Denmark vs Netherlands statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 130th vs. 134th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Denmark and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Netherlands
1960	$6,361,166,545	$13,282,979,015
1961	$7,058,361,229	$14,599,836,396
1962	$7,953,274,741	$15,847,582,341
1963	$8,466,044,980	$17,193,744,109
1964	$9,677,401,337	$20,232,048,553
1965	$10,870,670,865	$22,721,869,808
1966	$11,931,740,293	$24,741,480,717
1967	$13,059,064,806	$27,143,828,099
1968	$13,505,574,133	$30,097,635,751
1969	$15,414,902,667	$34,086,038,090
1970	$17,075,457,733	$38,220,884,519
1971	$19,086,192,720	$44,644,730,576
1972	$23,230,667,549	$54,787,070,173
1973	$30,718,181,337	$71,946,639,603
1974	$34,125,712,481	$87,371,810,804
1975	$40,418,967,666	$100,397,061,694
1976	$44,503,607,444	$109,329,386,564
1977	$49,711,709,588	$127,203,923,857
1978	$60,320,089,218	$156,089,077,205
1979	$70,393,030,603	$179,933,827,310
1980	$70,811,287,816	$195,439,301,707
1981	$61,459,941,461	$164,375,775,854
1982	$60,084,214,872	$158,712,765,536
1983	$60,331,158,447	$153,671,294,109
1984	$58,868,891,335	$144,124,462,912
1985	$62,452,421,011	$144,057,523,222
1986	$87,748,695,217	$201,157,708,221
1987	$109,183,446,340	$245,406,949,521
1988	$115,540,189,705	$262,295,966,105
1989	$112,312,200,761	$258,716,904,292
1990	$138,217,740,684	$318,799,003,994
1991	$139,180,507,778	$327,982,316,124
1992	$152,966,494,260	$363,497,050,125
1993	$143,111,306,004	$354,070,495,966
1994	$156,017,919,221	$379,688,232,232
1995	$184,848,481,008	$452,967,334,614
1996	$187,481,157,846	$451,372,549,020
1997	$173,241,365,735	$417,506,211,882
1998	$176,877,077,513	$438,612,530,549
1999	$177,887,720,536	$447,778,514,140
2000	$164,043,817,224	$417,649,282,154
2001	$164,881,594,415	$432,536,219,669
2002	$178,788,209,558	$475,529,972,123
2003	$218,421,193,436	$582,435,617,082
2004	$251,986,155,631	$661,224,886,143
2005	$265,150,087,712	$688,133,699,636
2006	$283,386,151,544	$737,593,995,289
2007	$320,213,157,595	$853,499,460,873
2008	$354,979,471,960	$957,901,566,041
2009	$322,619,152,195	$878,954,223,140
2010	$322,345,594,075	$852,464,982,433
2011	$344,315,595,263	$913,140,741,333
2012	$326,792,574,245	$845,689,017,066
2013	$344,631,016,965	$883,951,539,007
2014	$352,832,602,064	$901,556,501,756
2015	$301,758,922,338	$775,743,675,303
2016	$312,181,849,372	$797,163,949,290
2017	$331,610,593,962	$848,233,537,846
2018	$355,293,374,912	$929,733,599,797
2019	$345,401,473,013	$928,903,005,576
2020	$355,631,021,932	$932,560,861,701
2021	$408,378,204,640	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$401,945,576,108	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$407,091,920,305	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$429,457,372,072	$1,227,543,925,316

Denmark and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Netherlands
1960	$1,389	$1,156
1961	$1,531	$1,254
1962	$1,711	$1,342
1963	$1,807	$1,437
1964	$2,049	$1,668
1965	$2,284	$1,848
1966	$2,487	$1,986
1967	$2,701	$2,155
1968	$2,776	$2,364
1969	$3,151	$2,647
1970	$3,464	$2,931
1971	$3,846	$3,384
1972	$4,654	$4,110
1973	$6,117	$5,353
1974	$6,764	$6,450
1975	$7,988	$7,346
1976	$8,773	$7,937
1977	$9,770	$9,180
1978	$11,818	$11,196
1979	$13,757	$12,817
1980	$13,822	$13,812
1981	$12,000	$11,537
1982	$11,740	$11,089
1983	$11,797	$10,696
1984	$11,517	$9,992
1985	$12,213	$9,941
1986	$17,137	$13,804
1987	$21,296	$16,734
1988	$22,525	$17,771
1989	$21,882	$17,423
1990	$26,886	$21,322
1991	$27,003	$21,764
1992	$29,579	$23,939
1993	$27,582	$23,156
1994	$29,968	$24,683
1995	$35,321	$29,301
1996	$35,622	$29,064
1997	$32,780	$26,745
1998	$33,346	$27,924
1999	$33,426	$28,319
2000	$30,722	$26,225
2001	$30,768	$26,956
2002	$33,257	$29,447
2003	$40,519	$35,897
2004	$46,625	$40,611
2005	$48,926	$42,165
2006	$52,119	$45,124
2007	$58,632	$52,101
2008	$64,617	$58,247
2009	$58,413	$53,172
2010	$58,105	$51,306
2011	$61,810	$54,702
2012	$58,444	$50,474
2013	$61,378	$52,602
2014	$62,520	$53,457
2015	$53,094	$45,794
2016	$54,501	$46,809
2017	$57,522	$49,514
2018	$61,325	$53,955
2019	$59,404	$53,555
2020	$60,985	$53,468
2021	$69,728	$60,142
2022	$68,091	$59,123
2023	$68,454	$64,572
2024	$71,852	$68,219

