Distillers Denmark
A one-page guide to Denmark for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Copenhagen
- Official languages
- Danish
- Currency
- Danish krone (DKK)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 (UTC+2 summer)
- Area
- 42,920 km²
People
- Population
- 6.0 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.5% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 88.8%
- Aged under 15
- 15.6%
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.1%
- Life expectancy
- 82.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$462.5 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$76,970 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 2.93% (2025)
- Inflation
- 1.89% (2025)
Climate
Temperate. Cool to cold winters (January mean about 1 C), mild summers (July mean about 16.5 C), about 790 mm rain a year over roughly 200 days; autumn is the wettest season. Cool, damp conditions suit slow maturation but are a risk for outdoor storage.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 16 for drinks up to 6% ABV; 18 above 6% ABV (purchase)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 9.49 litres of pure alcohol (2020)
- What people drink
- Beer 38%, wine 43%, spirits 19% (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Denmark; World Bank Open Data API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); Our World in Data / WHO GHO alcohol per capita; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Wikipedia: Anora Group; Wikipedia: Gammel Dansk; Wikipedia: Akvavit; Wikipedia: Stauning Whisky. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.