Denmark’s coastline is 27 times as long as Israel’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)

Israel’s highest peak towers 2,065 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 24% of Israel

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)

Israel has 68% more people than Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)

Israel is 3.1 times as densely populated as Denmark

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 12 years older than in Israel

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.4 more children on average than in Denmark

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)

Denmark hosts 126 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Israel 5.9

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, Denmark 1

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Israel: 2 (2026)

Israel’s economy is 32% larger than Denmark’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 39% more per person than Israel

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Denmark (Gini 8.4 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Israel: 38.3 (2022)

Denmark and Israel are practically level

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Israel: 0.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 3.5% in Israel

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Denmark 3.3%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Israel’s 23%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Israel: 23.2% (2024)

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

Denmark: 92% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)

Denmark spends 72% more on health per person than Israel

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)

A baby in Denmark is 30% more likely to die before turning one than in Israel

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 18% more doctors per person than Israel

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Israel has 29% more hospital beds per person than Denmark

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Denmark is 25% higher than in Israel

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)

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

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 0.35 points higher than in Israel

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)

Israel has 7% more meat per person than Denmark

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)

Israel has 20 kcal more food per person per day than Denmark

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 510 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 0.51 years longer than in Denmark

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 25 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Israel: 0.1 (2024)

Denmark has 4 more World Heritage sites than Israel (13 against 9)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 88% in Israel

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 25% faster than in Denmark

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and Israel are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 89% in Denmark

Denmark: 89% (2025) · Israel: 92% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Denmark 127

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)

Denmark’s railway network is 56% longer than Israel’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · Israel: 0.73 (2023)

Forest covers 16% of Denmark, but only 6.8% of Israel

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 18% more CO₂ than someone in Denmark

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 93% more likely to be murdered in Israel than in Denmark

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Israel are 62% deadlier than in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 11.6 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Denmark gets 4.1 times as much rain as Israel

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)