This article is about the demographic features of the population of Denmark, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Since 1980, the number of Danes 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.
According to 2017 figures from Statistics Denmark, 86.9% of Denmark’s population of over 5,760,694 was of Danish “descent”, defined as having at least one parent who was born in Denmark and has Danish citizenship. The remaining 13.1% were of a foreign background, defined as immigrants or descendants of recent immigrants. With the same definition, the most common countries of origin were Poland, Turkey, Germany, Iraq, Romania, Syria, Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia and its successor states.
More than 752 618 individuals (13.1%) are migrants and their descendants (146 798 second generation migrants born in Denmark).
Ethnic minorities in Denmark include a handful of groups:
- Approximately 15,000 people 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 in Denmark proper are ethnic Faroese, while 19,000 Greenlanders reside permanently in Denmark. 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 religiously affiliated Danish Jews number around 7,000. Secular Jews and unaffiliated ethnic Jews in Denmark number several thousand.
- There are approximately 15,000-20,000 Romani people with historical ties to Denmark, excluding recent immigrants and their immediate descendants.
History of the Jews in Denmark
Greenland belongs to Denmark and the Danish people!
Data according to Statistics Denmark, which collects the official statistics for Denmark.
Average pop. (1000) | Live births | Deaths | Nat. change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Nat. change (per 1000) | Total fertility rate[fn 1] | |
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1900 | 2 432 | 72 129 | 40 891 | 31 238 | 29.7 | 16.8 | 12.8 | 4,16 |
1901 | 2 463 | 73 219 | 38 786 | 34 425 | 29.7 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 4,14 |
1902 | 2 494 | 72 839 | 36 424 | 36 391 | 29.2 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 4,05 |
1903 | 2 525 | 72 351 | 36 956 | 35 403 | 28.7 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 3,96 |
1904 | 2 546 | 73 692 | 35 903 | 37 788 | 28.9 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 3,97 |
1905 | 2 574 | 73 082 | 38 598 | 34 484 | 28.4 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 3,87 |
1906 | 2 603 | 74 217 | 35 231 | 38 986 | 28.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 3,87 |
1907 | 2 635 | 74 324 | 37 275 | 37 049 | 28.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 3,81 |
1908 | 2 668 | 76 233 | 39 072 | 37 161 | 28.6 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 3,83 |
1909 | 2 702 | 76 301 | 35 837 | 40 464 | 28.2 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 3,78 |
1910 | 2 737 | 75 299 | 35 184 | 40 013 | 27.5 | 12.9 | 14.6 | 3,67 |
1911 | 2 770 | 73 933 | 37 236 | 36 697 | 26.7 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 3,60 |
1912 | 2 802 | 74 659 | 36 486 | 38 173 | 26.6 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 3,58 |
1913 | 2 833 | 72 475 | 35 364 | 37 111 | 25.6 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 3,43 |
1914 | 2 866 | 73 294 | 35 921 | 37 373 | 25.6 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 3,42 |
1915 | 2 901 | 70 192 | 37 174 | 33 018 | 24.2 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 3,23 |
1916 | 2 936 | 71 559 | 39 265 | 32 294 | 24.4 | 13.4 | 11.0 | 3,23 |
1917 | 2 972 | 70 306 | 39 224 | 31 082 | 23.7 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 3,11 |
1918 | 3 006 | 72 505 | 39 038 | 33 467 | 24.1 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 3,16 |
1919 | 3 041 | 68 722 | 39 590 | 29 132 | 22.6 | 13.0 | 9.6 | 2,96 |
1920 | 3 079 | 78 230 | 39 841 | 38 389 | 25.4 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 3,29 |
1921 | 3 283 | 78 815 | 36 215 | 42 600 | 24.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 3,11 |
1922 | 3 318 | 73 899 | 39 452 | 34 435 | 22.3 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 2,87 |
1923 | 3 352 | 74 827 | 37 903 | 36 924 | 22.3 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 2,85 |
1924 | 3 389 | 73 836 | 38 091 | 35 778 | 21.8 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 2,78 |
1925 | 3 425 | 71 897 | 37 083 | 34 814 | 21.0 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 2,66 |
1926 | 3 452 | 70 734 | 38 093 | 32 641 | 20.5 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 2,58 |
1927 | 3 475 | 68 024 | 40 190 | 27 834 | 19.6 | 11.6 | 8.0 | 2,44 |
1928 | 3 497 | 68 516 | 38 484 | 30 032 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 2,43 |
1929 | 3 518 | 65 297 | 39 486 | 25 913 | 18.6 | 11.2 | 7.4 | 2,30 |
1930 | 3 542 | 66 303 | 38 174 | 28 129 | 18.7 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 2,29 |
1931 | 3 569 | 64 266 | 40 578 | 23 688 | 18.0 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 2,20 |
1932 | 3 603 | 64 650 | 39 701 | 24 949 | 17.9 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 2,17 |
1933 | 3 633 | 62 780 | 38 287 | 24 493 | 17.3 | 10.5 | 6.7 | 2,10 |
1934 | 3 666 | 65 116 | 38 050 | 27 066 | 17.8 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 2,15 |
1935 | 3 695 | 65 223 | 40 816 | 24 407 | 17.7 | 11.0 | 6.6 | 2,12 |
1936 | 3 722 | 66 418 | 40 919 | 25 499 | 17.8 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 2,14 |
1937 | 3 749 | 67 440 | 40 442 | 26 998 | 18.0 | 10.8 | 7.2 | 2,16 |
1938 | 3 777 | 68 463 | 39 058 | 29 407 | 18.1 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 2,18 |
1939 | 3 805 | 67 914 | 38 535 | 29 379 | 17.8 | 10.1 | 7.7 | 2,16 |
1940 | 3 832 | 70 121 | 39 730 | 30 391 | 18.3 | 10.4 | 7.9 | 2,22 |
1941 | 3 863 | 71 306 | 39 756 | 31 550 | 18.5 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 2,24 |
1942 | 3 903 | 79 545 | 37 527 | 42 018 | 20.4 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 2,50 |
1943 | 3 949 | 84 319 | 37 982 | 46 337 | 21.4 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 2,65 |
1944 | 3 998 | 90 641 | 41 087 | 49 554 | 22.7 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 2,84 |
1945 | 4 045 | 95 062 | 42 298 | 52 764 | 23.5 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 2,98 |
1946 | 4 101 | 96 111 | 42 013 | 54 098 | 23.4 | 10.2 | 13.2 | 3,02 |
1947 | 4 146 | 91 714 | 40 043 | 51 671 | 22.1 | 9.7 | 12.5 | 2,90 |
1948 | 4 190 | 84 938 | 35 981 | 48 957 | 20.3 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 2,71 |
1949 | 4 230 | 79 919 | 37 793 | 42 126 | 18.9 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 2,58 |
1950 | 4 271 | 79 558 | 39 300 | 40 258 | 18.6 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 2,57 |
1951 | 4 304 | 76 559 | 37 960 | 38 599 | 17.8 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 2,50 |
1952 | 4 334 | 76 943 | 39 173 | 37 770 | 17.8 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 2,53 |
1953 | 4 369 | 78 261 | 39 350 | 38 911 | 17.9 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 2,60 |
1954 | 4 406 | 76 365 | 39 885 | 36 480 | 17.3 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 2,55 |
1955 | 4 439 | 76 845 | 38 789 | 38 056 | 17.3 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 2,58 |
1956 | 4 466 | 76 725 | 39 588 | 37 137 | 17.2 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 2,61 |
1957 | 4 488 | 75 264 | 41 730 | 33 534 | 16.8 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 2,57 |
1958 | 4 515 | 74 681 | 41 560 | 33 121 | 16.5 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 2,55 |
1959 | 4 547 | 73 928 | 42 159 | 31 769 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 2,52 |
1960 | 4 581 | 76 077 | 43 681 | 32 396 | 16.6 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 2,57 |
1961 | 4 610 | 76 439 | 43 310 | 33 129 | 16.6 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 2,55 |
1962 | 4 647 | 77 808 | 45 334 | 32 474 | 16.7 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 2,58 |
1963 | 4 684 | 82 413 | 45 773 | 36 640 | 17.6 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 2,64 |
1964 | 4 720 | 83 356 | 46 811 | 36 545 | 17.7 | 9.9 | 7.7 | 2,60 |
1965 | 4 758 | 85 796 | 47 884 | 37 912 | 18.0 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 2,61 |
1966 | 4 795 | 88 332 | 49 344 | 38 988 | 18.4 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 2,62 |
1967 | 4 836 | 81 410 | 47 836 | 33 574 | 16.8 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 2,35 |
1968 | 4 865 | 74 543 | 47 290 | 27 253 | 15.3 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 2,12 |
1969 | 4 891 | 71 298 | 47 943 | 23 355 | 14.6 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 2,00 |
1970 | 4 951 | 70 802 | 48 233 | 22 569 | 14.3 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 1,95 |
1971 | 4 963 | 75 359 | 48 858 | 26 501 | 15.2 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 2,04 |
