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Belarus vs Denmark statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 5.98M in Denmark (ranked 114/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 15,444 sq mi for Denmark (ranked 83rd vs. 130th).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus Denmark
Population
9074112
6018959
Population rank 101/197 114/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$429B
2024
GDP rank 83/197 38/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$71,852
2024
GDP per capita rank 95/197 12/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$79,514
2024
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$120B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
26.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$20,114
2024
Government debt per person rank 94/185 31/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$50,067
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
15,444 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
387 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
1.5
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
42.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
82.2 years
2025

Belarus and Denmark: Comparison Charts

Belarus and Denmark economies compared

GDP
Belarus

Denmark
Year GDP
Belarus Denmark
1960 - $6,361,166,545
1961 - $7,058,361,229
1962 - $7,953,274,741
1963 - $8,466,044,980
1964 - $9,677,401,337
1965 - $10,870,670,865
1966 - $11,931,740,293
1967 - $13,059,064,806
1968 - $13,505,574,133
1969 - $15,414,902,667
1970 - $17,075,457,733
1971 - $19,086,192,720
1972 - $23,230,667,549
1973 - $30,718,181,337
1974 - $34,125,712,481
1975 - $40,418,967,666
1976 - $44,503,607,444
1977 - $49,711,709,588
1978 - $60,320,089,218
1979 - $70,393,030,603
1980 - $70,811,287,816
1981 - $61,459,941,461
1982 - $60,084,214,872
1983 - $60,331,158,447
1984 - $58,868,891,335
1985 - $62,452,421,011
1986 - $87,748,695,217
1987 - $109,183,446,340
1988 - $115,540,189,705
1989 - $112,312,200,761
1990 $17,389,558,233 $138,217,740,684
1991 $18,404,907,975 $139,180,507,778
1992 $16,939,790,094 $152,966,494,260
1993 $16,275,073,527 $143,111,306,004
1994 $14,931,435,232 $156,017,919,221
1995 $13,972,683,274 $184,848,481,008
1996 $14,756,846,154 $187,481,157,846
1997 $14,130,585,516 $173,241,365,735
1998 $15,221,352,699 $176,877,077,513
1999 $12,138,243,081 $177,887,720,536
2000 $12,736,780,455 $164,043,817,224
2001 $12,354,820,144 $164,881,594,415
2002 $14,594,900,945 $178,788,209,558
2003 $17,825,444,724 $218,421,193,436
2004 $23,141,566,293 $251,986,155,631
2005 $30,210,091,837 $265,150,087,712
2006 $36,961,894,281 $283,386,151,544
2007 $45,275,711,996 $320,213,157,595
2008 $60,752,106,347 $354,979,471,960
2009 $50,873,167,326 $322,619,152,195
2010 $57,231,904,543 $322,345,594,075
2011 $61,762,382,328 $344,315,595,263
2012 $65,685,890,439 $326,792,574,245
2013 $75,527,558,966 $344,631,016,965
2014 $78,813,069,121 $352,832,602,064
2015 $56,454,769,845 $301,758,922,338
2016 $47,723,545,321 $312,181,849,372
2017 $54,725,405,751 $331,610,593,962
2018 $60,031,026,576 $355,293,374,912
2019 $64,410,170,653 $345,401,473,013
2020 $61,371,673,345 $355,631,021,932
2021 $69,673,747,132 $408,378,204,640
2022 $73,775,179,925 $401,945,576,108
2023 $72,478,760,370 $407,091,920,305
2024 $75,961,865,472 $429,457,372,072

Belarus and Denmark economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

Denmark
Year GDP per capita
Belarus Denmark
1960 - $1,389
1961 - $1,531
1962 - $1,711
1963 - $1,807
1964 - $2,049
1965 - $2,284
1966 - $2,487
1967 - $2,701
1968 - $2,776
1969 - $3,151
1970 - $3,464
1971 - $3,846
1972 - $4,654
1973 - $6,117
1974 - $6,764
1975 - $7,988
1976 - $8,773
1977 - $9,770
1978 - $11,818
1979 - $13,757
1980 - $13,822
1981 - $12,000
1982 - $11,740
1983 - $11,797
1984 - $11,517
1985 - $12,213
1986 - $17,137
1987 - $21,296
1988 - $22,525
1989 - $21,882
1990 $1,707 $26,886
1991 $1,805 $27,003
1992 $1,658 $29,579
1993 $1,590 $27,582
1994 $1,460 $29,968
1995 $1,371 $35,321
1996 $1,453 $35,622
1997 $1,397 $32,780
1998 $1,511 $33,346
1999 $1,211 $33,426
2000 $1,276 $30,722
2001 $1,244 $30,768
2002 $1,479 $33,257
2003 $1,820 $40,519
2004 $2,378 $46,625
2005 $3,126 $48,926
2006 $3,848 $52,119
2007 $4,735 $58,632
2008 $6,376 $64,617
2009 $5,352 $58,413
2010 $6,035 $58,105
2011 $6,528 $61,810
2012 $6,953 $58,444
2013 $7,998 $61,378
2014 $8,341 $62,520
2015 $5,967 $53,094
2016 $5,040 $54,501
2017 $5,786 $57,522
2018 $6,360 $61,325
2019 $6,838 $59,404
2020 $6,543 $60,985
2021 $7,490 $69,728
2022 $7,995 $68,091
2023 $7,897 $68,454
2024 $8,317 $71,852

