Denmark vs South Korea statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 130th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 37/197 ($425B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,026), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Denmark and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Denmark and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Denmark

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	South Korea
1960	$6,361,166,545	$3,973,069,307
1961	$7,058,361,229	$2,427,244,761
1962	$7,953,274,741	$2,826,923,077
1963	$8,466,044,980	$4,007,692,308
1964	$9,677,401,337	$3,476,789,682
1965	$10,870,670,865	$3,141,131,708
1966	$11,931,740,293	$3,957,064,541
1967	$13,059,064,806	$4,895,076,718
1968	$13,505,574,133	$6,167,109,472
1969	$15,414,902,667	$7,743,940,189
1970	$17,075,457,733	$9,085,001,794
1971	$19,086,192,720	$10,005,257,131
1972	$23,230,667,549	$10,990,490,570
1973	$30,718,181,337	$14,067,523,813
1974	$34,125,712,481	$19,860,929,977
1975	$40,418,967,666	$22,126,033,058
1976	$44,503,607,444	$30,371,074,380
1977	$49,711,709,588	$39,064,462,810
1978	$60,320,089,218	$52,824,793,388
1979	$70,393,030,603	$68,083,884,298
1980	$70,811,287,816	$66,547,970,351
1981	$61,459,941,461	$74,287,368,087
1982	$60,084,214,872	$79,921,300,447
1983	$60,331,158,447	$89,621,208,322
1984	$58,868,891,335	$99,749,645,089
1985	$62,452,421,011	$103,764,281,281
1986	$87,748,695,217	$119,965,960,795
1987	$109,183,446,340	$152,240,393,646
1988	$115,540,189,705	$205,477,530,605
1989	$112,312,200,761	$254,236,243,100
1990	$138,217,740,684	$292,064,221,389
1991	$139,180,507,778	$340,851,946,804
1992	$152,966,494,260	$366,921,291,825
1993	$143,111,306,004	$405,705,302,846
1994	$156,017,919,221	$479,181,794,217
1995	$184,848,481,008	$586,286,469,401
1996	$187,481,157,846	$631,196,863,758
1997	$173,241,365,735	$589,202,526,424
1998	$176,877,077,513	$397,297,216,492
1999	$177,887,720,536	$515,697,079,289
2000	$164,043,817,224	$597,487,173,479
2001	$164,881,594,415	$567,564,806,235
2002	$178,788,209,558	$650,014,391,470
2003	$218,421,193,436	$728,516,494,684
2004	$251,986,155,631	$823,251,107,639
2005	$265,150,087,712	$971,740,329,984
2006	$283,386,151,544	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$320,213,157,595	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$354,979,471,960	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$322,619,152,195	$983,065,242,417
2010	$322,345,594,075	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$344,315,595,263	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$326,792,574,245	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$344,631,016,965	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$352,832,602,064	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$301,758,922,338	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$312,181,849,372	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$331,610,593,962	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$355,293,374,912	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$345,401,473,013	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$355,631,021,932	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$406,110,162,088	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$400,114,306,337	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$404,651,706,118	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$424,524,722,037	$1,875,388,209,407

Denmark and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	South Korea
1960	$1,389	$158.8
1961	$1,531	$94.2
1962	$1,711	$106.6
1963	$1,807	$147
1964	$2,049	$124.2
1965	$2,284	$109.4
1966	$2,487	$134.4
1967	$2,701	$162.5
1968	$2,776	$200
1969	$3,151	$245.5
1970	$3,464	$281.8
1971	$3,846	$304
1972	$4,654	$328
1973	$6,117	$412
1974	$6,764	$572
1975	$7,988	$627
1976	$8,773	$847
1977	$9,770	$1,073
1978	$11,818	$1,429
1979	$13,757	$1,814
1980	$13,822	$1,746
1981	$12,000	$1,918
1982	$11,740	$2,032
1983	$11,797	$2,246
1984	$11,517	$2,469
1985	$12,213	$2,543
1986	$17,137	$2,911
1987	$21,296	$3,658
1988	$22,525	$4,889
1989	$21,882	$5,989
1990	$26,886	$6,813
1991	$27,003	$7,873
1992	$29,579	$8,387
1993	$27,582	$9,180
1994	$29,968	$10,734
1995	$35,321	$13,002
1996	$35,622	$13,865
1997	$32,780	$12,822
1998	$33,346	$8,583
1999	$33,426	$11,063
2000	$30,722	$12,710
2001	$30,768	$11,981
2002	$33,257	$13,643
2003	$40,519	$15,212
2004	$46,625	$17,122
2005	$48,926	$20,167
2006	$52,119	$22,610
2007	$58,632	$25,078
2008	$64,617	$22,252
2009	$58,413	$19,937
2010	$58,105	$24,071
2011	$61,810	$26,175
2012	$58,444	$26,601
2013	$61,378	$28,449
2014	$62,520	$30,667
2015	$53,094	$30,172
2016	$54,501	$30,832
2017	$57,522	$33,297
2018	$61,325	$35,364
2019	$59,404	$33,827
2020	$60,985	$33,646
2021	$69,341	$37,518
2022	$67,781	$34,822
2023	$68,044	$35,674
2024	$71,026	$36,239

