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Denmark uses the number of inhabitants, the number of electors and the density of the population, which means that the territory is not taken into account. However, Greenland shall be represented by not more than two Folketing members, to prevent the results from being distorted by taking the (huge) territory’s area into account. The Constitution of Norway prescribes a combination of population and surface area. Each constituency has at least one seat. The total number of seats is determined on the basis of a calculation of the ratio between the number of inhabitants and the surface area of each constituency compared to that of the entire country. Each inhabitant counts as one point and each square kilometre as 1.8 points. This calculation is made every eight years. In Morocco, the delimitation of constituencies should as much as possible tend towards a demographic balance, while taking into consideration the size of the area concerned.