Demographics of Denmark

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Denmark, including ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

Related: Demographics of the Faroe Islands and Demographics of Greenland
Demographics of Denmark
Population pyramid of Denmark in 2020
Population5,932,654 (2023 1 January est.)
Growth rate1.0085% (2022 est.)
Birth rate9.85 births/1,000 population
Death rate10.02 deaths/1,000 population
Life expectancy81.66 years
 • male79.74 years
 • female83.71 years
Fertility rate1.55 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate3.04 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years16.42%
65 and over19.91%
Sex ratio
Total0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.07 male(s)/female
65 and over0.7 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityDane
Major ethnicDanish
Language
SpokenDanish

Population

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 up to the 2018 total of 5.8 million was due to immigration.[1]

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.[2]

  • One birth every 8 minutes
  • One death every 9 minutes
  • One net migrant every 34 minutes
  • Net gain of one person every 24 minutes

Figures from the Statistics Denmark
  • Births in Denmark 2022: 58,430 (-7.9% from 2021)
  • Deaths in Denmark 2022: 59,435 (+4% from 2021)
  • Natural decrease 2022: -1,009
  • First time in 34 years Denmark have more deaths than births
  • Total fertility rate in 2022 (2021 in brackets): Total:1.55 (1.72) (Total fertility rates is the average number of children born to a mother).
  • Danish women with no migrant background:1.61 (1.77)
  • Second generation, non western migrant women: 1.57 (1.74)
  • Non western migrant women: 1.51 (1.75)
  • Second generation Western migrant women: 1.42 (1.63)
  • Western migrant women: 1.22 (1.36)
  • Note that Ukrainians are classified under non-Western. They made up 7.5% of all non-Western immigrants living in Denmark in 2022 on average.
Population of Denmark, 0-2021
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1870 1,784,741—    
1880 1,969,039+10.3%
1890 2,172,380+10.3%
1901 2,449,540+12.8%
1911 2,747,076+12.1%
1921 3,267,831+19.0%
1930 3,550,656+8.7%
1940 3,844,312+8.3%
1950 4,281,275+11.4%
1960 4,585,256+7.1%
1970 4,937,579+7.7%
1980 5,122,065+3.7%
1990 5,135,409+0.3%
2000 5,330,020+3.8%
2010 5,534,738+3.8%
2020 5,822,863+5.2%
Source: Statistics Denmark
2020 estimate[3]

[4]

Year[5] Population
1769797,584
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
TFR of Denmark overtime to 2016

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.[6]

Year18501851185218531854185518561857185818591860[6]
Total fertility rate in Denmark4.244.064.484.274.414.314.374.444.484.534.4
Year1861186218631864186518661867186818691870[6]
Total fertility rate in Denmark4.274.174.174.064.214.324.094.183.964.1
Year1871187218731874187518761877187818791880[6]
Total fertility rate in Denmark4.064.094.164.174.314.44.364.274.34.28
Year1881188218831884188518861887188818891890[6]
Total fertility rate in Denmark4.344.364.294.54.394.374.284.254.214.11
Year189118921893189418951896189718981899[6]
Total fertility rate in Denmark4.1844.164.14.094.114.024.084.01

Total fertility rate

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

Mother's mean age at first birth
29.1 years (2015 est.)

Life expectancy

Sources: Our World In Data and the United Nations.

1775–1950

Years 1775 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850[7]
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
Life expectancy in Denmark since 1775
Years 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 44.5 43.0 38.5 44.7 46.1 46.7 42.5 40.0 44.4 45.1
Years 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 47.6 47.6 47.2 40.2 39.8 42.9 44.9 45.6 46.1 46.0
Years 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 46.1 47.2 47.5 46.0 44.4 45.8 47.3 47.5 46.2 44.8
Years 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 48.3 46.7 48.5 48.5 49.6 49.0 48.7 46.7 47.8 47.2
Years 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 46.8 47.4 47.1 49.4 50.8 52.9 51.8 53.1 50.6 51.9
Years 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 52.6 54.7 54.8 55.7 54.3 56.5 56.1 54.9 57.4 58.0
Years 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 57.0 58.0 58.9 58.5 58.4 56.9 57.3 56.3 57.0 57.6
Years 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 61.7 60.6 61.2 61.1 61.9 61.7 61.2 61.9 61.9 62.3
Years 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940[7]
Life expectancy in Denmark 61.8 62.7 63.6 64.1 62.9 63.5 64.0 65.0 65.8 66.3
Years 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950[7]
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

