Denmark vs France statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 130th vs. 48th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Denmark and France: Comparison Charts

Denmark and France economies compared

GDP

Denmark

France

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	France
1960	$6,361,166,545	$61,756,878,990
1961	$7,058,361,229	$66,806,595,975
1962	$7,953,274,741	$74,888,595,286
1963	$8,466,044,980	$83,957,182,115
1964	$9,677,401,337	$93,079,224,076
1965	$10,870,670,865	$100,522,559,916
1966	$11,931,740,293	$108,928,356,519
1967	$13,059,064,806	$117,751,396,249
1968	$13,505,574,133	$128,427,504,709
1969	$15,414,902,667	$140,361,802,782
1970	$17,075,457,733	$146,926,998,937
1971	$19,086,192,720	$164,238,872,973
1972	$23,230,667,549	$201,621,751,625
1973	$30,718,181,337	$262,343,828,816
1974	$34,125,712,481	$283,102,178,123
1975	$40,418,967,666	$356,780,728,163
1976	$44,503,607,444	$368,488,292,816
1977	$49,711,709,588	$406,736,454,934
1978	$60,320,089,218	$501,724,418,605
1979	$70,393,030,603	$608,218,624,730
1980	$70,811,287,816	$694,529,183,483
1981	$61,459,941,461	$609,184,791,792
1982	$60,084,214,872	$578,152,310,610
1983	$60,331,158,447	$553,356,312,936
1984	$58,868,891,335	$525,033,325,828
1985	$62,452,421,011	$547,220,981,165
1986	$87,748,695,217	$764,946,585,851
1987	$109,183,446,340	$926,320,855,615
1988	$115,540,189,705	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	$112,312,200,761	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	$138,217,740,684	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	$139,180,507,778	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	$152,966,494,260	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	$143,111,306,004	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	$156,017,919,221	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	$184,848,481,008	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	$187,481,157,846	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	$173,241,365,735	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	$176,877,077,513	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	$177,887,720,536	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$164,043,817,224	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$164,881,594,415	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$178,788,209,558	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$218,421,193,436	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$251,986,155,631	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$265,150,087,712	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$283,386,151,544	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$320,213,157,595	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$354,979,471,960	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$322,619,152,195	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$322,345,594,075	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$344,315,595,263	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$326,792,574,245	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$344,631,016,965	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$352,832,602,064	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$301,758,922,338	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$312,181,849,372	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$331,610,593,962	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$355,293,374,912	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$345,401,473,013	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$355,631,021,932	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$408,378,204,640	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$401,945,576,108	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$407,091,920,305	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	$429,457,372,072	$3,162,079,073,496

Denmark and France economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	France
1960	$1,389	$1,303
1961	$1,531	$1,395
1962	$1,711	$1,548
1963	$1,807	$1,718
1964	$2,049	$1,884
1965	$2,284	$2,015
1966	$2,487	$2,165
1967	$2,701	$2,321
1968	$2,776	$2,513
1969	$3,151	$2,724
1970	$3,464	$2,825
1971	$3,846	$3,128
1972	$4,654	$3,807
1973	$6,117	$4,914
1974	$6,764	$5,267
1975	$7,988	$6,607
1976	$8,773	$6,795
1977	$9,770	$7,465
1978	$11,818	$9,167
1979	$13,757	$11,063
1980	$13,822	$12,565
1981	$12,000	$10,956
1982	$11,740	$10,360
1983	$11,797	$9,862
1984	$11,517	$9,312
1985	$12,213	$9,657
1986	$17,137	$13,430
1987	$21,296	$16,176
1988	$22,525	$17,550
1989	$21,882	$17,547
1990	$26,886	$21,586
1991	$27,003	$21,501
1992	$29,579	$23,615
1993	$27,582	$22,239
1994	$29,968	$23,360
1995	$35,321	$26,792
1996	$35,622	$26,758
1997	$32,780	$24,169
1998	$33,346	$24,869
1999	$33,426	$24,576
2000	$30,722	$22,341
2001	$30,768	$22,332
2002	$33,257	$24,145
2003	$40,519	$29,480
2004	$46,625	$33,645
2005	$48,926	$34,696
2006	$52,119	$36,432
2007	$58,632	$41,486
2008	$64,617	$45,465
2009	$58,413	$41,728
2010	$58,105	$40,695
2011	$61,810	$43,930
2012	$58,444	$40,864
2013	$61,378	$42,669
2014	$62,520	$43,148
2015	$53,094	$36,702
2016	$54,501	$37,024
2017	$57,522	$38,687
2018	$61,325	$41,418
2019	$59,404	$40,408
2020	$60,985	$39,170
2021	$69,728	$43,725
2022	$68,091	$41,083
2023	$68,454	$44,691
2024	$71,852	$46,150

