Islam in Denmark
Islam in Denmark being the country's largest minority religion plays a role in shaping its social and religious landscape. According to a 2018 estimate, a little more than 300.000 people or 5.3% of the population in Denmark is Muslim. The figure has been increasing for the last several decades. In 2009, the U.S. Department of State reported the share as approximately 3.7% of the population. Earlier sources, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, have cited lower percentages. However, according to figures reported by the BBC in 2005, about 270 thousand Muslims lived in Denmark at the time (4.8% out of a population of 5.6 million).
Municipalities of Denmark
Denmark is divided into five regions, which contain 98 municipalities (, sing.: "kommune"). This structure was established per an administrative reform (Danish, ;English, "(The) Structural Reform") of the public sector of Denmark, effective 26 June 2005 (council elections 15 November 2005), which abolished the 13 counties ("amter";singular "amt") and created five regions ("regioner";singular "region") which unlike the counties (1970-2006) (Danish (singular) literally "County Municipality") are not municipalities. The 270 municipalities were consolidated into 98 larger units, most of which have at least 20,000 inhabitants.