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Denmark Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Denmark with its 5 first-level divisions, the capital København and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Denmark

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 5 units

Denmark is divided into 5 first-level administrative divisions:

HovedstadenMidtjyllandNordjyllandSjaællandSyddanmark

Largest cities in Denmark

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1KøbenhavnCapital1,085,000
2Århus237,551
3Odense158,222
4Aalborg122,219
5Esbjerg72,205
6Vejle51,177
7Roskilde44,285
8Viborg34,831
9Svendborg29,180
10Hillerød28,313

København is the largest urban area in Denmark with about 1,085,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Denmark: ≈ 1,161 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

No major named rivers or lakes are mapped for Denmark at this map scale.

Ethnic groups in Denmark

CIA World Factbook · 2023
Danish and Faroese)
84.2%Turkish
1.1%other
14.7%

Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 84.2%, Turkish 1.1%, other 14.7% (largest groups are Polish, Romanian, Syrian, Ukrainian, German, and Iraqi) (2023 est.)

Regionally, Danish and Faroese) is the most common ethnic group across most of the 5 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2023 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Denmark

CIA World Factbook · 2024
Evangelical Lutheran
71.4%Muslim
4.3%other/none/unspecified
24.3%

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.)

Regionally, Evangelical Lutheran is the most common religious group across most of the 5 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2024 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Denmark

CIA World Factbook

Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language

Regionally, Danish is the most common language group across most of the 5 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.