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demographics of Denmark

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|nation = Danish

|major_ethnic = Danes

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|official = Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic

|spoken = Languages of Denmark |age_0–14_years=16.42%|age_65_years=19.91%|growth=1.0085% (2022 est.)|birth=9.85 births/1,000 population|death=10.02 deaths/1,000 population|net_migration=2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|sr_at_birth=1.07 male(s)/female|sr_65_years_over=0.7 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=3.04 deaths/1,000 live births|life=81.66 years|life_male=79.74 years|life_female=83.71 years|fertility=1.495 children born/woman (2023){{cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/fertilite|title= Denmark statistics|date=2023}}}}

Demographic features of the population of Denmark proper, part of the Danish Realm, include ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects.

Population

{{See also|Danes}}

Since 1980, the number of people of Danish descent, defined as having at least one parent who was born in Denmark and has Danish citizenship, has remained constant at around 5 million in Denmark, and nearly all the population growth from 5.1 and thereafter was due to immigration.{{cite book|url=https://oim.dk/media/18990/analyse-om-parallelsamfund-090218-final.pdf|title=Parallelsamfund i Danmark / Økonomisk Analyse nr. 30|date=February 2018|publisher=Ministry for economic affairs and the interior|page=3|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226181705/https://oim.dk/publikationer/2018/feb/parallelsamfund-i-danmark/|archive-date=26 February 2018 |language=da}}

Population numbers in 2100 will be slightly lower than in 2024.{{citation |title= Population prognosis 2100 |url=https://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/graphs-maps/population_graphs/ |website=Institut National D'Etudes Demographiques}}

File:Population_development_of_Denmark.svg{{Historical populations

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|footnote = Source: Statistics Denmark
2020 estimate{{cite web|title=Population and population projections|url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/befolkning-og-valg/befolkning-og-befolkningsfremskrivning|publisher=Statistics Denmark|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090527/https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/befolkning-og-valg/befolkning-og-befolkningsfremskrivning|archive-date=30 October 2018|url-status=dead|language=da|df=dmy-all}}

|1870 | 1,784,741

|1880 | 1,969,039

|1890 | 2,172,380

|1901 | 2,449,540

|1911 | 2,747,076

|1921 | 3,267,831

|1930 | 3,550,656

|1940 | 3,844,312

|1950 | 4,281,275

|1960 | 4,585,256

|1970 | 4,937,579

|1980 | 5,122,065

|1990 | 5,135,409

|2000 | 5,330,020

|2010 | 5,534,738

|2020 | 5,822,863

}}

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! width="50" |Year{{cite web |title=Statistikbanken |url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908201150/http://statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1024 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |access-date=29 August 2017 |language=da |website=Statistikbanken.dk}}

! width="150" |Population

valign="top"

| 1769

797,584
1787841,806
1801929,001
18341,230,964
18401,289,075
18451,356,877
18501,414,648
18551,507,222
18601,608,362
18701,784,741
18801,969,039
18902,172,380
19012,449,540
19062,588,919
19112,757,076
19162,921,362
19213,267,831
19253,434,555
19303,550,656
19353,706,349
19403,844,312
19454,045,232
19504,281,275
19554,448,401
19604,585,256
19654,767,597
19704,937,579
19714,950,598
19724,975,653
19735,007,538
19745,036,184
19755,054,410

= Fertility =

The natural growth of the population (births minus deaths) was negative in 2022, that is, minus 1005 people. The previous last year there was a negative natural increase in the population was in 1988. During 2022, 58,430 children were born, 5,043 fewer than in 2021. In 2022, 59,435 people died, there were 2,283, or 4.0% more than in 2021. The total population in the age group 80 and over grew by 12,844 people, or 4.4%., from 2022 to 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=40195|website=Danmarks Statistik|title=Ukrainere stod for 45 pct. af befolkningstilvæksten}}

During 2022, the Danish population grew by 59,234 people, so the population on January 1, 2023, consisted of 5,932,654 people. It was a population increase of 1.0 percent, which is higher than in 2021, when the population increase was 0.6 percent.

In 2022, Denmark had a total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.55 children per woman in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Fertility |url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/fertilitet |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.dst.dk |language=en}} It is the first time in history that immigrant women from non-Western countries now have fewer children on average than women of Danish roots in Denmark. On average, immigrant women have 1.76 children, the descendants have an average of 1.75 children, while women of Danish roots have 1.78 children.{{cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/2022-02-21-indvandrerkvinder-foder-faerre-born-end-danske-kvinder|title=Indvandrerkvinder føder færre børn end danske kvinder|website=nyheder.tv2.dk|date=21 February 2022|author=Ritzau|language=da}} This is because Ukrainians, who are categorized as non-Western, have come to Denmark in large numbers. In the same year, immigrant women from Syria had the highest TFR, they gave birth to an average of 3.7 children. They are followed by women from Somalia and Pakistan, 2020 figures show.

In 2021 the number of childless women aged 50 was the highest in seven years; 12.3 percent of women aged 50 have never had a child, while 19.5 percent of 50-year-old men do not have children.

= Historical fertility rates=

File:Total fertility rate of Denmark overtime to 2016.svg

The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.{{citation |author=Max Roser |title=Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries |date=2014 |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1849&country=DNK |work=Our World In Data, Gapminder Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174207/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1849&country=DNK |access-date=2019-01-18 |archive-date=2019-01-19 |url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
Year18501851185218531854185518561857185818591860
align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmarkstyle="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.24style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.48style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.41style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.37style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.44style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.48style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.53style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
Year1861186218631864186518661867186818691870
align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmarkstyle="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.32style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.18style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.96style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.1

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
Year1871187218731874187518761877187818791880
align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmarkstyle="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.16style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.36style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.3style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.28

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
Year1881188218831884188518861887188818891890
align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmarkstyle="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.34style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.36style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.29style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.5style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.39style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.37style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.28style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.25style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.11

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Year189118921893189418951896189718981899
align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmarkstyle="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.18style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.16style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.1style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.11style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.02style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.08style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.01

Total fertility rate

1.78 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 152nd

= Average age of the mother at her first birth=

In 2021 the average age of the mother at her first birth in Denmark was of 29.8 years, and the father is of 31.5 years.{{cite web|url=https://www.seoghoer.dk/nyheder/gennemsnitsalderen-stiger-foerstegangsfoedende|title=Gennemsnitsalderen stiger for førstegangsfødende|website=seoghoer.dk|date=17 February 2022|author=Nikolaj Kesting|language=da}}

= Life expectancy =

Sources: Our World In Data and the United Nations.

1775–1950

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!Years

!1775

!1835

!1836

!1837

!1838

!1839

!1840

!1841

!1842

!1843

!1844

!1845

!1846

!1847

!1848

!1849

!1850{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 |access-date=2018-08-28 |website=Our World in Data}}

Life expectancy in Denmark

|33.0

|38.4

|40.0

|41.5

|43.1

|41.9

|41.1

|42.6

|42.5

|43.9

|44.0

|43.4

|40.4

|40.4

|40.8

|39.5

|43.5

File:Life expectancy in Denmark.svg in Denmark since 1775]]

class="wikitable"

!Years

!1851

!1852

!1853

!1854

!1855

!1856

!1857

!1858

!1859

!1860

Life expectancy in Denmark

|44.5

|43.0

|38.5

|44.7

|46.1

|46.7

|42.5

|40.0

|44.4

|45.1

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!Years

!1861

!1862

!1863

!1864

!1865

!1866

!1867

!1868

!1869

!1870

Life expectancy in Denmark

|47.6

|47.6

|47.2

|40.2

|39.8

|42.9

|44.9

|45.6

|46.1

|46.0

class="wikitable"

!Years

!1871

!1872

!1873

!1874

!1875

!1876

!1877

!1878

!1879

!1880

Life expectancy in Denmark

|46.1

|47.2

|47.5

|46.0

|44.4

|45.8

|47.3

|47.5

|46.2

|44.8

class="wikitable"

!Years

!1881

!1882

!1883

!1884

!1885

!1886

!1887

!1888

!1889

!1890

Life expectancy in Denmark

|48.3

|46.7

|48.5

|48.5

|49.6

|49.0

|48.7

|46.7

|47.8

|47.2

class="wikitable"

!Years

!1891

!1892

!1893

!1894

!1895

!1896

!1897

!1898

!1899

!1900

Life expectancy in Denmark

|46.8

|47.4

|47.1

|49.4

|50.8

|52.9

|51.8

|53.1

|50.6

|51.9

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!Years

!1901

!1902

!1903

!1904

!1905

!1906

!1907

!1908

!1909

!1910

Life expectancy in Denmark

|52.6

|54.7

|54.8

|55.7

|54.3

|56.5

|56.1

|54.9

|57.4

|58.0

class="wikitable"