Life expectancy in Denmark since 1960 by gender
Period[8] 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
Population pyramid from 1950 to 2020

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
People of Danish descent as a proportion of the population regionally and nationally in 2021
Persons of Danish origin over time from 1980 to 2020
See also: Faroese Dane, 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, and Turks in Denmark

Non-indigenous ethnic minorities include:

Historic minorities

Ethnic minorities in Denmark include a handful of groups:

  • Approximately 15,000 people[9] in Denmark belong to a German minority traditionally referred to as hjemmetyskere meaning "domestic Germans" 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.
  • An estimated 23,000 people[10] in Denmark proper are ethnic Faroese, while 19,000 Greenlanders reside permanently in Denmark.[11] 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) holds 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.[12]
  • There are close to 10,000 Roma in Denmark.[13]

Modern minorities

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.

Statistics Denmark

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".[14] 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 a immigrant that their country of origin is their country of birth.[14]

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:

  • Western countries: All 28 EU countries and Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican State, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
  • Non-western countries; All other countries.

According to 2021 figures from Statistics Denmark, 86%[15][16] of Denmark's population of over 5,840,045 was of Danish descent.[17][15] 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. More than 817,438 individuals (14%)[15][16] are migrants and their descendants (199,668 second generation migrants born in Denmark[16]).

Of these 817,438[15] immigrants and their descendants:

Rank Country of origin[18] Population (2021)[19] Population (2022)
1.  Turkey 75,072 76,295
2.  Poland 49,369 52,008
3.  Syria 44,326 44,819
4.  Germany 35,141 36,751
5.  Romania 34,997 39,406
6.  Iraq 34,217 34,703
7.  Pakistan 31,175 31,721
8.  Lebanon 30,435 31,082
9.  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,449 23,564
10.  Iran 22,408 23,113
11.  Somalia 21,338 21,427
12.  Afghanistan 19,957 20,370
13.  United Kingdom 17,651 17,859
14.  Norway 17,481 17,574
15.  Sweden 17,095 17,442
16.  Vietnam 16,307 16,476
17.  India 15,595 16,839
18.  Lithuania 15,231 15,982
19.  Ukraine 15,595 16,433
20.  China 14,841 15,350
Population groups Year
1981[20] 1991[20] 2001[20] 2011[20] 2021[20]
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
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%
Immigrants 136,229 2.65% 189,649 3.68% 308,674 5.77% 428,904 7.71% 617,770 10.57%
EU-27 59,808 1.16% 61,279 1.19% 74,565 1.39% 124,092 2.23% 205,731 3.52%
Europe outside EU-27 45,148 0.88% 55,797 1.08% 98,042 1.83% 116,300 2.09% 131,189 2.24%
Africa 5,033 – 9,710 0.18% 28,190 0.52% 33,135 0.59% 46,376 0.79%
North America 6,312 – 6,525 – 7,008 – 9,068 0.16% 10,890 0.18%
South and Central America 2,987 – 4,263 – 6,248 – 9,826 0.17% 17,430 0.29%
Asia 16,200 0.31% 50,556 0.98% 91,731 1.71% 133,261 2.39% 202,625 3.46%
Oceania 571 – 811 – 1,314 – 2,277 – 2,905 –
Stateless 9 – 373 – 367 – 480 – 352 –
Unknown 170 – 335 – 1,209 – 465 – 272 –
Descendants 19,423 0.37% 36,553 0.71% 87,273 1.63% 133,613 2.40% 199,668 3.41%
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%
  • Population pyramids of selected origin groups
  • Persons of Danish origin
  • Western immigrant

Vital statistics
The population density is higher in Denmark than in the other Nordic countries.

