Denmark vs Germany statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 83.5M in Germany (ranked 19/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 134,916 sq mi for Germany (ranked 130th vs. 63rd).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800).

Denmark and Germany: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Germany economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Germany

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Germany
1960	$6,361,166,545	$84,619,845,881
1961	$7,058,361,229	$96,558,204,043
1962	$7,953,274,741	$105,895,435,234
1963	$8,466,044,980	$112,232,503,744
1964	$9,677,401,337	$123,330,404,665
1965	$10,870,670,865	$134,774,688,191
1966	$11,931,740,293	$143,304,275,684
1967	$13,059,064,806	$145,100,667,773
1968	$13,505,574,133	$156,527,292,653
1969	$15,414,902,667	$177,733,486,326
1970	$17,075,457,733	$216,629,229,947
1971	$19,086,192,720	$250,900,942,397
1972	$23,230,667,549	$300,899,944,795
1973	$30,718,181,337	$399,833,571,167
1974	$34,125,712,481	$446,934,971,657
1975	$40,418,967,666	$492,434,094,920
1976	$44,503,607,444	$521,658,712,133
1977	$49,711,709,588	$602,698,323,086
1978	$60,320,089,218	$743,182,891,918
1979	$70,393,030,603	$884,574,218,333
1980	$70,811,287,816	$953,772,499,462
1981	$61,459,941,461	$803,404,797,058
1982	$60,084,214,872	$779,421,633,755
1983	$60,331,158,447	$773,507,930,295
1984	$58,868,891,335	$727,767,760,979
1985	$62,452,421,011	$735,218,723,093
1986	$87,748,695,217	$1,050,092,624,516
1987	$109,183,446,340	$1,302,932,318,825
1988	$115,540,189,705	$1,406,367,016,372
1989	$112,312,200,761	$1,404,092,925,205
1990	$138,217,740,684	$1,778,162,195,860
1991	$139,180,507,778	$1,875,792,575,133
1992	$152,966,494,260	$2,141,377,582,968
1993	$143,111,306,004	$2,078,954,217,438
1994	$156,017,919,221	$2,215,282,632,277
1995	$184,848,481,008	$2,593,053,091,306
1996	$187,481,157,846	$2,506,576,553,158
1997	$173,241,365,735	$2,218,790,886,533
1998	$176,877,077,513	$2,247,760,364,566
1999	$177,887,720,536	$2,213,873,468,587
2000	$164,043,817,224	$1,966,980,701,145
2001	$164,881,594,415	$1,966,381,496,642
2002	$178,788,209,558	$2,102,350,798,306
2003	$218,421,193,436	$2,534,715,518,349
2004	$251,986,155,631	$2,852,317,768,062
2005	$265,150,087,712	$2,893,393,187,362
2006	$283,386,151,544	$3,046,308,753,671
2007	$320,213,157,595	$3,484,056,680,855
2008	$354,979,471,960	$3,808,786,022,313
2009	$322,619,152,195	$3,479,800,820,863
2010	$322,345,594,075	$3,468,154,343,000
2011	$344,315,595,263	$3,824,828,563,521
2012	$326,792,574,245	$3,597,896,500,945
2013	$344,631,016,965	$3,808,086,291,482
2014	$352,832,602,064	$3,965,800,686,310
2015	$301,758,922,338	$3,423,568,450,957
2016	$312,181,849,372	$3,537,784,107,981
2017	$331,610,593,962	$3,763,092,263,753
2018	$355,293,374,912	$4,052,008,447,224
2019	$345,401,473,013	$3,957,208,055,216
2020	$355,631,021,932	$3,940,142,541,354
2021	$408,378,204,640	$4,348,297,440,388
2022	$401,945,576,108	$4,163,596,357,879
2023	$407,091,920,305	$4,525,703,903,628
2024	$429,457,372,072	$4,659,929,336,891

Denmark and Germany economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Germany