Belarus vs. Denmark life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

Denmark
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus Denmark
1950 58.6 70.3
1951 59.4 70.9
1952 60.5 70.8
1953 61.5 71.2
1954 62.5 71.3
1955 63.5 71.9
1956 64.5 72
1957 65.4 71.8
1958 66.6 72.2
1959 68 72.2
1960 69.3 72.2
1961 70 72.5
1962 70.5 72.4
1963 70.8 72.4
1964 71.3 72.5
1965 71.6 72.4
1966 71.8 72.5
1967 71.9 73
1968 71.9 73.1
1969 71.7 73.2
1970 71.7 73.4
1971 71.6 73.4
1972 71.8 73.5
1973 71.7 73.7
1974 71.7 73.8
1975 71.4 74.1
1976 71.2 73.8
1977 71.1 74.7
1978 70.9 74.4
1979 70.8 74.2
1980 70.7 74.1
1981 70.8 74.3
1982 70.8 74.6
1983 70.7 74.5
1984 70.8 74.6
1985 71.2 74.5
1986 71.7 74.6
1987 71.9 74.7
1988 71.7 74.8
1989 71.5 74.9
1990 71.1 74.9
1991 70.7 75.2
1992 70.1 75.3
1993 69.5 75.2
1994 69 75.4
1995 68.8 75.3
1996 68.6 75.7
1997 68.5 76
1998 68.3 76.4
1999 68.4 76.6
2000 68.5 76.8
2001 68.4 77
2002 68.3 77.1
2003 68.4 77.4
2004 68.7 77.8
2005 69 78.2
2006 69.4 78.2
2007 70 78.3
2008 70.3 78.7
2009 70.4 79
2010 70.5 79.2
2011 71.1 79.8
2012 71.8 80.1
2013 72.7 80.3
2014 73.2 80.6
2015 73.8 80.7
2016 74.2 80.9
2017 74.4 81.1
2018 74.3 81
2019 74.3 81.4
2020 72.3 81.5
2021 72.2 81.4
2022 74.4 81.3
2023 74.4 81.9
2024 74.6 82.1
2025 74.8 82.2

Belarus and Denmark population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

Denmark
Year Population
Belarus Denmark
1960 8,198,000 4,579,603
1961 8,271,216 4,611,687
1962 8,351,928 4,647,727
1963 8,437,232 4,684,483
1964 8,524,224 4,722,072
1965 8,610,000 4,759,012
1966 8,696,496 4,797,381
1967 8,785,648 4,835,354
1968 8,874,552 4,864,883
1969 8,960,304 4,891,860
1970 9,040,000 4,928,757
1971 9,115,576 4,963,126
1972 9,188,968 4,991,596
1973 9,257,272 5,021,861
1974 9,317,584 5,045,297
1975 9,367,000 5,059,862
1976 9,411,000 5,072,596
1977 9,463,000 5,088,419
1978 9,525,000 5,104,248
1979 9,584,000 5,116,801
1980 9,643,000 5,123,027
1981 9,710,000 5,121,572
1982 9,776,000 5,117,810
1983 9,843,000 5,114,297
1984 9,910,000 5,111,619
1985 9,975,000 5,113,691
1986 10,043,000 5,120,534
1987 10,111,000 5,127,024
1988 10,140,000 5,129,516
1989 10,170,000 5,132,594
1990 10,189,348 5,140,939
1991 10,194,050 5,154,298
1992 10,216,470 5,171,370
1993 10,239,050 5,188,628
1994 10,226,955 5,206,180
1995 10,193,831 5,233,373
1996 10,159,569 5,263,074
1997 10,117,433 5,284,991
1998 10,071,963 5,304,219
1999 10,026,738 5,321,799
2000 9,979,610 5,339,616
2001 9,928,549 5,358,783
2002 9,865,548 5,375,931
2003 9,796,749 5,390,574
2004 9,730,146 5,404,523
2005 9,663,915 5,419,432
2006 9,604,924 5,437,272
2007 9,560,953 5,461,438
2008 9,527,985 5,493,621
2009 9,504,583 5,523,095
2010 9,483,836 5,547,683
2011 9,461,643 5,570,572
2012 9,446,836 5,591,572
2013 9,443,211 5,614,932
2014 9,448,515 5,643,475
2015 9,461,076 5,683,483
2016 9,469,379 5,728,010
2017 9,458,989 5,764,980
2018 9,438,785 5,793,636
2019 9,419,758 5,814,422
2020 9,379,952 5,831,404
2021 9,302,585 5,856,733
2022 9,228,071 5,903,037
2023 9,178,298 5,946,952
2024 9,133,712 5,976,992

