Does not have nuclear weapons.
Basic informations
Capital: | Copenhagen |
Area: | 43,094 km2 |
Population: | 5,982,117 |
Etnic groups: | Danish (includes Greenlandic and Faroese) 84.2%, Turkish 1.1%, other 14.7% (largest groups are Polish, Romanian, Syrian, Ukrainian, German, and Iraqi) |
Religions: | Evangelical Lutheran (official) 71.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other/none/unspecified 24.3% |
Military branches
Danish Armed Forces (Forsvaret): Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Danish Home Guard
Military service
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish military offers reserve contracts in all three branches