Denmark vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	France
1950	70.3	66.4
1951	70.9	66.1
1952	70.8	67.4
1953	71.2	67.3
1954	71.3	68.2
1955	71.9	68.4
1956	72	68.5
1957	71.8	68.9
1958	72.2	70.1
1959	72.2	70.2
1960	72.2	70.4
1961	72.5	71
1962	72.4	70.5
1963	72.4	70.3
1964	72.5	71.3
1965	72.4	71.1
1966	72.5	71.5
1967	73	71.5
1968	73.1	71.5
1969	73.2	71.2
1970	73.4	72.1
1971	73.4	72.1
1972	73.5	72.3
1973	73.7	72.5
1974	73.8	72.8
1975	74.1	72.9
1976	73.8	73.1
1977	74.7	73.7
1978	74.4	73.8
1979	74.2	74.1
1980	74.1	74.2
1981	74.3	74.4
1982	74.6	74.8
1983	74.5	74.7
1984	74.6	75.2
1985	74.5	75.3
1986	74.6	75.6
1987	74.7	76.1
1988	74.8	76.4
1989	74.9	76.5
1990	74.9	76.8
1991	75.2	77
1992	75.3	77.3
1993	75.2	77.3
1994	75.4	77.8
1995	75.3	77.9
1996	75.7	78.1
1997	76	78.4
1998	76.4	78.6
1999	76.6	78.7
2000	76.8	79
2001	77	79.2
2002	77.1	79.4
2003	77.4	79.4
2004	77.8	80.3
2005	78.2	80.3
2006	78.2	80.7
2007	78.3	81
2008	78.7	81
2009	79	81.2
2010	79.2	81.4
2011	79.8	81.8
2012	80.1	81.7
2013	80.3	82
2014	80.6	82.4
2015	80.7	82.1
2016	80.9	82.4
2017	81.1	82.4
2018	81	82.6
2019	81.4	82.7
2020	81.5	82.2
2021	81.4	82.3
2022	81.3	82.5
2023	81.9	83.3
2024	82.1	83.5
2025	82.2	83.6

Denmark and France population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

France

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	France
1960	4,579,603	47,412,964
1961	4,611,687	47,905,982
1962	4,647,727	48,389,516
1963	4,684,483	48,877,567
1964	4,722,072	49,401,492
1965	4,759,012	49,877,725
1966	4,797,381	50,311,637
1967	4,835,354	50,722,791
1968	4,864,883	51,112,980
1969	4,891,860	51,536,014
1970	4,928,757	52,007,169
1971	4,963,126	52,499,553
1972	4,991,596	52,962,356
1973	5,021,861	53,392,161
1974	5,045,297	53,746,571
1975	5,059,862	54,002,853
1976	5,072,596	54,232,383
1977	5,088,419	54,486,467
1978	5,104,248	54,734,030
1979	5,116,801	54,979,851
1980	5,123,027	55,274,184
1981	5,121,572	55,603,353
1982	5,117,810	55,806,789
1983	5,114,297	56,108,330
1984	5,111,619	56,383,085
1985	5,113,691	56,665,619
1986	5,120,534	56,956,002
1987	5,127,024	57,266,167
1988	5,129,516	57,598,186
1989	5,132,594	57,943,062
1990	5,140,939	58,261,012
1991	5,154,298	58,554,242
1992	5,171,370	58,846,584
1993	5,188,628	59,103,094
1994	5,206,180	59,324,863
1995	5,233,373	59,541,294
1996	5,263,074	59,754,504
1997	5,284,991	59,968,066
1998	5,304,219	60,190,684
1999	5,321,799	60,501,986
2000	5,339,616	60,918,661
2001	5,358,783	61,364,377
2002	5,375,931	61,812,142
2003	5,390,574	62,249,855
2004	5,404,523	62,707,588
2005	5,419,432	63,180,854
2006	5,437,272	63,622,342
2007	5,461,438	64,016,890
2008	5,493,621	64,375,116
2009	5,523,095	64,706,436
2010	5,547,683	65,026,211
2011	5,570,572	65,340,830
2012	5,591,572	65,657,659
2013	5,614,932	65,997,932
2014	5,643,475	66,312,067
2015	5,683,483	66,548,272
2016	5,728,010	66,724,104
2017	5,764,980	66,918,020
2018	5,793,636	67,158,348
2019	5,814,422	67,382,061
2020	5,831,404	67,601,110
2021	5,856,733	67,842,811
2022	5,903,037	68,065,015
2023	5,946,952	68,287,487
2024	5,976,992	68,516,699

