Denmark’s coastline is 4% longer than India’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

India’s highest peak towers 8,415 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 60% of India

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

India has 244 times as many people as Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

India is 3.3 times as densely populated as Denmark

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 13 years older than in India

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

Women in India have 0.5 more children on average than in Denmark

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

Denmark hosts 97 times as many refugees per resident as India

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

India has 3 official languages, Denmark 1

Denmark: 1 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

India’s economy is 8.6 times the size of Denmark’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

Denmark produces 7.1 times as much per person as India

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Denmark than in India (Gini 6.9 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · India: 23 (2023)

2.6% of people in India live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Denmark

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · India: 2.6% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 4.2% in India

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, India 2.3%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · India: 2.3% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 4× India’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

Denmark spends 80 times as much on health per person as India

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · India: $85 (2023)

A baby in India is 6.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 6.2 times as many doctors per person as India

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

Denmark has 53% more hospital beds per person than India

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in India is 78% higher than in Denmark

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

15% of adults in Denmark are obese, versus 8.0% in India

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

23% of adults in India smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 3.00 points higher than in India

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 82% more alcohol than in India

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

Denmark has 12 times as much meat per person as India

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

Denmark has 1,065 kcal more food per person per day than India

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

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

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

Adults in Denmark went to school 6.1 years longer than in India

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 355 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · India: 0.01 (2024)

India has 32 more World Heritage sites than Denmark (45 against 13)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, India 41

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

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 70% in India

Denmark: 100% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Home internet in Denmark is 3.5 times as fast as in India

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and India are practically level

Denmark: 100% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 36% in India

Denmark: 89% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

Denmark: 127 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

India’s railway network is 25 times as long as Denmark’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · India: 0.12 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of India, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

The average person in Denmark emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in India

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

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

The air in India carries 4.9 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.3 times as likely to be murdered in India as in Denmark

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in India are 6 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

India is on average 14.9 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

India gets 50% more rain than Denmark

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)