!Years

!1911

!1912

!1913

!1914

!1915

!1916

!1917

!1918

!1919

!1920

Life expectancy in Denmark

|57.0

|58.0

|58.9

|58.5

|58.4

|56.9

|57.3

|56.3

|57.0

|57.6

class="wikitable"

!Years

!1921

!1922

!1923

!1924

!1925

!1926

!1927

!1928

!1929

!1930

Life expectancy in Denmark

|61.7

|60.6

|61.2

|61.1

|61.9

|61.7

|61.2

|61.9

|61.9

|62.3

class="wikitable"

!Years

!1931

!1932

!1933

!1934

!1935

!1936

!1937

!1938

!1939

!1940

Life expectancy in Denmark

|61.8

|62.7

|63.6

|64.1

|62.9

|63.5

|64.0

|65.0

|65.8

|66.3

class="wikitable"

!Years

!1941

!1942

!1943

!1944

!1945

!1946

!1947

!1948

!1949

!1950

Life expectancy in Denmark

|66.0

|67.1

|67.4

|66.4

|66.1

|67.2

|68.5

|70.1

|70.1

|70.3

1950–2015

File:Life expectancy by WBG -Denmark -diff.png

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Period{{cite web |title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations |url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |archive-date=2016-09-19 |access-date=2017-07-15}}

!Life expectancy in
Years

!Period

!Life expectancy in
Years

1950–1955

|71.1

|1985–1990

|74.8

1955–1960

|72.1

|1990–1995

|75.2

1960–1965

|72.4

|1995–2000

|76.1

1965–1970

|72.9

|2000–2005

|77.3

1970–1975

|73.6

|2005–2010

|78.6

1975–1980

|74.2

|2010–2015

|80.2

1980–1985

|74.4

|

|

File:Denmark population pyramid from 1950 to 2020.gif

= Age structure =

:0-14 years: 16.57% (male 493,829 /female 468,548)

:15-24 years: 12.67% (male 377,094 /female 358,807)

:25-54 years: 39.03% (male 1,147,196 /female 1,119,967)

:55-64 years: 12.33% (male 356,860 /female 359,264)

:65 years and over: 19.42% (male 518,200 /female 609,737) (2018 est.)

; Median age

:

: total: 41.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 35th

: male: 40.8 years

: female: 42.9 years (2018 est.)

Ethnic and origin groups

File:Percentage of Dane's of Danish background in 2021 regionally.svg

File:Population pyramid of Denmark over time by origin.gif

{{see also|Immigration to Denmark|Faroese people in Denmark|Greenlandic people in Denmark|Armenians in Denmark|Chinese people in Denmark|Greeks in Denmark|History of the Jews in Denmark|Arabs in Denmark|Iraqis in Denmark|Pakistanis in Denmark|Turks in Denmark|Romani people in Denmark|German minority in Denmark|Council for Ethnic Minorities}}

Non-indigenous ethnic minorities include:

=Historic minorities=

Ethnic minorities in Denmark include a handful of groups:

  • Approximately 15,000 people{{cite web|url=http://www.nordschleswig.dk/SEEEMS/417.asp|title=Willkommen bei der deutschen Minderheit in Dänemark|website=Nordschleswig.dk|access-date=29 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326122618/http://www.nordschleswig.dk/SEEEMS/417.asp|archive-date=26 March 2013|language=da}} in Denmark belong to a German minority traditionally referred to as tysksindet meaning "German-minded" in Danish, and as Nordschleswiger in German. This minority of Germans hold Danish citizenship and self-identify as Germans. Many of them speak German or Low German as their home language. There are also several thousand German citizens and other ethnic Germans residing in Denmark with no historical connection to this group. From 1864 until 15 June 1920 this group mainly lived in what would become Germany in 1871. This area had 163,600 inhabitants on its return to Denmark which can be seen on the crude migration change in the table which jumped from 1.6 in 1919 to 54.1 in 1920.
  • An estimated 23,000 people{{cite web |url=http://www.dnag.dk/get.file?ID=2783 |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719033254/http://www.dnag.dk/get.file?ID=2783 |archive-date=19 July 2011 }} in Denmark proper are ethnic Faroese, while 19,000 Greenlanders reside permanently in Denmark.{{cite web |url=http://www.dnag.dk/get.file?ID=2699 |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719033354/http://www.dnag.dk/get.file?ID=2699 |archive-date=19 July 2011 }} Many of these use the Faroese and Greenlandic languages, respectively, as their first language. All residents of the Kingdom (viz. Denmark proper, the Faroe Islands and Greenland) hold Danish citizenship, unless they inherit or otherwise receive a foreign citizenship.
  • The Danish Jews number around 6,000 in 2020 according to the organisation Jewish Community in Denmark, around 1,700 being card-carrying members of the organisation.{{cite web|url=https://mosaiske.dk/jodisk-historie-i-danmark/|title=Dansk jødisk historie|website=Mosaiske.dk|access-date=24 October 2020|language=da}}
  • There are close to 10,000 Roma in Denmark.{{cite web|url=https://folkedrab.dk/artikler/romaer-til-danmark|title=Romaer til Danmark |website=Folkedrab.dk|date=24 September 2015 |access-date=24 October 2020|language=da}}

=Modern minorities=

{{quote box

| quote = A person has Danish origin if he or she has at least one parent who is both a Danish citizen and born in Denmark. Neither immigrants nor descendants have one parent who is both a Danish citizen and born in Denmark. The difference between immigrants and descendants is that immigrants were born abroad, while descendants were born in Denmark.

For asylum seekers and other persons applying for a residence permit in Denmark, there is no unambiguous connection between the time of a granted residence permit and immigration for the person who has been granted the residence permit. The number of residence permits granted in a quarter cannot be interpreted as the quarter's immigration. Citizens of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden do not need a residence permit to live, work or study in Denmark.

| source = Statistics Denmark [https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/indvandrere-og-efterkommere]

| align = right

| width = 30em

}}File:Population pyramid of Denmark by origin group in 2023.svg

File:Danish and foreign born population pyramid in 2023.svg

In the modern minorities, Statistics Denmark counts first-generation immigrants, second-generation (Descendants in Danish statistics classification) and third-generation (Children of descendants in Danish classification). Children of descendants can be either of "Danish origin" (if both of their parents were born in Denmark with Danish citizenship) and of "foreign origin" (if one of their parents is a second-generation immigrant and another first-generation). Therefore, this table included all people of the respective background, people who are classified as of "foreign background" and third-generation immigrants, who classified as of "Danish origin".{{Cite web |date=2017-06-06 |title=Documentation of statistics: Immigrants and Descendants – Statistics Denmark |url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/immigrants-and-descendants |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606230509/https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/immigrants-and-descendants |archive-date=2017-06-06 |access-date=2021-12-21}} Statistics Denmark denotes an immigrant's group based on their country of birth, it does this usually off of the immigrant or descendents parents, if only one such parent is known, then the group is determined by that or if no parents are known then it is assumed if the person is an immigrant that their country of origin is their country of birth.

Statistics Denmark also has specific classification bands which it uses to separate different immigrant groups. As an example, for 'Western' immigrants and 'Non-western', the classification band is as follows:

According to 2021 figures from Statistics Denmark, 86%[http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/Graphics/MakeGraph.asp?gr_type=1&gr_width=600&gr_height=600&gr_fontsize=11&menu=y&PLanguage=1&pxfile=201282423219110521660FOLK2.px&wonload=600&honload=600&rotate=] {{dead link|date=August 2017}}{{cite web |title=Immigrants and Their Descendants |url=http://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/befolkning-og-valg/indvandrere-og-efterkommere/indvandrere-og-efterkommere |access-date=11 September 2017 |website=Dst.dk}} of Denmark's population of over 5,840,045 was of Danish descent.[http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/Graphics/MakeGraph.asp?gr_type=5&gr_width=600&gr_height=600&gr_fontsize=11&menu=y&PLanguage=1&pxfile=201282423219110521660FOLK2.px&wonload=600&honload=600&rotate=] {{dead link|date=August 2017}} The remaining 14% were of a foreign background, defined as immigrants or descendants of recent immigrants. With the same definition, the most common countries of origin were Turkey, Poland, Germany, Iraq, Romania, Syria, Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia and its successor states.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

More than 817,438 individuals (14%) are migrants and their descendants (199,668 second generation migrants born in Denmark).

