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Kingdom of Denmark
Capital Copenhagen
Languages Danish
Currency Danish krone
People 6.01 million (2025)
Neighbours 1 Greetings from
Denmark
3rd highest height of women 169.5 cm · #3 of 196 · 2019 2nd lowest working hours 1,380 hours · #2 of 130 · 2023 3rd highest tax revenue (central government) 33.4% · #3 of 150 · 2024 DNK COUNTRYDUEL
Send this postcard 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
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Total area 42,920 km² 130th of 205 2024 Coastline 7,314 km 17th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 171 m 196th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 16% 139th of 207 2024 Farmland 65.1% 32nd of 205 2024 Population 6.01 million 114th of 210 2025 Population density 150 per km² 72nd of 209 2025 Height of men 181.9 cm 6th of 196 2019 Height of women 169.5 cm 3rd of 196 2019 Median age 41.2 years 41st of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.47 children per woman 155th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 21.1% 26th of 210 2025 Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents 15.8 per 1,000 29th of 181 2025 Economy size (GDP) $463 billion 35th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$83,218 15th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 29.9 125th of 155 2023 Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 0.4% 101st of 142 2023 Unemployment 5.5% 84th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $6,745 12th of 193 2024 Military spending 3.3% 25th of 161 2025 Tax revenue (central government) 33.4% 3rd of 150 2024 Life expectancy 82.3 years 33rd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 3.5 per 1,000 161st of 194 2024 Doctors 4.5 per 1,000 17th of 190 2021 Hospital beds 2.4 per 1,000 78th of 158 2023 Suicide rate 8.6 per 100k 106th of 185 2023 Adult obesity 15.2% 141st of 195 2024 Smoking 15.7% 100th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 7.54 3rd of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 9.5 litres 39th of 195 2023 Meat supply 101.3 kg 16th of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,734 kcal 9th of 189 2023 Working hours 1,380 hours 129th of 130 2023 Years of schooling 13 years 15th of 193 2023 Internet users 100% 5th of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 314 Mbps 24th of 197 2026 Access to electricity 100% 1st of 209 2024 Urban population 89% 33rd of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 127 64th of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 4.7 t 66th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 91.2% 20th of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 9 µg/m³ 172nd of 213 2024 Homicide rate 0.8 per 100k 125th of 160 2023 Road deaths 4.2 per 100k 176th of 185 2023 Average temperature 9.6°C 161st of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 845 mm 113th of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 20 5th of 160 2026 Railway network 2,682 km 59th of 133 2020 Tourists per resident 2.4 28th of 179 2022 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 92% 14th of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 13 24th of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 216 23rd of 202 2026 edition
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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