Denmark’s coastline is 5.1 times as long as Ireland’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Ireland’s highest peak towers 870 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Ireland and Denmark are practically level

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Denmark has 10% more people than Ireland

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Denmark is 89% more densely populated than Ireland

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 2.8 years older than in Ireland

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Denmark and Ireland are practically level

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 59% more refugees per resident than Denmark

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ireland 9.1

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Denmark 1

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 56% larger than Denmark’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 86% more per person than Denmark

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Denmark than in Ireland (Gini 0.9 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

Denmark and Ireland are practically level

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

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

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

Ireland spends 10% more on health per person than Denmark

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Denmark is 3% more likely to die before turning one than in Ireland

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 16% more doctors per person than Ireland

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 22% more hospital beds per person than Denmark

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Denmark is 19% higher than in Ireland

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 0.61 points higher than in Ireland

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 8% more alcohol than in Denmark

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Denmark has 3% more meat per person than Ireland

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 187 kcal more food per person per day than Denmark

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 274 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 1.3 years longer than in Ireland

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 9% more tourists per resident than Ireland (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Denmark has 11 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (13 against 2)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 97% in Ireland

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 4% faster than in Ireland

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and Ireland are practically level

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

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Denmark: 89% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

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

Denmark’s railway network is 63% longer than Ireland’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 16% of Denmark, but only 12% of Ireland

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 34% more CO₂ than someone in Denmark

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Denmark carries 22% more fine dust than in Ireland

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 28% more likely to be murdered in Denmark than in Ireland

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ireland are 24% deadlier than in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Ireland is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 35% more rain than Denmark

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)