- Total Area: 43,094 sq km
- Land Area: 42,434 sq km
- Water Area: 660 sq km
- Climate Description: temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
- Terrain Description: low and flat to gently rolling plains
- Arable Land Use: 57.99%
- Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.09%
- Irrigated Land: 4,354 sq km (2007)
- Total Renewable Water Resources: 6 cu km (2011)
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): 0.66 cu km/yr (58%/5%/36%)
- Natural Hazards Description:
- flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes
- Environmental Current Issues: air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides
- Total Labor Force: 2.784 million (2012 est.)
- % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 2.6%
- Agricultural Products Description: barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish