Denmark vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 130th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 37/197 ($425B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.69T). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,026), while The United Kingdom ranks 22/197 ($53,246).

Denmark and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Denmark and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Denmark

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	United Kingdom
1960	$6,361,166,545	$73,233,967,692
1961	$7,058,361,229	$77,741,965,703
1962	$7,953,274,741	$81,247,564,157
1963	$8,466,044,980	$86,561,961,812
1964	$9,677,401,337	$94,407,558,351
1965	$10,870,670,865	$101,824,755,079
1966	$11,931,740,293	$108,572,752,102
1967	$13,059,064,806	$113,116,888,211
1968	$13,505,574,133	$107,759,910,068
1969	$15,414,902,667	$116,464,702,803
1970	$17,075,457,733	$130,671,946,244
1971	$19,086,192,720	$148,113,896,325
1972	$23,230,667,549	$169,965,034,965
1973	$30,718,181,337	$192,537,971,583
1974	$34,125,712,481	$206,131,369,799
1975	$40,418,967,666	$241,756,637,168
1976	$44,503,607,444	$232,614,555,256
1977	$49,711,709,588	$263,066,457,352
1978	$60,320,089,218	$335,883,029,722
1979	$70,393,030,603	$438,994,070,309
1980	$70,811,287,816	$564,947,710,899
1981	$61,459,941,461	$540,765,675,241
1982	$60,084,214,872	$515,048,916,841
1983	$60,331,158,447	$489,618,008,186
1984	$58,868,891,335	$461,487,097,632
1985	$62,452,421,011	$489,285,164,271
1986	$87,748,695,217	$601,452,653,181
1987	$109,183,446,340	$745,162,608,269
1988	$115,540,189,705	$910,122,732,124
1989	$112,312,200,761	$926,884,816,754
1990	$138,217,740,684	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$139,180,507,778	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$152,966,494,260	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$143,111,306,004	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$156,017,919,221	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$184,848,481,008	$1,349,094,208,616
1996	$187,481,157,846	$1,425,287,051,482
1997	$173,241,365,735	$1,569,317,288,802
1998	$176,877,077,513	$1,660,821,464,061
1999	$177,887,720,536	$1,693,458,987,219
2000	$164,043,817,224	$1,671,597,821,153
2001	$164,881,594,415	$1,656,171,009,069
2002	$178,788,209,558	$1,790,536,570,743
2003	$218,421,193,436	$2,061,227,755,102
2004	$251,986,155,631	$2,429,774,807,763
2005	$265,150,087,712	$2,551,361,818,182
2006	$283,386,151,544	$2,719,558,417,663
2007	$320,213,157,595	$3,104,699,879,952
2008	$354,979,471,960	$2,945,251,838,235
2009	$322,619,152,195	$2,429,358,155,476
2010	$322,345,594,075	$2,496,740,681,057
2011	$344,315,595,263	$2,675,590,034,129
2012	$326,792,574,245	$2,719,715,961,540
2013	$344,631,016,965	$2,796,908,333,283
2014	$352,832,602,064	$3,085,362,169,410
2015	$301,758,922,338	$2,945,579,890,258
2016	$312,181,849,372	$2,706,807,606,539
2017	$331,610,593,962	$2,699,118,387,873
2018	$355,293,374,912	$2,897,028,009,916
2019	$345,401,473,013	$2,875,710,080,015
2020	$355,631,021,932	$2,724,001,478,305
2021	$406,110,162,088	$3,194,559,188,926
2022	$400,114,306,337	$3,181,244,350,465
2023	$404,651,706,118	$3,420,796,653,789
2024	$424,524,722,037	$3,686,033,044,482

Denmark and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	United Kingdom
1960	$1,389	$1,398
1961	$1,531	$1,472
1962	$1,711	$1,526
1963	$1,807	$1,613
1964	$2,049	$1,748
1965	$2,284	$1,874
1966	$2,487	$1,987
1967	$2,701	$2,059
1968	$2,776	$1,952
1969	$3,151	$2,101
1970	$3,464	$2,348
1971	$3,846	$2,650
1972	$4,654	$3,030
1973	$6,117	$3,426
1974	$6,764	$3,666
1975	$7,988	$4,300
1976	$8,773	$4,138
1977	$9,770	$4,681
1978	$11,818	$5,977
1979	$13,757	$7,805
1980	$13,822	$10,032
1981	$12,000	$9,599
1982	$11,740	$9,146
1983	$11,797	$8,692
1984	$11,517	$8,179
1985	$12,213	$8,652
1986	$17,137	$10,611
1987	$21,296	$13,119
1988	$22,525	$15,987
1989	$21,882	$16,239
1990	$26,886	$19,095
1991	$27,003	$19,901
1992	$29,579	$20,487
1993	$27,582	$18,389
1994	$29,968	$19,709
1995	$35,321	$23,253
1996	$35,622	$24,503
1997	$32,780	$26,910
1998	$33,346	$28,396
1999	$33,426	$28,858
2000	$30,722	$28,384
2001	$30,768	$28,014
2002	$33,257	$30,159
2003	$40,519	$34,557
2004	$46,625	$40,504
2005	$48,926	$42,240
2006	$52,119	$44,695
2007	$58,632	$50,629
2008	$64,617	$47,652
2009	$58,413	$39,009
2010	$58,105	$39,778
2011	$61,810	$42,296
2012	$58,444	$42,688
2013	$61,378	$43,607
2014	$62,520	$47,746
2015	$53,094	$45,255
2016	$54,501	$41,258
2017	$57,522	$40,917
2018	$61,325	$43,703
2019	$59,404	$43,159
2020	$60,985	$40,813
2021	$69,341	$47,691
2022	$67,781	$47,057
2023	$68,044	$49,944
2024	$71,026	$53,246

Denmark vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	United Kingdom
1950	70.3	68.6
1951	70.9	68.2
1952	70.8	69.5
1953	71.2	69.8
1954	71.3	70.2
1955	71.9	70.1
1956	72	70.4
1957	71.8	70.5
1958	72.2	70.7
1959	72.2	70.8
1960	72.2	71
1961	72.5	70.8
1962	72.4	70.9
1963	72.4	70.8
1964	72.5	71.5
1965	72.4	71.5
1966	72.5	71.4
1967	73	72.1
1968	73.1	71.7
1969	73.2	71.7
1970	73.4	71.9
1971	73.4	72.2
1972	73.5	72
1973	73.7	72.2
1974	73.8	72.4
1975	74.1	72.7
1976	73.8	72.6
1977	74.7	73.1
1978	74.4	73
1979	74.2	73.2
1980	74.1	73.6
1981	74.3	73.9
1982	74.6	74
1983	74.5	74.3
1984	74.6	74.7
1985	74.5	74.5
1986	74.6	74.8
1987	74.7	75.1
1988	74.8	75.3
1989	74.9	75.4
1990	74.9	75.7
1991	75.2	75.9
1992	75.3	76.3
1993	75.2	76.2
1994	75.4	76.7
1995	75.3	76.6
1996	75.7	76.9
1997	76	77.1
1998	76.4	77.3
1999	76.6	77.4
2000	76.8	77.8
2001	77	78.1
2002	77.1	78.2
2003	77.4	78.3
2004	77.8	78.9
2005	78.2	79.1
2006	78.2	79.3
2007	78.3	79.5
2008	78.7	79.7
2009	79	80.2
2010	79.2	80.4
2011	79.8	80.8
2012	80.1	80.9
2013	80.3	80.9
2014	80.6	81.2
2015	80.7	80.9
2016	80.9	81.1
2017	81.1	81.2
2018	81	81.1
2019	81.4	81.4
2020	81.5	80.4
2021	81.4	80.7
2022	81.3	81.1
2023	81.9	81.3
2024	82.1	81.4
2025	82.2	81.6
2026	82.4	81.7

Denmark and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	United Kingdom
1960	4,579,603	52,400,000
1961	4,611,687	52,800,000
1962	4,647,727	53,250,000
1963	4,684,483	53,650,000
1964	4,722,072	54,000,000
1965	4,759,012	54,348,050
1966	4,797,381	54,648,500
1967	4,835,354	54,943,600
1968	4,864,883	55,211,700
1969	4,891,860	55,441,750
1970	4,928,757	55,663,250
1971	4,963,126	55,896,223
1972	4,991,596	56,086,065
1973	5,021,861	56,194,527
1974	5,045,297	56,229,974
1975	5,059,862	56,225,800
1976	5,072,596	56,211,968
1977	5,088,419	56,193,492
1978	5,104,248	56,196,504
1979	5,116,801	56,246,951
1980	5,123,027	56,314,216
1981	5,121,572	56,333,829
1982	5,117,810	56,313,641
1983	5,114,297	56,332,848
1984	5,111,619	56,422,072
1985	5,113,691	56,550,268
1986	5,120,534	56,681,396
1987	5,127,024	56,802,050
1988	5,129,516	56,928,327
1989	5,132,594	57,076,711
1990	5,140,939	57,247,586
1991	5,154,298	57,424,897
1992	5,171,370	57,580,402
1993	5,188,628	57,718,614
1994	5,206,180	57,865,745
1995	5,233,373	58,019,030
1996	5,263,074	58,166,950
1997	5,284,991	58,316,954
1998	5,304,219	58,487,141
1999	5,321,799	58,682,466
2000	5,339,616	58,892,514
2001	5,358,783	59,119,673
2002	5,375,931	59,370,479
2003	5,390,574	59,647,577
2004	5,404,523	59,987,905
2005	5,419,432	60,401,206
2006	5,437,272	60,846,820
2007	5,461,438	61,322,463
2008	5,493,621	61,806,995
2009	5,523,095	62,276,270
2010	5,547,683	62,766,365
2011	5,570,572	63,258,810
2012	5,591,572	63,711,000
2013	5,614,932	64,139,000
2014	5,643,475	64,620,000
2015	5,683,483	65,088,000
2016	5,728,010	65,607,000
2017	5,764,980	65,966,000
2018	5,793,636	66,289,000
2019	5,814,422	66,631,000
2020	5,831,404	66,744,000
2021	5,856,733	66,984,000
2022	5,903,037	67,604,000
2023	5,946,952	68,492,000
2024	5,976,992	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Denmark and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Denmark

