2019 est.)
Expenditures: $172.408 billion (2019 est.)
Surplus  or deficit: 1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Taxes and other revenues: 34.07% (of GDP) (2020 est.)

Public debt:
Note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions

Revenue
From forest resources: 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.)
From coal: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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Current account balance:

Exports:
Partners: Germany 14%, United States 10%, Sweden 10%, China 6%, Norway 5% (2021)
Commodities: packaged medicines, pork, refined petroleum, electric generators, cheese (2021)

Imports:
Partners: Germany 21%, Sweden 12%, China 9%, Netherlands 8%, Poland 4% (2021)
Commodities: cars, packaged medicines, refined petroleum, crude petroleum, broadcasting equipment, computers (2021)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

Debt external:

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Exchange rates:


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Electricity
Access electrification-total population: 100% (2021)
Installed generating capacity: 17.655 million kW (2020 est.)
Consumption: 33.081 billion kWh (2020 est.)
Exports: 12.694 billion kWh (2020 est.)
Imports: 18.891 billion kWh (2020 est.)
Transmission/distribution losses: 1.573 billion kWh (2020 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels: 14.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources solar: 4.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources wind: 57.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 0.1% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources biomass and waste: 23.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal
Production: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Consumption: 1.249 million metric tons (2020 est.)
Exports: 194,000 metric tons (2020 est.)
Imports: 1.122 million metric tons (2020 est.)
Proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum
Total petroleum production: 69,000 bbl/day (2021 est.)
Refined petroleum consumption: 165,400 bbl/day (2019 est.)
Crude oil and lease condensate exports: 56,700 bbl/day (2018 est.)
Crude oil and lease condensate imports: 95,200 bbl/day (2018 est.)
Crude oil estimated reserves: 441 million barrels (2021 est.)

Crude oil

Refined petroleum
Products production: 183,900 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Products exports: 133,700 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Products imports: 109,700 bbl/day (2017 est.)

Natural gas
Production: 1.315 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Consumption: 2.188 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Exports: 1.701 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Imports: 2.646 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Proven reserves: 29.534 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions: 33.85 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke: 3.455 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids: 24.621 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From consumed natural gas: 5.775 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita: 124.163 million Btu/person (2019 est.)


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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 711,500 (2022 est.)
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2021 est.)
Mobile cellular total subscriptions: 7,287,875 (2021 est.)
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 124 (2021 est.)

Telephone system

Broadcast media: strong public-sector TV presence with state-owned Danmarks Radio (DR) operating 6 channels and publicly owned TV2 operating roughly a half-dozen channels; broadcasts of privately owned stations are available via satellite and cable feed; DR operates 4 nationwide FM radio stations, 10 digital audio broadcasting stations, and 14 web-based radio stations; 140 commercial and 187 community (non-commercial) radio stations (2019)

Internet
Country code: .dk
Users total: 5.841 million (2021 est.)
Users percent of population: 99% (2021 est.)

Broadband fixed subscriptions
Total: 2,590,282 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 45 (2020 est.)


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Military expenditures:

Military and security forces: Danish Armed Forces (Forsvaret): Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Danish Home Guard (Reserves) (2023)
Note: the Danish military maintains a joint service Arctic Command with the mission of protecting the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic Region, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland; the command also conducts maritime pollution prevention, environmental monitoring, fishery inspections, search and rescue, hydrographical surveys, and provides support to governmental science missions

Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish military offers reserve contracts in all three branches (2023)
Note 1: women have been able serve in all military occupations, including combat arms, since 1988; as of 2022, they made up about 9% of the military's full-time personnel; conscientious objectors can choose to instead serve 6 months in a non-military position, for example in Beredskabsstyrelsen (dealing with non-military disasters like fires, flood, pollution, etc.) or overseas foreign aid work
Note 2: Denmark has had compulsory military service since 1849

Space program
Overview: a member of the European Space Agency (ESA) and fully integrated within its structure; participates in ESA programs, particularly those linked to human spaceflight and satellite-based remote sensing activities, as well as technology programs involving telecommunications and navigation; independently builds and operates satellites, particularly those with meteorological, science, technology, and signal/traffic monitoring capabilities; in addition to cooperating with the ESA and EU, as well as bi-laterally with member states, it has relations with the space agencies and industries of Canada, India, Japan, and the US (2023)
Overview note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in space programs

Terrorist groups
Terrorist groups: Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force
Note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in terrorist organizations


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National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 10 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 76
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 582,011 (2015)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: OY

Airports: 80 (2021)
With paved runways: 28
With paved runways note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)
With unpaved runways: 52
With unpaved runways note: unpaved runways have a surface composition such as grass or packed earth and are most suited to the operation of light aircraft; unpaved runways are usually short, often less than 1,000 m (3,280 ft.) in length; airports with unpaved runways often lack facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control

Heliports

Pipelines: 1,536 km gas, 330 km oil (2015)

Railways
Total: 2,682 km (2020) 876 km electrified

Roadways
Total: 74,558 km (2017)
Paved: 74,558 km (2017) (includes 1,205 km of expressways)

Waterways: 400 km (2010)

Merchant marine
Total: 731 (2022)
By type: bulk carrier 13, container ship 137, general cargo 70, oil tanker 118, other 393

Ports and terminals
Major seaports: Baltic Sea - Aarhus, Copenhagen, Fredericia, Kalundborg
Cruise ports: Copenhagen
River ports: Aalborg (Langerak)
Dry bulk cargo ports:


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Disputes international: Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm; in 2019, Denmark signed continental shelf delimitation agreements with Iceland and Norway to parts of the continental shelf in the Ægir Basin, which is located north of the Faroe Islands

Refugees and internally displaced persons
Refugees country of origin: 19,424 (Syria), 5,885 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2022); 36,635 (Ukraine) (as of 3 December 2023)
Stateless persons: 11,644 (2022)

Illicit drugs