Denmark’s coastline is 13 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition)

Bangladesh’s highest peak towers 889 m above Denmark’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 65% of Denmark

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Denmark: 65.1% (2024)

Bangladesh has 29 times as many people as Denmark

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Denmark: 6.01 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 9 times as densely populated as Denmark

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Denmark: 150 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 16 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Denmark: 41.2 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 0.7 more children on average than in Denmark

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Denmark: 21.1% (2025)

Denmark hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Denmark: 20 (2026)

Bangladesh and Denmark are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Denmark: 1 (2026)

Denmark’s economy is 1% larger than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Denmark: $463 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 8.2 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Denmark (Gini 1 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Denmark: 29.9 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Denmark

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Denmark: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Denmark: 5.5% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Denmark: 3.3% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Denmark: 33.4% (2024)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 3.6× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Denmark: 92% (2025)

Denmark spends 126 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Denmark: $6,745 (2024)

A baby in Bangladesh is 7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 6.2 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Denmark has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Denmark is 91% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

15% of adults in Denmark are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Denmark: 15.2% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Denmark: 15.7% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 3.22 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Denmark: 7.54 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 3,274 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023)

Denmark has 23 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023)

Denmark has 1,146 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 1,003 more hours a year than in Denmark

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 6.2 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Denmark: 13 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 1,227 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Denmark: 2.4 (2022)

Denmark has 10 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (13 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Denmark: 13 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Denmark: 216 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Denmark: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 3.6 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Denmark have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Denmark: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Denmark: 89% (2025)

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Denmark: 127 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 7% longer than Denmark’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Denmark: 2,682 km (2020)

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Denmark: no data

Forest covers 16% of Denmark, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Denmark: 16% (2024)

The average person in Denmark emits 7.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Denmark: 4.7 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Denmark: 91.2% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 7.2 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.8 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Denmark

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 8.2 times as deadly as in Denmark

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 16.2 °C warmer than Denmark

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 2.5 times as much rain as Denmark

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg)