Denmark vs Sweden statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 130th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Denmark and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Sweden
1960	$6,361,166,545	$15,930,258,332
1961	$7,058,361,229	$17,329,819,494
1962	$7,953,274,741	$18,794,282,717
1963	$8,466,044,980	$20,342,365,392
1964	$9,677,401,337	$22,685,750,575
1965	$10,870,670,865	$24,964,233,891
1966	$11,931,740,293	$27,155,028,520
1967	$13,059,064,806	$29,475,219,787
1968	$13,505,574,133	$31,278,230,634
1969	$15,414,902,667	$33,967,691,454
1970	$17,075,457,733	$38,037,663,342
1971	$19,086,192,720	$41,506,627,519
1972	$23,230,667,549	$48,883,734,672
1973	$30,718,181,337	$59,319,523,962
1974	$34,125,712,481	$65,918,391,224
1975	$40,418,967,666	$82,766,182,746
1976	$44,503,607,444	$89,233,541,404
1977	$49,711,709,588	$94,332,865,494
1978	$60,320,089,218	$104,292,130,796
1979	$70,393,030,603	$123,208,942,175
1980	$70,811,287,816	$141,887,695,763
1981	$61,459,941,461	$129,500,408,224
1982	$60,084,214,872	$114,216,043,040
1983	$60,331,158,447	$104,863,313,508
1984	$58,868,891,335	$109,044,297,251
1985	$62,452,421,011	$113,959,392,485
1986	$87,748,695,217	$150,281,594,980
1987	$109,183,446,340	$182,746,413,791
1988	$115,540,189,705	$206,688,963,474
1989	$112,312,200,761	$217,634,838,449
1990	$138,217,740,684	$261,469,578,631
1991	$139,180,507,778	$273,834,608,020
1992	$152,966,494,260	$283,912,173,667
1993	$143,111,306,004	$212,647,043,708
1994	$156,017,919,221	$228,701,658,891
1995	$184,848,481,008	$267,052,836,695
1996	$187,481,157,846	$291,952,430,659
1997	$173,241,365,735	$268,251,974,486
1998	$176,877,077,513	$270,889,570,938
1999	$177,887,720,536	$274,320,415,376
2000	$164,043,817,224	$262,905,197,442
2001	$164,881,594,415	$242,499,249,693
2002	$178,788,209,558	$267,373,345,247
2003	$218,421,193,436	$334,074,051,173
2004	$251,986,155,631	$384,547,211,147
2005	$265,150,087,712	$391,690,329,314
2006	$283,386,151,544	$422,530,427,476
2007	$320,213,157,595	$490,050,156,833
2008	$354,979,471,960	$514,616,528,349
2009	$322,619,152,195	$434,313,804,907
2010	$322,345,594,075	$492,753,255,886
2011	$344,315,595,263	$570,541,353,129
2012	$326,792,574,245	$549,742,183,874
2013	$344,631,016,965	$584,128,116,410
2014	$352,832,602,064	$577,730,245,154
2015	$301,758,922,338	$501,698,263,621
2016	$312,181,849,372	$514,218,206,628
2017	$331,610,593,962	$536,083,940,229
2018	$355,293,374,912	$551,312,498,430
2019	$345,401,473,013	$532,169,294,166
2020	$355,631,021,932	$545,147,614,972
2021	$408,378,204,640	$637,186,904,844
2022	$401,945,576,108	$579,895,717,344
2023	$407,091,920,305	$585,489,968,189
2024	$429,457,372,072	$610,117,791,237

Denmark and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Sweden
1960	$1,389	$2,128
1961	$1,531	$2,304
1962	$1,711	$2,485
1963	$1,807	$2,675
1964	$2,049	$2,961
1965	$2,284	$3,228
1966	$2,487	$3,478
1967	$2,701	$3,746
1968	$2,776	$3,953
1969	$3,151	$4,263
1970	$3,464	$4,729
1971	$3,846	$5,125
1972	$4,654	$6,018
1973	$6,117	$7,291
1974	$6,764	$8,078
1975	$7,988	$10,103
1976	$8,773	$10,853
1977	$9,770	$11,432
1978	$11,818	$12,602
1979	$13,757	$14,856
1980	$13,822	$17,073
1981	$12,000	$15,564
1982	$11,740	$13,719
1983	$11,797	$12,590
1984	$11,517	$13,080
1985	$12,213	$13,647
1986	$17,137	$17,955
1987	$21,296	$21,761
1988	$22,525	$24,499
1989	$21,882	$25,625
1990	$26,886	$30,550
1991	$27,003	$31,777
1992	$29,579	$32,754
1993	$27,582	$24,390
1994	$29,968	$26,046
1995	$35,321	$30,254
1996	$35,622	$33,023
1997	$32,780	$30,324
1998	$33,346	$30,606
1999	$33,426	$30,969
2000	$30,722	$29,633
2001	$30,768	$27,259
2002	$33,257	$29,958
2003	$40,519	$37,292
2004	$46,625	$42,758
2005	$48,926	$43,379
2006	$52,119	$46,532
2007	$58,632	$53,569
2008	$64,617	$55,817
2009	$58,413	$46,708
2010	$58,105	$52,543
2011	$61,810	$60,380
2012	$58,444	$57,750
2013	$61,378	$60,844
2014	$62,520	$59,584
2015	$53,094	$51,198
2016	$54,501	$51,820
2017	$57,522	$53,301
2018	$61,325	$54,182
2019	$59,404	$51,773
2020	$60,985	$52,654
2021	$69,728	$61,175
2022	$68,091	$55,297
2023	$68,454	$55,567
2024	$71,852	$57,723

Denmark vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Sweden
1950	70.3	71.1
1951	70.9	71.4
1952	70.8	71.8
1953	71.2	71.9
1954	71.3	72.4
1955	71.9	72.6
1956	72	72.7
1957	71.8	72.5
1958	72.2	73.2
1959	72.2	73.4
1960	72.2	73
1961	72.5	73.5
1962	72.4	73.4
1963	72.4	73.5
1964	72.5	73.7
1965	72.4	73.9
1966	72.5	74.1
1967	73	74.1
1968	73.1	74
1969	73.2	74.1
1970	73.4	74.7
1971	73.4	74.6
1972	73.5	74.7
1973	73.7	74.9
1974	73.8	75
1975	74.1	75
1976	73.8	75
1977	74.7	75.4
1978	74.4	75.5
1979	74.2	75.5
1980	74.1	75.7
1981	74.3	76
1982	74.6	76.3
1983	74.5	76.6
1984	74.6	76.8
1985	74.5	76.7
1986	74.6	77
1987	74.7	77.1
1988	74.8	77
1989	74.9	77.7
1990	74.9	77.6
1991	75.2	77.7
1992	75.3	78.1
1993	75.2	78.1
1994	75.4	78.7
1995	75.3	78.8
1996	75.7	79
1997	76	79.3
1998	76.4	79.4
1999	76.6	79.5
2000	76.8	79.7
2001	77	79.8
2002	77.1	79.9
2003	77.4	80.2
2004	77.8	80.5
2005	78.2	80.6
2006	78.2	80.8
2007	78.3	81
2008	78.7	81.1
2009	79	81.4
2010	79.2	81.5
2011	79.8	81.8
2012	80.1	81.7
2013	80.3	81.9
2014	80.6	82.2
2015	80.7	82.2
2016	80.9	82.3
2017	81.1	82.4
2018	81	82.5
2019	81.4	83.1
2020	81.5	82.4
2021	81.4	83
2022	81.3	83
2023	81.9	83.3
2024	82.1	83.4
2025	82.2	83.6

Denmark and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Sweden
1960	4,579,603	7,484,656
1961	4,611,687	7,519,998
1962	4,647,727	7,561,588
1963	4,684,483	7,604,328
1964	4,722,072	7,661,354
1965	4,759,012	7,733,853
1966	4,797,381	7,807,797
1967	4,835,354	7,867,931
1968	4,864,883	7,912,273
1969	4,891,860	7,968,072
1970	4,928,757	8,042,801
1971	4,963,126	8,098,334
1972	4,991,596	8,122,300
1973	5,021,861	8,136,312
1974	5,045,297	8,159,955
1975	5,059,862	8,192,437
1976	5,072,596	8,222,286
1977	5,088,419	8,251,540
1978	5,104,248	8,275,599
1979	5,116,801	8,293,678
1980	5,123,027	8,310,531
1981	5,121,572	8,320,503
1982	5,117,810	8,325,263
1983	5,114,297	8,329,033
1984	5,111,619	8,336,605
1985	5,113,691	8,350,386
1986	5,120,534	8,369,829
1987	5,127,024	8,397,804
1988	5,129,516	8,436,489
1989	5,132,594	8,492,964
1990	5,140,939	8,558,835
1991	5,154,298	8,617,375
1992	5,171,370	8,668,067
1993	5,188,628	8,718,561
1994	5,206,180	8,780,745
1995	5,233,373	8,826,939
1996	5,263,074	8,840,998
1997	5,284,991	8,846,062
1998	5,304,219	8,850,974
1999	5,321,799	8,857,874
2000	5,339,616	8,872,109
2001	5,358,783	8,895,960
2002	5,375,931	8,924,958
2003	5,390,574	8,958,229
2004	5,404,523	8,993,531
2005	5,419,432	9,029,572
2006	5,437,272	9,080,505
2007	5,461,438	9,148,092
2008	5,493,621	9,219,637
2009	5,523,095	9,298,515
2010	5,547,683	9,378,126
2011	5,570,572	9,449,213
2012	5,591,572	9,519,374
2013	5,614,932	9,600,379
2014	5,643,475	9,696,110
2015	5,683,483	9,799,186
2016	5,728,010	9,923,085
2017	5,764,980	10,057,698
2018	5,793,636	10,175,214
2019	5,814,422	10,278,887
2020	5,831,404	10,353,442
2021	5,856,733	10,415,811
2022	5,903,037	10,486,941
2023	5,946,952	10,536,632
2024	5,976,992	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Denmark and Sweden

