Denmark vs Japan statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 130th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Denmark and Japan: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Japan economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Japan
1960	$6,361,166,545	$47,419,238,274
1961	$7,058,361,229	$57,266,758,180
1962	$7,953,274,741	$64,987,857,542
1963	$8,466,044,980	$74,379,284,603
1964	$9,677,401,337	$87,490,590,818
1965	$10,870,670,865	$97,338,107,606
1966	$11,931,740,293	$113,046,784,179
1967	$13,059,064,806	$132,475,614,227
1968	$13,505,574,133	$156,897,496,759
1969	$15,414,902,667	$184,298,841,305
1970	$17,075,457,733	$217,223,652,719
1971	$19,086,192,720	$245,364,056,622
1972	$23,230,667,549	$324,933,841,269
1973	$30,718,181,337	$441,460,582,536
1974	$34,125,712,481	$490,035,789,970
1975	$40,418,967,666	$532,861,438,885
1976	$44,503,607,444	$598,883,902,156
1977	$49,711,709,588	$737,069,290,928
1978	$60,320,089,218	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$70,393,030,603	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$70,811,287,816	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$61,459,941,461	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$60,084,214,872	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$60,331,158,447	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$58,868,891,335	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$62,452,421,011	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$87,748,695,217	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$109,183,446,340	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$115,540,189,705	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$112,312,200,761	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$138,217,740,684	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$139,180,507,778	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$152,966,494,260	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$143,111,306,004	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$156,017,919,221	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$184,848,481,008	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$187,481,157,846	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$173,241,365,735	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$176,877,077,513	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$177,887,720,536	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$164,043,817,224	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$164,881,594,415	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$178,788,209,558	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$218,421,193,436	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$251,986,155,631	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$265,150,087,712	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$283,386,151,544	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$320,213,157,595	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$354,979,471,960	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$322,619,152,195	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$322,345,594,075	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$344,315,595,263	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$326,792,574,245	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$344,631,016,965	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$352,832,602,064	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$301,758,922,338	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$312,181,849,372	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$331,610,593,962	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$355,293,374,912	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$345,401,473,013	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$355,631,021,932	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$408,378,204,640	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$401,945,576,108	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$407,091,920,305	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$429,457,372,072	$4,026,210,821,147

Denmark and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Japan
1960	$1,389	$509
1961	$1,531	$609
1962	$1,711	$685
1963	$1,807	$776
1964	$2,049	$903
1965	$2,284	$994
1966	$2,487	$1,144
1967	$2,701	$1,326
1968	$2,776	$1,553
1969	$3,151	$1,803
1970	$3,464	$2,101
1971	$3,846	$2,321
1972	$4,654	$3,031
1973	$6,117	$4,061
1974	$6,764	$4,448
1975	$7,988	$4,776
1976	$8,773	$5,310
1977	$9,770	$6,473
1978	$11,818	$9,012
1979	$13,757	$9,301
1980	$13,822	$9,669
1981	$12,000	$10,583
1982	$11,740	$9,780
1983	$11,797	$10,652
1984	$11,517	$11,207
1985	$12,213	$11,809
1986	$17,137	$17,452
1987	$21,296	$21,142
1988	$22,525	$25,500
1989	$21,882	$25,266
1990	$26,886	$25,801
1991	$27,003	$29,428
1992	$29,579	$31,993
1993	$27,582	$36,345
1994	$29,968	$39,934
1995	$35,321	$44,198
1996	$35,622	$39,150
1997	$32,780	$35,638
1998	$33,346	$32,424
1999	$33,426	$36,610
2000	$30,722	$39,169
2001	$30,768	$34,406
2002	$33,257	$32,821
2003	$40,519	$35,387
2004	$46,625	$38,299
2005	$48,926	$37,813
2006	$52,119	$35,992
2007	$58,632	$35,779
2008	$64,617	$39,876
2009	$58,413	$41,309
2010	$58,105	$44,968
2011	$61,810	$48,760
2012	$58,444	$49,145
2013	$61,378	$40,899
2014	$62,520	$38,475
2015	$53,094	$34,961
2016	$54,501	$39,375
2017	$57,522	$38,834
2018	$61,325	$39,751
2019	$59,404	$40,416
2020	$60,985	$40,029
2021	$69,728	$40,095
2022	$68,091	$34,066
2023	$68,454	$33,836
2024	$71,852	$32,476

Denmark vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Japan
1950	70.3	59.3
1951	70.9	61
1952	70.8	63
1953	71.2	63.3
1954	71.3	64.5
1955	71.9	65.7
1956	72	65.6
1957	71.8	65.4
1958	72.2	67
1959	72.2	67.5
1960	72.2	67.7
1961	72.5	68.4
1962	72.4	68.7
1963	72.4	69.7
1964	72.5	70.2
1965	72.4	70.3
1966	72.5	71.1
1967	73	71.4
1968	73.1	71.7
1969	73.2	71.9
1970	73.4	72
1971	73.4	72.8
1972	73.5	73.3
1973	73.7	73.4
1974	73.8	73.8
1975	74.1	74.4
1976	73.8	74.8
1977	74.7	75.3
1978	74.4	75.7
1979	74.2	76.2
1980	74.1	76.1
1981	74.3	76.6
1982	74.6	77.1
1983	74.5	77.1
1984	74.6	77.5
1985	74.5	77.8
1986	74.6	78.2
1987	74.7	78.6
1988	74.8	78.5
1989	74.9	79
1990	74.9	79
1991	75.2	79.3
1992	75.3	79.3
1993	75.2	79.4
1994	75.4	79.8
1995	75.3	79.7
1996	75.7	80.4
1997	76	80.6
1998	76.4	80.6
1999	76.6	80.6
2000	76.8	81.2
2001	77	81.5
2002	77.1	81.8
2003	77.4	81.9
2004	77.8	82.1
2005	78.2	82
2006	78.2	82.4
2007	78.3	82.5
2008	78.7	82.6
2009	79	83
2010	79.2	82.9
2011	79.8	82.7
2012	80.1	83.2
2013	80.3	83.4
2014	80.6	83.6
2015	80.7	83.9
2016	80.9	84.1
2017	81.1	84.2
2018	81	84.3
2019	81.4	84.4
2020	81.5	84.7
2021	81.4	84.6
2022	81.3	84.1
2023	81.9	84.7
2024	82.1	84.9
2025	82.2	85

Denmark and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Japan
1960	4,579,603	93,216,000
1961	4,611,687	94,055,000
1962	4,647,727	94,933,000
1963	4,684,483	95,900,000
1964	4,722,072	96,903,000
1965	4,759,012	97,952,000
1966	4,797,381	98,851,000
1967	4,835,354	99,879,000
1968	4,864,883	101,011,000
1969	4,891,860	102,219,000
1970	4,928,757	103,403,000
1971	4,963,126	105,697,000
1972	4,991,596	107,188,000
1973	5,021,861	108,707,000
1974	5,045,297	110,162,000
1975	5,059,862	111,573,000
1976	5,072,596	112,775,000
1977	5,088,419	113,872,000
1978	5,104,248	114,913,000
1979	5,116,801	115,890,000
1980	5,123,027	116,807,000
1981	5,121,572	117,661,000
1982	5,117,810	118,480,000
1983	5,114,297	119,307,000
1984	5,111,619	120,083,000
1985	5,113,691	120,837,000
1986	5,120,534	121,482,000
1987	5,127,024	122,069,000
1988	5,129,516	122,578,000
1989	5,132,594	123,069,000
1990	5,140,939	123,478,000
1991	5,154,298	123,964,000
1992	5,171,370	124,425,000
1993	5,188,628	124,829,000
1994	5,206,180	125,178,000
1995	5,233,373	125,472,000
1996	5,263,074	125,757,000
1997	5,284,991	126,057,000
1998	5,304,219	126,400,000
1999	5,321,799	126,631,000
2000	5,339,616	126,843,000
2001	5,358,783	127,149,000
2002	5,375,931	127,445,000
2003	5,390,574	127,718,000
2004	5,404,523	127,761,000
2005	5,419,432	127,773,000
2006	5,437,272	127,854,000
2007	5,461,438	128,001,000
2008	5,493,621	128,063,000
2009	5,523,095	128,047,000
2010	5,547,683	128,070,000
2011	5,570,572	127,833,000
2012	5,591,572	127,629,000
2013	5,614,932	127,445,000
2014	5,643,475	127,276,000
2015	5,683,483	127,141,000
2016	5,728,010	127,076,000
2017	5,764,980	126,972,000
2018	5,793,636	126,811,000
2019	5,814,422	126,633,000
2020	5,831,404	126,261,000
2021	5,856,733	125,681,593
2022	5,903,037	125,124,989
2023	5,946,952	124,516,650
2024	5,976,992	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Denmark and Japan

Fertility rate

Denmark

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Japan
1960	2.57	2
1961	2.55	1.96
1962	2.55	1.98
1963	2.67	2
1964	2.6	2.05
1965	2.61	2.14
1966	2.62	1.58
1967	2.35	2.23
1968	2.12	2.13
1969	2	2.13
1970	1.95	2.13
1971	2.04	2.16
1972	2.03	2.14
1973	1.92	2.14
1974	1.9	2.05
1975	1.92	1.91
1976	1.75	1.85
1977	1.66	1.8
1978	1.67	1.79
1979	1.6	1.77
1980	1.55	1.75
1981	1.44	1.74
1982	1.43	1.77
1983	1.38	1.8
1984	1.4	1.81
1985	1.45	1.76
1986	1.48	1.72
1987	1.5	1.69
1988	1.56	1.66
1989	1.62	1.57
1990	1.67	1.54
1991	1.68	1.53
1992	1.76	1.5
1993	1.75	1.46
1994	1.81	1.5
1995	1.8	1.42
1996	1.75	1.43
1997	1.75	1.39
1998	1.72	1.38
1999	1.73	1.34
2000	1.77	1.36
2001	1.74	1.33
2002	1.72	1.32
2003	1.76	1.29
2004	1.78	1.29
2005	1.8	1.26
2006	1.85	1.32
2007	1.84	1.34
2008	1.89	1.37
2009	1.84	1.37
2010	1.87	1.39
2011	1.75	1.39
2012	1.73	1.41
2013	1.67	1.43
2014	1.69	1.42
2015	1.71	1.45
2016	1.79	1.44
2017	1.75	1.43
2018	1.73	1.42
2019	1.7	1.36
2020	1.68	1.33
2021	1.72	1.3
2022	1.55	1.26
2023	1.5	1.2

Denmark and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Japan
1960	33	25.8
1961	33.1	26.2
1962	33	26.5
1963	33	26.9
1964	32.9	27.2
1965	32.8	27.6
1966	32.6	28
1967	32.5	28.4
1968	32.5	28.6
1969	32.5	28.9
1970	32.5	29.2
1971	32.5	29.6
1972	32.6	29.9
1973	32.7	30.2
1974	32.8	30.4
1975	33	30.6
1976	33.2	30.9
1977	33.4	31.5
1978	33.7	32
1979	33.9	32.4
1980	34.3	32.8
1981	34.7	33.1
1982	35.1	33.7
1983	35.5	34.3
1984	35.7	34.9
1985	36	35.4
1986	36.2	35.9
1987	36.5	36.3
1988	36.7	36.8
1989	36.9	37.2
1990	37.1	37.7
1991	37.3	38.2
1992	37.4	38.7
1993	37.5	39.2
1994	37.6	39.6
1995	37.7	40
1996	37.7	40.3
1997	37.9	40.7
1998	38	41
1999	38.2	41.4
2000	38.4	41.8
2001	38.6	42.1
2002	38.8	42.5
2003	39	42.8
2004	39.2	43.2
2005	39.5	43.6
2006	39.8	43.9
2007	40.1	44.2
2008	40.2	44.6
2009	40.4	44.9
2010	40.5	45.2
2011	40.7	45.5
2012	41	45.8
2013	41.2	46.2
2014	41.4	46.6
2015	41.5	47
2016	41.6	47.3
2017	41.7	47.6
2018	41.8	48
2019	41.9	48.3
2020	42.1	48.7
2021	42.2	49.1
2022	42.1	49.5
2023	42.2	50
2024	42.3	50.4

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