Denmark’s coastline is 3 times as long as Egypt’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 2,458 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Egypt: 4.2% (2024)

Egypt has 20 times as many people as Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Egypt: 118 million (2025)

Denmark is 26% more densely populated than Egypt

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Egypt: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 17 years older than in Egypt

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Egypt: 24 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 1.3 more children on average than in Denmark

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Egypt: 5.3% (2025)

Denmark hosts 8.5 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Egypt: 0.5 (2026)

Denmark and Egypt are practically level

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Egypt: 1 (2026)

Denmark’s economy is 27% larger than Egypt’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Egypt: $365 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 4.1 times as much per person as Egypt

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Denmark than in Egypt (Gini 1.4 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Egypt: 28.5 (2021)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Denmark

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Egypt: 1.4% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 5.5% in Denmark

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Egypt: 6.8% (2025)

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

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

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Egypt: 12.5% (2015)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 6.1× Egypt’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · Egypt: 15% (2025)

Denmark spends 48 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Egypt: $141 (2023)

A baby in Egypt is 5.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 6.7 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Denmark has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Denmark is 11 times that in Egypt

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Egypt: 42.8% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Egypt: 25% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 3.68 points higher than in Egypt

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Egypt: 3.86 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 92 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023)

Denmark has 3.7 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023)

Denmark has 640 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 989 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 2.9 years longer than in Egypt

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Egypt: 10.1 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 23 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Egypt: 0.1 (2022)

Denmark has 6 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (13 against 7)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Egypt: 7 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Egypt: 41 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Egypt: 75% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 3.9 times as fast as in Egypt

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and Egypt are practically level

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

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Denmark: 89% (2025) · Egypt: 43% (2025)

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Egypt: 97 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 92% longer than Denmark’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Egypt: 5,153 km (2016)

Denmark: no data · Egypt: 0.14 (2023)

Forest covers 16% of Denmark, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Egypt: 0% (2024)

The average person in Denmark emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Egypt: 2.2 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Egypt: 13% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 4.6 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 56% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Denmark

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017)

Roads in Egypt are 3 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 14.0 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Denmark gets 69 times as much rain as Egypt

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg)