Denmark vs South Africa statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 130th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Denmark and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Denmark and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Denmark

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	South Africa
1960	$6,361,166,545	$8,748,596,501
1961	$7,058,361,229	$9,225,996,310
1962	$7,953,274,741	$9,813,996,074
1963	$8,466,044,980	$10,854,195,658
1964	$9,677,401,337	$11,955,995,218
1965	$10,870,670,865	$13,068,994,772
1966	$11,931,740,293	$14,211,394,315
1967	$13,059,064,806	$15,821,393,671
1968	$13,505,574,133	$17,124,793,150
1969	$15,414,902,667	$19,256,992,297
1970	$17,075,457,733	$21,218,391,513
1971	$19,086,192,720	$23,411,076,638
1972	$23,230,667,549	$24,515,919,217
1973	$30,718,181,337	$33,262,772,008
1974	$34,125,712,481	$41,389,186,095
1975	$40,418,967,666	$42,906,905,672
1976	$44,503,607,444	$41,150,460,288
1977	$49,711,709,588	$45,328,411,332
1978	$60,320,089,218	$51,607,412,902
1979	$70,393,030,603	$63,038,658,089
1980	$70,811,287,816	$89,411,864,402
1981	$61,459,941,461	$93,141,472,164
1982	$60,084,214,872	$85,904,057,409
1983	$60,331,158,447	$96,204,110,942
1984	$58,868,891,335	$84,870,163,366
1985	$62,452,421,011	$64,459,376,087
1986	$87,748,695,217	$73,354,771,399
1987	$109,183,446,340	$96,535,763,418
1988	$115,540,189,705	$103,976,831,871
1989	$112,312,200,761	$108,055,624,082
1990	$138,217,740,684	$126,048,140,142
1991	$139,180,507,778	$135,203,698,238
1992	$152,966,494,260	$146,956,150,987
1993	$143,111,306,004	$147,194,747,566
1994	$156,017,919,221	$153,512,712,382
1995	$184,848,481,008	$171,735,933,897
1996	$187,481,157,846	$163,234,925,381
1997	$173,241,365,735	$168,978,057,328
1998	$176,877,077,513	$152,982,984,557
1999	$177,887,720,536	$151,516,957,079
2000	$164,043,817,224	$151,752,757,215
2001	$164,881,594,415	$135,429,905,923
2002	$178,788,209,558	$129,087,556,612
2003	$218,421,193,436	$197,018,965,309
2004	$251,986,155,631	$255,806,908,595
2005	$265,150,087,712	$288,867,217,197
2006	$283,386,151,544	$303,858,675,364
2007	$320,213,157,595	$333,077,117,254
2008	$354,979,471,960	$316,131,258,616
2009	$322,619,152,195	$329,754,060,647
2010	$322,345,594,075	$417,363,822,802
2011	$344,315,595,263	$458,199,494,831
2012	$326,792,574,245	$434,400,545,086
2013	$344,631,016,965	$400,886,013,596
2014	$352,832,602,064	$381,198,869,776
2015	$301,758,922,338	$346,709,790,459
2016	$312,181,849,372	$323,585,509,674
2017	$331,610,593,962	$381,448,814,653
2018	$355,293,374,912	$405,260,723,893
2019	$345,401,473,013	$389,330,032,224
2020	$355,631,021,932	$337,974,655,408
2021	$408,378,204,640	$420,886,877,629
2022	$401,945,576,108	$406,920,004,594
2023	$407,091,920,305	$380,699,271,816
2024	$429,457,372,072	$400,260,724,226

