General facts

Area
Area on the Danish side      9,832
Area on the Swedish side  11,027
Total area in km²               20,859

Population
Population on the Danish side    2,437,491
Population on the Swedish side 1,160,919
Total population                          3,598,410

Workforce
Workforce on the Danish side    1,335,100
Workforce on the Swedish side     563,500
Total workforce                           1,898,600

Gross regional product/capita in euros

	1998	2002
Øresund Region, DK+SE	23,400	27,358
Øresund Region DK	25,200	29,148
Øresund Region SE	19,576	23,559
Denmark	23,045	27,021
Sweden	21,243	25,319

   

Miscellaneous
Number of companies in the region 165,000
Number of foreign-owned companies 3,400
Active engineers 50,000
Universities & colleges 12
Researchers 14,000
Students 150,000
Number of overseas students 4,000