Fertility rates in Denmark and France

Fertility rate

Denmark

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	France
1960	2.57	2.85
1961	2.55	2.87
1962	2.55	2.89
1963	2.67	2.89
1964	2.6	2.87
1965	2.61	2.84
1966	2.62	2.8
1967	2.35	2.75
1968	2.12	2.69
1969	2	2.62
1970	1.95	2.55
1971	2.04	2.47
1972	2.03	2.38
1973	1.92	2.28
1974	1.9	2.18
1975	1.92	2.09
1976	1.75	2.01
1977	1.66	1.94
1978	1.67	1.89
1979	1.6	1.87
1980	1.55	1.85
1981	1.44	1.85
1982	1.43	1.86
1983	1.38	1.86
1984	1.4	1.86
1985	1.45	1.86
1986	1.48	1.85
1987	1.5	1.83
1988	1.56	1.81
1989	1.62	1.79
1990	1.67	1.77
1991	1.68	1.75
1992	1.76	1.74
1993	1.75	1.73
1994	1.81	1.73
1995	1.8	1.74
1996	1.75	1.75
1997	1.75	1.77
1998	1.72	1.78
1999	1.73	1.81
2000	1.77	1.89
2001	1.74	1.9
2002	1.72	1.88
2003	1.76	1.89
2004	1.78	1.92
2005	1.8	1.94
2006	1.85	2
2007	1.84	1.98
2008	1.89	2.01
2009	1.84	2
2010	1.87	2.03
2011	1.75	2.01
2012	1.73	2.01
2013	1.67	1.99
2014	1.69	2
2015	1.71	1.96
2016	1.79	1.92
2017	1.75	1.89
2018	1.73	1.87
2019	1.7	1.86
2020	1.68	1.83
2021	1.72	1.84
2022	1.55	1.79
2023	1.5	1.66

Denmark and France demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	France
1960	33	32.8
1961	33.1	32.8
1962	33	32.9
1963	33	32.8
1964	32.9	32.8
1965	32.8	32.7
1966	32.6	32.7
1967	32.5	32.7
1968	32.5	32.6
1969	32.5	32.5
1970	32.5	32.4
1971	32.5	32.2
1972	32.6	32
1973	32.7	31.8
1974	32.8	31.7
1975	33	31.6
1976	33.2	31.7
1977	33.4	31.9
1978	33.7	32.1
1979	33.9	32.3
1980	34.3	32.4
1981	34.7	32.6
1982	35.1	32.8
1983	35.5	33
1984	35.7	33.3
1985	36	33.5
1986	36.2	33.7
1987	36.5	34
1988	36.7	34.2
1989	36.9	34.5
1990	37.1	34.7
1991	37.3	35
1992	37.4	35.3
1993	37.5	35.6
1994	37.6	35.9
1995	37.7	36.2
1996	37.7	36.5
1997	37.9	36.8
1998	38	37.1
1999	38.2	37.4
2000	38.4	37.7
2001	38.6	37.9
2002	38.8	38.2
2003	39	38.4
2004	39.2	38.6
2005	39.5	38.9
2006	39.8	39.1
2007	40.1	39.4
2008	40.2	39.6
2009	40.4	39.8
2010	40.5	40
2011	40.7	40.3
2012	41	40.5
2013	41.2	40.8
2014	41.4	41
2015	41.5	41.2
2016	41.6	41.4
2017	41.7	41.6
2018	41.8	41.9
2019	41.9	42.1
2020	42.1	42.3
2021	42.2	42.4
2022	42.1	42.6
2023	42.2	42.8
2024	42.3	43

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