Denmark vs Finland statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 5.64M in Finland (ranked 116/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 117,360 sq mi for Finland (ranked 130th vs. 70th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and Finland ranks 48/197 ($300B). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while Finland ranks 22/197 ($53,189).

Denmark and Finland: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Finland economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Finland

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Finland
1960	$6,361,166,545	$5,279,481,824
1961	$7,058,361,229	$5,984,433,774
1962	$7,953,274,741	$6,407,796,043
1963	$8,466,044,980	$6,958,916,548
1964	$9,677,401,337	$7,848,987,793
1965	$10,870,670,865	$8,680,393,839
1966	$11,931,740,293	$9,306,142,172
1967	$13,059,064,806	$9,468,272,357
1968	$13,505,574,133	$8,916,565,041
1969	$15,414,902,667	$10,177,524,839
1970	$17,075,457,733	$11,358,529,162
1971	$19,086,192,720	$12,528,522,307
1972	$23,230,667,549	$14,744,499,570
1973	$30,718,181,337	$19,474,098,335
1974	$34,125,712,481	$24,851,036,710
1975	$40,418,967,666	$29,475,251,333
1976	$44,503,607,444	$31,852,352,670
1977	$49,711,709,588	$33,502,784,418
1978	$60,320,089,218	$36,259,392,058
1979	$70,393,030,603	$44,469,218,440
1980	$70,811,287,816	$53,649,984,061
1981	$61,459,941,461	$52,440,066,134
1982	$60,084,214,872	$52,784,013,815
1983	$60,331,158,447	$50,956,447,481
1984	$58,868,891,335	$52,870,993,273
1985	$62,452,421,011	$55,856,676,899
1986	$87,748,695,217	$73,511,611,541
1987	$109,183,446,340	$91,564,993,913
1988	$115,540,189,705	$109,039,090,263
1989	$112,312,200,761	$118,991,270,611
1990	$138,217,740,684	$141,446,120,355
1991	$139,180,507,778	$127,794,441,994
1992	$152,966,494,260	$112,537,828,511
1993	$143,111,306,004	$89,112,105,756
1994	$156,017,919,221	$103,182,697,780
1995	$184,848,481,008	$134,060,457,516
1996	$187,481,157,846	$131,991,975,149
1997	$173,241,365,735	$126,862,902,302
1998	$176,877,077,513	$133,990,876,725
1999	$177,887,720,536	$135,234,241,918
2000	$164,043,817,224	$125,967,821,111
2001	$164,881,594,415	$129,519,672,869
2002	$178,788,209,558	$140,360,963,812
2003	$218,421,193,436	$171,612,867,736
2004	$251,986,155,631	$197,458,297,640
2005	$265,150,087,712	$204,859,368,791
2006	$283,386,151,544	$217,044,068,234
2007	$320,213,157,595	$256,360,251,538
2008	$354,979,471,960	$285,698,662,071
2009	$322,619,152,195	$253,480,783,439
2010	$322,345,594,075	$249,429,613,683
2011	$344,315,595,263	$275,126,915,516
2012	$326,792,574,245	$257,443,384,493
2013	$344,631,016,965	$270,268,036,626
2014	$352,832,602,064	$273,478,528,955
2015	$301,758,922,338	$233,210,733,506
2016	$312,181,849,372	$238,777,818,793
2017	$331,610,593,962	$253,846,138,440
2018	$355,293,374,912	$273,869,255,596
2019	$345,401,473,013	$267,014,821,129
2020	$355,631,021,932	$270,000,311,606
2021	$408,378,204,640	$294,223,210,496
2022	$401,945,576,108	$280,253,099,309
2023	$407,091,920,305	$294,950,618,733
2024	$429,457,372,072	$299,835,625,551

Denmark and Finland economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Finland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Finland
1960	$1,389	$1,192
1961	$1,531	$1,341
1962	$1,711	$1,427
1963	$1,807	$1,538
1964	$2,049	$1,726
1965	$2,284	$1,902
1966	$2,487	$2,032
1967	$2,701	$2,056
1968	$2,776	$1,927
1969	$3,151	$2,201
1970	$3,464	$2,466
1971	$3,846	$2,716
1972	$4,654	$3,178
1973	$6,117	$4,174
1974	$6,764	$5,298
1975	$7,988	$6,256
1976	$8,773	$6,740
1977	$9,770	$7,070
1978	$11,818	$7,629
1979	$13,757	$9,333
1980	$13,822	$11,225
1981	$12,000	$10,925
1982	$11,740	$10,935
1983	$11,797	$10,494
1984	$11,517	$10,830
1985	$12,213	$11,394
1986	$17,137	$14,947
1987	$21,296	$18,565
1988	$22,525	$22,044
1989	$21,882	$23,969
1990	$26,886	$28,366
1991	$27,003	$25,489
1992	$29,579	$22,320
1993	$27,582	$17,589
1994	$29,968	$20,278
1995	$35,321	$26,246
1996	$35,622	$25,757
1997	$32,780	$24,682
1998	$33,346	$26,000
1999	$33,426	$26,180
2000	$30,722	$24,336
2001	$30,768	$24,965
2002	$33,257	$26,989
2003	$40,519	$32,920
2004	$46,625	$37,768
2005	$48,926	$39,050
2006	$52,119	$41,214
2007	$58,632	$48,473
2008	$64,617	$53,769
2009	$58,413	$47,478
2010	$58,105	$46,506
2011	$61,810	$51,060
2012	$58,444	$47,552
2013	$61,378	$49,691
2014	$62,520	$50,074
2015	$53,094	$42,560
2016	$54,501	$43,451
2017	$57,522	$46,085
2018	$61,325	$49,654
2019	$59,404	$48,358
2020	$60,985	$48,829
2021	$69,728	$53,099
2022	$68,091	$50,441
2023	$68,454	$52,822
2024	$71,852	$53,189

Denmark vs. Finland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Finland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Finland
1950	70.3	64.2
1951	70.9	65.6
1952	70.8	66.5
1953	71.2	66.6
1954	71.3	67.5
1955	71.9	67.3
1956	72	68
1957	71.8	67.5
1958	72.2	68.6
1959	72.2	68.8
1960	72.2	69
1961	72.5	69
1962	72.4	68.7
1963	72.4	69.2
1964	72.5	69.4
1965	72.4	69.1
1966	72.5	69.6
1967	73	69.8
1968	73.1	69.8
1969	73.2	69.6
1970	73.4	70.3
1971	73.4	70.1
1972	73.5	70.9
1973	73.7	71.4
1974	73.8	71.3
1975	74.1	71.8
1976	73.8	72
1977	74.7	72.5
1978	74.4	73.1
1979	74.2	73.4
1980	74.1	73.6
1981	74.3	74
1982	74.6	74.5
1983	74.5	74.4
1984	74.6	74.7
1985	74.5	74.4
1986	74.6	74.8
1987	74.7	74.8
1988	74.8	74.8
1989	74.9	75
1990	74.9	75
1991	75.2	75.4
1992	75.3	75.6
1993	75.2	75.9
1994	75.4	76.6
1995	75.3	76.6
1996	75.7	76.9
1997	76	77.1
1998	76.4	77.3
1999	76.6	77.5
2000	76.8	77.7
2001	77	78.1
2002	77.1	78.3
2003	77.4	78.5
2004	77.8	78.8
2005	78.2	79
2006	78.2	79.4
2007	78.3	79.4
2008	78.7	79.7
2009	79	79.8
2010	79.2	80
2011	79.8	80.4
2012	80.1	80.5
2013	80.3	80.9
2014	80.6	81.1
2015	80.7	81.4
2016	80.9	81.3
2017	81.1	81.5
2018	81	81.6
2019	81.4	81.9
2020	81.5	81.8
2021	81.4	81.8
2022	81.3	81.2
2023	81.9	81.9
2024	82.1	82.1
2025	82.2	82.2

Denmark and Finland population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Finland

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Finland
1960	4,579,603	4,429,634
1961	4,611,687	4,461,005
1962	4,647,727	4,491,443
1963	4,684,483	4,523,309
1964	4,722,072	4,548,543
1965	4,759,012	4,563,732
1966	4,797,381	4,580,869
1967	4,835,354	4,605,744
1968	4,864,883	4,626,469
1969	4,891,860	4,623,785
1970	4,928,757	4,606,307
1971	4,963,126	4,612,124
1972	4,991,596	4,639,657
1973	5,021,861	4,666,081
1974	5,045,297	4,690,574
1975	5,059,862	4,711,440
1976	5,072,596	4,725,664
1977	5,088,419	4,738,902
1978	5,104,248	4,752,528
1979	5,116,801	4,764,690
1980	5,123,027	4,779,535
1981	5,121,572	4,799,964
1982	5,117,810	4,826,933
1983	5,114,297	4,855,787
1984	5,111,619	4,881,803
1985	5,113,691	4,902,206
1986	5,120,534	4,918,154
1987	5,127,024	4,932,123
1988	5,129,516	4,946,481
1989	5,132,594	4,964,371
1990	5,140,939	4,986,431
1991	5,154,298	5,013,740
1992	5,171,370	5,041,992
1993	5,188,628	5,066,447
1994	5,206,180	5,088,333
1995	5,233,373	5,107,790
1996	5,263,074	5,124,573
1997	5,284,991	5,139,835
1998	5,304,219	5,153,498
1999	5,321,799	5,165,474
2000	5,339,616	5,176,209
2001	5,358,783	5,188,008
2002	5,375,931	5,200,598
2003	5,390,574	5,213,014
2004	5,404,523	5,228,172
2005	5,419,432	5,246,096
2006	5,437,272	5,266,268
2007	5,461,438	5,288,720
2008	5,493,621	5,313,399
2009	5,523,095	5,338,871
2010	5,547,683	5,363,352
2011	5,570,572	5,388,272
2012	5,591,572	5,413,971
2013	5,614,932	5,438,972
2014	5,643,475	5,461,512
2015	5,683,483	5,479,531
2016	5,728,010	5,495,303
2017	5,764,980	5,508,214
2018	5,793,636	5,515,525
2019	5,814,422	5,521,606
2020	5,831,404	5,529,543
2021	5,856,733	5,541,017
2022	5,903,037	5,556,106
2023	5,946,952	5,583,911
2024	5,976,992	5,637,214