Denmark vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	South Korea
1950	70.3	22.2
1951	70.9	26.6
1952	70.8	36.6
1953	71.2	40.5
1954	71.3	46.1
1955	71.9	48.4
1956	72	50.2
1957	71.8	51.6
1958	72.2	51.8
1959	72.2	52.9
1960	72.2	53.8
1961	72.5	54.4
1962	72.4	55
1963	72.4	55
1964	72.5	55.3
1965	72.4	55.8
1966	72.5	55.4
1967	73	60.9
1968	73.1	60.9
1969	73.2	61.4
1970	73.4	62.2
1971	73.4	62.7
1972	73.5	63.2
1973	73.7	63.8
1974	73.8	64.2
1975	74.1	64.7
1976	73.8	65
1977	74.7	64.6
1978	74.4	65
1979	74.2	66.1
1980	74.1	64.8
1981	74.3	67.1
1982	74.6	67.1
1983	74.5	66.7
1984	74.6	68.1
1985	74.5	68.4
1986	74.6	69
1987	74.7	69.3
1988	74.8	70.2
1989	74.9	70.7
1990	74.9	71
1991	75.2	71.4
1992	75.3	72.2
1993	75.2	72.7
1994	75.4	72.9
1995	75.3	73.4
1996	75.7	74
1997	76	74.5
1998	76.4	75
1999	76.6	75.6
2000	76.8	76.2
2001	77	76.9
2002	77.1	77.2
2003	77.4	77.5
2004	77.8	78
2005	78.2	78.4
2006	78.2	79
2007	78.3	79.4
2008	78.7	80
2009	79	80.6
2010	79.2	80.7
2011	79.8	81.2
2012	80.1	81.3
2013	80.3	81.8
2014	80.6	82.4
2015	80.7	82.5
2016	80.9	82.9
2017	81.1	83.3
2018	81	83.3
2019	81.4	83.7
2020	81.5	83.7
2021	81.4	83.9
2022	81.3	82.7
2023	81.9	84.3
2024	82.1	84.4
2025	82.2	84.5
2026	82.4	84.6

Denmark and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	South Korea
1960	4,579,603	25,012,374
1961	4,611,687	25,765,673
1962	4,647,727	26,513,030
1963	4,684,483	27,261,747
1964	4,722,072	27,984,155
1965	4,759,012	28,704,674
1966	4,797,381	29,435,571
1967	4,835,354	30,130,983
1968	4,864,883	30,838,302
1969	4,891,860	31,544,266
1970	4,928,757	32,240,827
1971	4,963,126	32,882,704
1972	4,991,596	33,505,406
1973	5,021,861	34,103,149
1974	5,045,297	34,692,266
1975	5,059,862	35,280,725
1976	5,072,596	35,848,523
1977	5,088,419	36,411,795
1978	5,104,248	36,969,185
1979	5,116,801	37,534,236
1980	5,123,027	38,123,775
1981	5,121,572	38,723,248
1982	5,117,810	39,326,352
1983	5,114,297	39,910,403
1984	5,111,619	40,405,956
1985	5,113,691	40,805,744
1986	5,120,534	41,213,674
1987	5,127,024	41,621,690
1988	5,129,516	42,031,247
1989	5,132,594	42,449,038
1990	5,140,939	42,869,283
1991	5,154,298	43,295,704
1992	5,171,370	43,747,962
1993	5,188,628	44,194,628
1994	5,206,180	44,641,540
1995	5,233,373	45,092,991
1996	5,263,074	45,524,681
1997	5,284,991	45,953,580
1998	5,304,219	46,286,503
1999	5,321,799	46,616,677
2000	5,339,616	47,008,111
2001	5,358,783	47,370,164
2002	5,375,931	47,644,736
2003	5,390,574	47,892,330
2004	5,404,523	48,082,519
2005	5,419,432	48,184,561
2006	5,437,272	48,438,292
2007	5,461,438	48,683,638
2008	5,493,621	49,054,708
2009	5,523,095	49,307,835
2010	5,547,683	49,554,112
2011	5,570,572	49,936,638
2012	5,591,572	50,199,853
2013	5,614,932	50,428,893
2014	5,643,475	50,746,659
2015	5,683,483	51,014,947
2016	5,728,010	51,217,803
2017	5,764,980	51,361,911
2018	5,793,636	51,585,058
2019	5,814,422	51,764,822
2020	5,831,404	51,836,239
2021	5,856,733	51,769,539
2022	5,903,037	51,672,569
2023	5,946,952	51,712,619
2024	5,976,992	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Denmark and South Korea