Denmark and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	South Africa
1960	$1,389	$532
1961	$1,531	$546
1962	$1,711	$563
1963	$1,807	$605
1964	$2,049	$646
1965	$2,284	$685
1966	$2,487	$722
1967	$2,701	$779
1968	$2,776	$817
1969	$3,151	$891
1970	$3,464	$952
1971	$3,846	$1,020
1972	$4,654	$1,038
1973	$6,117	$1,369
1974	$6,764	$1,656
1975	$7,988	$1,670
1976	$8,773	$1,559
1977	$9,770	$1,671
1978	$11,818	$1,852
1979	$13,757	$2,202
1980	$13,822	$3,029
1981	$12,000	$3,050
1982	$11,740	$2,717
1983	$11,797	$2,938
1984	$11,517	$2,504
1985	$12,213	$1,839
1986	$17,137	$2,027
1987	$21,296	$2,586
1988	$22,525	$2,702
1989	$21,882	$2,727
1990	$26,886	$3,093
1991	$27,003	$3,243
1992	$29,579	$3,462
1993	$27,582	$3,400
1994	$29,968	$3,489
1995	$35,321	$3,856
1996	$35,622	$3,618
1997	$32,780	$3,700
1998	$33,346	$3,310
1999	$33,426	$3,242
2000	$30,722	$3,218
2001	$30,768	$2,847
2002	$33,257	$2,688
2003	$40,519	$4,062
2004	$46,625	$5,221
2005	$48,926	$5,837
2006	$52,119	$6,077
2007	$58,632	$6,592
2008	$64,617	$6,185
2009	$58,413	$6,375
2010	$58,105	$7,973
2011	$61,810	$8,646
2012	$58,444	$8,077
2013	$61,378	$7,332
2014	$62,520	$6,857
2015	$53,094	$6,112
2016	$54,501	$5,651
2017	$57,522	$6,618
2018	$61,325	$6,914
2019	$59,404	$6,534
2020	$60,985	$5,581
2021	$69,728	$6,843
2022	$68,091	$6,523
2023	$68,454	$6,023
2024	$71,852	$6,253

Denmark vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	South Africa
1950	70.3	43.1
1951	70.9	44.1
1952	70.8	45
1953	71.2	46.1
1954	71.3	47.1
1955	71.9	48.2
1956	72	49.2
1957	71.8	50.2
1958	72.2	51.1
1959	72.2	51.9
1960	72.2	52.6
1961	72.5	53.1
1962	72.4	53.6
1963	72.4	53.9
1964	72.5	54.2
1965	72.4	54.4
1966	72.5	54.7
1967	73	55
1968	73.1	55.2
1969	73.2	55.4
1970	73.4	55.7
1971	73.4	56
1972	73.5	56.4
1973	73.7	56.7
1974	73.8	57.1
1975	74.1	57.6
1976	73.8	58
1977	74.7	58.5
1978	74.4	59
1979	74.2	59.5
1980	74.1	60
1981	74.3	60.4
1982	74.6	60.9
1983	74.5	61.4
1984	74.6	61.8
1985	74.5	62.2
1986	74.6	62.4
1987	74.7	62.7
1988	74.8	62.9
1989	74.9	63
1990	74.9	62.9
1991	75.2	63
1992	75.3	62.8
1993	75.2	62.6
1994	75.4	62.1
1995	75.3	61.6
1996	75.7	61.1
1997	76	60.5
1998	76.4	59.9
1999	76.6	59.2
2000	76.8	58.4
2001	77	57.2
2002	77.1	55.6
2003	77.4	54.2
2004	77.8	54
2005	78.2	53.9
2006	78.2	54.2
2007	78.3	54.9
2008	78.7	56
2009	79	57.4
2010	79.2	58.9
2011	79.8	60.6
2012	80.1	61.7
2013	80.3	62.4
2014	80.6	63.2
2015	80.7	64.1
2016	80.9	64.7
2017	81.1	65.4
2018	81	65.7
2019	81.4	66.1
2020	81.5	65.2
2021	81.4	62
2022	81.3	65.5
2023	81.9	66.1
2024	82.1	66.3
2025	82.2	66.5

Denmark and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	South Africa
1960	4,579,603	16,440,172
1961	4,611,687	16,908,035
1962	4,647,727	17,418,522
1963	4,684,483	17,954,564
1964	4,722,072	18,511,361
1965	4,759,012	19,089,380
1966	4,797,381	19,690,087
1967	4,835,354	20,314,066
1968	4,864,883	20,957,287
1969	4,891,860	21,614,676
1970	4,928,757	22,279,984
1971	4,963,126	22,942,143
1972	4,991,596	23,609,456
1973	5,021,861	24,294,263
1974	5,045,297	24,989,108
1975	5,059,862	25,690,940
1976	5,072,596	26,395,450
1977	5,088,419	27,118,952
1978	5,104,248	27,869,507
1979	5,116,801	28,634,162
1980	5,123,027	29,518,857
1981	5,121,572	30,541,044
1982	5,117,810	31,615,339
1983	5,114,297	32,739,304
1984	5,111,619	33,892,788
1985	5,113,691	35,042,093
1986	5,120,534	36,180,515
1987	5,127,024	37,326,190
1988	5,129,516	38,480,649
1989	5,132,594	39,628,575
1990	5,140,939	40,746,268
1991	5,154,298	41,687,898
1992	5,171,370	42,443,509
1993	5,188,628	43,297,156
1994	5,206,180	44,004,139
1995	5,233,373	44,541,554
1996	5,263,074	45,123,018
1997	5,284,991	45,666,838
1998	5,304,219	46,223,880
1999	5,321,799	46,730,335
2000	5,339,616	47,159,719
2001	5,358,783	47,566,800
2002	5,375,931	48,019,415
2003	5,390,574	48,500,348
2004	5,404,523	48,991,421
2005	5,419,432	49,490,033
2006	5,437,272	49,998,277
2007	5,461,438	50,528,584
2008	5,493,621	51,114,599
2009	5,523,095	51,728,516
2010	5,547,683	52,344,051
2011	5,570,572	52,995,205
2012	5,591,572	53,782,567
2013	5,614,932	54,678,791
2014	5,643,475	55,594,838
2015	5,683,483	56,723,537
2016	5,728,010	57,259,551
2017	5,764,980	57,635,162
2018	5,793,636	58,613,001
2019	5,814,422	59,587,885
2020	5,831,404	60,562,381
2021	5,856,733	61,502,603
2022	5,903,037	62,378,410
2023	5,946,952	63,212,384
2024	5,976,992	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Denmark and South Africa

