Capital and largest city (1992): Copenhagen, 1,339,395

Other large cities (1992): Århus, 204,139; Odense, 140,886; Ålborg, 114,970

Monetary unit: Krone

Languages: Danish, Faeroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), small German-speaking minority

Ethnicity/race: Scandinavian, Eskimo, Faeroese, German

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 91%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 2%, other 7%

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $124.4 billion; $23,300 per capita.

Real growth rate: 2.6%.

Inflation: 1.8%.

Unemployment: 6.5%.

Major trading partners: Germany, Sweden, U.K., Norway, France, U.S., Netherlands, Japan.