Copenhagen, Denmark.

People Population: 5,4 million (July 2004 est.). About one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen. Population growth rate: 0.35 % (2004 est.). Life expectancy at birth: 77.4 years. Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%. Ethnic groups: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali. Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority). English is the predominant second language . Nationality: noun: Dane(s). Adjective: Danish.

People Population: 5,4 million (July 2004 est.). About one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen. Population growth rate: 0.35 % (2004 est.). Life expectancy at birth: 77.4 years. Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%. Ethnic groups: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali. Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority). English is the predominant second language . Nationality: noun: Dane(s). Adjective: Danish.

People Population: 5,4 million (July 2004 est.). About one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen. Population growth rate: 0.35 % (2004 est.). Life expectancy at birth: 77.4 years. Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%. Ethnic groups: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali. Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority). English is the predominant second language . Nationality: noun: Dane(s). Adjective: Danish.

People Population: 5,4 million (July 2004 est.). About one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen. Population growth rate: 0.35 % (2004 est.). Life expectancy at birth: 77.4 years. Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%. Ethnic groups: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali. Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority). English is the predominant second language . Nationality: noun: Dane(s). Adjective: Danish.

Kronborg Castle, in Elsinore, Denmark. It is a renaissance castle and a military fortress, known all over the world from Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Fredericksborg Castle, in Hillerød, Denmark. Built on three small islands in the 17th century, in Dutch Renaissance style. Today it is the national portrait gallery, with paintings of the royal family members, since the 16th. 

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People Population: 5.4 million (July 2004 est.). About one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen. Population growth rate: 0.35 % (2004 est.). Life expectancy at birth: 77.4 years. Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%. Ethnic groups: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali. Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority). English is the predominant second language . Nationality: noun: Dane(s). Adjective: Danish.

Main source: CIA - The World Factbook 2004.

Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe.

First organized as a unified state in 10th century. In 1849 became a constitutional monarchy.

It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.

Flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes.