Population of Denmark

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	22 Aug 2025

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The current population of Denmark is 6,011,292 as of November 17, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Denmark is projected at 6,002,507, or 6.00 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Denmark is projected at 5,977,412, or 5.98 million people, for the year 2024.

Denmark ranks 114th in the world by population on the237 countries and territories list. Denmark is ranked 22nd among 50 countries and territories in Europe.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Denmark population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	4,251,526	4,268,404	33,757	0.791	0.1712
1951	4,285,283	4,300,259	29,952	0.697	0.1695
1952	4,315,235	4,332,233	33,996	0.785	0.1677
1953	4,349,231	4,369,106	39,751	0.910	0.1659
1954	4,388,982	4,406,408	34,851	0.791	0.1641
1955	4,423,833	4,438,838	30,011	0.676	0.1620
1956	4,453,844	4,466,336	24,983	0.559	0.1598
1957	4,478,827	4,489,654	21,653	0.482	0.1574
1958	4,500,480	4,516,070	31,180	0.690	0.1551
1959	4,531,660	4,548,481	33,642	0.740	0.1534
1960	4,565,302	4,579,342	28,081	0.613	0.1519
1961	4,593,383	4,611,360	35,955	0.780	0.1505
1962	4,629,338	4,647,467	36,258	0.780	0.1488
1963	4,665,596	4,684,266	37,339	0.797	0.1467
1964	4,702,935	4,721,891	37,912	0.803	0.1446
1965	4,740,847	4,758,836	35,978	0.756	0.1427
1966	4,776,825	4,797,207	40,763	0.850	0.1409
1967	4,817,588	4,835,217	35,259	0.729	0.1392
1968	4,852,847	4,864,796	23,898	0.491	0.1372
1969	4,876,745	4,891,799	30,108	0.615	0.1352
1970	4,906,853	4,928,668	43,631	0.885	0.1334
1971	4,950,484	4,963,062	25,156	0.507	0.1317
1972	4,975,640	4,991,573	31,866	0.638	0.1298
1973	5,007,506	5,021,756	28,499	0.568	0.1281
1974	5,036,005	5,045,632	19,255	0.382	0.1263
1975	5,055,260	5,060,400	10,281	0.203	0.1243
1976	5,065,541	5,072,805	14,527	0.286	0.1224
1977	5,080,068	5,088,572	17,007	0.334	0.1206
1978	5,097,075	5,104,343	14,537	0.285	0.1189
1979	5,111,612	5,116,859	10,493	0.205	0.1171
1980	5,122,105	5,123,081	1,952	0.038	0.1152
1981	5,124,057	5,121,629	-4,856	-0.095	0.1131
1982	5,119,201	5,117,894	-2,615	-0.051	0.1110
1983	5,116,586	5,114,467	-4,237	-0.083	0.1089
1984	5,112,349	5,111,831	-1,037	-0.020	0.1069
1985	5,111,312	5,113,880	5,135	0.100	0.1050
1986	5,116,447	5,120,688	8,482	0.166	0.1033
1987	5,124,929	5,127,132	4,407	0.086	0.1015
1988	5,129,336	5,129,640	608	0.012	0.0998
1989	5,129,944	5,132,715	5,542	0.108	0.0981
1990	5,135,486	5,141,025	11,078	0.215	0.0965
1991	5,146,564	5,154,345	15,561	0.302	0.0951
1992	5,162,125	5,171,367	18,484	0.357	0.0939
1993	5,180,609	5,188,637	16,056	0.309	0.0928
1994	5,196,665	5,206,190	19,049	0.366	0.0917
1995	5,215,714	5,233,360	35,292	0.674	0.0909
1996	5,251,006	5,263,068	24,124	0.458	0.0901
1997	5,275,130	5,285,035	19,810	0.375	0.0892
1998	5,294,940	5,304,262	18,644	0.351	0.0883
1999	5,313,584	5,321,810	16,451	0.309	0.0874
2000	5,330,035	5,339,658	19,247	0.360	0.0865
2001	5,349,282	5,358,828	19,092	0.356	0.0857
2002	5,368,374	5,375,959	15,170	0.282	0.0848
2003	5,383,544	5,390,620	14,153	0.263	0.0840
2004	5,397,697	5,404,598	13,802	0.255	0.0831
2005	5,411,499	5,419,555	16,111	0.297	0.0823
2006	5,427,610	5,437,420	19,620	0.361	0.0815
2007	5,447,230	5,461,607	28,754	0.526	0.0808
2008	5,475,984	5,493,764	35,559	0.647	0.0803
2009	5,511,543	5,523,173	23,260	0.421	0.0797
2010	5,534,803	5,547,863	26,119	0.471	0.0790
2011	5,560,922	5,570,849	19,854	0.356	0.0783
2012	5,580,776	5,591,917	22,281	0.398	0.0777
2013	5,603,057	5,615,333	24,551	0.437	0.0770
2014	5,627,608	5,643,794	32,372	0.574	0.0765
2015	5,659,980	5,683,701	47,442	0.835	0.0761
2016	5,707,422	5,728,201	41,558	0.726	0.0758
2017	5,748,980	5,765,168	32,376	0.562	0.0754
2018	5,781,356	5,793,824	24,937	0.430	0.0750
2019	5,806,293	5,814,618	16,651	0.286	0.0744
2020	5,822,944	5,831,530	17,172	0.294	0.0739
2021	5,840,116	5,856,776	33,321	0.569	0.0736
2022	5,873,437	5,902,904	58,933	0.998	0.0736
2023	5,932,370	5,948,136	31,533	0.530	0.0735

