Denmark's population rose from 5.26M in 1996 to 6.01M in 2025.
Denmark · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Denmark's population growth fell from 0.6 % in 1996 to 0.5 % in 2025.
Denmark's population density rose from 130.2 in 1994 to 148.7 in 2023.
Denmark's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.6 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
Denmark's urbanisation rose from 85.0 % in 1996 to 88.8 % in 2025.
Denmark's urban population rose from 4.48M in 1996 to 5.34M in 2025.
Denmark's rural population fell from 787,398 in 1996 to 670,272 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.0 %158th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.1 %166th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −3.1 %51st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −7.0 %4th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.0 yrs40th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts172nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.1 pts131st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts26th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts87th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts23rd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −13.8 %31st of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.9 pts62nd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +42.5 %50th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.5 yrs33rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.5 yrs36th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.5 yrs29th of 217