Factbook
Histoire de Danemark — Chronologie
Dates clés de l'histoire de Danemark, d'après le Factbook Magna et l'Encyclopédie universelle.
1849965 (unified and Christianized under Harald I GORMSSON); 5 June 1849 (became a parliamentary constitutional monarchy).
1949It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973.
2022a 2022 referendum resulted in the removal of Denmark's 30-year opt-out on defense issues, now allowing Denmark to participate fully in the EU's Common Security and Defense Policy.
2023Generation mix — fossil fuels: 11.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); solar: 9.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); wind: 57.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); hydroelectricity: 0.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) Energy use: 98.513 million Btu/person (2023 est.).
2023Industries: wind turbines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, shipbuilding and refurbishment, iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood pr Agriculture: milk, wheat, potatoes, barley, sugar beets, pork, rapeseed, rye, oats, chicken (2023) Electricity access: 100% (2022 est.).
2023Major urban areas: 1.381 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2023) high-income, EU-member, trade-oriented Nordic economy; growth driven by pharmaceuticals, energy, and services; large share of employment in public sector; fixed exchange rate pegged to euro; strong fiscal position and declining public debt; tight labor market mitigated by migrant workers and higher retirement age Inflation: 1.4% (2024 est.).
2024Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language Religions: Evangelical Lutheran (official) 71.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other/none/unspecified (denominations include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 24.3% (2024 est.) Urban population: 88.5% of total population (2023).
2025Military spending: 3.2% of GDP (2025 est.).