Of these 817,438 immigrants and their descendants:

There were 121,183 immigrants in 2022, of these 31,381 were Ukrainian citizens, people with Ukrainian citizenship accounted for 26 percent of all immigration. The total population of Denmark increased in 2022 by 59,234 people, and the net immigration of Ukrainian people amounted to 45 percent of this population growth.

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Rank

! Country of originImmigrants by country of birth, descendants and children of descendants (those, who are classified of Danish origin)

! Population (2008)

! Population (2021){{Cite web|url=https://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1600|work=Statistics Denmark|title=Immigrants and Descendants, 1 January 2020|language=en}}

! Population (2023)

! Population (2024)

! Population (2025)

1.

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| 59,960

| 75,072

| 77,845

| 79,373

| 80,937

2.

| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Poland}}

| 21,118

| 49,369

| 55,122

| 57,070

| 57,215

3.

| {{flag|Ukraine}}

| 5,105

| 15,595

| 42,482

| 44,825

| 49,854

4.

| {{flag|Syria}}

| 3,367

| 44,326

| 45,000

| 45,641

| 46,634

5.

| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Romania}}

| 3,681

| 34,997

| 44,221

| 46,036

| 46,132

6.

| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Germany}}

| 28,412

| 35,141

| 39,528

| 41,516

| 43,410

7.

| {{flag|Iraq}}

| 28,417

| 34,217

| 35,101

| 35,476

| 35,975

8.

| {{flag|Pakistan}}

| 21,217

| 31,175

| 32,246

| 33,050

| 34,181

9.

| {{flag|Lebanon}}

| 23,343

| 30,435

| 31,700

| 32,269

| 33,014

10.

| {{flag|Iran}}

| 14,773

| 22,408

| 24,364

| 26,276

| 28,491

11.

| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

| 21,861

| 23,449

| 23,625

| 23,659

| 23,732

12.

| {{flag|India}}

| 5,666

| 15,595

| 19,296

| 21,268

| 22,815

13.

| {{flag|Afghanistan}}

| 11,880

| 19,957

| 21,380

| 21,784

| 22,172

14.

| {{flag|Somalia}}

| 16,561

| 21,338

| 21,486

| 21,653

| 21,849

15.

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| 12,593

| 17,651

| 18,190

| 18,442

| 18,605

16.

| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Sweden}}

| 14,789

| 17,095

| 17,726

| 17,999

| 18,303

17.

| {{flag|Vietnam}}

| 13,459

| 16,307

| 16,906

| 17,448

| 18,272

18.

| {{flag|Norway}}

| 15,747

| 17,481

| 17,691

| 17,735

| 17,786

19.

| {{flag|China}}

| 8,574

| 14,841

| 15,836

| 16,549

| 17,443

20.

| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Lithuania}}

| 3,646

| 15,231

| 16,439

| 16,357

| 16,192

21.

| former {{flag|Yugoslavia}}{{refn|group=fn|Former Yugoslavia enumerates otherwise unspecified countries that made-up SFR Yugoslavia, i.e. the countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.}}

| 18,151

| 15,903

| 15,356

| 15,016

| 14,257

22.

| {{flag|Morocco}}

| 9,808

| 13,170

| 13,708

| 13,937

| 14,138

23.

| {{flag|Thailand}}

| 8,280

| 13,166

| 13,693

| 14,029

| 14,122

24.

| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Bulgaria}}

| 1,194

| -

| 13,503

| 13,840

| 14,007

25.

| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}

| 10,494

| –

| 12,692

| 12,996

| 13,734

26.

| {{flag|Philippines}}

| 7,199

| –

| 12,760

| 13,098

| 13,577

27.

| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Italy}}

| 3,994

| –

| 11,684

| 12,313

| 13,135

28.

| {{flag|USA}}

| 7,151

| –

| 10,786

| 11,293

| 11,797

29.

| {{flag|Russia}}

| 4,389

| –

| 9,517

| 9,946

| 10,323

30.

| {{flag|Iceland}}

| 8,421

| –

| 9,513

| 9,765

| 10,082

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="3" |Population groups

! colspan="12" |Year

colspan="2" |1981{{Cite web|title=Population 1. January by sex, age, ancestry, country of origin and citizenship – StatBank Denmark – data and statistics|url=https://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=FOLK2&PLanguage=1&PXSId=0&wsid=cftree|access-date=2025-04-20|website=www.statbank.dk}}

! colspan="2" |1991

! colspan="2" |2001

! colspan="2" |2011

! colspan="2" |2021

! colspan="2" |2025

Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

{{Flagicon|Denmark}} Danish descent

!4,968,337

!96.96%

!4,920,267

!95.6%

!4,953,265

!92.59%

!4,998,111

!89.88%

!5,022,607

!86%

!5,015,554

!83.7%

Immigrants

!136,229

!2.65%

!189,649

!3.68%

!308,674

!5.77%

!428,904

!7.71%

!617,770

!10.57%

!752,907

!12.6%

{{Flagicon|European Union}} EU-27

|59,808

|1.16%

|61,279

|1.19%

|74,565

|1.39%

|124,092

|2.23%

|205,731

|3.52%

|248,930

|

Europe outside EU-27

|45,148

|0.88%

|55,797

|1.08%

|98,042

|1.83%

|116,300

|2.09%

|131,189

|2.24%

|172,663

|

Africa

|5,033

|–

|9,710

|0.18%

|28,190

|0.52%

|33,135

|0.59%

|46,376

|0.79%

|51,502

|

North America

|6,312

|–

|6,525

|–

|7,008

|–

|9,068

|0.16%

|10,890

|0.18%

|13,490

|

South and Central America

|2,987

|–

|4,263

|–

|6,248

|–

|9,826

|0.17%

|17,430

|0.29%

|24,394

|

Asia

|16,200

|0.31%

|50,556

|0.98%

|91,731

|1.71%

|133,261

|2.39%

|202,625

|3.46%

|238,006

|

Oceania

|571

|–

|811

|–

|1,314

|–

|2,277

|–

|2,905

|–

|3,504

Stateless

|9

|–

|373

|–

|367

|–

|480

|–

|352

|–

|233

Unknown

|170

|–

|335

|–

|1,209

|–

|465

|–

|272

|–

|185

Descendants

!19,423

!0.37%

!36,553

!0.71%

!87,273

!1.63%

!133,613

!2.40%

!199,668

!3.41%

!224,273

!3.7%

{{Flagicon|European Union}} EU-27

|6,763

|0.13%

|6,949

|0.13%

|9,679

|0.18%

|13,097

|0.23%

|28,273

|0.48%

|

|

Europe outside EU-27

|6,831

|0.13%

|15,302

|0.29%

|32,237

|0.60%

|46,291

|0.83%

|59,309

|1.01%

|

|

Africa

|895

|–

|2,414

|–

|10,258

|0.19%

|16,608

|0.29%

|25,188

|0.43%

|

|

North America

|985

|–

|926

|–

|1,004

|–

|929

|–

|1,029

|–

|

|

South and Central America

|275

|–

|363

|–

|605

|–

|902

|–

|1,571

|–

|

|

Asia

|3,535

|–

|10,420

|0.20%

|33,045

|0.61%

|55,260

|0.99%

|83,815

|1.43%

|

|

Oceania

|93

|–

|88

|–

|129

|–

|149

|–

|196

|–

|

|

Stateless

|29

|–

|56

|–

|109

|–

|237

|–

|154

|–

|

|

Unknown

|17

|–

|35

|–

|207

|–

|140

|–

|133

|–

|

|

Total

!5,123,989

!100%

!5,146,469

!100%

!5,349,212

!100%

!5,560,628

!100%

!5,840,045

!100%

!5,992,734

!100%

File:Person of Danish origin in 2023 population pyramid.svg|Persons of Danish origin

File:Western immigrant 2023 in Denmark population pyramid.svg|Western immigrant

File:Non-Western immigrant population pyramid in 2023 in Denmark.svg|Non-Western immigrant

File:Western descendant population pyramid in 2023 in Denmark.svg|Western descendant

File:Non-Western descendant population pyramid in 2023 in Denmark.svg|Non-Western descendant

