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Overview - Denmark

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Overview

Capital:
Copenhagen
Area:
43,094 km²
Population:
5,450,661 (2006 estimate)
Language(s):
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German. Note: English is the predominant second language.
Religion(s):
Evangelical Lutheran - 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic - 3%, Muslim - 2%.
Ethnic Group(s):
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali.