Total & land area: Denmark vs Luxembourg size comparison

Denmark is 16.6 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 16,574 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Denmark is 15,444 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 15.5 times difference in territory size.

Denmark ranks 130/197 by total surface area vs 169/197 for Luxembourg.
Denmark occupies 0.03% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.002% for Luxembourg.
65.5% of Denmark's area is agricultural land vs 51.7% in Luxembourg.
Denmark has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Luxembourg has 0.003%.
15.8% of Denmark is covered by forests, compared to 34.5% in Luxembourg.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Denmark, and 0.002% are in Luxembourg.

True size map comparison: Denmark vs Luxembourg

See how Denmark and Luxembourg compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Denmark	Luxembourg
Total area	16,574 sq mi	999 sq mi
Size difference ratio	16.6	1
Total area rank	130/197	169/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.008%	0.0005%
Land area	15,444 sq mi	994 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	15.5	1
Land area rank	130/197	169/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.03%	0.002%
Population	5,976,992	677,012
Population density	390 ppl/mi²	696 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Denmark	Luxembourg
Forest area	2,437 sq mi	342 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	15.8%	34.5%
Forest area rank	134/196	160/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.002%
Agricultural land area	10,120 sq mi	514 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.5%	51.7%
Agricultural land area rank	107/194	160/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.003%
Arable land	9,131 sq mi	236.8 sq mi
Arable land share	59.1%	23.8%
Arable land area rank	77/191	155/191
Permanent cropland	114.3 sq mi	5.99 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.74%	0.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	140/192	179/192
Water area	1,130 sq mi	4.59 sq mi
Water as share of total area	6.82%	0.46%
Water area rank	81/197	146/197
Roads length	45,717 mi	1,786 mi
Land borders length	87.6 mi	203.2 mi
Coastline length	4,545 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	18.6%	n/a

Denmark vs Luxembourg size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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