Comparing Mongolia and Denmark

Mongolia and Denmark are 2 very different countries, and can be compared in many ways. For example; Location, size, population, government, law, economics and culture .

Although Mongolia is over 36 times bigger than Denmark, It has 2½ times less people. Denmark is a more advanced country than Mongolia because of its strategic location and placing in the EU. Mongolia does not have access to the sea therefore making transport and trade to/from other countries harder. Mongolia has also been an aggressive country throughout history towards its neighbors; China and Russia.

Mongolia are also an Nomad folk meaning they move around a lot , this has many downsides as no proper cities were built for a long time. This nomad culture is similar to a more advanced version of tribes living in Africa. Although it has changed a lot since the last 200 years it is still highly regarded as a LEDC.

Mongolia’s Capital, Ulaanbaatar, has a population of about 1,000,000 people and about 38% of the population lives there.

Mongoliahas only rather recently gained international recognition in 1994. When Mongolia declared independence in 1991 after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty it had to struggle until 1921 to firmly establish semi-independence, and until 1945 to gain international recognition.

Consequently it came under strong Russian and Soviet influence.

In 1924, the Mongolian People’s Republic was self-established, and Mongolian politics began to follow the same patterns as Soviet politics of the time. After the corruption of communist rule in Eastern Europe in 1989, Mongolia had its own Democratic Revolution in early 1990.

Denmark on the other hand, is an island completely surrounded by water, apart from Germany which is connected at the south. This, which was stated before, gives it easier and more direct connections to the buyers and sellers of merchandise.  Denmark’s main exports include animal foodstuffs, chemicals, dairy products, electronic equipment, fish, furniture, leather, machinery, meat, oil/gas and sugar. In 2008, it was stated in the wall street journal that Denmark was ranked 11th out of 162 countries, for having the most free economy. The Danish education system provides primary school, secondary school and most types of higher education. Around 99% of Danish students attend primary school, 86% attend secondary and 41% go on to further education. All of the college education in Denmark is free. Denmark has many sources off oil from the North Sea and has obtained 32nd in most crude oil net exporters in the world. Although most electricity is produced by coal, Denmark is famous for its energy from wind power and, with help from 5500 turbines, 19% of Danish electricity was produced from it (2006). On the down side, these wind turbines made Denmark’s electricity tax the highest in the world.

Overall, Denmark is a very expensive country, both in taxes and just regular prices in shops. The taxes, going mostly to the government, help it improve economically and simply making Denmark a better place to live.