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Northern Europe · sovereign state

Denmark

Kingdom of Denmark

Capital
Copenhagen
Languages
Danish
Currency
Danish krone
People
6.01 million (2025)
Neighbours
1
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Denmark

  • 3rd highest height of women 169.5 cm · #3 of 196 · 2019
  • 2nd lowest working hours 1,380 hours · #2 of 130 · 2023
  • 7th lowest road deaths 2.3 per 100k · #7 of 193 · 2021

Surprising facts about Denmark

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Denmark’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Denmark among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Denmark sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Denmark across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

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Countries sharing a land border. Tap one to compare. Equal-area map centred on Denmark.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people