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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Denmark fits inside Argentina 65 times

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Denmark: 42,920 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Denmark’s coastline is 47% longer than Argentina’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 6,791 m above Denmark’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Denmark: 65.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Argentina has 7.6 times as many people as Denmark

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Denmark: 6.01 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Denmark is 9 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Denmark: 150 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Denmark are 7.1 cm taller than in Argentina

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Denmark: 181.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Denmark are 8.3 cm taller than in Argentina

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Denmark: 169.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Denmark is 9.1 years older than in Argentina

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Denmark: 41.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Argentina and Denmark are practically level

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 13% in Argentina

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Denmark: 21.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Denmark hosts 147 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Argentina 0.9

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Denmark: 20 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Argentina has 2 official languages, Denmark 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Denmark: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Argentina’s economy is 48% larger than Denmark’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Denmark: $463 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Denmark produces 2.6 times as much per person as Argentina

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Denmark (Gini 12.5 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Denmark: 29.9 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

1.0% of people in Argentina live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Denmark

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Denmark: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 5.5% in Denmark

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Denmark: 5.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Denmark: 3.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Denmark: 33.4% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Argentina’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Denmark: 92% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Denmark spends 4.6 times as much on health per person as Argentina

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Denmark: $6,745 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Denmark live 4.7 years longer than in Argentina

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Denmark: 82.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Argentina is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 14% more doctors per person than Denmark

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina has 38% more hospital beds per person than Denmark

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Argentina is 30% higher than in Denmark

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Denmark: 15.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Denmark: 15.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Denmark rate their lives 1.11 points higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Denmark: 7.54 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Denmark drink 34% more alcohol than in Argentina

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 14% more meat per person than Denmark

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Denmark has 373 kcal more food per person per day than Argentina

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Argentina put in 232 more hours a year than in Denmark

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Denmark went to school 1.8 years longer than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Denmark: 13 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Denmark welcomed 17 times as many tourists per resident as Argentina (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Denmark: 2.4 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Denmark has 1 more World Heritage site than Argentina (13 against 12)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Denmark: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Argentina 80

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Denmark: 216 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 90% in Argentina

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Denmark: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Denmark is 63% faster than in Argentina

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Denmark have electricity, versus 98% in Argentina

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Denmark: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 89% in Denmark

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Denmark: 89% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Denmark 127

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Denmark: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Argentina’s railway network is 6.7 times as long as Denmark’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Denmark: 2,682 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Denmark: no data

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Argentina, but only 16% of Denmark

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Denmark: 16% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Denmark emits 27% more CO₂ than someone in Argentina

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Denmark: 4.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Denmark: 91.2% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Argentina carries 61% more fine dust than in Denmark

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 5.3 times as likely to be murdered in Argentina as in Denmark

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Argentina are 3.9 times as deadly as in Denmark

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Argentina is on average 5.6 °C warmer than Denmark

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Denmark gets 26% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Argentina bigger than Denmark?

Argentina is larger. Denmark fits inside Argentina 65 times.

Which has more people, Argentina or Denmark?

Argentina has 7.6 times as many people as Denmark (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Denmark?

People in Denmark live 4.7 years longer than in Argentina. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 82.3 in Denmark.

Are people taller in Argentina or Denmark?

Men in Denmark are 7.1 cm taller than in Argentina (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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