Data according to Statistics Denmark, which collects the official statistics for Denmark.[21]

Average population Live births Deaths Nat. change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Nat. change (per 1000) Total fertility rate[fn 1]
1900 2,432,000 72,129 40,891 31,238 29.7 16.8 12.8 4.16
1901 2,463,000 73,219 38,786 34,425 29.7 15.7 14.0 4.14
1902 2,494,000 72,839 36,424 36,391 29.2 14.6 14.6 4.05
1903 2,525,000 72,351 36,956 35,403 28.7 14.6 14.0 3.96
1904 2,546,000 73,692 35,903 37,788 28.9 14.1 14.8 3.97
1905 2,574,000 73,082 38,598 34,484 28.4 15.0 13.4 3.87
1906 2,603,000 74,217 35,231 38,986 28.5 13.5 15.0 3.87
1907 2,635,000 74,324 37,275 37,049 28.2 14.1 14.1 3.81
1908 2,668,000 76,233 39,072 37,161 28.6 14.6 13.9 3.83
1909 2,702,000 76,301 35,837 40,464 28.2 13.3 15.0 3.78
1910 2,737,000 75,299 35,184 40,013 27.5 12.9 14.6 3.67
1911 2,770,000 73,933 37,236 36,697 26.7 13.4 13.2 3.60
1912 2,802,000 74,659 36,486 38,173 26.6 13.0 13.6 3.58
1913 2,833,000 72,475 35,364 37,111 25.6 12.5 13.1 3.43
1914 2,866,000 73,294 35,921 37,373 25.6 12.5 13.0 3.42
1915 2,901,000 70,192 37,174 33,018 24.2 12.8 11.4 3.23
1916 2,936,000 71,559 39,265 32,294 24.4 13.4 11.0 3.23
1917 2,972,000 70,306 39,224 31,082 23.7 13.2 10.5 3.11
1918 3,006,000 72,505 39,038 33,467 24.1 13.0 11.1 3.16
1919 3,041,000 68,722 39,590 29,132 22.6 13.0 9.6 2.96
1920 3,079,000 78,230 39,841 38,389 25.4 12.9 12.5 3.29
1921 3,283,000 78,815 36,215 42,600 24.0 11.0 13.0 3.11
1922 3,318,000 73,899 39,452 34,435 22.3 11.9 10.4 2.87
1923 3,352,000 74,827 37,903 36,924 22.3 11.3 11.0 2.85
1924 3,389,000 73,836 38,091 35,778 21.8 11.2 10.6 2.78
1925 3,425,000 71,897 37,083 34,814 21.0 10.8 10.2 2.66
1926 3,452,000 70,734 38,093 32,641 20.5 11.0 9.5 2.58
1927 3,475,000 68,024 40,190 27,834 19.6 11.6 8.0 2.44
1928 3,497,000 68,516 38,484 30,032 19.6 11.0 8.6 2.43
1929 3,518,000 65,297 39,486 25,913 18.6 11.2 7.4 2.30
1930 3,542,000 66,303 38,174 28,129 18.7 10.8 7.9 2.29
1931 3,569,000 64,266 40,578 23,688 18.0 11.4 6.6 2.20
1932 3,603,000 64,650 39,701 24,949 17.9 11.0 6.9 2.17
1933 3,633,000 62,780 38,287 24,493 17.3 10.5 6.7 2.10
1934 3,666,000 65,116 38,050 27,066 17.8 10.4 7.4 2.15
1935 3,695,000 65,223 40,816 24,407 17.7 11.0 6.6 2.12
1936 3,722,000 66,418 40,919 25,499 17.8 11.0 6.9 2.14
1937 3,749,000 67,440 40,442 26,998 18.0 10.8 7.2 2.16
1938 3,777,000 68,463 39,058 29,407 18.1 10.3 7.8 2.18
1939 3,805,000 67,914 38,535 29,379 17.8 10.1 7.7 2.16
1940 3,832,000 70,121 39,730 30,391 18.3 10.4 7.9 2.22
1941 3,863,000 71,306 39,756 31,550 18.5 10.3 8.2 2.24
1942 3,903,000 79,545 37,527 42,018 20.4 9.6 10.8 2.50
1943 3,949,000 84,319 37,982 46,337 21.4 9.6 11.7 2.65
1944 3,998,000 90,641 41,087 49,554 22.7 10.3 12.4 2.84
1945 4,045,000 95,062 42,298 52,764 23.5 10.5 13.0 2.98
1946 4,101,000 96,111 42,013 54,098 23.4 10.2 13.2 3.02
1947 4,146,000 91,714 40,043 51,671 22.1 9.7 12.5 2.90
