Country
Denmark
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Copenhagen
- ISO code
- DK · DNK
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 6M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 72,723 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 82.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 4.3 t CO₂
Population
- Population 6M 2025 114th of 214
- Population density 149 people/km² 2024 75th of 212
- Population growth 0.54 % per year 2025 132nd of 214
- Natural increase 0.1 per 1,000 people 2023 173rd of 228
- Net migration 3.7 per 1,000 people 2025 30th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.47 births per woman 2024 156th of 214
- Urban population 88.8 % 2025 36th of 214
- Median age 41.2 years 2023 47th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 21.1 % 2025 26th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 33.4 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 23rd of 214
- Children under 15 15.6 % 2025 170th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 82.3 years 2024 32nd of 214
- Life expectancy, women 84.2 years 2024 35th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 80.4 years 2024 28th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 3.8 years 2024 170th of 214
- Infant mortality 3.5 per 1,000 births 2024 161st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 4.0 per 1,000 births 2024 163rd of 195
- Maternal mortality 4 per 100,000 births 2023 172nd of 193
- Health spending per person 6,511 USD 2023 10th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 7,098 $ (PPP) 2023 15th of 191
- Physicians 4.50 per 1,000 people 2021 17th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.4 per 1,000 people 2023 75th of 150
- Measles immunization 94 % 2024 67th of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 15.7 % 2024 99th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,734 kcal per day 2023 9th of 175
- Meat supply 101.3 kg per person per year 2023 16th of 175
Economy
- GDP 463B USD 2025 34th of 185
- GDP per capita 76,970 USD 2025 8th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 72,723 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 11th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 50,690 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 13th of 165
- GDP growth 2.9 % 2025 107th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 2.4 % 2025 96th of 185
- Inflation 1.9 % 2025 116th of 169
- Unemployment 5.5 % 2025 79th of 181
- Youth unemployment 11.7 % 2025 94th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 7.9 % 2025 135th of 150
- Trade 132 % of GDP 2024 32nd of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 29.9 2023 122nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.4 % 2023 109th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 0.9 % of GDP 2024 167th of 187
- Women in the labour force 60.8 % 2025 46th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.962 2023 4th of 192
- Education spending 6.4 % of GDP 2022 16th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 127 % 2023 8th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 81 % 2023 21st of 127
- Primary completion rate 99 % 2023 38th of 135
- Women in parliament 43.6 % 2025 19th of 183
- Homicide rate 0.8 per 100,000 people 2020 101st of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 100 % 2024 4th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 127 per 100 people 2023 65th of 172
- Fixed broadband 44.0 per 100 people 2023 12th of 169
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 100 % 2024 12th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 99 % 2024 10th of 140
- Research and development 3.05 % of GDP 2023 12th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 25.6 Mt CO₂ 2024 80th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 4.3 t CO₂ 2024 62nd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 4.75 t CO₂ 2024 73rd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 4.2 Gt CO₂ 2024 47th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 6.4 t CO₂e 2024 57th of 201
- Forest area 16.0 % of land 2024 141st of 208
- Water stress 25 % 2022 59th of 176
- Arable land 58.8 % of land 2024 2nd of 205
- Renewable energy 39.5 % of final energy 2021 62nd of 210
- Renewable electricity 89.2 % of electricity 2024 21st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 5.0 % of electricity 2024 59th of 193
- Electricity from wind 58.4 % of electricity 2024 1st of 193
- Electricity from solar 10.7 % of electricity 2024 38th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 132 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 158th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 5,889 kWh 2024 41st of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 7.5 µg/m³ 2023 173rd of 199
Denmark on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldDanish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldDanish krone (DKK)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+1 / UTC+2 in summerSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, E, F, K · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map37 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- VPN provider mapServers of 41 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)