Denmark vs Norway statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 5.57M in Norway (ranked 118/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 140,645 sq mi for Norway (ranked 130th vs. 62nd).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810).

Denmark and Norway: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Norway economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Norway

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Norway
1960	$6,361,166,545	$5,197,398,721
1961	$7,058,361,229	$5,669,689,210
1962	$7,953,274,741	$6,107,076,929
1963	$8,466,044,980	$6,553,269,536
1964	$9,677,401,337	$7,206,522,122
1965	$10,870,670,865	$8,111,945,661
1966	$11,931,740,293	$8,753,940,267
1967	$13,059,064,806	$9,577,383,653
1968	$13,505,574,133	$10,227,087,165
1969	$15,414,902,667	$11,136,187,440
1970	$17,075,457,733	$12,814,123,115
1971	$19,086,192,720	$14,583,114,840
1972	$23,230,667,549	$17,358,610,850
1973	$30,718,181,337	$22,534,253,703
1974	$34,125,712,481	$27,145,693,810
1975	$40,418,967,666	$32,877,805,200
1976	$44,503,607,444	$35,942,270,686
1977	$49,711,709,588	$41,508,030,431
1978	$60,320,089,218	$46,522,900,254
1979	$70,393,030,603	$53,132,244,624
1980	$70,811,287,816	$64,439,382,896
1981	$61,459,941,461	$63,596,654,761
1982	$60,084,214,872	$62,647,195,538
1983	$60,331,158,447	$61,627,240,831
1984	$58,868,891,335	$62,057,955,033
1985	$62,452,421,011	$65,416,879,914
1986	$87,748,695,217	$78,693,118,044
1987	$109,183,446,340	$94,229,907,236
1988	$115,540,189,705	$101,900,260,856
1989	$112,312,200,761	$102,633,934,391
1990	$138,217,740,684	$119,791,843,060
1991	$139,180,507,778	$121,872,464,483
1992	$152,966,494,260	$130,838,040,068
1993	$143,111,306,004	$120,579,213,713
1994	$156,017,919,221	$127,131,319,429
1995	$184,848,481,008	$152,029,612,325
1996	$187,481,157,846	$163,520,109,151
1997	$173,241,365,735	$161,356,631,888
1998	$176,877,077,513	$154,230,295,158
1999	$177,887,720,536	$162,383,706,021
2000	$164,043,817,224	$171,457,201,936
2001	$164,881,594,415	$174,239,354,071
2002	$178,788,209,558	$195,914,852,576
2003	$218,421,193,436	$229,385,469,337
2004	$251,986,155,631	$265,268,662,473
2005	$265,150,087,712	$309,978,579,744
2006	$283,386,151,544	$346,915,160,682
2007	$320,213,157,595	$402,643,260,488
2008	$354,979,471,960	$464,917,553,191
2009	$322,619,152,195	$387,976,400,617
2010	$322,345,594,075	$431,052,143,940
2011	$344,315,595,263	$501,360,549,669
2012	$326,792,574,245	$512,777,309,841
2013	$344,631,016,965	$526,014,468,085
2014	$352,832,602,064	$501,736,471,833
2015	$301,758,922,338	$388,159,512,246
2016	$312,181,849,372	$370,956,547,619
2017	$331,610,593,962	$401,745,275,035
2018	$355,293,374,912	$439,788,625,884
2019	$345,401,473,013	$408,742,840,909
2020	$355,631,021,932	$367,633,418,887
2021	$408,378,204,640	$503,367,986,030
2022	$401,945,576,108	$596,297,651,036
2023	$407,091,920,305	$482,949,731,777
2024	$429,457,372,072	$483,727,398,216

Denmark and Norway economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Norway

