So here on FTD facts
We've looked at the countries of Germany and Denmark and we've learned a lot about them
and as a matter of fact
We've bounced back and forth between these two countries to find out what is great about them in their own particular
Individual ways how I refer today on FTD facts just for fun
We are going to look at the country of Denmark and Germany and see which one is better. Hey everybody what's going on?
Welcome to FTD facts
My name is Dave Walpole and welcome to a channel where I look at
Countries and cultures and we go into great detail to learn about them now
Of course, you're looking at this video title and you're going wait a minute. What are you trying to say?
Well here I don't specifically like to say which country is better
That's really for you guys to decide they are just fun videos
But the point of these videos is to really to get neighboring countries to actually learn about each other and the cool
statistics
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But anyway, let's get started looking at the country of Germany and looking at the country of Denmark now
Although the two do have some very similar things within them
They are their own particular nations and they have their own individual history but to start this video
We need to start looking at the very basic information. And that is the population for example within Germany
Let's start off with that. It has a population of eighty two million eight hundred thousand people now that is out of a
2017 estimate which makes it ranked 16th in the world when it comes to population of this its population density sits at
232 people per square kilometre ranking 58 in the world, but jumping over to Denmark
It has a population of five million eight hundred six thousand fifteen people ranking one hundred and twelfth in the world
Now this is going to be really interesting comparison because for example Denmark has a much smaller population
But that doesn't mean it's any less of a country even though it has like 7%
Of the amount of population as Germany does but one of the hardest things with this population is to talk about its density
because if we were to talk about Denmark not including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, it has a density of
134 0.76 people per square kilometer
Now moving right along this is where I get into land size
And this is where it gets really interesting because Germany sits at 62nd in the world with approximately
Three hundred fifty seven thousand one hundred and sixty-eight kilometers square and of that its water
Percentage is approximately 2.2 percent Denmark. However is way bigger, especially if we include
Greenland and the Faroe Islands Greenland makes up a huge portion of its land now
Keep in mind a lot of it is uninhabited
So that's where the population density would go down because for land size the Denmark sits at approximately
2.2 million square kilometres ranking cap proximately 12th ish in the world, but keep in mind
It's Greenland that helps contribute to that now
I did say this is going to get really interesting because of the population because for this we're gonna move on to
Economy and it's gonna be really interesting to see how powerful the economy of Denmark is compared to its actual population size
first of all, however
Let's mention money now both countries
do keep in mind the money does fluctuate between the two and
the dollar values that we are gonna give in this video is based off of the time that we actually recorded this video or
Uploaded it now for Germany
they are big contributor to the European Union and they actually
Have adopted the euro and for them when it comes to the conversion in relation to u.s
Dollars 1 USD equals about point 8 8 euros, however, Denmark although a part of the European Union
It does adopt its own currency. And that is the Danish Krone and in relation to u.s. Dollars one US dollar equals approximately
0.63 3 DK case and to go further into understanding the money and the economy of Denmark and Germany
We need to look at the gross domestic product in which for these particular videos
Did we use the purchasing power parity? Because that is the best way to compare nations for the GDP purchasing power. Parity of Germany
It's at approximately four point three seven three trillion dollars ranking fifth in the world and of that
It does have a GDP per capita of 52 thousand eight hundred and one dollars and to understand how some of this gross domestic
Product worked we to look at the imports and exports in which for this video we do get our rates from the OEC
for Germany
They set at third in the world exporting approximately 1.3 two trillion dollars in goods of their total exports
12% of that is made from cars
4.6 percent of that is made from vehicle parts and 4 percent of that is packaged medicaments as well as many other things
For the imports. However, Germany sits at third as well with
937 billion dollars
5.4 percent of that as cars at 2.6 percent of that is computers and 2.6 is also packaged medicaments
Denmark, however is a lot smaller when it comes to what it gives and what it takes from the world because for Denmark the GDP
Purchasing power parity is 299 point one six six billion dollars ranking 50 second in the world
however
that being said it's also a very prosperous country because with its population and the amount of money its
GDP per capita is almost equal to
Germany making it come in at fifty one thousand six hundred and forty three dollars
Ranking 19th in the world and for the exports of Denmark
They sit at eighty four point 1 billion dollars being 37th in the world and of this the top exports are
11% packaged medicaments
3.2 percent of that is pigs and
2.4 percent of that is animal blood or human blood and for Denmark's imports
They come in at eighty four point six billion ranking
35th in the world four point nine percent of that as cars three point four percent of that is packaged medicaments and