Vital statistics

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| footer =

| image1 = Live births and deaths in Denmark.svg

| width1 = 200

| caption1 = Live births and deaths over time

| image2 = Crude birth and death rate in Denmark.svg

| width2 = 200

| caption2 = Crude birth rate and death rate over time

| header = Births and deaths in Denmark over time

}}

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Data according to Statistics Denmark, which collects the official statistics for Denmark.{{cite web|url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/|title=Statistikbanken|website=Statistikbanken.dk|access-date=29 August 2017}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
! width="50pt" |Average population (January 1)

! width="70pt" |Live births

! width="70pt" |Deaths

! width="70pt" |Nat. change

! width="40pt" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)

! width="40pt" |Crude death rate (per 1000)

! width="40pt" |Nat. change (per 1000)

! width="40pt" |Crude migration change (per 1000)

! width="40pt" |Total fertility rate{{refn|group=fn|In developed countries, fertility rates 2.1 and above is a stable population and have been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an aging population and a reducing population.}}

1900

| align="right" | 2,432,000

| align="right" | 72,129

| align="right" | 40,891

| align="right" | 31,238

| style="color:blue;" | 29.7

| style="color:red;" | 16.8

| align="right" | 12.8

| style="color: red"

6.6

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 4.16

1901

| align="right" | 2,447,000 [https://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1280 Statistics Denmark, Population 1. January by sex and time, visited September 2023]

| align="right" | 73,219

| align="right" | 38,786

| align="right" | 34,425

| align="right" | 29.7

| align="right" | 15.7

| align="right" | 14.0

| -1.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 4.14

1902

| align="right" | 2,477,000

| align="right" | 72,839

| align="right" | 36,424

| align="right" | 36,391

| align="right" | 29.2

| align="right" | 14.6

| align="right" | 14.6

| -2.9

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 4.05

1903

| align="right" | 2,506,000

| align="right" | 72,351

| align="right" | 36,956

| align="right" | 35,403

| align="right" | 28.7

| align="right" | 14.6

| align="right" | 14.0

| -3.6

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.96

1904

| align="right" | 2,532,000

| align="right" | 73,692

| align="right" | 35,903

| align="right" | 37,788

| align="right" | 28.9

| align="right" | 14.1

| align="right" | 14.8

| -3.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.97

1905

| align="right" | 2,560,000

| align="right" | 73,082

| align="right" | 38,598

| align="right" | 34,484

| align="right" | 28.4

| align="right" | 15.0

| align="right" | 13.4

| -2.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.87

1906

| align="right" | 2,589,000

| align="right" | 74,217

| align="right" | 35,231

| align="right" | 38,986

| align="right" | 28.5

| align="right" | 13.5

| 15

| -2.6

| style="color: blue" | 3.87

1907

| align="right" | 2,621,000

| align="right" | 74,324

| align="right" | 37,275

| align="right" | 37,049

| align="right" | 28.2

| align="right" | 14.1

| align="right" | 14.1

| -2.3

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.81

1908

| align="right" | 2,652,000

| align="right" | 76,233

| align="right" | 39,072

| align="right" | 37,161

| align="right" | 28.6

| align="right" | 14.6

| align="right" | 13.9

| -0.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.83

1909

| align="right" | 2,687,000

| align="right" | 76,301

| align="right" | 35,837

| align="right" | 40,464

| align="right" | 28.2

| align="right" | 13.3

| align="right" | 15.0

| -2.0

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.78

1910

| align="right" | 2,722,000

| align="right" | 75,299

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 35,184

| align="right" | 40,013

| align="right" | 27.5

| align="right" | 12.9

| align="right" | 14.6

| -1.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.67

1911

| align="right" | 2,757,000

| align="right" | 73,933

| align="right" | 37,236

| align="right" | 36,697

| align="right" | 26.7

| align="right" | 13.4

| align="right" | 13.2

| -2.0

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.60

1912

| align="right" | 2,788,000

| align="right" | 74,659

| align="right" | 36,486

| align="right" | 38,173

| align="right" | 26.6

| align="right" | 13.0

| align="right" | 13.6

| -2.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.58

1913

| align="right" | 2,820,000

| align="right" | 72,475

| align="right" | 35,364

| align="right" | 37,111

| align="right" | 25.6

| align="right" | 12.5

| align="right" | 13.1

| -2.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.43

1914

| align="right" | 2,851,000

| align="right" | 73,294

| align="right" | 35,921

| align="right" | 37,373

| align="right" | 25.6

| align="right" | 12.5

| align="right" | 13.0

| -0.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.42

1915

| align="right" | 2,886,000

| align="right" | 70,192

| align="right" | 37,174

| align="right" | 33,018

| align="right" | 24.2

| align="right" | 12.8

| align="right" | 11.4

| 0.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.23

1916

| align="right" | 2,921,000

| align="right" | 71,559

| align="right" | 39,265

| align="right" | 32,294

| align="right" | 24.4

| align="right" | 13.4

| align="right" | 11.0

| 1.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.23

1917

| align="right" | 2,958,000

| align="right" | 70,306

| align="right" | 39,224

| align="right" | 31,082

| align="right" | 23.7

| align="right" | 13.2

| align="right" | 10.5

| 0.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.11

1918

| align="right" | 2,991,000

| align="right" | 72,505

| align="right" | 39,038

| align="right" | 33,467

| align="right" | 24.1

| align="right" | 13.0

| align="right" | 11.1

| 0.9

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.16

1919

| align="right" | 3,027,000

| align="right" | 68,722

| align="right" | 39,590

| align="right" | 29,132

| align="right" | 22.6

| align="right" | 13.0

| align="right" | 9.6

| 1.6

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.96

1920

| align="right" | 3,061,000

| align="right" | 78,230

| align="right" | 39,841

| align="right" | 38,389

| align="right" | 25.4

| align="right" | 12.9

| align="right" | 12.5

| style="color: blue"|54.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.29

