Australia’s coastline is 3.5 times as long as Denmark’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition)

Australia’s highest peak towers 2,057 m above Denmark’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 47% of Australia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Denmark: 65.1% (2024)

Australia has 4.6 times as many people as Denmark

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Denmark: 6.01 million (2025)

Denmark is 42 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Denmark: 150 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 3.5 years older than in Australia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Denmark: 41.2 years (2023)

Australia and Denmark are practically level

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 18% in Australia

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Denmark: 21.1% (2025)

Denmark hosts 13 times as many refugees per resident as Australia

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Denmark: 20 (2026)

Australia and Denmark are practically level

Australia: 1 (2026) · Denmark: 1 (2026)

Australia’s economy is 3.9 times the size of Denmark’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Denmark: $463 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 16% more per person than Australia

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Denmark (Gini 3.9 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Denmark: 29.9 (2023)

0.9% of people in Australia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Denmark

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Denmark: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Denmark: 5.5% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Australia 1.9%

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Denmark: 3.3% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Australia’s 24%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Denmark: 33.4% (2024)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Australia’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Denmark: 92% (2025)

Australia spends 3% more on health per person than Denmark

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Denmark: $6,745 (2024)

A baby in Denmark is 13% more likely to die before turning one than in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 10% more doctors per person than Australia

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Australia has 57% more hospital beds per person than Denmark

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Australia is 47% higher than in Denmark

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Denmark: 15.2% (2024)

16% of adults in Denmark smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Denmark: 15.7% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 0.62 points higher than in Australia

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Denmark: 7.54 (2025)

Adults in Australia drink 10% more alcohol than in Denmark

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023)

Australia has 15% more meat per person than Denmark

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023)

Denmark has 172 kcal more food per person per day than Australia

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023)

Workers in Australia put in 231 more hours a year than in Denmark

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 0.16 years longer than in Australia

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Denmark: 13 years (2023)

Australia: no data · Denmark: 2.4 (2022)

Australia has 8 more World Heritage sites than Denmark (21 against 13)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Denmark: 13 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Denmark 216

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Denmark: 216 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 96% in Australia

Australia: 96% (2024) · Denmark: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 20% faster than in Australia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026)

Australia and Denmark are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · Denmark: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 88% in Australia

Australia: 88% (2025) · Denmark: 89% (2025)

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · Denmark: 127 (2024)

Australia’s railway network is 12 times as long as Denmark’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Denmark: 2,682 km (2020)

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Denmark: no data

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

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Denmark: 16% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Denmark

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Denmark: 4.7 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Denmark: 91.2% (2025)

The air in Denmark carries 67% more fine dust than in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2% more likely to be murdered in Australia than in Denmark

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Australia are 79% deadlier than in Denmark

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023)

Australia is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Denmark

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Denmark gets 89% more rain than Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg)