Denmark vs Finland: Population

Denmark

5.95 million people

in 2023

Finland

5.60 million people

in 2023

Denmark rank

114th

Finland rank

117th

Population over time

Denmark currently reports 5.95 million people against 5.60 million people in Finland, a difference of 346,950 people.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 114th and Finland ranks 117th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.