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Germany
1960	$1,389	$1,162
1961	$1,531	$1,316
1962	$1,711	$1,431
1963	$1,807	$1,502
1964	$2,049	$1,637
1965	$2,284	$1,774
1966	$2,487	$1,871
1967	$2,701	$1,886
1968	$2,776	$2,025
1969	$3,151	$2,281
1970	$3,464	$2,771
1971	$3,846	$3,204
1972	$4,654	$3,824
1973	$6,117	$5,065
1974	$6,764	$5,660
1975	$7,988	$6,259
1976	$8,773	$6,659
1977	$9,770	$7,711
1978	$11,818	$9,517
1979	$13,757	$11,322
1980	$13,822	$12,183
1981	$12,000	$10,246
1982	$11,740	$9,950
1983	$11,797	$9,900
1984	$11,517	$9,347
1985	$12,213	$9,464
1986	$17,137	$13,511
1987	$21,296	$16,739
1988	$22,525	$17,997
1989	$21,882	$17,829
1990	$26,886	$22,386
1991	$27,003	$23,443
1992	$29,579	$26,560
1993	$27,582	$25,617
1994	$29,968	$27,202
1995	$35,321	$31,747
1996	$35,622	$30,600
1997	$32,780	$27,047
1998	$33,346	$27,396
1999	$33,426	$26,965
2000	$30,722	$23,926
2001	$30,768	$23,878
2002	$33,257	$25,487
2003	$40,519	$30,711
2004	$46,625	$34,567
2005	$48,926	$35,084
2006	$52,119	$36,980
2007	$58,632	$42,351
2008	$64,617	$46,386
2009	$58,413	$42,487
2010	$58,105	$42,410
2011	$61,810	$47,647
2012	$58,444	$44,736
2013	$61,378	$47,220
2014	$62,520	$48,971
2015	$53,094	$41,911
2016	$54,501	$42,961
2017	$57,522	$45,527
2018	$61,325	$48,875
2019	$59,404	$47,624
2020	$60,985	$47,380
2021	$69,728	$52,266
2022	$68,091	$49,686
2023	$68,454	$53,940
2024	$71,852	$55,800

Denmark vs. Germany life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Germany

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Germany
1950	70.3	66.8
1951	70.9	67.1
1952	70.8	67.5
1953	71.2	67.8
1954	71.3	68.1
1955	71.9	68.3
1956	72	68.6
1957	71.8	68.5
1958	72.2	69.2
1959	72.2	69.3
1960	72.2	69.3
1961	72.5	69.8
1962	72.4	70
1963	72.4	70.1
1964	72.5	70.6
1965	72.4	70.6
1966	72.5	70.7
1967	73	71
1968	73.1	70.6
1969	73.2	70.5
1970	73.4	70.7
1971	73.4	70.9
1972	73.5	71.1
1973	73.7	71.4
1974	73.8	71.7
1975	74.1	71.5
1976	73.8	72
1977	74.7	72.6
1978	74.4	72.6
1979	74.2	72.9
1980	74.1	73.1
1981	74.3	73.3
1982	74.6	73.6
1983	74.5	73.9
1984	74.6	74.4
1985	74.5	74.5
1986	74.6	74.7
1987	74.7	75.1
1988	74.8	75.3
1989	74.9	75.5
1990	74.9	75.3
1991	75.2	75.6
1992	75.3	76
1993	75.2	76.1
1994	75.4	76.4
1995	75.3	76.6
1996	75.7	76.8
1997	76	77.2
1998	76.4	77.6
1999	76.6	77.8
2000	76.8	78.1
2001	77	78.4
2002	77.1	78.5
2003	77.4	78.5
2004	77.8	79.1
2005	78.2	79.3
2006	78.2	79.6
2007	78.3	79.7
2008	78.7	79.8
2009	79	79.9
2010	79.2	80.1
2011	79.8	80.4
2012	80.1	80.5
2013	80.3	80.5
2014	80.6	80.9
2015	80.7	80.6
2016	80.9	80.8
2017	81.1	80.9
2018	81	80.9
2019	81.4	81.2
2020	81.5	81
2021	81.4	81.1
2022	81.3	80.6
2023	81.9	81.4
2024	82.1	81.5
2025	82.2	81.7

Denmark and Germany population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Germany

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Germany
1960	4,579,603	72,814,900
1961	4,611,687	73,377,632
1962	4,647,727	74,025,784
1963	4,684,483	74,714,353
1964	4,722,072	75,318,337
1965	4,759,012	75,963,695
1966	4,797,381	76,600,311
1967	4,835,354	76,951,336
1968	4,864,883	77,294,314
1969	4,891,860	77,909,682
1970	4,928,757	78,169,289
1971	4,963,126	78,312,842
1972	4,991,596	78,688,452
1973	5,021,861	78,936,666
1974	5,045,297	78,967,433
1975	5,059,862	78,673,554
1976	5,072,596	78,336,950
1977	5,088,419	78,159,814
1978	5,104,248	78,091,820
1979	5,116,801	78,126,350
1980	5,123,027	78,288,576
1981	5,121,572	78,407,907
1982	5,117,810	78,333,366
1983	5,114,297	78,128,282
1984	5,111,619	77,858,685
1985	5,113,691	77,684,873
1986	5,120,534	77,720,436
1987	5,127,024	77,839,920
1988	5,129,516	78,144,619
1989	5,132,594	78,751,283
1990	5,140,939	79,433,029
1991	5,154,298	80,013,896
1992	5,171,370	80,624,598
1993	5,188,628	81,156,363
1994	5,206,180	81,438,348
1995	5,233,373	81,678,051
1996	5,263,074	81,914,831
1997	5,284,991	82,034,771
1998	5,304,219	82,047,195
1999	5,321,799	82,100,243
2000	5,339,616	82,211,508
2001	5,358,783	82,349,925
2002	5,375,931	82,488,495
2003	5,390,574	82,534,176
2004	5,404,523	82,516,260
2005	5,419,432	82,469,422
2006	5,437,272	82,376,451
2007	5,461,438	82,266,372
2008	5,493,621	82,110,097
2009	5,523,095	81,902,307
2010	5,547,683	81,776,930
2011	5,570,572	80,274,983
2012	5,591,572	80,425,823
2013	5,614,932	80,645,605
2014	5,643,475	80,982,500
2015	5,683,483	81,686,611
2016	5,728,010	82,348,669
2017	5,764,980	82,657,002
2018	5,793,636	82,905,782
2019	5,814,422	83,092,962
2020	5,831,404	83,160,871
2021	5,856,733	83,196,078
2022	5,903,037	83,797,985
2023	5,946,952	83,901,923
2024	5,976,992	83,510,950