Fertility rates in Denmark and Finland

Fertility rate

Denmark

Finland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Finland
1960	2.57	2.72
1961	2.55	2.72
1962	2.55	2.68
1963	2.67	2.68
1964	2.6	2.59
1965	2.61	2.48
1966	2.62	2.41
1967	2.35	2.32
1968	2.12	2.14
1969	2	1.93
1970	1.95	1.83
1971	2.04	1.68
1972	2.03	1.58
1973	1.92	1.49
1974	1.9	1.61
1975	1.92	1.68
1976	1.75	1.7
1977	1.66	1.68
1978	1.67	1.64
1979	1.6	1.64
1980	1.55	1.63
1981	1.44	1.64
1982	1.43	1.71
1983	1.38	1.74
1984	1.4	1.69
1985	1.45	1.64
1986	1.48	1.6
1987	1.5	1.59
1988	1.56	1.69
1989	1.62	1.71
1990	1.67	1.78
1991	1.68	1.79
1992	1.76	1.85
1993	1.75	1.81
1994	1.81	1.85
1995	1.8	1.81
1996	1.75	1.78
1997	1.75	1.75
1998	1.72	1.7
1999	1.73	1.73
2000	1.77	1.73
2001	1.74	1.73
2002	1.72	1.72
2003	1.76	1.76
2004	1.78	1.8
2005	1.8	1.8
2006	1.85	1.84
2007	1.84	1.83
2008	1.89	1.85
2009	1.84	1.86
2010	1.87	1.87
2011	1.75	1.83
2012	1.73	1.8
2013	1.67	1.75
2014	1.69	1.71
2015	1.71	1.65
2016	1.79	1.57
2017	1.75	1.49
2018	1.73	1.41
2019	1.7	1.35
2020	1.68	1.37
2021	1.72	1.46
2022	1.55	1.32
2023	1.5	1.26

Denmark and Finland demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Finland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Finland
1960	33	28.4
1961	33.1	28.4
1962	33	28.5
1963	33	28.5
1964	32.9	28.6
1965	32.8	28.7
1966	32.6	28.8
1967	32.5	28.9
1968	32.5	29
1969	32.5	29.3
1970	32.5	29.6
1971	32.5	29.9
1972	32.6	30.1
1973	32.7	30.2
1974	32.8	30.4
1975	33	30.7
1976	33.2	31.2
1977	33.4	31.7
1978	33.7	32.1
1979	33.9	32.4
1980	34.3	32.8
1981	34.7	33.2
1982	35.1	33.5
1983	35.5	33.9
1984	35.7	34.3
1985	36	34.7
1986	36.2	35.1
1987	36.5	35.4
1988	36.7	35.8
1989	36.9	36.1
1990	37.1	36.4
1991	37.3	36.7
1992	37.4	37
1993	37.5	37.2
1994	37.6	37.5
1995	37.7	37.8
1996	37.7	38.1
1997	37.9	38.4
1998	38	38.7
1999	38.2	39
2000	38.4	39.4
2001	38.6	39.7
2002	38.8	40
2003	39	40.3
2004	39.2	40.6
2005	39.5	40.9
2006	39.8	41.2
2007	40.1	41.4
2008	40.2	41.6
2009	40.4	41.8
2010	40.5	41.9
2011	40.7	42.1
2012	41	42.2
2013	41.2	42.3
2014	41.4	42.4
2015	41.5	42.5
2016	41.6	42.6
2017	41.7	42.7
2018	41.8	42.8
2019	41.9	43
2020	42.1	43.2
2021	42.2	43.3
2022	42.1	43.5
2023	42.2	43.8
2024	42.3	44

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