Capital: Copenhagen

Continent: Europe

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

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

Population: 5,450,661 (July 2006 est.)

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

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%

Currency: Danish krone