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Denmark vs Sweden

This page compares Denmark and Sweden across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator Denmark Sweden Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.50 8.60 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.50 9.30 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 456,646.00 871,967.00 Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.71 50.37 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 11.30 11.14 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 65.83 51.86 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 80.40 82.60 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.67 0.57 Compare →
Population, male 2.97M 5.32M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 3.79M 6.58M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 32.89 33.32 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 19.37 19.31 Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 63.44 62.27 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 575,592.00 1.03M Compare →
Urban population 5.30M 9.39M Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 39.14 32.91 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.29 49.63 Compare →
Rural population 675,636.00 1.18M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 1.25M 2.19M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 24.74 27.28 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.42 63.35 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.19 16.62 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.06 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 88.24 90.82 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 84.20 85.60 Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.47 1.43 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 88.70 88.86 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 938,172.00 1.80M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 22.34 22.21 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 92.55 94.17 Compare →
Population, total 5.98M 10.57M Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 57.64 60.60 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.50 0.31 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 62.47 61.17 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 16.21 17.35 Compare →
Population, female 3.01M 5.25M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 671,571.00 1.16M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 1.88M 3.21M Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.25 84.06 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 481,526.00 923,380.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 1.06 1.70 Compare →
Net migration 22,103.00 47,079.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 1.91M 3.37M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 20.87 20.75 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 15.70 16.99 Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 14.20 21.40 Compare →

Environment

Indicator Denmark Sweden Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 148.67 25.87 Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator Denmark Sweden Detail
Surface area (sq. km) 42,920.00 528,660.00 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 5,354.35 3,860.99 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 12.57 0.93 Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.