World Factbook
Denmark
Kongeriget Danmark
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Area
land
42,434 sq km
note
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
water
660 sq km
total
43,094 sq km
Climate
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
Terrain
low and flat to gently rolling plains
Land use
other
18.5% (2023 est.)
forest
16% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
65.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 59.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0.7% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 5.6% (2023 est.)
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)
Coastline
7,314 km
Elevation
lowest point
Lammefjord -7 m
highest point
Store Mollehoj 171 m
mean elevation
34 m
Irrigated land
2,420 sq km (2022)
Map references
Europe
Land boundaries
total
141 km
border countries
Germany 140 km; Canada 1.3 km
Maritime claims
contiguous zone
24 nm
territorial sea
12 nm
continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone
200 nm
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
Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, fish, arable land, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand
Area - comparative
slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts; about two-thirds the size of West Virginia
Geographic coordinates
56 00 N, 10 00 E
Population distribution
population centers tend to be along coastal areas, particularly in Copenhagen and the eastern side of the country's mainland