Denmark vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Netherlands
1950	70.3	71.4
1951	70.9	71.5
1952	70.8	72.1
1953	71.2	71.7
1954	71.3	72.4
1955	71.9	72.5
1956	72	72.5
1957	71.8	73
1958	72.2	73.1
1959	72.2	73.2
1960	72.2	73.4
1961	72.5	73.6
1962	72.4	73.2
1963	72.4	73.4
1964	72.5	73.7
1965	72.4	73.6
1966	72.5	73.6
1967	73	73.8
1968	73.1	73.6
1969	73.2	73.6
1970	73.4	73.6
1971	73.4	73.9
1972	73.5	73.8
1973	73.7	74.2
1974	73.8	74.6
1975	74.1	74.6
1976	73.8	74.7
1977	74.7	75.3
1978	74.4	75.2
1979	74.2	75.6
1980	74.1	75.8
1981	74.3	76
1982	74.6	76.1
1983	74.5	76.3
1984	74.6	76.3
1985	74.5	76.4
1986	74.6	76.4
1987	74.7	76.8
1988	74.8	77
1989	74.9	76.8
1990	74.9	77
1991	75.2	77.2
1992	75.3	77.4
1993	75.2	77
1994	75.4	77.5
1995	75.3	77.6
1996	75.7	77.6
1997	76	77.9
1998	76.4	78
1999	76.6	78
2000	76.8	78.1
2001	77	78.3
2002	77.1	78.4
2003	77.4	78.7
2004	77.8	79.2
2005	78.2	79.5
2006	78.2	79.8
2007	78.3	80.3
2008	78.7	80.4
2009	79	80.7
2010	79.2	80.8
2011	79.8	81.1
2012	80.1	81.1
2013	80.3	81.3
2014	80.6	81.7
2015	80.7	81.5
2016	80.9	81.6
2017	81.1	81.7
2018	81	81.8
2019	81.4	82.1
2020	81.5	81.4
2021	81.4	81.4
2022	81.3	81.9
2023	81.9	82.2
2024	82.1	82.3
2025	82.2	82.4

Denmark and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Netherlands
1960	4,579,603	11,486,631
1961	4,611,687	11,638,712
1962	4,647,727	11,805,689
1963	4,684,483	11,965,966
1964	4,722,072	12,127,120
1965	4,759,012	12,294,732
1966	4,797,381	12,456,251
1967	4,835,354	12,598,201
1968	4,864,883	12,729,721
1969	4,891,860	12,877,984
1970	4,928,757	13,038,526
1971	4,963,126	13,194,497
1972	4,991,596	13,328,593
1973	5,021,861	13,439,322
1974	5,045,297	13,545,056
1975	5,059,862	13,666,335
1976	5,072,596	13,774,037
1977	5,088,419	13,856,185
1978	5,104,248	13,941,700
1979	5,116,801	14,038,270
1980	5,123,027	14,149,800
1981	5,121,572	14,247,208
1982	5,117,810	14,312,690
1983	5,114,297	14,367,070
1984	5,111,619	14,424,211
1985	5,113,691	14,491,632
1986	5,120,534	14,572,278
1987	5,127,024	14,665,037
1988	5,129,516	14,760,094
1989	5,132,594	14,848,907
1990	5,140,939	14,951,510
1991	5,154,298	15,069,798
1992	5,171,370	15,184,166
1993	5,188,628	15,290,368
1994	5,206,180	15,382,838
1995	5,233,373	15,459,006
1996	5,263,074	15,530,498
1997	5,284,991	15,610,650
1998	5,304,219	15,707,209
1999	5,321,799	15,812,088
2000	5,339,616	15,925,513
2001	5,358,783	16,046,180
2002	5,375,931	16,148,929
2003	5,390,574	16,225,302
2004	5,404,523	16,281,779
2005	5,419,432	16,319,868
2006	5,437,272	16,346,101
2007	5,461,438	16,381,696
2008	5,493,621	16,445,593
2009	5,523,095	16,530,388
2010	5,547,683	16,615,394
2011	5,570,572	16,693,074
2012	5,591,572	16,754,962
2013	5,614,932	16,804,432
2014	5,643,475	16,865,008
2015	5,683,483	16,939,923
2016	5,728,010	17,030,314
2017	5,764,980	17,131,296
2018	5,793,636	17,231,624
2019	5,814,422	17,344,874
2020	5,831,404	17,441,500
2021	5,856,733	17,533,044
2022	5,903,037	17,700,982
2023	5,946,952	17,877,117
2024	5,976,992	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Denmark and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Denmark