1972 | 4 992 | 75 505 | 50 445 | 25 060 | 15.1 | 10.1 | 5.0 | 2,03 |
1973 | 5 022 | 71 895 | 50 526 | 21 369 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 4.3 | 1,92 |
1974 | 5 045 | 71 327 | 51 637 | 19 690 | 14.1 | 10.2 | 3.9 | 1,90 |
1975 | 5 060 | 72 071 | 50 895 | 21 176 | 14.2 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 1,92 |
1976 | 5 073 | 65 267 | 54 001 | 11 266 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 1,75 |
1977 | 5 088 | 61 878 | 50 485 | 11 393 | 12.2 | 9.9 | 2.2 | 1,66 |
1978 | 5 104 | 62 036 | 52 864 | 9 172 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 1,67 |
1979 | 5 117 | 59 464 | 54 654 | 4 810 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 0.9 | 1,60 |
1980 | 5 123 | 57 293 | 55 939 | 1 354 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 0.3 | 1,55 |
1981 | 5 122 | 53 089 | 56 359 | -3 270 | 10.4 | 11.0 | -0.6 | 1,44 |
1982 | 5 118 | 52 658 | 55 368 | -2 710 | 10.3 | 10.8 | -0.5 | 1,43 |
1983 | 5 114 | 50 822 | 57 156 | -6 334 | 9.9 | 11.2 | -1.2 | 1,38 |
1984 | 5 112 | 51 800 | 57 109 | -5 309 | 10.1 | 11.2 | -1.0 | 1,40 |
1985 | 5 114 | 53 749 | 58 378 | -4 629 | 10.5 | 11.4 | -0.9 | 1,45 |
1986 | 5 121 | 55 312 | 58 100 | -2 788 | 10.8 | 11.3 | -0.5 | 1,48 |
1987 | 5 127 | 56 221 | 58 136 | -1 915 | 11.0 | 11.3 | -0.4 | 1,51 |
1988 | 5 130 | 58 844 | 58 984 | – 127 | 11.5 | 11.5 | -0.0 | 1,56 |
1989 | 5 133 | 61 351 | 59 397 | 2 047 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 1,62 |
1990 | 5 140 | 63 433 | 60 926 | 2 545 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 0.5 | 1,67 |
1991 | 5 154 | 64 358 | 59 581 | 4 777 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 0.9 | 1,68 |
1992 | 5 170 | 67 726 | 60 821 | 6 905 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 1.3 | 1,76 |
1993 | 5 189 | 67 369 | 62 809 | 4 560 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 0.9 | 1,75 |
1994 | 5 205 | 69 666 | 61 099 | 8 567 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 1.6 | 1,81 |
1995 | 5 228 | 69 771 | 63 127 | 6 644 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 1.3 | 1,81 |
1996 | 5 262 | 67 638 | 61 043 | 6 595 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 1.3 | 1,75 |
1997 | 5 284 | 67 648 | 59 898 | 7 750 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 1.5 | 1,75 |
1998 | 5 301 | 66 174 | 58 453 | 7 721 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 1,72 |
1999 | 5 322 | 66 220 | 59 179 | 7 041 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 1,73 |
2000 | 5 340 | 67 084 | 57 998 | 9 086 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 1.7 | 1,77 |
2001 | 5 359 | 65 458 | 58 355 | 7 103 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 1.3 | 1,74 |
2002 | 5 375 | 64 075 | 58 610 | 5 465 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 1.0 | 1,72 |
2003 | 5 391 | 64 599 | 57 574 | 7 025 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 1,76 |
2004 | 5 405 | 64 609 | 55 086 | 9 523 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 1.8 | 1,78 |
2005 | 5 419 | 64 282 | 54 962 | 9 320 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 1,80 |
2006 | 5 437 | 64 984 | 55 477 | 9 507 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 1.7 | 1,85 |
2007 | 5 461 | 64 082 | 55 604 | 8 478 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 1.6 | 1,84 |
2008 | 5 494 | 65 038 | 54 591 | 10 447 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 1,89 |
2009 | 5 523 | 62 818 | 54 872 | 7 946 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 1,84 |
2010 | 5 548 | 63 411 | 54 368 | 9 043 | 11.4 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 1,87 |
2011 | 5 571 | 58 998 | 52 516 | 6 482 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 1,75 |
2012 | 5 591 | 57 916 | 52 325 | 5 591 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 1.0 | 1,73 |
2013 | 5 614 | 55 844 | 52 428 | 3 416 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 0.6 | 1,67 |
2014 | 5 659 | 56 870 | 51 340 | 5 530 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 1,69 |
2015 | 5 707 | 58 205 | 52 555 | 5 650 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 1,71 |
2016 | 5 749 | 61 614 | 52 824 | 8 790 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 1,79 |
2017 | 5 781 | 61 272 | 53 261 | 8 011 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 1.4 | 1,77 |
2018 | 5 806 | 61 476 | 55 232 | 6 244 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 1,78 |
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