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	United Kingdom
1960	2.57	2.69
1961	2.55	2.78
1962	2.55	2.86
1963	2.67	2.88
1964	2.6	2.93
1965	2.61	2.86
1966	2.62	2.78
1967	2.35	2.68
1968	2.12	2.6
1969	2	2.51
1970	1.95	2.44
1971	2.04	2.41
1972	2.03	2.2
1973	1.92	2.04
1974	1.9	1.92
1975	1.92	1.81
1976	1.75	1.74
1977	1.66	1.69
1978	1.67	1.75
1979	1.6	1.86
1980	1.55	1.9
1981	1.44	1.82
1982	1.43	1.78
1983	1.38	1.77
1984	1.4	1.77
1985	1.45	1.79
1986	1.48	1.78
1987	1.5	1.81
1988	1.56	1.82
1989	1.62	1.79
1990	1.67	1.83
1991	1.68	1.82
1992	1.76	1.79
1993	1.75	1.76
1994	1.81	1.74
1995	1.8	1.71
1996	1.75	1.73
1997	1.75	1.72
1998	1.72	1.71
1999	1.73	1.68
2000	1.77	1.64
2001	1.74	1.63
2002	1.72	1.63
2003	1.76	1.7
2004	1.78	1.75
2005	1.8	1.76
2006	1.85	1.82
2007	1.84	1.86
2008	1.89	1.91
2009	1.84	1.89
2010	1.87	1.92
2011	1.75	1.91
2012	1.73	1.92
2013	1.67	1.83
2014	1.69	1.81
2015	1.71	1.8
2016	1.79	1.79
2017	1.75	1.74
2018	1.73	1.68
2019	1.7	1.63
2020	1.68	1.57
2021	1.72	1.58
2022	1.55	1.56
2023	1.5	1.56

Denmark and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	United Kingdom
1960	33	35.5
1961	33.1	35.4
1962	33	35.3
1963	33	35.3
1964	32.9	35.2
1965	32.8	35.1
1966	32.6	34.9
1967	32.5	34.8
1968	32.5	34.6
1969	32.5	34.4
1970	32.5	34.2
1971	32.5	34.1
1972	32.6	34
1973	32.7	34
1974	32.8	34
1975	33	34
1976	33.2	34
1977	33.4	34.1
1978	33.7	34.2
1979	33.9	34.3
1980	34.3	34.4
1981	34.7	34.5
1982	35.1	34.8
1983	35.5	35
1984	35.7	35.2
1985	36	35.3
1986	36.2	35.4
1987	36.5	35.4
1988	36.7	35.7
1989	36.9	35.9
1990	37.1	36
1991	37.3	36.1
1992	37.4	36.2
1993	37.5	36.3
1994	37.6	36.5
1995	37.7	36.6
1996	37.7	36.8
1997	37.9	37
1998	38	37.2
1999	38.2	37.4
2000	38.4	37.7
2001	38.6	37.9
2002	38.8	38.1
2003	39	38.2
2004	39.2	38.4
2005	39.5	38.5
2006	39.8	38.6
2007	40.1	38.8
2008	40.2	38.9
2009	40.4	39
2010	40.5	39.2
2011	40.7	39.3
2012	41	39.5
2013	41.2	39.6
2014	41.4	39.7
2015	41.5	39.8
2016	41.6	39.8
2017	41.7	39.9
2018	41.8	40
2019	41.9	40.1
2020	42.1	40.2
2021	42.2	40.3
2022	42.1	40.5
2023	42.2	40.8
2024	42.3	41

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