Denmark vs Ireland statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 130th vs. 119th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

Denmark and Ireland: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Ireland economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Ireland
1960	$6,361,166,545	$1,998,550,222
1961	$7,058,361,229	$2,151,772,980
1962	$7,953,274,741	$2,329,372,972
1963	$8,466,044,980	$2,505,073,358
1964	$9,677,401,337	$2,851,091,646
1965	$10,870,670,865	$3,035,655,794
1966	$11,931,740,293	$3,198,820,904
1967	$13,059,064,806	$3,445,739,915
1968	$13,505,574,133	$3,378,701,147
1969	$15,414,902,667	$3,902,721,632
1970	$17,075,457,733	$4,395,995,086
1971	$19,086,192,720	$5,098,250,287
1972	$23,230,667,549	$6,318,060,582
1973	$30,718,181,337	$7,481,173,066
1974	$34,125,712,481	$7,896,860,615
1975	$40,418,967,666	$9,483,808,362
1976	$44,503,607,444	$9,453,756,015
1977	$49,711,709,588	$11,248,340,431
1978	$60,320,089,218	$14,647,996,074
1979	$70,393,030,603	$18,319,334,300
1980	$70,811,287,816	$21,747,855,640
1981	$61,459,941,461	$20,670,190,138
1982	$60,084,214,872	$21,474,754,080
1983	$60,331,158,447	$20,766,047,764
1984	$58,868,891,335	$20,106,648,455
1985	$62,452,421,011	$21,270,013,326
1986	$87,748,695,217	$28,714,571,852
1987	$109,183,446,340	$33,920,518,493
1988	$115,540,189,705	$37,772,897,421
1989	$112,312,200,761	$39,238,392,678
1990	$138,217,740,684	$49,305,632,408
1991	$139,180,507,778	$49,787,502,852
1992	$152,966,494,260	$55,918,538,121
1993	$143,111,306,004	$52,417,477,614
1994	$156,017,919,221	$57,097,656,066
1995	$184,848,481,008	$69,139,823,232
1996	$187,481,157,846	$75,790,785,030
1997	$173,241,365,735	$82,856,648,758
1998	$176,877,077,513	$90,199,410,116
1999	$177,887,720,536	$98,893,958,263
2000	$164,043,817,224	$100,207,610,430
2001	$164,881,594,415	$109,346,669,230
2002	$178,788,209,558	$128,596,035,288
2003	$218,421,193,436	$164,670,771,260
2004	$251,986,155,631	$194,372,115,041
2005	$265,150,087,712	$211,876,989,656
2006	$283,386,151,544	$232,180,617,162
2007	$320,213,157,595	$270,079,279,420
2008	$354,979,471,960	$275,447,471,451
2009	$322,619,152,195	$236,443,117,248
2010	$322,345,594,075	$221,985,621,538
2011	$344,315,595,263	$241,337,364,610
2012	$326,792,574,245	$227,270,922,957
2013	$344,631,016,965	$243,301,556,085
2014	$352,832,602,064	$266,787,238,499
2015	$301,758,922,338	$302,391,428,540
2016	$312,181,849,372	$305,733,136,181
2017	$331,610,593,962	$348,532,394,024
2018	$355,293,374,912	$395,461,216,460
2019	$345,401,473,013	$407,124,824,065
2020	$355,631,021,932	$436,555,518,400
2021	$408,378,204,640	$531,306,516,908
2022	$401,945,576,108	$548,570,250,342
2023	$407,091,920,305	$551,394,889,340
2024	$429,457,372,072	$577,389,475,010

Denmark and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Ireland
1960	$1,389	$707
1961	$1,531	$762
1962	$1,711	$821
1963	$1,807	$878
1964	$2,049	$995
1965	$2,284	$1,055
1966	$2,487	$1,107
1967	$2,701	$1,187
1968	$2,776	$1,159
1969	$3,151	$1,331
1970	$3,464	$1,487
1971	$3,846	$1,704
1972	$4,654	$2,080
1973	$6,117	$2,424
1974	$6,764	$2,517
1975	$7,988	$2,973
1976	$8,773	$2,920
1977	$9,770	$3,427
1978	$11,818	$4,400
1979	$13,757	$5,430
1980	$13,822	$6,372
1981	$12,000	$5,986
1982	$11,740	$6,161
1983	$11,797	$5,915
1984	$11,517	$5,692
1985	$12,213	$6,012
1986	$17,137	$8,112
1987	$21,296	$9,582
1988	$22,525	$10,716
1989	$21,882	$11,176
1990	$26,886	$14,031
1991	$27,003	$14,087
1992	$29,579	$15,714
1993	$27,582	$14,657
1994	$29,968	$15,903
1995	$35,321	$19,158
1996	$35,622	$20,836
1997	$32,780	$22,551
1998	$33,346	$24,295
1999	$33,426	$26,338
2000	$30,722	$26,335
2001	$30,768	$28,282
2002	$33,257	$32,705
2003	$40,519	$41,204
2004	$46,625	$47,754
2005	$48,926	$50,933
2006	$52,119	$54,329
2007	$58,632	$61,396
2008	$64,617	$61,353
2009	$58,413	$52,133
2010	$58,105	$48,679
2011	$61,810	$52,693
2012	$58,444	$49,412
2013	$61,378	$52,619
2014	$62,520	$57,278
2015	$53,094	$64,312
2016	$54,501	$64,193
2017	$57,522	$72,198
2018	$61,325	$80,739
2019	$59,404	$81,810
2020	$60,985	$86,623
2021	$69,728	$103,962
2022	$68,091	$105,235
2023	$68,454	$103,888
2024	$71,852	$107,316

Denmark vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Ireland
1950	70.3	65.6
1951	70.9	64.8
1952	70.8	67.2
1953	71.2	67.9
1954	71.3	68
1955	71.9	68
1956	72	69
1957	71.8	69
1958	72.2	69.3
1959	72.2	69.4
1960	72.2	70.2
1961	72.5	69.6
1962	72.4	69.9
1963	72.4	70.2
1964	72.5	70.4
1965	72.4	70.6
1966	72.5	70.2
1967	73	71.2
1968	73.1	70.9
1969	73.2	70.8
1970	73.4	70.8
1971	73.4	71.6
1972	73.5	71
1973	73.7	71.2
1974	73.8	71.1
1975	74.1	71.7
1976	73.8	71.8
1977	74.7	71.9
1978	74.4	71.9
1979	74.2	72.2
1980	74.1	72.5
1981	74.3	72.9
1982	74.6	73.2
1983	74.5	73.2
1984	74.6	73.6
1985	74.5	73.6
1986	74.6	73.6
1987	74.7	74.4
1988	74.8	74.4
1989	74.9	74.5
1990	74.9	74.8
1991	75.2	75
1992	75.3	75.4
1993	75.2	75.3
1994	75.4	75.8
1995	75.3	75.5
1996	75.7	75.8
1997	76	76
1998	76.4	76.2
1999	76.6	76.1
2000	76.8	76.5
2001	77	77.1
2002	77.1	77.6
2003	77.4	78.1
2004	77.8	78.5
2005	78.2	78.9
2006	78.2	79.2
2007	78.3	79.6
2008	78.7	79.8
2009	79	80.1
2010	79.2	80.6
2011	79.8	80.7
2012	80.1	80.9
2013	80.3	81.1
2014	80.6	81.4
2015	80.7	81.5
2016	80.9	81.7
2017	81.1	82.1
2018	81	82.1
2019	81.4	82.4
2020	81.5	82.4
2021	81.4	81.9
2022	81.3	82.1
2023	81.9	82.4
2024	82.1	82.6
2025	82.2	82.7

Denmark and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Ireland
1960	4,579,603	2,828,600
1961	4,611,687	2,824,400
1962	4,647,727	2,836,050
1963	4,684,483	2,852,650
1964	4,722,072	2,866,550
1965	4,759,012	2,877,300
1966	4,797,381	2,888,800
1967	4,835,354	2,902,450
1968	4,864,883	2,915,550
1969	4,891,860	2,932,650
1970	4,928,757	2,957,250
1971	4,963,126	2,992,050
1972	4,991,596	3,036,850
1973	5,021,861	3,085,950
1974	5,045,297	3,137,500
1975	5,059,862	3,189,550
1976	5,072,596	3,238,050
1977	5,088,419	3,282,200
1978	5,104,248	3,329,100
1979	5,116,801	3,373,750
1980	5,123,027	3,412,800
1981	5,121,572	3,453,000
1982	5,117,810	3,485,800
1983	5,114,297	3,510,600
1984	5,111,619	3,532,423
1985	5,113,691	3,538,082
1986	5,120,534	3,539,690
1987	5,127,024	3,540,057
1988	5,129,516	3,524,949
1989	5,132,594	3,511,009
1990	5,140,939	3,513,974
1991	5,154,298	3,534,235
1992	5,171,370	3,558,430
1993	5,188,628	3,576,261
1994	5,206,180	3,590,386
1995	5,233,373	3,608,841
1996	5,263,074	3,637,510
1997	5,284,991	3,674,171
1998	5,304,219	3,712,696
1999	5,321,799	3,754,786
2000	5,339,616	3,805,174
2001	5,358,783	3,866,243
2002	5,375,931	3,931,947
2003	5,390,574	3,996,521
2004	5,404,523	4,070,262
2005	5,419,432	4,159,914
2006	5,437,272	4,273,591
2007	5,461,438	4,398,942
2008	5,493,621	4,489,544
2009	5,523,095	4,535,375
2010	5,547,683	4,560,155
2011	5,570,572	4,580,084
2012	5,591,572	4,599,533
2013	5,614,932	4,623,816
2014	5,643,475	4,657,740
2015	5,683,483	4,701,957
2016	5,728,010	4,762,722
2017	5,764,980	4,827,445
2018	5,793,636	4,898,022
2019	5,814,422	4,976,456
2020	5,831,404	5,039,747
2021	5,856,733	5,110,585
2022	5,903,037	5,212,836
2023	5,946,952	5,307,600
2024	5,976,992	5,380,257

