DENMARK

Capital Copenhagen
Area (km2) 43 094
Total population (thousands, 2023) 5 947
Population density (per km2) 138
National currency Danish krone (DKK)
National statistical office www.dst.dk
Statistics Denmark
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 13%
   hourly wage, 2023 14%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 39%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 57%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 34%
Women researchers, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 35%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 83.7
   males, years 79.9
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 21.2
   males, years 18.5
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 1.1
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 30.1
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.4
-1.1
2.3
4.0
1.1
0.7
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.0
5.6
5.1
4.5
5.1
6.2
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
10.1
11.7
10.8
10.6
11.5
14.6
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 469 798
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 78 603
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 71.0
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 60.8
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 52 314
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   DKK per USD, US=1, 2024 6.230
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 14
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 21

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 2 448
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2022 1 355
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 440
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 27
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 5 760
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 1 905
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 77 370
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 16 413