We're visiting the country of Denmark in this episode more specifically
We're taking a look at ten surprising and interesting facts about Denmark. And yes
We're finally adding this as part of our new 10 facts episode series
Hey guys, my name is Leroy Kenton and you're watching FTD facts, and I'm before we jump into the facts
I got a question for you guys
What comes to mind first when you think of Denmark sound off down below? And yeah, just letting you know guys
I'm a little bit sick right now
Like I woke up and I have like the most red eye that you could ever imagine
But yeah, I couldn't leave you guys without an episode
So here we go to start off with some basic facts about Denmark at the time of filming this episode
The population of Denmark is five million seven hundred and eighty two thousand nine hundred and thirty-four people
Denmark ranks number 115 on the list of countries by
Population and the total land area of the country is forty-two thousand four hundred thirty square kilometers or sixteen thousand
382 square miles and the population density of Denmark is 137 people per square kilometers, which is
354 people per square mile and keep in mind a good portion of Denmark's size of its land can't accurately be
calculated because of the tides that erode the islands away Greenland is also the world's largest island and assuming Australia is a
Continent it has a total land area of two million one hundred seventy five thousand six hundred square
kilometers and about 80 percent of Greenland is covered by a huge ice sheet up to two miles or three kilometers thick and no I
didn't make a mistake of switching to talk about Greenland when we were talking about Denmark because since a year in
1953 it has been declared a part of the territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. So there you go
Greenland is also a part of Denmark now den lerk is also a very beautiful place and even though it's a very flat country
With an average elevation of 34 metres above sea level
It is a fourth country in the world to be at the average lowest
elevation next to Qatar and the Netherlands also
Another thing to note is that it has a high point though. And that is the mole. Ahoy and it has a height of
170 point eight five meters which works out to be
561 feet this place was recognized in 2005 and this era is marked with a millstone
Which is the remains of an old mill that once used to be there up until the Year?
1917 now the mill had eight side and had an onion shaped
Roof now, I want to get into the economy of Denmark
It currently has a 38 largest export economy in the entire world with a total of eighty
3.2 billion dollars of exports and this country's also ranked 38th with a pretty balanced important export ratio its imports
equal eighty four point four billion dollars of these
Exports ten point eight percent are packaged medicaments with most of them go to the United States
Followed by Germany and Sweden and it stopped imports our cars at five point two seven percent and two point nine nine percent go to
refined petroleum
However, one export we should mention is pig meat, which is three point four percent in Denmark
There are more pigs than people
It's estimated that there between twenty four million and twenty-eight million pigs for a population of 5.7 million people in Denmark now
Why are there so many pigs in Denmark? Well, the reason for this is because
Denmark is one of the leading exporters of pork in the entire world and the country is home to five
thousand pig farms
And as for the manure they produce they say that they can fill ninety thousand swimming pools with it every single year
now another interesting fact about Denmark and one of the most important things actually about Denmark is its
Monarchy the Danish monarchy is the oldest
continuing monarchy in the
entire world and has existed for over a thousand years the line of kings of the modern Kingdom of Denmark can be traced back to
harthacnut father of gorm the old who reigned in the early 10th century
Denmark also has the oldest continuous flag in the world. Now this design of the flag actually came about in the year
1625 when the red flag with the white cross known as the denim Borg or
Danish cloth was officially adopted however many kings of Denmark use this red colour with the cross over it as early as
1307 where was thought to have been developed after the Battle of Linden knees in?
1219 on top of that Denmark also holds a Guinness world record for
Europe's and the world's oldest continuous flag only two facts remaining and four fact number two
you know countries being represented by animals has become a lot more common these days and
Denmark is a country that doesn't have one but it has two
National animals and these two are the mute swan which has been the national bird since 1984
Replacing the Skylark and also the small tortoiseshell butterfly and the final thing
I want to share with you guys about Denmark is with its unique history
It has 13 world heritage sites with eight of them being UNESCO zones
now the first one of them was the jelling mounds runic stones and
church
and one of these stones was erected by Gormley old for his wife and many people think of this as the beginning of Denmark as
A nation and although they were inscribed in the year 1994
UNESCO officials have decided to put these in an indoor facility to keep them from erosion
Alright guys, so that was your brief look into the country of Denmark
This country has a very great and interesting and very important history
Especially when it comes to the formation of Europe as we know it today
Denmark is a place where people continue to strive for a high quality of life
and they have a lot to be proud of themselves for
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