1921

| align="right" | 3,265,000

| align="right" | 78,815

| align="right" | 36,215

| align="right" | 42,600

| align="right" | 24.0

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 13.0

| -0.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.11

1922

| align="right" | 3,306,000

| align="right" | 73,899

| align="right" | 39,452

| align="right" | 34,435

| align="right" | 22.3

| align="right" | 11.9

| align="right" | 10.4

| -0.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.87

1923

| align="right" | 3,340,000

| align="right" | 74,827

| align="right" | 37,903

| align="right" | 36,924

| align="right" | 22.3

| align="right" | 11.3

| align="right" | 11.0

| -1.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.85

1924

| align="right" | 3,373,000

| align="right" | 73,836

| align="right" | 38,091

| align="right" | 35,778

| align="right" | 21.8

| align="right" | 11.2

| align="right" | 10.6

| -0.8

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.78

1925

| align="right" | 3,406,000

| align="right" | 71,897

| align="right" | 37,083

| align="right" | 34,814

| align="right" | 21.0

| align="right" | 10.8

| align="right" | 10.2

| -0.5

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.66

1926

| align="right" | 3,439,000

| align="right" | 70,734

| align="right" | 38,093

| align="right" | 32,641

| align="right" | 20.5

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 9.5

| -1.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58

1927

| align="right" | 3,467,000

| align="right" | 68,024

| align="right" | 40,190

| align="right" | 27,834

| align="right" | 19.6

| align="right" | 11.6

| align="right" | 8.0

| -2.2

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.44

1928

| align="right" | 3,487,000

| align="right" | 68,516

| align="right" | 38,484

| align="right" | 30,032

| align="right" | 19.6

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 8.6

| -1.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.43

1929

| align="right" | 3,511,000

| align="right" | 65,297

| align="right" | 39,486

| align="right" | 25,913

| align="right" | 18.6

| align="right" | 11.2

| align="right" | 7.4

| -1.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.30

1930

| align="right" | 3,531,000

| align="right" | 66,303

| align="right" | 38,174

| align="right" | 28,129

| align="right" | 18.7

| align="right" | 10.8

| align="right" | 7.9

| -0.5

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.29

1931

| align="right" | 3,557,000

| align="right" | 64,266

| align="right" | 40,578

| align="right" | 23,688

| align="right" | 18.0

| align="right" | 11.4

| align="right" | 6.6

| 2.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.20

1932

| align="right" | 3,590,000

| align="right" | 64,650

| align="right" | 39,701

| align="right" | 24,949

| align="right" | 17.9

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 6.9

| 1.5

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.17

1933

| align="right" | 3,620,000

| align="right" | 62,780

| align="right" | 38,287

| align="right" | 24,493

| align="right" | 17.3

| align="right" | 10.5

| align="right" | 6.7

| 1.9

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.10

1934

| align="right" | 3,651,000

| align="right" | 65,116

| align="right" | 38,050

| align="right" | 27,066

| align="right" | 17.8

| align="right" | 10.4

| align="right" | 7.4

| 1.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.15

1935

| align="right" | 3,683,000

| align="right" | 65,223

| align="right" | 40,816

| align="right" | 24,407

| align="right" | 17.7

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 6.6

| 1.0

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.12

1936

| align="right" | 3,711,000

| align="right" | 66,418

| align="right" | 40,919

| align="right" | 25,499

| align="right" | 17.8

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 6.9

| 0.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.14

1937

| align="right" | 3,738,000

| align="right" | 67,440

| align="right" | 40,442

| align="right" | 26,998

| align="right" | 18.0

| align="right" | 10.8

| align="right" | 7.2

| 0

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.16

1938

| align="right" | 3,765,000

| align="right" | 68,463

| align="right" | 39,058

| align="right" | 29,407

| align="right" | 18.1

| align="right" | 10.3

| align="right" | 7.8

| -0.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.18

1939

| align="right" | 3,794,000

| align="right" | 67,914

| align="right" | 38,535

| align="right" | 29,379

| align="right" | 17.8

| align="right" | 10.1

| align="right" | 7.7

| 0.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.16

1940

| align="right" | 3,826,000

| align="right" | 70,121

| align="right" | 39,730

| align="right" | 30,391

| align="right" | 18.3

| align="right" | 10.4

| align="right" | 7.9

| -1.9

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.22

1941

| align="right" | 3,849,000

| align="right" | 71,306

| align="right" | 39,756

| align="right" | 31,550

| align="right" | 18.5

| align="right" | 10.3

| align="right" | 8.2

| 0.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.24

1942

| align="right" | 3,882,000

| align="right" | 79,545

| align="right" | 37,527

| align="right" | 42,018

| align="right" | 20.4

| align="right" | 9.6

| align="right" | 10.8

| 0.5

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.50

1943

| align="right" | 3,926,000

| align="right" | 84,319

| align="right" | 37,982

| align="right" | 46,337

| align="right" | 21.4

| align="right" | 9.6

| align="right" | 11.7

| 0.3

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.65

1944

| align="right" | 3,973,000

| align="right" | 90,641

| align="right" | 41,087

| align="right" | 49,554

| align="right" | 22.7

| align="right" | 10.3

| align="right" | 12.4

| 0.2

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.84

1945

| align="right" | 4,023,000

| align="right" | 95,062

| align="right" | 42,298

| align="right" | 52,764

| align="right" | 23.5

| align="right" | 10.5

| align="right" | 13.0

| -0.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.98

1946

| align="right" | 4,075,000

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 96,111

| align="right" | 42,013

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 54,098

| align="right" | 23.4

| align="right" | 10.2

| align="right" | 13.2

| -1.2

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.02

1947

| align="right" | 4,124,000

| align="right" | 91,714

| align="right" | 40,043

| align="right" | 51,671

| align="right" | 22.1

| align="right" | 9.7

| align="right" | 12.5

| -1.8

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.90

1948

| align="right" | 4,168,000

| align="right" | 84,938

| align="right" | 35,981

| align="right" | 48,957

| align="right" | 20.3

| style="color:blue;" | 8.6

| align="right" | 11.7

| -1.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.71

1949

| align="right" | 4,211,000

| align="right" | 79,919

| align="right" | 37,793

| align="right" | 42,126

| align="right" | 18.9

| align="right" | 8.9

| align="right" | 10.0

| -0.3

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58

1950

| align="right" | 4,252,000

| align="right" | 79,558

| align="right" | 39,300

| align="right" | 40,258

| align="right" | 18.6

| align="right" | 9.2

| align="right" | 9.4

| -1.6

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.57

1951

| align="right" | 4,285,000

| align="right" | 76,559

| align="right" | 37,960

| align="right" | 38,599

| align="right" | 17.8

| align="right" | 8.8

| align="right" | 9.0

| -2.0

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.50

1952

| align="right" | 4,315,000

| align="right" | 76,943

| align="right" | 39,173

| align="right" | 37,770

| align="right" | 17.8

| align="right" | 9.0

| align="right" | 8.7

| -0.8

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.53

1953

| align="right" | 4,349,000

| align="right" | 78,261

| align="right" | 39,350

| align="right" | 38,911

| align="right" | 17.9

| align="right" | 9.0

| align="right" | 8.9

| 0.3

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.60

1954

| align="right" | 4,389,000

| align="right" | 76,365

| align="right" | 39,885

| align="right" | 36,480

| align="right" | 17.3

| align="right" | 9.1

| align="right" | 8.3

| -0.3

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.55

1955

| align="right" | 4,424,000

| align="right" | 76,845

| align="right" | 38,789

| align="right" | 38,056

| align="right" | 17.3

| align="right" | 8.7

| align="right" | 8.6

| -1.8

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58

1956

| align="right" | 4,454,000

| align="right" | 76,725

| align="right" | 39,588

| align="right" | 37,137

| align="right" | 17.2

| align="right" | 8.9

| align="right" | 8.3

| -2.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.61

1957

| align="right" | 4,479,000

| align="right" | 75,264

| align="right" | 41,730