1948 4,190,000 84,938 35,981 48,957 20.3 8.6 11.7 2.71
1949 4,230,000 79,919 37,793 42,126 18.9 8.9 10.0 2.58
1950 4,271,000 79,558 39,300 40,258 18.6 9.2 9.4 2.57
1951 4,304,000 76,559 37,960 38,599 17.8 8.8 9.0 2.50
1952 4,334,000 76,943 39,173 37,770 17.8 9.0 8.7 2.53
1953 4,369,000 78,261 39,350 38,911 17.9 9.0 8.9 2.60
1954 4,406,000 76,365 39,885 36,480 17.3 9.1 8.3 2.55
1955 4,439,000 76,845 38,789 38,056 17.3 8.7 8.6 2.58
1956 4,466,000 76,725 39,588 37,137 17.2 8.9 8.3 2.61
1957 4,488,000 75,264 41,730 33,534 16.8 9.3 7.5 2.57
1958 4,515,000 74,681 41,560 33,121 16.5 9.2 7.3 2.55
1959 4,547,000 73,928 42,159 31,769 16.3 9.3 7.0 2.52
1960 4,581,000 76,077 43,681 32,396 16.6 9.5 7.1 2.57
1961 4,610,000 76,439 43,310 33,129 16.6 9.4 7.2 2.55
1962 4,647,000 77,808 45,334 32,474 16.7 9.8 7.0 2.58
1963 4,684,000 82,413 45,773 36,640 17.6 9.8 7.8 2.64
1964 4,720,000 83,356 46,811 36,545 17.7 9.9 7.7 2.60
1965 4,758,000 85,796 47,884 37,912 18.0 10.1 8.0 2.61
1966 4,795,000 88,332 49,344 38,988 18.4 10.3 8.1 2.62
1967 4,836,000 81,410 47,836 33,574 16.8 9.9 6.9 2.35
1968 4,865,000 74,543 47,290 27,253 15.3 9.7 5.6 2.12
1969 4,891,000 71,298 47,943 23,355 14.6 9.8 4.8 2.00
1970 4,951,000 70,802 48,233 22,569 14.3 9.7 4.6 1.95
1971 4,963,000 75,359 48,858 26,501 15.2 9.8 5.3 2.04
1972 4,992,000 75,505 50,445 25,060 15.1 10.1 5.0 2.03
1973 5,022,000 71,895 50,526 21,369 14.3 10.1 4.3 1.9170
1974 5,045,000 71,327 51,637 19,690 14.1 10.2 3.9 1.8968
1975 5,060,000 72,071 50,895 21,176 14.2 10.1 4.1 1.9188
1976 5,073,000 65,267 54,001 11,266 12.9 10.6 2.2 1.7472
1977 5,088,000 61,878 50,485 11,393 12.2 9.9 2.2 1.6598
1978 5,104,000 62,036 52,864 9,172 12.2 10.4 1.8 1.6685
1979 5,117,000 59,464 54,654 4,810 11.6 10.7 0.9 1.6016
1980 5,123,000 57,293 55,939 1,354 11.2 10.9 0.3 1.5464
1981 5,122,000 53,089 56,359 -3,270 10.4 11.0 -0.6 1.4371
1982 5,118,000 52,658 55,368 -2,710 10.3 10.8 -0.5 1.4273
1983 5,114,000 50,822 57,156 -6,334 9.9 11.2 -1.2 1.3774
1984 5,112,000 51,800 57,109 -5,309 10.1 11.2 -1.0 1.4001
1985 5,114,000 53,749 58,378 -4,629 10.5 11.4 -0.9 1.4472
1986 5,121,000 55,312 58,100 -2,788 10.8 11.3 -0.5 1.4819
1987 5,127,000 56,221 58,136 -1,915 11.0 11.3 -0.4 1.4977
1988 5,130,000 58,844 58,984 -127 11.5 11.5 -0.0 1.5618
1989 5,133,000 61,351 59,397 2,047 12.0 11.6 0.4 1.6212
1990 5,140,000 63,433 60,926 2,545 12.3 11.9 0.5 1.6696
1991 5,154,000 64,358 59,581 4,777 12.5 11.6 0.9 1.6844
1992 5,170,000 67,726 60,821 6,905 13.1 11.8 1.3 1.7648
1993 5,189,000 67,369 62,809 4,560 13.0 12.1 0.9 1.7512
1994 5,205,000 69,666 61,099 8,567 13.4 11.7 1.6 1.8091
1995 5,228,000 69,771 63,127 6,644 13.3 12.1 1.3 1.8097
1996 5,262,000 67,638 61,043 6,595 12.9 11.6 1.3 1.7535
1997 5,284,000 67,648 59,898 7,750 12.8 11.3 1.5 1.7562
1998 5,301,000 66,174 58,453 7,721 12.5 11.0 1.5 1.7252
1999 5,322,000 66,220 59,179 7,041 12.4 11.1 1.3 1.7383
