Denmark Population 2024
Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. Denmark proper, the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands. According to Statistics Denmark, the population of Denmark as of 1st Oct 2023 is 5,959,464 (5.9 million), and the estimated population of Denmark in 2024 is 5,939,696 or 6 million.
Source: Statistics Denmark
Denmark Demography
| Denmark | 2024 Population |
| Total Population | 5,939,696 |
| Europe Rank | 22 |
| Land Area | 42,434 sq. km (16,384 sq. mi) |
| Area Rank | 28 |
| Pop. Density | 354 people per mi2 (137/sq. km) |
| Urban Population | 88.2% |
| Fertility Rate | 1.76 |
| Infant mortality rate | 2.7 |
| Median Age | 42.3 Years |
| Life Expectancy | 81.40 years |
| Capital City | Copenhagen |
Religion in Denmark
Christianity is the dominant religion in Denmark, followed by 75.8% of the Danish Population. 74.3% of the population of Denmark were members of the Church of Denmark and other Christians Denominations are at 1.5%.
Islam is the second largest region and is followed by 4.4% of the population. Other Non-Christian faiths account for 0.7% of the population, and the remaining 19.1 % are classified as unaffiliated, which can mean agnostic, atheist, or “nothing in particular.”
| Religion | Percent % |
| Christianity | 75.8% |
| – Church of Denmark | – 74.30% |
| – Other Christian | – 1.5% |
| No religion | 19.1% |
| Islam | 4.4% |
| Others | 0.7% |
Denmark Historical Population
At the start of the 2oth Century, Denmark’s population is around 2.4 million which saw steady growth & doubled in the next 70 years. After the 1970s Population growth slowed a bit but still it showed positive growth, Despite a low birth rate, the population is growing at an average annual rate of 0.59% because of net immigration and increasing longevity.
According to 2021 figures from Statistics Denmark, 86% of Denmark’s population of over 5,840,045 was of Danish descent. 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.
| Year | Population | Absolute Change | Percentage Change |
| 1900 | 2,432,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 2,737,000 | 305,000 | 12.54% |
| 1920 | 3,079,000 | 342,000 | 12.50% |
| 1930 | 3,542,000 | 463,000 | 15.04% |
| 1940 | 3,832,000 | 290,000 | 8.19% |
| 1950 | 4,271,000 | 439,000 | 11.46% |
| 1960 | 4,581,000 | 310,000 | 7.26% |
| 1970 | 4,951,000 | 370,000 | 8.08% |
| 1980 | 5,123,000 | 172,000 | 3.47% |
| 1990 | 5,140,000 | 17,000 | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 5,340,000 | 200,000 | 3.89% |
| 2010 | 5,548,000 | 208,000 | 3.90% |
| 2020 | 5,840,045 | 292,045 | 5.26% |
Top Cities in Denmark by Population
| # | City | Region | Population |
| 1 | Copenhagen | Capital Region | 12,80,371 |
| 2 | Aarhus | Central Denmark | 2,64,716 |
| 3 | Odense | Southern Denmark | 1,75,245 |
| 4 | Aalborg | North Denmark | 1,12,194 |
| 5 | Esbjerg | Southern Denmark | 72,151 |
| 6 | Randers | Central Denmark | 62,342 |
| 7 | Kolding | Southern Denmark | 59,712 |
| 8 | Horsens | Central Denmark | 57,517 |
| 9 | Vejle | Southern Denmark | 54,862 |
| 10 | Roskilde | Zealand | 50,046 |
Danish Diasopra
People of Danish ancestry form an important minority group in several countries in North and South America. As per the estimates, the total population of the Danish Diaspora is 2 million around the world and they are in good numbers in the United States (1.25 million), Canada (207,470) , Brazil (52,000), Argentina (48,000), and Greenland (6,348).
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