Fertility rates in Denmark and Germany

Fertility rate

Denmark

Germany

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Germany
1960	2.57	2.37
1961	2.55	2.45
1962	2.55	2.44
1963	2.67	2.51
1964	2.6	2.54
1965	2.61	2.5
1966	2.62	2.53
1967	2.35	2.48
1968	2.12	2.38
1969	2	2.21
1970	1.95	2.03
1971	2.04	1.92
1972	2.03	1.71
1973	1.92	1.54
1974	1.9	1.51
1975	1.92	1.45
1976	1.75	1.45
1977	1.66	1.4
1978	1.67	1.38
1979	1.6	1.38
1980	1.55	1.44
1981	1.44	1.43
1982	1.43	1.41
1983	1.38	1.33
1984	1.4	1.29
1985	1.45	1.37
1986	1.48	1.43
1987	1.5	1.43
1988	1.56	1.46
1989	1.62	1.42
1990	1.67	1.45
1991	1.68	1.33
1992	1.76	1.29
1993	1.75	1.28
1994	1.81	1.24
1995	1.8	1.25
1996	1.75	1.3
1997	1.75	1.35
1998	1.72	1.36
1999	1.73	1.36
2000	1.77	1.38
2001	1.74	1.35
2002	1.72	1.34
2003	1.76	1.34
2004	1.78	1.36
2005	1.8	1.34
2006	1.85	1.33
2007	1.84	1.37
2008	1.89	1.38
2009	1.84	1.36
2010	1.87	1.39
2011	1.75	1.39
2012	1.73	1.41
2013	1.67	1.42
2014	1.69	1.47
2015	1.71	1.5
2016	1.79	1.6
2017	1.75	1.57
2018	1.73	1.57
2019	1.7	1.54
2020	1.68	1.53
2021	1.72	1.58
2022	1.55	1.46
2023	1.5	1.39

Denmark and Germany demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Germany

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Germany
1960	33	34.7
1961	33.1	34.7
1962	33	34.7
1963	33	34.6
1964	32.9	34.5
1965	32.8	34.4
1966	32.6	34.4
1967	32.5	34.3
1968	32.5	34.2
1969	32.5	34.1
1970	32.5	34.3
1971	32.5	34.4
1972	32.6	34.6
1973	32.7	34.7
1974	32.8	35
1975	33	35.5
1976	33.2	35.8
1977	33.4	36.1
1978	33.7	36.3
1979	33.9	36.4
1980	34.3	36.5
1981	34.7	36.5
1982	35.1	36.6
1983	35.5	36.7
1984	35.7	37
1985	36	37.1
1986	36.2	37.2
1987	36.5	37.4
1988	36.7	37.6
1989	36.9	37.6
1990	37.1	37.6
1991	37.3	37.7
1992	37.4	37.8
1993	37.5	37.9
1994	37.6	38.1
1995	37.7	38.4
1996	37.7	38.6
1997	37.9	38.9
1998	38	39.3
1999	38.2	39.7
2000	38.4	40
2001	38.6	40.4
2002	38.8	40.8
2003	39	41.2
2004	39.2	41.6
2005	39.5	42
2006	39.8	42.5
2007	40.1	43.1
2008	40.2	43.5
2009	40.4	43.9
2010	40.5	44.2
2011	40.7	44.6
2012	41	45.1
2013	41.2	45.5
2014	41.4	45.7
2015	41.5	45.7
2016	41.6	45.7
2017	41.7	45.8
2018	41.8	45.8
2019	41.9	45.8
2020	42.1	45.8
2021	42.2	45.9
2022	42.1	46
2023	42.2	46.2
2024	42.3	46.3

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