2000 5,340,000 67,084 57,998 9,086 12.6 10.9 1.7 1.7742
2001 5,359,000 65,458 58,355 7,103 12.2 10.9 1.3 1.7450
2002 5,375,000 64,075 58,610 5,465 11.9 10.9 1.0 1.7249
2003 5,391,000 64,599 57,574 7,025 12.0 10.7 1.3 1.7599
2004 5,405,000 64,609 55,086 9,523 12.0 10.2 1.8 1.7852
2005 5,419,000 64,282 54,962 9,320 11.9 10.1 1.7 1.8021
2006 5,437,000 64,984 55,477 9,507 12.0 10.2 1.7 1.8476
2007 5,461,000 64,082 55,604 8,478 11.7 10.2 1.6 1.8435
2008 5,494,000 65,038 54,591 10,447 11.8 9.9 1.9 1.8888
2009 5,523,000 62,818 54,872 7,946 11.4 9.9 1.4 1.8396
2010 5,548,000 63,41154,3689,043 11.49.81.6 1.8712
2011 5,571,000 58,99852,5166,482 10.69.41.2 1.7524
2012 5,591,000 57,91652,3255,591 10.49.41.0 1.7292
2013 5,614,000 55,84452,4283,416 9.99.30.6 1.6687
2014 5,659,000 56,87051,3405,530 10.19.11.0 1.6912
2015 5,707,000 58,20552,5555,650 10.29.21.0 1.7136
2016 5,749,000 61,61452,8248,790 10.79.21.5 1.7854
2017 5,781,000 61,27253,2618,011 10.69.21.4 1.7519
2018 5,806,000 61,47655,2326,244 10.69.51.1 1.7297
2019 5,823,000 61,16753,9587,209 10.59.31.2 1.6994
2020 5,840,045 60,93754,6456,292 10.49.41.0 1.6747
2021 5,873,420 63,47357,1526,321 10.89.71.1 1.7241
2022 5 932 654 58,430 59,435 -1,005 9.9 10.0-0.1 1.5529

Note. Population as of 31 December.

In 2021, 79% of all births were to mothers of Danish origin, 17% from immigrants and 4% from descendants of immigrants.

Current vital statistics
Period[22] Live births Deaths Natural increase
January - September 2021 47,837 41,609 +6,228
January - September 2022 44,514 43,995 +519
Difference -3,323 (-6.94%) +2,386 (+5.73%) -5,709

Religion
Main article: Religion in Denmark

The Church of Denmark (Den danske folkekirke) is state-supported and, according to statistics from January 2022, accounts for the religious affiliation of 73.2% of the population.[23] Denmark has had religious freedom guaranteed since 1849 by the Constitution,[24] and numerous other religions are officially recognised,[25] including several Christian denominations, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and other congregations as well as Forn Siðr, a revival of Scandinavian pagan tradition.[25] The Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs recognises roughly a hundred religious congregations for tax and legal purposes such as conducting wedding ceremonies.

Islam is the second largest religion in Denmark.[26] In 2020, an estimated 4.4% of the Danish population were Muslims.[27]

For historical reasons, there is a formal distinction between 'approved' (godkendte) and 'recognised' (anerkendte) congregations of faith.[25] 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
Unemployment in Denmark over time
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.)

See also

Notes
  1. In 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.

References
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