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Norway
1960	$1,389	$1,451
1961	$1,531	$1,571
1962	$1,711	$1,678
1963	$1,807	$1,787
1964	$2,049	$1,951
1965	$2,284	$2,179
1966	$2,487	$2,333
1967	$2,701	$2,531
1968	$2,776	$2,680
1969	$3,151	$2,894
1970	$3,464	$3,306
1971	$3,846	$3,736
1972	$4,654	$4,414
1973	$6,117	$5,690
1974	$6,764	$6,812
1975	$7,988	$8,204
1976	$8,773	$8,927
1977	$9,770	$10,266
1978	$11,818	$11,463
1979	$13,757	$13,047
1980	$13,822	$15,772
1981	$12,000	$15,513
1982	$11,740	$15,225
1983	$11,797	$14,928
1984	$11,517	$14,989
1985	$12,213	$15,754
1986	$17,137	$18,883
1987	$21,296	$22,506
1988	$22,525	$24,207
1989	$21,882	$24,281
1990	$26,886	$28,243
1991	$27,003	$28,597
1992	$29,579	$30,524
1993	$27,582	$27,964
1994	$29,968	$29,316
1995	$35,321	$34,876
1996	$35,622	$37,322
1997	$32,780	$36,629
1998	$33,346	$34,803
1999	$33,426	$36,393
2000	$30,722	$38,178
2001	$30,768	$38,602
2002	$33,257	$43,171
2003	$40,519	$50,250
2004	$46,625	$57,769
2005	$48,926	$67,047
2006	$52,119	$74,434
2007	$58,632	$85,502
2008	$64,617	$97,504
2009	$58,413	$80,348
2010	$58,105	$88,163
2011	$61,810	$101,222
2012	$58,444	$102,176
2013	$61,378	$103,554
2014	$62,520	$97,667
2015	$53,094	$74,810
2016	$54,501	$70,867
2017	$57,522	$76,132
2018	$61,325	$82,793
2019	$59,404	$76,431
2020	$60,985	$68,340
2021	$69,728	$93,073
2022	$68,091	$109,270
2023	$68,454	$87,497
2024	$71,852	$86,810

Denmark vs. Norway life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Norway

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Norway
1950	70.3	71.6
1951	70.9	72.5
1952	70.8	72.7
1953	71.2	73.1
1954	71.3	73.2
1955	71.9	73.4
1956	72	73.5
1957	71.8	73.4
1958	72.2	73.4
1959	72.2	73.6
1960	72.2	73.6
1961	72.5	73.6
1962	72.4	73.5
1963	72.4	73.1
1964	72.5	73.6
1965	72.4	73.7
1966	72.5	74
1967	73	74.1
1968	73.1	73.9
1969	73.2	73.7
1970	73.4	74.1
1971	73.4	74.2
1972	73.5	74.3
1973	73.7	74.4
1974	73.8	74.8
1975	74.1	74.8
1976	73.8	75
1977	74.7	75.4
1978	74.4	75.4
1979	74.2	75.4
1980	74.1	75.7
1981	74.3	75.9
1982	74.6	76
1983	74.5	76.1
1984	74.6	76.2
1985	74.5	75.9
1986	74.6	76.3
1987	74.7	76.1
1988	74.8	76.3
1989	74.9	76.5
1990	74.9	76.6
1991	75.2	77
1992	75.3	77.2
1993	75.2	77.2
1994	75.4	77.8
1995	75.3	77.8
1996	75.7	78.2
1997	76	78.2
1998	76.4	78.4
1999	76.6	78.4
2000	76.8	78.7
2001	77	78.9
2002	77.1	79
2003	77.4	79.5
2004	77.8	80
2005	78.2	80.2
2006	78.2	80.4
2007	78.3	80.5
2008	78.7	80.7
2009	79	80.9
2010	79.2	81
2011	79.8	81.2
2012	80.1	81.4
2013	80.3	81.7
2014	80.6	82.1
2015	80.7	82.3
2016	80.9	82.4
2017	81.1	82.6
2018	81	82.8
2019	81.4	83
2020	81.5	83.2
2021	81.4	83.2
2022	81.3	82.6
2023	81.9	83.3
2024	82.1	83.5
2025	82.2	83.6

Denmark and Norway population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Norway

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Norway
1960	4,579,603	3,581,239
1961	4,611,687	3,609,800
1962	4,647,727	3,638,918
1963	4,684,483	3,666,537
1964	4,722,072	3,694,339
1965	4,759,012	3,723,168
1966	4,797,381	3,753,012
1967	4,835,354	3,784,539
1968	4,864,883	3,816,486
1969	4,891,860	3,847,707
1970	4,928,757	3,875,763
1971	4,963,126	3,903,039
1972	4,991,596	3,933,004
1973	5,021,861	3,960,612
1974	5,045,297	3,985,258
1975	5,059,862	4,007,313
1976	5,072,596	4,026,152
1977	5,088,419	4,043,205
1978	5,104,248	4,058,671
1979	5,116,801	4,072,517
1980	5,123,027	4,085,620
1981	5,121,572	4,099,702
1982	5,117,810	4,114,787
1983	5,114,297	4,128,432
1984	5,111,619	4,140,099
1985	5,113,691	4,152,516
1986	5,120,534	4,167,354
1987	5,127,024	4,186,905
1988	5,129,516	4,209,488
1989	5,132,594	4,226,901
1990	5,140,939	4,241,473
1991	5,154,298	4,261,732
1992	5,171,370	4,286,401
1993	5,188,628	4,311,991
1994	5,206,180	4,336,613
1995	5,233,373	4,359,184
1996	5,263,074	4,381,336
1997	5,284,991	4,405,157
1998	5,304,219	4,431,464
1999	5,321,799	4,461,913
2000	5,339,616	4,490,967
2001	5,358,783	4,513,751
2002	5,375,931	4,538,159
2003	5,390,574	4,564,855
2004	5,404,523	4,591,910
2005	5,419,432	4,623,291
2006	5,437,272	4,660,677
2007	5,461,438	4,709,153
2008	5,493,621	4,768,212
2009	5,523,095	4,828,726
2010	5,547,683	4,889,252
2011	5,570,572	4,953,088
2012	5,591,572	5,018,573
2013	5,614,932	5,079,623
2014	5,643,475	5,137,232
2015	5,683,483	5,188,607
2016	5,728,010	5,234,519
2017	5,764,980	5,276,968
2018	5,793,636	5,311,916
2019	5,814,422	5,347,896
2020	5,831,404	5,379,475
2021	5,856,733	5,408,320
2022	5,903,037	5,457,127
2023	5,946,952	5,519,594
2024	5,976,992	5,572,272