Denmark population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	5,963,903	5,977,412	27,018	0.452	0.0732
2025	5,990,921	6,002,507	23,172	0.386	0.0729
2026	6,014,093	6,023,520	18,855	0.313	0.0726
2027	6,032,948	6,041,443	16,989	0.281	0.0722
2028	6,049,937	6,057,190	14,506	0.239	0.0718
2029	6,064,443	6,070,613	12,340	0.203	0.0714
2030	6,076,783	6,081,995	10,424	0.171	0.0710
2031	6,087,207	6,091,944	9,474	0.156	0.0706
2032	6,096,681	6,100,376	7,390	0.121	0.0701
2033	6,104,071	6,107,586	7,030	0.115	0.0697
2034	6,111,101	6,114,220	6,238	0.102	0.0693
2035	6,117,339	6,119,806	4,933	0.081	0.0689
2036	6,122,272	6,124,307	4,071	0.066	0.0685
2037	6,126,343	6,127,824	2,963	0.048	0.0680
2038	6,129,306	6,130,866	3,120	0.051	0.0676
2039	6,132,426	6,133,191	1,530	0.025	0.0672
2040	6,133,956	6,134,659	1,406	0.023	0.0668
2041	6,135,362	6,135,556	388	0.006	0.0665
2042	6,135,750	6,135,755	10	0.000	0.0661
2043	6,135,760	6,135,681	-159	-0.003	0.0657
2044	6,135,601	6,135,229	-745	-0.012	0.0653
2045	6,134,856	6,134,655	-401	-0.007	0.0650
2046	6,134,455	6,133,614	-1,683	-0.027	0.0646
2047	6,132,772	6,131,865	-1,813	-0.030	0.0643
2048	6,130,959	6,129,993	-1,933	-0.032	0.0640
2049	6,129,026	6,127,737	-2,578	-0.042	0.0637
2050	6,126,448	6,124,838	-3,220	-0.053	0.0634
2051	6,123,228	6,121,371	-3,714	-0.061	0.0631
2052	6,119,514	6,117,679	-3,670	-0.060	0.0628
2053	6,115,844	6,113,507	-4,675	-0.076	0.0625
2054	6,111,169	6,108,902	-4,534	-0.074	0.0623
2055	6,106,635	6,103,885	-5,501	-0.090	0.0620
2056	6,101,134	6,098,376	-5,517	-0.090	0.0617
2057	6,095,617	6,093,057	-5,119	-0.084	0.0615
2058	6,090,498	6,088,189	-4,618	-0.076	0.0613
2059	6,085,880	6,083,422	-4,915	-0.081	0.0611
2060	6,080,965	6,078,224	-5,483	-0.090	0.0608
2061	6,075,482	6,072,976	-5,012	-0.083	0.0606
2062	6,070,470	6,067,892	-5,156	-0.085	0.0605
2063	6,065,314	6,062,958	-4,711	-0.078	0.0603
2064	6,060,603	6,058,181	-4,844	-0.080	0.0601
2065	6,055,759	6,053,336	-4,847	-0.080	0.0599
2066	6,050,912	6,049,059	-3,707	-0.061	0.0598
2067	6,047,205	6,045,432	-3,545	-0.059	0.0596
2068	6,043,660	6,042,136	-3,048	-0.050	0.0595
2069	6,040,612	6,039,220	-2,785	-0.046	0.0594
2070	6,037,827	6,036,603	-2,448	-0.041	0.0592
2071	6,035,379	6,034,390	-1,979	-0.033	0.0591
2072	6,033,400	6,032,483	-1,834	-0.030	0.0590
2073	6,031,566	6,030,140	-2,853	-0.047	0.0589
2074	6,028,713	6,027,506	-2,415	-0.040	0.0589
2075	6,026,298	6,025,042	-2,511	-0.042	0.0588
2076	6,023,787	6,022,068	-3,438	-0.057	0.0587
2077	6,020,349	6,018,848	-3,002	-0.050	0.0586
2078	6,017,347	6,015,859	-2,976	-0.049	0.0586
2079	6,014,371	6,012,543	-3,656	-0.061	0.0585
2080	6,010,715	6,008,790	-3,850	-0.064	0.0584
2081	6,006,865	6,004,852	-4,026	-0.067	0.0584
2082	6,002,839	6,000,136	-5,406	-0.090	0.0583
2083	5,997,433	5,994,230	-6,406	-0.107	0.0583
2084	5,991,027	5,987,675	-6,705	-0.112	0.0582
2085	5,984,322	5,980,591	-7,463	-0.125	0.0581
2086	5,976,859	5,973,040	-7,638	-0.128	0.0581
2087	5,969,221	5,965,214	-8,014	-0.134	0.0580
2088	5,961,207	5,957,393	-7,628	-0.128	0.0579
2089	5,953,579	5,949,368	-8,421	-0.142	0.0579
2090	5,945,158	5,940,877	-8,561	-0.144	0.0578
2091	5,936,597	5,932,462	-8,270	-0.139	0.0578
2092	5,928,327	5,924,288	-8,079	-0.136	0.0577
2093	5,920,248	5,916,280	-7,935	-0.134	0.0577
2094	5,912,313	5,908,287	-8,052	-0.136	0.0577
2095	5,904,261	5,900,525	-7,473	-0.127	0.0576
2096	5,896,788	5,893,157	-7,262	-0.123	0.0576
2097	5,889,526	5,885,653	-7,746	-0.132	0.0576
2098	5,881,780	5,878,106	-7,348	-0.125	0.0576
2099	5,874,432	5,870,624	-7,615	-0.130	0.0576
2100	5,866,817	5,863,216	-7,202	-0.123	0.0576