Fertility rates in Belarus and Denmark

Fertility rate
Belarus

Denmark
Year Fertility rate
Belarus Denmark
1960 2.67 2.57
1961 2.59 2.55
1962 2.5 2.55
1963 2.4 2.67
1964 2.31 2.6
1965 2.27 2.61
1966 2.29 2.62
1967 2.26 2.35
1968 2.22 2.12
1969 2.26 2
1970 2.31 1.95
1971 2.31 2.04
1972 2.28 2.03
1973 2.25 1.92
1974 2.21 1.9
1975 2.17 1.92
1976 2.12 1.75
1977 2.08 1.66
1978 2.06 1.67
1979 2.05 1.6
1980 2.03 1.55
1981 2.02 1.44
1982 2.05 1.43
1983 2.11 1.38
1984 2.11 1.4
1985 2.09 1.45
1986 2.09 1.48
1987 2.03 1.5
1988 2.03 1.56
1989 2.03 1.62
1990 1.91 1.67
1991 1.81 1.68
1992 1.76 1.76
1993 1.62 1.75
1994 1.53 1.81
1995 1.41 1.8
1996 1.34 1.75
1997 1.25 1.75
1998 1.3 1.72
1999 1.31 1.73
2000 1.32 1.77
2001 1.29 1.74
2002 1.24 1.72
2003 1.23 1.76
2004 1.23 1.78
2005 1.25 1.8
2006 1.34 1.85
2007 1.43 1.84
2008 1.49 1.89
2009 1.51 1.84
2010 1.49 1.87
2011 1.52 1.75
2012 1.62 1.73
2013 1.67 1.67
2014 1.7 1.69
2015 1.72 1.71
2016 1.73 1.79
2017 1.54 1.75
2018 1.45 1.73
2019 1.38 1.7
2020 1.37 1.68
2021 1.37 1.72
2022 1.33 1.55
2023 1.21 1.5

Belarus and Denmark demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

Denmark
Year Median age, years
Belarus Denmark
1960 26.6 33
1961 26.9 33.1
1962 27.3 33
1963 27.6 33
1964 27.9 32.9
1965 28.2 32.8
1966 28.6 32.6
1967 28.9 32.5
1968 29.3 32.5
1969 29.7 32.5
1970 30.1 32.5
1971 30.4 32.5
1972 30.5 32.6
1973 30.5 32.7
1974 30.5 32.8
1975 30.4 33
1976 30.4 33.2
1977 30.6 33.4
1978 30.9 33.7
1979 31.1 33.9
1980 31.2 34.3
1981 31.2 34.7
1982 31.4 35.1
1983 31.5 35.5
1984 31.7 35.7
1985 31.9 36
1986 32.1 36.2
1987 32.4 36.5
1988 32.6 36.7
1989 32.8 36.9
1990 33 37.1
1991 33.3 37.3
1992 33.6 37.4
1993 33.9 37.5
1994 34.2 37.6
1995 34.6 37.7
1996 35 37.7
1997 35.4 37.9
1998 35.8 38
1999 36.1 38.2
2000 36.5 38.4
2001 36.8 38.6
2002 37.1 38.8
2003 37.4 39
2004 37.7 39.2
2005 38 39.5
2006 38.3 39.8
2007 38.5 40.1
2008 38.7 40.2
2009 38.8 40.4
2010 38.9 40.5
2011 39.1 40.7
2012 39.2 41
2013 39.3 41.2
2014 39.4 41.4
2015 39.5 41.5
2016 39.7 41.6
2017 39.8 41.7
2018 40 41.8
2019 40.3 41.9
2020 40.6 42.1
2021 40.9 42.2
2022 41.2 42.1
2023 41.6 42.2
2024 42 42.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus Denmark
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$441B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
48.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
6.36%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
1.95%
2023
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
+1.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
6.15%
2024
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
64%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
24%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
79.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
25.5%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
3.6%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
9
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0002%
2025
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
178
2004
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
$151B
2004
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$108B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$1.52B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
15,595,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
4.5%
2018
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
98.7%
2024

Energy

Belarus Denmark
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
2,483 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$29.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
26.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
4.5 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
50%
2023
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
39.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
13.8%
2023
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
43.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
5,878 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
79%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
0.06%
2023
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Belarus Denmark
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.07%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
+25,639
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
88.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.97 ft
2025
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
5.56 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
95.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
90
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
97
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
0.99
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
3.7
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
99%
2003
English speaking
12%
2025
86.1%
2023
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
99.8%
2024

Health

Belarus Denmark
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$6,432
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$890
2023
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
82.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
4.38
2020
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
30.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
3.4
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
13.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
6.4%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
84
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
16.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
9.49 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus Denmark
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.03%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
2,584 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
10,120 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
2,437 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
45,717 mi
2010

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