Denmark’s coastline is 3 times as long as South Korea’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

South Korea’s highest peak towers 1,779 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 16% of South Korea

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 8.6 times as many people as Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 3.5 times as densely populated as Denmark

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 3.2 years older than in Denmark

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

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

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 20% in South Korea

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Denmark hosts 185 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

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

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Denmark: 20 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Denmark and South Korea are practically level

Denmark: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 4 times the size of Denmark’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

Denmark produces 32% more per person than South Korea

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Korea than in Denmark (Gini 3 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Denmark and South Korea are practically level

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, South Korea 2.6%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× South Korea’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

Denmark spends 2.2 times as much on health per person as South Korea

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Denmark is 52% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 72% more doctors per person than South Korea

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 5.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Denmark

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2.7 times that in Denmark

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

15% of adults in Denmark are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 1.50 points higher than in South Korea

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 15% more alcohol than in South Korea

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

Denmark has 21% more meat per person than South Korea

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Denmark has 304 kcal more food per person per day than South Korea

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 530 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 0.31 years longer than in South Korea

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 7.6 times as many tourists per resident as South Korea (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Denmark: 13 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Denmark 216

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 98% in South Korea

Denmark: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 5% faster than in South Korea

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and South Korea are practically level

Denmark: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Denmark: 89% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Denmark 127

Denmark: 127 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 61% longer than Denmark’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Denmark

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 76% more likely to be murdered in Denmark than in South Korea

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in South Korea are 2.1 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

South Korea is on average 3.6 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 50% more rain than Denmark

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)