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Netherlands
1960	2.57	3.12
1961	2.55	3.22
1962	2.55	3.18
1963	2.67	3.19
1964	2.6	3.17
1965	2.61	3.04
1966	2.62	2.9
1967	2.35	2.81
1968	2.12	2.72
1969	2	2.75
1970	1.95	2.57
1971	2.04	2.36
1972	2.03	2.15
1973	1.92	1.9
1974	1.9	1.77
1975	1.92	1.66
1976	1.75	1.63
1977	1.66	1.58
1978	1.67	1.58
1979	1.6	1.56
1980	1.55	1.6
1981	1.44	1.56
1982	1.43	1.5
1983	1.38	1.47
1984	1.4	1.49
1985	1.45	1.51
1986	1.48	1.55
1987	1.5	1.56
1988	1.56	1.55
1989	1.62	1.55
1990	1.67	1.62
1991	1.68	1.61
1992	1.76	1.59
1993	1.75	1.57
1994	1.81	1.57
1995	1.8	1.53
1996	1.75	1.53
1997	1.75	1.56
1998	1.72	1.63
1999	1.73	1.65
2000	1.77	1.72
2001	1.74	1.71
2002	1.72	1.73
2003	1.76	1.75
2004	1.78	1.72
2005	1.8	1.71
2006	1.85	1.72
2007	1.84	1.72
2008	1.89	1.77
2009	1.84	1.79
2010	1.87	1.79
2011	1.75	1.76
2012	1.73	1.72
2013	1.67	1.68
2014	1.69	1.71
2015	1.71	1.66
2016	1.79	1.66
2017	1.75	1.62
2018	1.73	1.59
2019	1.7	1.57
2020	1.68	1.54
2021	1.72	1.62
2022	1.55	1.49
2023	1.5	1.43

Denmark and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Netherlands
1960	33	28.8
1961	33.1	28.8
1962	33	28.7
1963	33	28.7
1964	32.9	28.6
1965	32.8	28.6
1966	32.6	28.6
1967	32.5	28.5
1968	32.5	28.6
1969	32.5	28.6
1970	32.5	28.6
1971	32.5	28.7
1972	32.6	28.9
1973	32.7	29
1974	32.8	29.3
1975	33	29.4
1976	33.2	29.8
1977	33.4	30.3
1978	33.7	30.7
1979	33.9	31
1980	34.3	31.3
1981	34.7	31.6
1982	35.1	31.9
1983	35.5	32.3
1984	35.7	32.6
1985	36	32.9
1986	36.2	33.2
1987	36.5	33.5
1988	36.7	33.8
1989	36.9	34.1
1990	37.1	34.3
1991	37.3	34.6
1992	37.4	34.8
1993	37.5	35.1
1994	37.6	35.4
1995	37.7	35.7
1996	37.7	36.1
1997	37.9	36.4
1998	38	36.7
1999	38.2	37
2000	38.4	37.3
2001	38.6	37.5
2002	38.8	37.8
2003	39	38.1
2004	39.2	38.5
2005	39.5	38.9
2006	39.8	39.3
2007	40.1	39.7
2008	40.2	40
2009	40.4	40.3
2010	40.5	40.7
2011	40.7	41
2012	41	41.3
2013	41.2	41.6
2014	41.4	41.8
2015	41.5	42
2016	41.6	42.2
2017	41.7	42.3
2018	41.8	42.4
2019	41.9	42.5
2020	42.1	42.5
2021	42.2	42.6
2022	42.1	42.5
2023	42.2	42.4
2024	42.3	42.4

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