Denmark’s coastline is 4.1 times as long as Portugal’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Portugal’s highest peak towers 2,180 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 41% of Portugal

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Portugal has 80% more people than Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Denmark is 27% more densely populated than Portugal

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 5 years older than in Denmark

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Denmark have 0.1 more children on average than in Portugal

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 21% in Denmark

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Denmark hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Denmark and Portugal are practically level

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Denmark’s economy is 33% larger than Portugal’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 57% more per person than Portugal

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Denmark (Gini 4 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Denmark and Portugal are practically level

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 5.5% in Denmark

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Portugal’s 22%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Portugal’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Denmark spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Portugal

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

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

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

Portugal has 30% more doctors per person than Denmark

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 43% more hospital beds per person than Denmark

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Denmark and Portugal are nearly identical here

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

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

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 1.51 points higher than in Portugal

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 44% more alcohol than in Denmark

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Denmark has 2% more meat per person than Portugal

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Denmark has 181 kcal more food per person per day than Portugal

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 355 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 3.3 years longer than in Portugal

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 13% more tourists per resident than Denmark (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 4 more World Heritage sites than Denmark (17 against 13)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Portugal is 5% faster than in Denmark

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and Portugal are practically level

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

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Denmark: 89% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Denmark’s railway network is 6% longer than Portugal’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Denmark emits 39% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 81% in Portugal

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Portugal carries 17% more fine dust than in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 2.6 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 6.3 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Denmark gets 9% more rain than Portugal

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)