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Denmark and Ireland

Below you can find an overview of key statistics of Ireland and Denmark.
 

Republic of Ireland

Denmark

Geography

Official name Éire Kingdom of Denmark
Language English and Irish Danish - Most people speak English
Religion 78.8 % Roman Catholic 74% Protestants
Time Zone GMT GMT plus 1hr
Capital Dublin (1,3 mill., 2019) Copenhagen (1.3 mill., 2019)
Major cities Cork, Galway and Limerick Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense
Area size 70,284 km2 43,075 km2
Coastline 1,448 km 7,314 km
Geographical highest point Carrauntoohill 1,041 m Møllehøj 170,86 m

Population

Population 4.9 mio. (2019) 5.8 mio. (2019)
Population density 70 per km2 136 per km2
Population growth rate 2.0 % (annual) 0.8 % (annual)
Average life expectancy 78.4 years (men) , 82.8 years (women) 78.8 years (men), 82.8 years (women)

Economy

Currency Euro (EUR) Danish Krone (DKK)
GDP per capita € 78.482 (2020) € 55.105 (2018)
GDP, annual growth 5.5 % (2019) 1.5 % (2018)
Labour force 2.35 mill. (2019) 3.0 mill. (2019)
Unemployment rate 5.0 % (2019) 4.9 % (2018)
Corporate tax rate 12.5 % 22 %

Government

Government type            

Parliamentary Republic

Constitutional Monarchy

Head of State

President Michael D. Higgins (2011)

Queen Margrethe the 2nd (1972)
Prime minister Micheál Martin (Taoiseach, 2020) Mette Frederiksen (2019)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney (2017) Jeppe Kofod (2019)
Joined NATO Not a member 1949
Joined EC (later EU) 1973 1973