_#_Climate: temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
_#_Terrain: low and flat to gently rolling plains
_#_Natural resources: crude oil, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone
_#_Land use: arable land 61%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 6%; forest and woodland 12%; other 21%; includes irrigated 9%
_#_Environment: air and water pollution
_#_Note: controls Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas
_*People #_Population: 5,132,626 (July 1991), growth rate NEGL% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1991)