Denmark’s coastline is 2.1 times as long as Vietnam’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 2,973 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 39% of Vietnam

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 17 times as many people as Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 2.2 times as densely populated as Denmark

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 8.8 years older than in Vietnam

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Vietnam have 0.4 more children on average than in Denmark

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Denmark hosts 123,561 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Denmark and Vietnam are practically level

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Vietnam’s economy is 11% larger than Denmark’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 4.6 times as much per person as Vietnam

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Denmark (Gini 6.2 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Denmark

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Vietnam 2.2%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 3.3× Vietnam’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Denmark spends 34 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 3.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 4.1 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Vietnam has 4% more hospital beds per person than Denmark

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 16% higher than in Denmark

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

15% of adults in Denmark are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

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

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 1.11 points higher than in Vietnam

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 12% more alcohol than in Denmark

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Denmark has 67% more meat per person than Vietnam

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Denmark has 648 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 781 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 4 years longer than in Vietnam

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 30 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

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

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 29% faster than in Vietnam

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and Vietnam are practically level

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

89% of people in Denmark live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Denmark: 89% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Denmark 127

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 18% longer than Denmark’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Denmark emits 29% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 4.4 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 14.8 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 2.5 times as much rain as Denmark

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)