Denmark’s coastline is 5.9 times as long as Finland’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition)

Finland’s highest peak towers 1,157 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 7.4% of Finland

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Finland: 7.4% (2024)

Denmark has 6% more people than Finland

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Finland: 5.65 million (2025)

Denmark is 8.1 times as densely populated as Finland

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Finland: 19 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 1.5 years older than in Denmark

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Finland: 42.8 years (2023)

Women in Denmark have 0.2 more children on average than in Finland

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 21% in Denmark

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Finland: 24.2% (2025)

Finland hosts 15% more refugees per resident than Denmark

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Finland 8.9

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Finland: 8.9 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Denmark 1

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Finland: 2 (2026)

Denmark’s economy is 46% larger than Finland’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Finland: $317 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 26% more per person than Finland

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Finland: Int$65,885 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Denmark than in Finland (Gini 2.5 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Finland: 27.4 (2023)

Denmark and Finland are practically level

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Finland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 5.5% in Denmark

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Finland: 9.5% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Finland 2.6%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Finland: 2.6% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Finland’s 25%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Finland: 25.3% (2024)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Finland’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · Finland: 85% (2025)

Denmark spends 22% more on health per person than Finland

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Finland: $5,515 (2023)

A baby in Denmark is 84% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 25% more doctors per person than Finland

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021)

Finland has 7% more hospital beds per person than Denmark

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Finland is 52% higher than in Denmark

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Finland: 26.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Finland: 21.4% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 0.23 points higher than in Denmark

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Finland: 7.76 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 2% more alcohol than in Finland

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Finland: 9.4 litres (2023)

Denmark has 46% more meat per person than Finland

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Finland: 69.4 kg (2023)

Denmark has 388 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023)

Workers in Finland put in 117 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Finland: 1,497 hours (2023)

Denmark and Finland are practically level

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Finland: 13 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 3 times as many tourists per resident as Finland (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Finland: 0.8 (2024)

Denmark has 5 more World Heritage sites than Finland (13 against 8)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Finland: 8 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Denmark 216

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Finland: 486 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 94% in Finland

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Finland: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 27% faster than in Finland

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Finland: 247 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and Finland are practically level

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

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Denmark: 89% (2025) · Finland: 75% (2025)

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Finland: 126 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Denmark’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Finland: 5,918 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · Finland: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Finland: 74.2% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 12% more CO₂ than someone in Denmark

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Finland: 5.3 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Finland

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Finland: 56.5% (2025)

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

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

You are 17% more likely to be murdered in Finland than in Denmark

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Finland are 26% deadlier than in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023)

Denmark is on average 6.0 °C warmer than Finland

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Denmark gets 11% more rain than Finland

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)