Estonia is 1.07× the size of Denmark

Estonia covers about 45,800 km² (17,700 mi²) and Denmark about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

45,800km²Estonia
42,700km²Denmark

100 km

Estonia
Denmark

What fits

Denmark is 93% of the size of Estonia.
Estonia is larger by 3,120 km² (1,210 mi²), which is 7.3% of the area of Denmark.
Measured in Belgiums: Estonia is about 1.49, Denmark about 1.39.

How they differ

Estonia is larger, but Denmark has the larger population: 5.8 million against 1.4 million, 4.25× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 136 in Denmark against 30 in Estonia: Denmark is 4.56× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 974 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Estonia at 59°N is drawn about 3.7× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Estonia as 1.24× the size of Denmark instead of 1.07×.
Together Estonia and Denmark cover 88,500 km², close to the size of Jordan (88,900 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,120 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Denmark's density, Estonia would have 6.2 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Estonia's density, Denmark would have 1.3 million (it has 5.8 million).
Estonia's centre is 2.7° of latitude, about 300 km, farther north than Denmark's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Estonia	1.07×
More people	Denmark	4.25×
More crowded	Denmark	4.56×
Farther north	Estonia	2.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Estonia	3.7× against 3.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Estonia	Denmark
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.49×	1.39×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.19×	0.18×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.12×	0.11×
France 548,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 206	1 in 221
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 371	1 in 398

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Estonia	Denmark
Area, main territory	45,800 km²17,700 mi²	42,700 km²16,500 mi²
Population	1.4 millionWikidata, 2025	5.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	30 per km²	136 per km²
Official area	45,300 km²Wikidata	42,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tallinn	Copenhagen
Latitude range	58°N to 60°N	55°N to 58°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 45,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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