Provinces of Denmark
The provinces of Denmark are statistical divisions of Denmark, positioned between the administrative regions and municipalities. They are not administrative divisions, nor subject for any kind of political elections, but are mainly for statistical use. Provinces are only used for Metropolitan Denmark.
There are five regions and eleven provinces. The provinces Copenhagen City and Copenhagen surroundings are largely build up areas, the same applies also for large parts of East Zealand and North Zealand.
Provinces by region and municipalities
This is a list of the eleven Danish provinces and the regions they belong to.Provinces by area and population
Areas and population within the provinces| Province | Population | Area km2 | Population density Hab./km2 |
| Copenhagen City | 728,243 | 169.6 | 4,394 |
| Copenhagen Surroundings | 530,612 | 342.3 | 1,550 |
| North Zealand | 450,245 | 1,449.0 | 311 |
| East Zealand | 239,016 | 807.7 | 296 |
| West & South Zealand | 577,710 | 6,414.9 | 90 |
| Bornholm | 40,305 | 592.3 | 68 |
| Funen | 486,709 | 3,478.7 | 140 |
| South Jutland | 715,800 | 8,777.3 | 82 |
| East Jutland | 851,769 | 5,841.4 | 146 |
| West Jutland | 425,769 | 7,164.3 | 59 |
| North Jutland | 581,057 | 7,878.6 | 74 |
The provinces Copenhagen City, Copenhagen Surroundings, North Zealand and East Zealand together comprise the Copenhagen metropolitan area. They are together both the planning area for the Copenhagen area, also known as the Finger Plan and the Copenhagen Public transport area. Close to 2 million people live in their joint area of about 2,770 square kilometres. This is also the best area to use for comparisons with other cities of similar size.
Although East Zealand belongs to healthcare Region Zealand, in other respects it belongs to the Metropolitan Area of Greater Copenhagen. This has been the case since 1970, but at that time the East Zealand province was an administrational and political unit, called Roskilde Amt.
Occasionally the East Jutland province, with around 850,000 inhabitants in 5,841 square kilometres, is labeled as Greater Aarhus, however less than 40% of its population lives in Aarhus municipality.