| align="right" | 33,534

| align="right" | 16.8

| align="right" | 9.3

| align="right" | 7.5

| -2.6

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.57

1958

| align="right" | 4,501,000

| align="right" | 74,681

| align="right" | 41,560

| align="right" | 33,121

| align="right" | 16.5

| align="right" | 9.2

| align="right" | 7.3

| -0.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.55

1959

| align="right" | 4,532,000

| align="right" | 73,928

| align="right" | 42,159

| align="right" | 31,769

| align="right" | 16.3

| align="right" | 9.3

| align="right" | 7.0

| 0.5

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.52

1960

| align="right" | 4,566,000

| align="right" | 76,077

| align="right" | 43,681

| align="right" | 32,396

| align="right" | 16.6

| align="right" | 9.5

| align="right" | 7.1

| -1.0

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.57

1961

| align="right" | 4,594,000

| align="right" | 76,439

| align="right" | 43,310

| align="right" | 33,129

| align="right" | 16.6

| align="right" | 9.4

| align="right" | 7.2

| 0.6

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.55

1962

| align="right" | 4,630,000

| align="right" | 77,808

| align="right" | 45,334

| align="right" | 32,474

| align="right" | 16.7

| align="right" | 9.8

| align="right" | 7.0

| 0.8

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58

1963

| align="right" | 4,666,000

| align="right" | 82,413

| align="right" | 45,773

| align="right" | 36,640

| align="right" | 17.6

| align="right" | 9.8

| align="right" | 7.8

| 0.1

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.64

1964

| align="right" | 4,703,000

| align="right" | 83,356

| align="right" | 46,811

| align="right" | 36,545

| align="right" | 17.7

| align="right" | 9.9

| align="right" | 7.7

| 0.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.60

1965

| align="right" | 4,741,000

| align="right" | 85,796

| align="right" | 47,884

| align="right" | 37,912

| align="right" | 18.0

| align="right" | 10.1

| align="right" | 8.0

| -0.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.61

1966

| align="right" | 4,777,000

| align="right" | 88,332

| align="right" | 49,344

| align="right" | 38,988

| align="right" | 18.4

| align="right" | 10.3

| align="right" | 8.1

| 0.5

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.62

1967

| align="right" | 4,818,000

| align="right" | 81,410

| align="right" | 47,836

| align="right" | 33,574

| align="right" | 16.8

| align="right" | 9.9

| align="right" | 6.9

| 0.4

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.35

1968

| align="right" | 4,853,000

| align="right" | 74,543

| align="right" | 47,290

| align="right" | 27,253

| align="right" | 15.3

| align="right" | 9.7

| align="right" | 5.6

| -0.7

| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.12

1969

| align="right" | 4,877,000

| align="right" | 71,298

| align="right" | 47,943

| align="right" | 23,355

| align="right" | 14.6

| align="right" | 9.8

| align="right" | 4.8

| 1.4

| align="right" | 2.00

1970

| align="right" | 4,907,000

| align="right" | 70,802

| align="right" | 48,233

| align="right" | 22,569

| align="right" | 14.3

| align="right" | 9.7

| align="right" | 4.6

| 4.4

| align="right" | 1.95

1971

| align="right" | 4,951,000

| align="right" | 75,359

| align="right" | 48,858

| align="right" | 26,501

| align="right" | 15.2

| align="right" | 9.8

| align="right" | 5.3

| -0.3

| align="right" | 2.04

1972

| align="right" | 4,976,000

| align="right" | 75,505

| align="right" | 50,445

| align="right" | 25,060

| align="right" | 15.1

| align="right" | 10.1

| align="right" | 5.0

| 1.4

| align="right" | 2.03

1973

| align="right" | 5,008,000

| align="right" | 71,895

| align="right" | 50,526

| align="right" | 21,369

| align="right" | 14.3

| align="right" | 10.1

| align="right" | 4.3

| 1.3

| align="right" | 1.9170

1974

| align="right" | 5,036,000

| align="right" | 71,327

| align="right" | 51,637

| align="right" | 19,690

| align="right" | 14.1

| align="right" | 10.2

| align="right" | 3.9

| -0.3

| align="right" | 1.8968

1975

| align="right" | 5,054,000

| align="right" | 72,071

| align="right" | 50,895

| align="right" | 21,176

| align="right" | 14.2

| align="right" | 10.1

| align="right" | 4.1

| -1.9

| align="right" | 1.9188

1976

| align="right" | 5,065,000

| align="right" | 65,267

| align="right" | 54,001

| align="right" | 11,266

| align="right" | 12.9

| align="right" | 10.6

| align="right" | 2.2

| 0.4

| align="right" | 1.7472

1977

| align="right" | 5,078,000

| align="right" | 61,878

| align="right" | 50,485

| align="right" | 11,393

| align="right" | 12.2

| align="right" | 9.9

| align="right" | 2.2

| 1.5

| align="right" | 1.6598

1978

| align="right" | 5,097,000

| align="right" | 62,036

| align="right" | 52,864

| align="right" | 9,172

| align="right" | 12.2

| align="right" | 10.4

| align="right" | 1.8

| 1.1

| align="right" | 1.6685

1979

| align="right" | 5,112,000

| align="right" | 59,464

| align="right" | 54,654

| align="right" | 4,810

| align="right" | 11.6

| align="right" | 10.7

| align="right" | 0.9

| 1.1

| align="right" | 1.6016

1980

| align="right" | 5,122,000

| align="right" | 57,293

| align="right" | 55,939

| align="right" | 1,354

| align="right" | 11.2

| align="right" | 10.9

| align="right" | 0.3

| 0.1

| align="right" | 1.5464

1981

| align="right" | 5,124,000

| align="right" | 53,089

| align="right" | 56,359

| style="color: red" align="right" | -3,270

| align="right" | 10.4

| align="right" | 11.0

| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.6

| -0.4

| align="right" | 1.4371

1982

| align="right" | 5,119,000

| align="right" | 52,658

| align="right" | 55,368

| style="color: red" align="right" | -2,710

| align="right" | 10.3

| align="right" | 10.8

| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.5

| -0.1

| align="right" | 1.4273

1983

| align="right" | 5,116,000

| style="color: red" align="right" | 50,822

| align="right" | 57,156

| style="color: red" align="right" | -6,334

|9.9

| align="right" | 11.2

| style="color: red" align="right" | -1.2

| 0.4

| style="color: red" align="right" | 1.3774

1984

| align="right" | 5,112,000

| align="right" | 51,800

| align="right" | 57,109

| style="color: red" align="right" | -5,309

| align="right" | 10.1

| align="right" | 11.2

| style="color: red" align="right" | -1.0

| 0.8

| align="right" | 1.4001

1985

| align="right" | 5,111,000

| align="right" | 53,749

| align="right" | 58,378

| style="color: red" align="right" | -4,629

| align="right" | 10.5

| align="right" | 11.4

| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.9

| 1.9

| align="right" | 1.4472

1986

| align="right" | 5,116,000

| align="right" | 55,312

| align="right" | 58,100

| style="color: red" align="right" | -2,788

| align="right" | 10.8

| align="right" | 11.3

| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.5

| 2.3

| align="right" | 1.4819

1987

| align="right" | 5,125,000

| align="right" | 56,221

| align="right" | 58,136

| style="color: red" align="right" | -1,915

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 11.3

| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.4

| 1.2

| align="right" | 1.4977

1988

| align="right" | 5,129,000

| align="right" | 58,844

| align="right" | 58,984

| style="color: red" align="right" | -127

| align="right" | 11.5

| align="right" | 11.5

| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.0

| 0

| align="right" | 1.5618

1989

| align="right" | 5,129,000

| align="right" | 61,351

| align="right" | 59,397

| align="right" | 2,047

| align="right" | 12.0

| align="right" | 11.6

| align="right" | 0.4

| 0.8

| align="right" | 1.6212

1990

| align="right" | 5,135,000

| align="right" | 63,433

| align="right" | 60,926

| align="right" | 2,545

| align="right" | 12.3

| align="right" | 11.9

| align="right" | 0.5

| 1.6

| align="right" | 1.6696

1991

| align="right" | 5,146,000

| align="right" | 64,358

| align="right" | 59,581

| align="right" | 4,777

| align="right" | 12.5

| align="right" | 11.6

| align="right" | 0.9

| 2.2

| align="right" | 1.6844

1992

| align="right" | 5,162,000

| align="right" | 67,726

| align="right" | 60,821

| align="right" | 6,905

| align="right" | 13.1

| align="right" | 11.8

| align="right" | 1.3

| 2.4

| align="right" | 1.7648

1993

| align="right" | 5,181,000

| align="right" | 67,369

| align="right" | 62,809

| align="right" | 4,560

| align="right" | 13.0

| align="right" | 12.1

| align="right" | 0.9

| 2.2

| align="right" | 1.7512

1994

| align="right" | 5,197,000

| align="right" | 69,666

| align="right" | 61,099

| align="right" | 8,567

| align="right" | 13.4

| align="right" | 11.7

| align="right" | 1.6

| 2.1

| align="right" | 1.8091

1995

| align="right" | 5,216,000

| align="right" | 69,771

| style="color:red" align="right" | 63,127

| align="right" | 6,644

| align="right" | 13.3

| align="right" | 12.1

| align="right" | 1.3

| 5.4