Fertility rate

Denmark

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	South Africa
1960	2.57	6.11
1961	2.55	6.08
1962	2.55	6.05
1963	2.67	6.01
1964	2.6	5.96
1965	2.61	5.89
1966	2.62	5.91
1967	2.35	5.85
1968	2.12	5.78
1969	2	5.72
1970	1.95	5.63
1971	2.04	5.57
1972	2.03	5.49
1973	1.92	5.41
1974	1.9	5.3
1975	1.92	5.19
1976	1.75	5.07
1977	1.66	4.94
1978	1.67	4.85
1979	1.6	4.82
1980	1.55	4.78
1981	1.44	4.71
1982	1.43	4.7
1983	1.38	4.63
1984	1.4	4.57
1985	1.45	4.5
1986	1.48	4.41
1987	1.5	4.35
1988	1.56	4.18
1989	1.62	3.98
1990	1.67	3.72
1991	1.68	3.62
1992	1.76	3.48
1993	1.75	3.37
1994	1.81	3.26
1995	1.8	3.17
1996	1.75	2.99
1997	1.75	2.73
1998	1.72	2.63
1999	1.73	2.56
2000	1.77	2.41
2001	1.74	2.37
2002	1.72	2.32
2003	1.76	2.36
2004	1.78	2.44
2005	1.8	2.51
2006	1.85	2.55
2007	1.84	2.55
2008	1.89	2.68
2009	1.84	2.5
2010	1.87	2.44
2011	1.75	2.44
2012	1.73	2.45
2013	1.67	2.43
2014	1.69	2.42
2015	1.71	2.36
2016	1.79	2.26
2017	1.75	2.28
2018	1.73	2.27
2019	1.7	2.26
2020	1.68	2.26
2021	1.72	2.25
2022	1.55	2.23
2023	1.5	2.22

Denmark and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	South Africa
1960	33	19
1961	33.1	19
1962	33	18.9
1963	33	18.9
1964	32.9	18.9
1965	32.8	18.8
1966	32.6	18.8
1967	32.5	18.8
1968	32.5	18.8
1969	32.5	18.8
1970	32.5	18.8
1971	32.5	18.8
1972	32.6	18.8
1973	32.7	18.8
1974	32.8	18.9
1975	33	18.9
1976	33.2	19
1977	33.4	19.1
1978	33.7	19.2
1979	33.9	19.3
1980	34.3	19.4
1981	34.7	19.6
1982	35.1	19.8
1983	35.5	20
1984	35.7	20.2
1985	36	20.4
1986	36.2	20.5
1987	36.5	20.7
1988	36.7	20.9
1989	36.9	21.1
1990	37.1	21.3
1991	37.3	21.5
1992	37.4	21.5
1993	37.5	21.9
1994	37.6	22
1995	37.7	21.5
1996	37.7	21.2
1997	37.9	21.2
1998	38	21.4
1999	38.2	21.6
2000	38.4	21.9
2001	38.6	22.2
2002	38.8	22.4
2003	39	22.8
2004	39.2	23.1
2005	39.5	23.3
2006	39.8	23.5
2007	40.1	23.8
2008	40.2	24
2009	40.4	24.3
2010	40.5	24.6
2011	40.7	25
2012	41	25.3
2013	41.2	25.7
2014	41.4	26
2015	41.5	26.4
2016	41.6	26.7
2017	41.7	27
2018	41.8	27.5
2019	41.9	27.9
2020	42.1	28.3
2021	42.2	28.6
2022	42.1	28.9
2023	42.2	29.2
2024	42.3	29.5

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