Denmark vs Netherlands: Land area in square kilometres

Denmark
40,000 sq. km
in 2023
Netherlands
33,670 sq. km
in 2023
Denmark rank
131st
Netherlands rank
134th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Denmark
  • Netherlands
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k196119922023

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 40,000 sq. km against 33,670 sq. km in Netherlands, a difference of 6,330 sq. km.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 131st and Netherlands ranks 134th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.