🇩🇰Denmark

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Population

0.5%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.47

births/woman

Life Expectancy

82.3y

GDP / capita

$77K

Pop. Growth

0.54%

Net Migration

22.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Denmark by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇵🇱Poland49.8K(6.0%)

+89%

🇩🇪Germany44.9K(5.4%)

+32%

🇺🇦

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male3MTotal 6M3MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.8

per 100,000

Divorce rate

2.6

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

54.0%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

60.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇷🇴Romania40.7K(4.9%)

+481%

🇹🇷Turkiye35.1K(4.2%)

+9%

🇸🇪Sweden26.5K(3.2%)

+28%

🇬🇧United Kingdom23.6K(2.8%)

+44%

🇮🇶Iraq21.9K(2.6%)

+3%

🇮🇷Iran, Islamic Rep.21.2K(2.5%)

+74%

🇮🇳India21K(2.5%)

+158%

🇳🇴Norway20.9K(2.5%)

+12%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Denmark diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Denmark who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇪Sweden37.4K(30.0%)

−18%

🇳🇴Norway27.6K(22.2%)

+22%

🇨🇦Canada9.8K(7.9%)

−38%

🇦🇺Australia8.9K(7.2%)

−16%

🇮🇸Iceland5.9K(4.7%)

+103%

🇫🇴Faroe Islands4.9K(4.0%)

+48%

🇬🇱Greenland4.5K(3.6%)

−10%

🇵🇱Poland3.6K(2.8%)

+333%

🇮🇹Italy3K(2.4%)

+6%

🇮🇱Israel2.4K(1.9%)

+24%

🇱🇺Luxembourg1.8K(1.5%)

+11%

🇫🇮Finland1.3K(1.1%)

+59%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Christian73.0%
Unaffiliated22.0%
Muslim4.0%
Other1.0%