Fertility rate

Denmark

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	South Korea
1960	2.57	5.99
1961	2.55	5.8
1962	2.55	5.56
1963	2.67	5.33
1964	2.6	5.07
1965	2.61	4.89
1966	2.62	4.78
1967	2.35	4.62
1968	2.12	4.51
1969	2	4.45
1970	1.95	4.53
1971	2.04	4.54
1972	2.03	4.12
1973	1.92	4.07
1974	1.9	3.77
1975	1.92	3.43
1976	1.75	3
1977	1.66	2.99
1978	1.67	2.64
1979	1.6	2.9
1980	1.55	2.82
1981	1.44	2.57
1982	1.43	2.39
1983	1.38	2.06
1984	1.4	1.74
1985	1.45	1.66
1986	1.48	1.58
1987	1.5	1.53
1988	1.56	1.55
1989	1.62	1.56
1990	1.67	1.57
1991	1.68	1.71
1992	1.76	1.76
1993	1.75	1.65
1994	1.81	1.66
1995	1.8	1.63
1996	1.75	1.57
1997	1.75	1.54
1998	1.72	1.46
1999	1.73	1.43
2000	1.77	1.48
2001	1.74	1.31
2002	1.72	1.18
2003	1.76	1.19
2004	1.78	1.16
2005	1.8	1.09
2006	1.85	1.13
2007	1.84	1.26
2008	1.89	1.19
2009	1.84	1.15
2010	1.87	1.23
2011	1.75	1.24
2012	1.73	1.3
2013	1.67	1.19
2014	1.69	1.21
2015	1.71	1.24
2016	1.79	1.17
2017	1.75	1.05
2018	1.73	0.98
2019	1.7	0.92
2020	1.68	0.84
2021	1.72	0.81
2022	1.55	0.78
2023	1.5	0.72

Denmark and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	South Korea
1960	33	19.3
1961	33.1	19.2
1962	33	19.1
1963	33	19
1964	32.9	18.8
1965	32.8	18.6
1966	32.6	18.5
1967	32.5	18.6
1968	32.5	18.7
1969	32.5	18.8
1970	32.5	18.9
1971	32.5	19
1972	32.6	19.1
1973	32.7	19.3
1974	32.8	19.6
1975	33	19.9
1976	33.2	20.2
1977	33.4	20.7
1978	33.7	21.1
1979	33.9	21.6
1980	34.3	22.1
1981	34.7	22.5
1982	35.1	22.8
1983	35.5	23.3
1984	35.7	23.7
1985	36	24.2
1986	36.2	24.8
1987	36.5	25.3
1988	36.7	25.8
1989	36.9	26.3
1990	37.1	26.7
1991	37.3	27.2
1992	37.4	27.8
1993	37.5	28.3
1994	37.6	28.9
1995	37.7	29.4
1996	37.7	29.8
1997	37.9	30.2
1998	38	30.7
1999	38.2	31.2
2000	38.4	31.7
2001	38.6	32.3
2002	38.8	32.8
2003	39	33.4
2004	39.2	33.9
2005	39.5	34.5
2006	39.8	35.2
2007	40.1	35.8
2008	40.2	36.4
2009	40.4	37
2010	40.5	37.6
2011	40.7	38.2
2012	41	38.8
2013	41.2	39.5
2014	41.4	40.2
2015	41.5	40.8
2016	41.6	41.4
2017	41.7	41.9
2018	41.8	42.5
2019	41.9	43.1
2020	42.1	43.8
2021	42.2	44.4
2022	42.1	44.9
2023	42.2	45.5
2024	42.3	46.1

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