Map of Denmark

Denmark is located in Europe. Its territory lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, centred near 56.0° N, 10.0° E. It shares land borders with 1 country — Germany — and also has its own coastline. Within Europe, a continent of 45 countries bordered by the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, Denmark is mapped here in full with its borders, capital and key facts.

Denmark shares land frontiers with the following 1 country. Select any neighbour to open its own map.

Denmark covers about 43,094 km² (16,639 sq mi). That makes it the 130th-largest country in the world by area and the 29th-largest in Europe, larger by area than 16 of the continent’s 45 countries.

It is home to a population of roughly 6,011,488, the 115th-largest in the world and the 22nd-largest in Europe, accounting for about 0.8% of the continent’s people. With that land area, Denmark has an average population density of about 139 people per km². Among the 45 countries of Europe it stands 22nd by population and 29th by area.

The seat of government is Copenhagen, and the official currency is the Danish krone (DKK, kr), and the main official language is Danish. Traffic drives on the right, and the country observes time zones UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-01:00, UTC and UTC+01:00.

Denmark carries the ISO country codes DK and DNK, dials on the international calling code +45 and uses the .dk internet domain.

Denmark shares its land borders with 1 country, each of which is mapped in full on this site. Listed from the most to the least populous, here is how they compare.

Its neighbours are Germany (capital Berlin, about 83,491,249 people).

By area, Denmark is larger than 0 of these neighbours and smaller than 1 of them, which places its size in context along its own frontiers. Open any neighbour above to see its capital, borders and full set of facts on its own map.

The interactive map above is centred on 56.0° N, 10.0° E and opens at zoom level 7, framing Denmark within Europe. A marker pin sits at the country’s approximate geographic centre; drag the map or use scroll and pinch to move from a regional overview down to the streets of Copenhagen. The map is drawn from OpenStreetMap data, the same open dataset used across this site, so place names, roads and coastlines stay consistent from one country to the next.

Denmark lies about 6,216 km from the equator, in the northern and eastern hemispheres of the globe. Zoom out to see how its coastline and land borders meet the wider region.

Denmark spans 5 time zones, from UTC-04:00 to UTC+01:00, reflecting the spread of its territory across the globe. Each is expressed as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC); where a country covers several zones, the official local time can differ from one part of it to another.

The official currency is the Danish krone (DKK, kr).

The official language is Danish, which is what appears on signs, documents and many of the place labels you will see on the map.

For practical reference, vehicles drive on the right-hand side of the road, the international dialling code is +45 and websites commonly use the .dk internet domain.

In short, Denmark is a coastal country in Europe, sharing land borders with 1 country. Its capital is Copenhagen. Denmark has a population of about 6,011,488 and covers around 43,094 km² (16,639 sq mi), ranking it 115th in the world by population and 130th by area. The interactive map, facts table and questions on this page bring those details together in one place for Denmark.

The flag of Denmark has a red field with a large white cross that extend to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

The flag of Denmark is shown above as an emoji, rendered by your device’s own font; see it alongside every other nation on the flags of the world page.