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Copenhagen

Total population

613,288

Air quality index

45Good

Coordinates55.69°, 12.57°

Demographic figures from Statistics Denmark. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of both the country of Denmark and the wider Kingdom of Denmark, with a population of 671,714 people in the municipality and 1.4 million in the urban area. The city is situated mainly on the island of Zealand (Sjælland), with a smaller part on the island of Amager. Copenhagen is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

G

Gerd Larsen

Danish athletics competitor

Daniel Agger

Danish association football player (born 1984)

Thomas Kahlenberg

Danish footballer

L

Lene Nielsen

Danish curler

Jan Heintze

Danish footballer

M

Mikkel Poulsen

Danish male curler

Kim Vilfort

Danish footballer

J

Johnny Frederiksen

Danish curler

K

Kasper Lorentzen

Danish footballer

Robert Storm Petersen

Danish cartoonist, writer and illustrator (1882-1949)

Rakel Helmsdal

Faroese writer and artist

M

Mads Glæsner

swimmer

Thor Möger Pedersen

Danish politician

H

Helmuth Søbirk

Danish footballer (1916-1992)

M

Maria Poulsen

Danish curler

S

Sebastian Svärd

Danish footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Capital Region

• Frederiksberg
  1.6 mi away
• Sundbyerne
  3 mi away
• Kastrup
  4.3 mi away · pop. 43,010
• Tårnby
  4.5 mi away · pop. 41,206
• Skovshoved
  5.1 mi away
• Jægersborg
  5.3 mi away
• Herlev
  5.8 mi away · pop. 26,890
• Klampenborg
  5.9 mi away
• Hvissinge
  5.9 mi away
• Kongens Lyngby
  6.4 mi away · pop. 53,501
• Store Magleby
  6.6 mi away
• Glostrup
  6.9 mi away · pop. 21,805

Browse all places in Capital Region →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Copenhagen

Cartesian meditations

Edmund Husserl · 1960

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

Seen 2026-06-28

Brown House Moth

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Seen 2026-06-27

Summer Chafer

Amphimallon solstitiale

Seen 2026-06-27

Philodromus albidus

Philodromus albidus

Seen 2026-06-27

Dark Mullein

Verbascum nigrum

Seen 2026-06-27

Common Kidney-Vetch

Anthyllis vulneraria

Seen 2026-06-27

Continental Striped Shield Bug

Graphosoma italicum italicum

Seen 2026-06-27

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-06-27

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2026-06-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Copenhagen, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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