Fertility rates in Denmark and Norway

Fertility rate

Denmark

Norway

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Norway
1960	2.57	2.85
1961	2.55	2.94
1962	2.55	2.91
1963	2.67	2.93
1964	2.6	2.98
1965	2.61	2.94
1966	2.62	2.9
1967	2.35	2.81
1968	2.12	2.75
1969	2	2.7
1970	1.95	2.5
1971	2.04	2.49
1972	2.03	2.38
1973	1.92	2.23
1974	1.9	2.13
1975	1.92	1.98
1976	1.75	1.86
1977	1.66	1.75
1978	1.67	1.77
1979	1.6	1.75
1980	1.55	1.72
1981	1.44	1.7
1982	1.43	1.71
1983	1.38	1.66
1984	1.4	1.66
1985	1.45	1.68
1986	1.48	1.71
1987	1.5	1.74
1988	1.56	1.84
1989	1.62	1.89
1990	1.67	1.93
1991	1.68	1.92
1992	1.76	1.88
1993	1.75	1.86
1994	1.81	1.87
1995	1.8	1.87
1996	1.75	1.89
1997	1.75	1.86
1998	1.72	1.81
1999	1.73	1.85
2000	1.77	1.85
2001	1.74	1.78
2002	1.72	1.75
2003	1.76	1.8
2004	1.78	1.83
2005	1.8	1.84
2006	1.85	1.9
2007	1.84	1.9
2008	1.89	1.96
2009	1.84	1.98
2010	1.87	1.95
2011	1.75	1.88
2012	1.73	1.85
2013	1.67	1.78
2014	1.69	1.75
2015	1.71	1.72
2016	1.79	1.71
2017	1.75	1.62
2018	1.73	1.56
2019	1.7	1.53
2020	1.68	1.48
2021	1.72	1.55
2022	1.55	1.41
2023	1.5	1.4

Denmark and Norway demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Norway

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Norway
1960	33	34.3
1961	33.1	34.4
1962	33	34.4
1963	33	34.3
1964	32.9	34.2
1965	32.8	34.1
1966	32.6	33.9
1967	32.5	33.7
1968	32.5	33.5
1969	32.5	33.2
1970	32.5	32.9
1971	32.5	32.7
1972	32.6	32.5
1973	32.7	32.4
1974	32.8	32.4
1975	33	32.5
1976	33.2	32.6
1977	33.4	32.7
1978	33.7	32.9
1979	33.9	33.1
1980	34.3	33.3
1981	34.7	33.6
1982	35.1	33.9
1983	35.5	34.1
1984	35.7	34.4
1985	36	34.6
1986	36.2	34.8
1987	36.5	34.9
1988	36.7	35.1
1989	36.9	35.2
1990	37.1	35.4
1991	37.3	35.5
1992	37.4	35.7
1993	37.5	35.8
1994	37.6	35.9
1995	37.7	36.1
1996	37.7	36.2
1997	37.9	36.4
1998	38	36.5
1999	38.2	36.7
2000	38.4	36.9
2001	38.6	37.1
2002	38.8	37.3
2003	39	37.5
2004	39.2	37.7
2005	39.5	37.9
2006	39.8	38.1
2007	40.1	38.3
2008	40.2	38.4
2009	40.4	38.5
2010	40.5	38.6
2011	40.7	38.7
2012	41	38.8
2013	41.2	38.9
2014	41.4	39
2015	41.5	39.2
2016	41.6	39.3
2017	41.7	39.4
2018	41.8	39.6
2019	41.9	39.8
2020	42.1	40
2021	42.2	40.3
2022	42.1	40.4
2023	42.2	40.5
2024	42.3	40.7

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