Fertility rates in Denmark and Ireland

Fertility rate

Denmark

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Ireland
1960	2.57	3.78
1961	2.55	3.78
1962	2.55	3.92
1963	2.67	4.01
1964	2.6	4.07
1965	2.61	4.04
1966	2.62	3.94
1967	2.35	3.84
1968	2.12	3.77
1969	2	3.83
1970	1.95	3.85
1971	2.04	3.93
1972	2.03	3.84
1973	1.92	3.71
1974	1.9	3.59
1975	1.92	3.37
1976	1.75	3.29
1977	1.66	3.24
1978	1.67	3.21
1979	1.6	3.21
1980	1.55	3.21
1981	1.44	3.05
1982	1.43	2.94
1983	1.38	2.74
1984	1.4	2.58
1985	1.45	2.48
1986	1.48	2.44
1987	1.5	2.32
1988	1.56	2.17
1989	1.62	2.08
1990	1.67	2.11
1991	1.68	2.08
1992	1.76	1.99
1993	1.75	1.9
1994	1.81	1.85
1995	1.8	1.84
1996	1.75	1.88
1997	1.75	1.93
1998	1.72	1.94
1999	1.73	1.9
2000	1.77	1.89
2001	1.74	1.94
2002	1.72	1.97
2003	1.76	1.96
2004	1.78	1.93
2005	1.8	1.86
2006	1.85	1.91
2007	1.84	2.01
2008	1.89	2.06
2009	1.84	2.06
2010	1.87	2.05
2011	1.75	2.03
2012	1.73	1.98
2013	1.67	1.93
2014	1.69	1.89
2015	1.71	1.85
2016	1.79	1.81
2017	1.75	1.77
2018	1.73	1.75
2019	1.7	1.71
2020	1.68	1.63
2021	1.72	1.78
2022	1.55	1.54
2023	1.5	1.5

Denmark and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Ireland
1960	33	30.1
1961	33.1	29.8
1962	33	29.5
1963	33	29.2
1964	32.9	28.9
1965	32.8	28.6
1966	32.6	28.2
1967	32.5	28
1968	32.5	27.8
1969	32.5	27.6
1970	32.5	27.4
1971	32.5	27.1
1972	32.6	26.9
1973	32.7	26.7
1974	32.8	26.5
1975	33	26.5
1976	33.2	26.4
1977	33.4	26.5
1978	33.7	26.5
1979	33.9	26.5
1980	34.3	26.5
1981	34.7	26.6
1982	35.1	26.7
1983	35.5	26.9
1984	35.7	27.1
1985	36	27.3
1986	36.2	27.6
1987	36.5	27.9
1988	36.7	28.4
1989	36.9	28.8
1990	37.1	29.2
1991	37.3	29.6
1992	37.4	29.9
1993	37.5	30.2
1994	37.6	30.6
1995	37.7	30.9
1996	37.7	31.3
1997	37.9	31.6
1998	38	31.9
1999	38.2	32.2
2000	38.4	32.5
2001	38.6	32.7
2002	38.8	33
2003	39	33.2
2004	39.2	33.4
2005	39.5	33.4
2006	39.8	33.4
2007	40.1	33.4
2008	40.2	33.5
2009	40.4	33.9
2010	40.5	34.3
2011	40.7	34.8
2012	41	35.2
2013	41.2	35.6
2014	41.4	36
2015	41.5	36.4
2016	41.6	36.8
2017	41.7	37.1
2018	41.8	37.4
2019	41.9	37.8
2020	42.1	38.2
2021	42.2	38.6
2022	42.1	38.9
2023	42.2	39.4
2024	42.3	39.7

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