Size of Denmark

Denmark is a small country comprised of over 100 islands, some of which are uninhabited. You will never be more than an hour from the sea in Denmark, no matter where you are. In truth, Denmark is the 130th largest country in the world, only slightly larger than the Netherlands and Switzerland!

While Denmark is considered small in terms of land mass, when all of the islands in the Kingdom of Denmark – over 400 islands – are included, Denmark becomes the world's 12th largest country. This is due in part to Greenland, which is a Danish autonomous region, as well as the Faroe Islands.

Denmark is joined to continental Europe by Jutland's 42-mile (68-kilometer) border with Germany. Aside from this link, all of the borders with neighboring nations are maritime, including the one with the United Kingdom to the west across the North Sea. To the north, Norway and Sweden are separated from Denmark by water lanes that connect the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. These passageways are known as the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, and The Sound (resund) from west to east. Bornholm, a Danish island, is located in the Baltic Sea to the east.