2.7 percent of that is refined petroleum. So we've looked at money. We've looked at population
We've looked at land size but one thing that we also really need to look at is the living expenses between these two particular
nations now for me I use expat Assante comm that gives you a
General but not completely accurate idea of the living expenses between two nations
with that in mind if you were to move to Denmark from Germany in Denmark food is
37% more expensive than in Germany housing is also a whopping 39%
more expensive in Denmark clothes are
21% transportation is 10%
Personal care is also 18% higher in Denmark and entertainment is also 29 percent higher in
total if you moved to Denmark from Germany, it would be
27% more expensive to live in that country and to finish it off with economy
Let's take a look at the national debt of these countries because for the national debt of Germany, they sit at two trillion
479 billion
381 million dollars, of course
I fail to mention that we're putting this in the US dollars not in Euros or
In the Danish Krone so we can get a general idea to compare the two with that in mind per citizen
Theoretically owns twenty nine thousand six hundred and four dollars
However, Denmark with its smaller population is a lot smaller with
125 billion five hundred and sixty nine million
Dollars and of that the national debt per citizen sits at twenty two thousand one hundred and eighty seven, so that's economy
Land size all that stuff out of the way. Let's take a look at military because that's important as well
So for Germany because it has a bigger population. It has a manpower of
37 million people of that approximately 29 million five hundred and forty thousand people are fit for service
however
the total personnel of the military forces of Germany sits at two hundred and ten thousand individuals of that there is approximately
180,000 active personnel and approximately 30,000 people in reserve units Denmark
However is much smaller with a manpower of two million
500,000 people and of that two million twenty thousand people are actually fit for service
interesting enough
Although for its size the total personnel sits at approximately 75 thousand
150 people with about twenty thousand eight hundred personnel being active units
however
The interesting part about Denmark is that it has a much higher
Reserve personnel and that comes in at fifty four thousand three hundred and fifty but keep in mind
That number is really high because Denmark still has a mandatory form of conscription now breaking it down
Let's take a look at some of the equipment that Germany and Denmark has for Germany. They have an aircraft strength of
698 of that ninety-two of these are classified as fighters in which they use the typhoon and the tornado as their main fighter craft
of that they also have
169 attack craft and about
345 transport aircraft their helicopter strength sits at
375 and of course of this they have 47 attack helicopters
Denmark on the other hand has an aircraft strength of approximately
113 and of this they have 33 fighters in which their main fighter craft is the f-16 Falcon
Unfortunately for Denmark they do not have any forms of attack aircraft
But their transport aircraft sits at 39 as well their helicopter strength sits at 35
But they don't have any attack aircraft now, although it does seem small. Keep in mind
Both countries are actually part of NATO and they all kind of defend each other
but however for ground forces when it comes to Germany their combat tanks sits at
543 in which they use the leopard 2 tank, of course
They have 5,000 869 armored fighting vehicles and approximately
154 pieces of artillery and 50 rocket projectors for Denmark though. They do have 57 combat tanks of that
They use the leopard 2a5 and for armored fighting vehicles. They actually surprisingly have
673 and their total artillery comes in at 12 and they are not known to have any forms of rocket projectors
But let's jump over to the Navy because it's actually rather interesting these two particular
Countries because for Germany the country does have approximately 81 Navy assets
Of course, they don't have any aircraft carriers, but they have approximately 10 frigates currently
They also don't own any forms of destroyers
But they also have five Corvettes and over six submarines and a lot more patrol craft Denmark
However has over 90 Navy assets zero aircraft carriers nine for it gets zero destroyers
2-0 Corvettes eight submarines and a lot of patrol craft and for both of these countries when it comes to their budget
Germany's budget sits at forty three point seven five seven billion dollars
which is approximately 1.3 percent of the total GDP and although Denmark may only have a budget of
3.8 billion keep in mind it spends a higher percentage of its GDP
Coming in at one point one seven percent, of course
Both countries are well under the recommended two percent that NATO requires
So there you have it guys that is us looking at the two countries of Denmark
And Germany both of these great nations have their own
individual things that make them unique and special and this can either be its traditions and its values or simply just the
landscape in which one enjoys, but other than that guys
my name is Dave WAP on I want to just thank you guys for taking the time to learn about these two particular nations and
Just playing the little game of which country is better. Let me ask you this
Which one do you think is better? And also what do you like about the other country as well?
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So you've seen this video now the question is do you want to learn more about Denmark or do you want to learn more about
Germany beauty is we have done so many videos around these two particular countries
We've learned about their militaries. We've learned about their cultures. So check out some videos here
Also looking at the description box below and you'll be surprised. Other than that. We'll see you in the next one. Bye