| align="right" | 1.8097

1996

| align="right" | 5,251,000

| align="right" | 67,638

| align="right" | 61,043

| align="right" | 6,595

| align="right" | 12.9

| align="right" | 11.6

| align="right" | 1.3

| 3.3

| align="right" | 1.7535

1997

| align="right" | 5,275,000

| align="right" | 67,648

| align="right" | 59,898

| align="right" | 7,750

| align="right" | 12.8

| align="right" | 11.3

| align="right" | 1.5

| 2.3

| align="right" | 1.7562

1998

| align="right" | 5,295,000

| align="right" | 66,174

| align="right" | 58,453

| align="right" | 7,721

| align="right" | 12.5

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 1.5

| 1.9

| align="right" | 1.7252

1999

| align="right" | 5,313,000

| align="right" | 66,220

| align="right" | 59,179

| align="right" | 7,041

| align="right" | 12.4

| align="right" | 11.1

| align="right" | 1.3

| 1.9

| align="right" | 1.7383

2000

| align="right" | 5,330,000

| align="right" | 67,084

| align="right" | 57,998

| align="right" | 9,086

| align="right" | 12.6

| align="right" | 10.9

| align="right" | 1.7

| 1.9

| align="right" | 1.7742

2001

| align="right" | 5,349,000

| align="right" | 65,458

| align="right" | 58,355

| align="right" | 7,103

| align="right" | 12.2

| align="right" | 10.9

| align="right" | 1.3

| 2.3

| align="right" | 1.7450

2002

| align="right" | 5,368,000

| align="right" | 64,075

| align="right" | 58,610

| align="right" | 5,465

| align="right" | 11.9

| align="right" | 10.9

| align="right" | 1.0

| 2.0

| align="right" | 1.7249

2003

| align="right" | 5,384,000

| align="right" | 64,599

| align="right" | 57,574

| align="right" | 7,025

| align="right" | 12.0

| align="right" | 10.7

| align="right" | 1.3

| 1.3

| align="right" | 1.7599

2004

| align="right" | 5,398,000

| align="right" | 64,609

| align="right" | 55,086

| align="right" | 9,523

| align="right" | 12.0

| align="right" | 10.2

| align="right" | 1.8

| 0.6

| align="right" | 1.7852

2005

| align="right" | 5,411,000

| align="right" | 64,282

| align="right" | 54,962

| align="right" | 9,320

| align="right" | 11.9

| align="right" | 10.1

| align="right" | 1.7

| 1.3

| align="right" | 1.8021

2006

| align="right" | 5,427,000

| align="right" | 64,984

| align="right" | 55,477

| align="right" | 9,507

| align="right" | 12.0

| align="right" | 10.2

| align="right" | 1.7

| 2.2

| align="right" | 1.8476

2007

| align="right" | 5,448,000

| align="right" | 64,082

| align="right" | 55,604

| align="right" | 8,478

| align="right" | 11.7

| align="right" | 10.2

| align="right" | 1.6

| 3.5

| align="right" | 1.8435

2008

| align="right" | 5,476,000

| align="right" | 65,038

| align="right" | 54,591

| align="right" | 10,447

| align="right" | 11.8

| align="right" | 9.9

| align="right" | 1.9

| 4.5

| align="right" | 1.8888

2009

| align="right" | 5,511,000

| align="right" | 62,818

| align="right" | 54,872

| align="right" | 7,946

| align="right" | 11.4

| align="right" | 9.9

| align="right" | 1.4

| 3.0

| align="right" | 1.8396

2010

| 5,535,000

|63,411

54,3689,043

|11.4

9.81.6

| 3.1

| 1.8712

2011

| 5,561,000

|58,998

52,5166,482

|10.6

9.41.2

| 2.4

| 1.7524

2012

| 5,581,000

|57,916

52,3255,591

|10.4

9.41.0

| 2.9

| 1.7292

2013

| 5,603,000

|55,844

52,4283,416

|9.9

9.30.6

| 3.7

| 1.6687

2014

| 5,627,000

|56,870

51,3405,530

|10.1

9.11.0

| 4.9

| 1.6912

2015

| 5,660,000

|58,205

52,5555,650

|10.2

9.21.0

| 7.3

|1.7136

2016

| 5,707,000

|61,614

52,8248,790

|10.7

9.21.5

| 5.9

|1.7854

2017

| 5,749,000

|61,272

53,2618,011

|10.6

9.21.4

| 4.2

|1.7519

2018

| 5,781,000

|61,476

55,2326,244

|10.6

9.51.1

| 3.2

|1.7297

2019

| 5,806,000

|61,167

53,9587,209

|10.5

9.31.2

| 1.7

|1.6994

20205,822,763

|60,937

54,6456,292

|10.4

9.41.0

| 2.0

|1.6747

20215,840,045

|63,473

57,1526,321

|10.8

9.71.1

| 4.6

|1.7241

2022

| 5,873,420

|58,430

|59,435

|style="color: red"

1,005

|9.948

|10.119

|style="color:red"

0.171

| 10.3

|1.5529

2023

| 5,932,654

|57,469

|58,384

|style="color: red"

915

|9.686

|9.841

|style="color:red"

0.155

| 5.0

|1.4959

2024

| 5,961,249

| 57,079

| 57,071

| 8

| style="color:red;"|9.575

| 9.574

| 0.0013

| 5.3

| 1.4656

2025

|style="color:blue"|5,992,734

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In 2024, 44,092 (77.2%) babies were born to mothers of Danish origin, 10,197 (17.9%) to immigrant mothers and 2,790 (4.9%) to mothers who are descendants of immigrants.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/en|title=Births — Statistics Denmark|website=www.www.dst.dk/en}}

= Current vital statistics =

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Period

! Live births

! Deaths

! Natural increase

January – March 2024

| 13,810

| 15,083

| -1,273

January – March 2025

| 14,144

| 15,459

| -1,315

Difference

| {{increase}} +334 (+2.42%)

| {{increasenegative}} +376 (+2.49%)

| {{decrease}} -42

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=Total fertility rates by region=

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|+ 2023{{Cite web |title=Total fertility rate by NUTS 2 region |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tgs00100/default/table |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=ec.europa.eu}}

!Regions

!TFR

Zealand

|1.57

Central Denmark Region

|1.57

Region of Southern Denmark

|1.57

North Jutland

|1.53

Capital Region of Denmark

|1.42

=Structure of the population=

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class="wikitable"
width="80pt"|Age Group

! width="80pt"|Male

! width="80pt"|Female

! width="80pt"|Total

! width="80pt"|%

align="right" | Total

| align="right" | 2 910 605

| align="right" | 2 939 584

| align="right" | 5 850 189

| align="right" | 100

align="right" | 0–4

| align="right" | 159 616

| align="right" | 151 094

| align="right" | 310 710

| align="right" | 5.31

align="right" | 5–9

| align="right" | 153 902

| align="right" | 145 996

| align="right" | 299 898

| align="right" | 5.13

align="right" | 10–14

| align="right" | 172 489

| align="right" | 163 504

| align="right" | 335 993

| align="right" | 5.74

align="right" | 15–19

| align="right" | 174 065

| align="right" | 166 351

| align="right" | 340 416

| align="right" | 5.82

align="right" | 20–24

| align="right" | 190 440

| align="right" | 182 547

| align="right" | 372 987

| align="right" | 6.38

align="right" | 25–29

| align="right" | 205 462

| align="right" | 196 996

| align="right" | 402 458

| align="right" | 6.88

align="right" | 30–34

| align="right" | 190 728

| align="right" | 182 907

| align="right" | 373 635

| align="right" | 6.39

align="right" | 35–39

| align="right" | 167 754

| align="right" | 163 263

| align="right" | 331 017

| align="right" | 5.66

align="right" | 40–44

| align="right" | 174 967

| align="right" | 173 743

| align="right" | 348 710

| align="right" | 5.96

align="right" | 45–49

| align="right" | 196 490

| align="right" | 197 259

| align="right" | 393 749

| align="right" | 6.73

align="right" | 50–54

| align="right" | 199 625

| align="right" | 197 330

| align="right" | 396 955

| align="right" | 6.79

align="right" | 55–59

| align="right" | 203 904

| align="right" | 202 673

| align="right" | 406 577

| align="right" | 6.95

align="right" | 60–64

| align="right" | 173 413

| align="right" | 176 026

| align="right" | 349 439

| align="right" | 5.97

align="right" | 65–69

| align="right" | 156 575

| align="right" | 163 852

| align="right" | 320 427

| align="right" | 5.48

align="right" | 70–74

| align="right" | 149 499

| align="right" | 162 406

| align="right" | 311 905

| align="right" | 5.33

align="right" | 75–79

| align="right" | 125 586

| align="right" | 142 076

| align="right" | 267 662

| align="right" | 4.58

align="right" | 80–84

| align="right" | 69 552

| align="right" | 88 329

| align="right" | 157 881

| align="right" | 2.70

align="right" | 85–89

| align="right" | 33 148

| align="right" | 50 931

| align="right" | 84 079

| align="right" | 1.44

align="right" | 90–94

| align="right" | 11 095

| align="right" | 23 783

| align="right" | 34 878

| align="right" | 0.60

align="right" | 95–99

| align="right" | 2 113

| align="right" | 7 469

| align="right" | 9 582

| align="right" | 0.16

align="right" | 100+

| align="right" | 182

| align="right" | 1 049

| align="right" | 1 231

| align="right" | 0.02

width="50"|Age group

! width="80pt"|Male

! width="80"|Female

! width="80"|Total

! width="50"|Percent

align="right" | 0–14

| align="right" | 486 007

| align="right" | 460 594

| align="right" | 946 601

| align="right" | 16.18

align="right" | 15–64

| align="right" | 1 876 848

| align="right" | 1 839 095

| align="right" | 3 715 943

| align="right" | 63.52

align="right" | 65+

| align="right" | 547 750

| align="right" | 639 895

| align="right" | 1 187 645

| align="right" | 20.30

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Immigration

=Denmark net migration=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Denmark Migration Data