Fertility rate

Denmark

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Sweden
1960	2.57	2.17
1961	2.55	2.21
1962	2.55	2.25
1963	2.67	2.33
1964	2.6	2.47
1965	2.61	2.39
1966	2.62	2.37
1967	2.35	2.28
1968	2.12	2.07
1969	2	1.93
1970	1.95	1.92
1971	2.04	1.96
1972	2.03	1.91
1973	1.92	1.87
1974	1.9	1.87
1975	1.92	1.77
1976	1.75	1.68
1977	1.66	1.64
1978	1.67	1.6
1979	1.6	1.66
1980	1.55	1.68
1981	1.44	1.63
1982	1.43	1.62
1983	1.38	1.61
1984	1.4	1.66
1985	1.45	1.74
1986	1.48	1.8
1987	1.5	1.84
1988	1.56	1.96
1989	1.62	2.01
1990	1.67	2.13
1991	1.68	2.11
1992	1.76	2.09
1993	1.75	1.99
1994	1.81	1.88
1995	1.8	1.73
1996	1.75	1.6
1997	1.75	1.52
1998	1.72	1.5
1999	1.73	1.5
2000	1.77	1.54
2001	1.74	1.57
2002	1.72	1.65
2003	1.76	1.71
2004	1.78	1.75
2005	1.8	1.77
2006	1.85	1.85
2007	1.84	1.88
2008	1.89	1.91
2009	1.84	1.94
2010	1.87	1.98
2011	1.75	1.9
2012	1.73	1.91
2013	1.67	1.89
2014	1.69	1.88
2015	1.71	1.85
2016	1.79	1.85
2017	1.75	1.78
2018	1.73	1.76
2019	1.7	1.71
2020	1.68	1.67
2021	1.72	1.67
2022	1.55	1.53
2023	1.5	1.45

Denmark and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Sweden
1960	33	36
1961	33.1	36.2
1962	33	36.3
1963	33	36.3
1964	32.9	36.3
1965	32.8	36.2
1966	32.6	36
1967	32.5	35.9
1968	32.5	35.8
1969	32.5	35.6
1970	32.5	35.4
1971	32.5	35.3
1972	32.6	35.3
1973	32.7	35.3
1974	32.8	35.3
1975	33	35.3
1976	33.2	35.4
1977	33.4	35.5
1978	33.7	35.7
1979	33.9	36
1980	34.3	36.2
1981	34.7	36.5
1982	35.1	36.8
1983	35.5	37.1
1984	35.7	37.4
1985	36	37.6
1986	36.2	37.9
1987	36.5	38.1
1988	36.7	38.2
1989	36.9	38.3
1990	37.1	38.3
1991	37.3	38.3
1992	37.4	38.4
1993	37.5	38.4
1994	37.6	38.4
1995	37.7	38.5
1996	37.7	38.6
1997	37.9	38.8
1998	38	39
1999	38.2	39.2
2000	38.4	39.4
2001	38.6	39.5
2002	38.8	39.7
2003	39	39.8
2004	39.2	40
2005	39.5	40.2
2006	39.8	40.4
2007	40.1	40.5
2008	40.2	40.6
2009	40.4	40.7
2010	40.5	40.7
2011	40.7	40.8
2012	41	40.9
2013	41.2	40.9
2014	41.4	40.9
2015	41.5	40.9
2016	41.6	40.8
2017	41.7	40.7
2018	41.8	40.6
2019	41.9	40.5
2020	42.1	40.6
2021	42.2	40.7
2022	42.1	40.7
2023	42.2	40.9
2024	42.3	41.1

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