Head of state: Queen Margarethe II
Head of government: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Type of state: constitutional monarchy
Land area: Denmark: 43,094 km2, Faroe Islands: 1,399 km2, Greenland: 2,175,600 km2, 85% of it buried under ice
Capital: Copenhagen
Population: 5.5 millions, Faroe Islands: 48,856, Greenland: 57,600
Religion/s: Protestant-Lutheran church
Language/s: Danish, indigenous languages on the Faroes and Greenland
Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
Gross domestic product (GDP) 2010: USD 310.7bn
Change over previous year: +2.1%
Per capita GDP 2010: USD 56,147
Swiss colony 2010: 3,190 persons
Swiss exports 2010: CHF 1,033m
Change over previous year: -12.8%
Swiss imports 2010: CHF 976 million
Change over previous year: -4.4%