YearTotal ImmigrationTotal EmigrationTotal Net MigrationImmigration ForeignEmigration ForeignNet Foreign MigrationImmigration Danish nationalsEmigration Danish nationalsNet Danish nationals
198429,03525,0533,98213,2938,1635,13015,74216,890-1,148
198536,21426,7159,49920,2019,05311,14816,01317,662-1,649
198638,93227,92811,00422,5439,26213,28116,38918,666-2,277
198736,29630,1236,17320,05710,1429,91516,23919,981-3,742
198835,05134,54450718,44610,6517,79516,60523,893-7,288
198938,39134,9493,44219,2119,5029,70919,18025,447-6,267
199040,71532,3837,33219,7158,85510,86021,00023,528-3,528
199143,56732,62910,93822,12210,46211,66021,44522,167-722
199243,37731,91511,46221,4849,35812,12621,89322,557-664
199343,40032,34411,05620,4799,99410,48522,92122,350571
199444,96134,71010,25120,97710,89110,08623,98423,819165
199563,18734,63028,55739,14511,10928,03624,04223,521521
199654,44537,31217,13331,52712,95718,57022,91824,355-1,437
199750,10538,39311,71227,41114,05713,35422,69424,336-1,642
199851,37240,34011,03228,83015,64713,18322,54224,693-2,151
199950,23641,3408,89627,88316,24211,64122,35325,098-2,745
200052,91543,4179,49830,81016,53014,28022,10526,887-4,782
200155,98443,98012,00433,65417,29216,36222,33026,688-4,358
200252,77843,4819,29730,59717,75012,84722,18125,731-3,550
200349,75443,4666,28827,69218,1949,49822,06225,272-3,210
200449,86045,0174,84327,87019,0818,78921,99025,936-3,946
200552,45845,8696,58929,98919,62010,36922,46926,249-3,780
200656,75046,7869,96434,28120,44713,83422,46926,339-3,870
200764,76942,70822,06142,70218,55824,14422,06724,150-2,083
200873,76248,17125,59150,98124,73426,24722,78123,437-656
200968,44351,98816,45546,03230,46015,57222,41121,528883
201069,20052,09717,10347,67030,22617,44421,53021,871-341
201170,12255,78214,34048,85832,91815,94021,26422,864-1,600
201272,51254,90717,60550,63332,55918,07421,87922,348-469
201379,21856,41622,80256,99534,07322,92222,22322,343-120
201487,56359,22628,33765,54737,53628,01122,01621,690326
201598,87256,34042,53276,32334,50941,81422,54921,831718
201694,36561,07833,28772,17939,53432,64522,18621,544642
201789,38264,75124,63167,44543,74523,70021,93721,006931
201887,32968,64518,68465,42747,73617,69121,90220,909993
201983,91874,5979,32162,64354,4708,17321,27520,1271,148
202070,34059,42010,92048,64443,5495,09521,69615,8715,825
202176,27849,80326,47557,92233,53624,38618,35616,2672,089
2022121,18362,92758,256103,04244,06858,97418,14118,859-718
202398,34468,17230,17279,56150,54029,02118,78317,6321,151
2024101,72469,46732,25783,21652,58030,63618,50816,8871,621

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/flytninger/ind-og-udvandring

Urban areas

{{main|List of urban areas in Denmark by population}}

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The urban area of Copenhagen consists of the contiguously built-up area of the capital of Denmark. The Copenhagen metropolitan area consists of 34 municipalities. The East Jutland metropolitan area includes 19 municipalities.

Religion

{{Main|Religion in Denmark}}

The Church of Denmark ({{lang|da|Den danske folkekirke}}) is state-supported and, according to statistics from January 2022, accounts for the religious affiliation of 73.2% of the population.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=38368|title=NYT: Laveste antal udmeldinger af folkekirken i 15 år|website=www.dst.dk}} Denmark has had religious freedom guaranteed since 1849 by the Constitution,{{cite web|url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/da00000_.html|title=Denmark – Constitution : Part VII – Section 70|quotation="No person shall for reasons of his creed or descent be deprived of access to complete enjoyment of his civic and political rights, nor shall he for such reasons evade compliance with any common civic duty."|website=Servat.unibe.ch|access-date=29 August 2017}} and numerous other religions are officially recognised,[http://www.km.dk/fileadmin/share/Trossamfund/Freedom_of_religion.pdf Freedom of religion and religious communities in Denmark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205165930/http://www.km.dk/fileadmin/share/Trossamfund/Freedom_of_religion.pdf |date=2012-02-05 }} – The Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs – May 2006. Km.dk including several Christian denominations, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and other congregations as well as Forn Siðr, a revival of Scandinavian pagan tradition. The Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs recognises roughly a hundred religious congregations for tax and legal purposes such as conducting wedding ceremonies.

In 2013, just under 20% of the Danish population identifies as atheist.{{cite news|last=Rekling|first=Therese|date=7 October 2013|title=Næsten hver femte dansker kalder sig ateist|language=da|work=Berlingske Tidende|url=http://www.b.dk/nationalt/naesten-hver-femte-dansker-kalder-sig-ateist|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008232427/https://www.b.dk/nationalt/naesten-hver-femte-dansker-kalder-sig-ateist|access-date=8 October 2024}}

Islam is the second largest religion in Denmark.{{Cite web|title=Denmark Religions – Demographics|url=https://www.indexmundi.com/denmark/religions.html|access-date=2020-12-05|website=www.indexmundi.com|language=en}} In 2020, an estimated 4.4% of the Danish population were Muslims.{{cite web|url=https://www.tjekdet.dk/hvor-mange-muslimer-er-der-i-danmark|title=Hvor mange muslimer er der i Danmark?|website=Tjekdet.dk|date=24 April 2020 |access-date=24 October 2020|language=da}}

For historical reasons, there is a formal distinction between 'approved' ({{lang|da|godkendte}}) and 'recognised' ({{lang|da|anerkendte}}) congregations of faith. The latter include 11 traditional denominations, such as Roman Catholics, the Reformed Church, the Mosaic Congregation, Methodists and Baptists, some of whose privileges in the country date hundreds of years back. These have the additional rights of having priests appointed by royal resolution and to christen/name children with legal effect.

;Religions

Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.8%, Muslim 5.3%, other (denominations of less than 1% each, include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, and Buddhist) 19.9% (2017 est.)

Employment and income

{{{See also|Economy of Denmark}}}

;File:Unemployment_over_time_in_Denmark.svg

;Unemployment, youth ages 15–24

:total: 12% (2016 est.) Country comparison to the world: 109th

:male: 13.1% (2016 est.)

:female: 10.9% (2016 est.)

Taxation and benefits

{{Main|Taxation in Denmark}}

Although the level of taxation in Denmark is among the highest in the world, the labor market participation rate is still high compared with other Western countries. Municipal income tax makes up the largest part of taxation in Denmark, with central government income tax topping it up. These income taxes are higher than in other OECD countries. These direct taxes make up two thirds of the taxation on private households with indirect taxes of the central government, and municipalities (property tax), making up one third, i.e. with motor vehicles (passenger cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles) sold from VAT registered dealerships – because of the registration fee – being among the most expensive in the world, with prices in Norway at the same level, and the most expensive in Singapore. Also VAT in Denmark is not reduced from the current 25%. The 25% are paid on all goods and services where VAT is applied. Indirect taxes are about average compared with other European OECD countries. Payroll taxes (Danish sociale afgifter) are much lower than in other OECD countries. The tax structure ensures a broad tax base across the whole population. However, revenue from corporate taxes is lower compared with other European countries. Municipalities and the central government (regions are not allowed to levy any taxes, as they are financed by central government, and municipal block grants) redistribute a large amount of their tax income in transfer payments to municipalities with a low tax base and/or few tax payers. It is normal for children to be in nurseries, which requires a partial payment of the costs or is free of charge for low income households, and in kindergartens owned and operated, or financed, by the public sector. Child benefit is paid to parents for each child. The service to old age pensioners, and handicapped is extensive.

Denmark ranks high in the Corruption Perceptions Index, although the index is criticized for being limited in scope.

Homelessness

{{excerpt|Homelessness in Denmark}}

See also

{{Portal|Denmark}}

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

{{CIA World Factbook}}

External links

{{commons category|Demographics of Denmark}}

  • [http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/DNA/DK/DanishDemesDNA.shtml Danish Demes Regional DNA Project]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • [http://www.dst.dk National statistics]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209004727/http://www.km.dk/trossamfundliste.html Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs – List of recognised denominations (in Danish)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070306051700/http://www.religion.dk/artikel%3Aaid%3D38045 Statistic info on recognised denominations (in Danish; Muslim congregations not listed)]
  • [http://extranet.dst.dk/pyramide/pyramide.htm Interactive population pyramid 1980-2070] or [https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/befolkningsfremskrivning Befolkningsfremskrivning] or google (etc.) "dst.dk pyramide", then click with your mouse on top (1st) search result. Population pyramid: women (right), men (left), click with mouse on year wanted, or, on blue rectangle, hold mouse down, slide rectangle to the top, then click on "LÅS" ("LOCK"). Silhouet of year 2070 appears. Do that with any year. Then click on circle with triangle in on lower right hand side of population pyramid. English version:click on upper right hand corner: "ENGLISH".
  • [https://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/graphs-maps/population_graphs/ Institut National D'Études Démographiques Population pyramids until 2100]

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