Denmark’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as South Africa’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition)

South Africa’s highest peak towers 3,279 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 65% of Denmark

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 11 times as many people as Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

Denmark is 2.8 times as densely populated as South Africa

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 13 years older than in South Africa

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

Women in South Africa have 0.7 more children on average than in Denmark

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 6.9% in South Africa

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Denmark hosts 19 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Africa 1.5

Denmark: 20 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Denmark 1

Denmark: 1 (2026) · South Africa: 11 (2026)

Denmark’s economy is 8% larger than South Africa’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 5.2 times as much per person as South Africa

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Denmark (Gini 24.2 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

17% of people in South Africa live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Denmark

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 5.5% in Denmark

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, South Africa’s 26%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× South Africa’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

Denmark spends 13 times as much on health per person as South Africa

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in South Africa is 6.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 5.7 times as many doctors per person as South Africa

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · South Africa: no data

The suicide rate in South Africa is 88% higher than in Denmark

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

24% of adults in South Africa smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 2.53 points higher than in South Africa

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 10% more alcohol than in South Africa

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

Denmark has 74% more meat per person than South Africa

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

Denmark has 1,040 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 801 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 1.4 years longer than in South Africa

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 17 times as many tourists per resident as South Africa (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

Denmark has 1 more World Heritage site than South Africa (13 against 12)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, South Africa 95

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 78% in South Africa

Denmark: 100% (2024) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 4 times as fast as in South Africa

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Denmark have electricity, versus 90% in South Africa

Denmark: 100% (2024) · South Africa: 90.2% (2024)

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 64% in South Africa

Denmark: 89% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Denmark 127

Denmark: 127 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 7.8 times as long as Denmark’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of South Africa, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 45% more CO₂ than someone in Denmark

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in South Africa carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 52 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Denmark

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 7.9 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

South Africa is on average 8.9 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Denmark gets 65% more rain than South Africa

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)