This graph shows Denmark's total population from the year 1769 until 2020. Generally speaking, Denmark's population has been growing at a rather steady rate for the past 250 years. The numbers begin in 1769 where Denmark's population was approximately 798 thousand; it then grows at a consistent rate for the next 210 years, before the population decreases slightly in the 1980s. This dip in population is attributed to a decrease in the fertility rate across Europe during this time, resulting from improvements and increased access to contraception. The population then begins growing again in the late 1980s, due to a positive net migration rate and ageing population; today, the population is just under 5.8 million people.

Denmark Population: Male data was reported at 2,889.000 Person th in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,876.000 Person th for 2017. Denmark Population: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 2,265.000 Person th from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2018, with 119 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,889.000 Person th in 2018 and a record low of 1,192.000 Person th in 1900. Denmark Population: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population: Annual.

Denmark Population: Female data was reported at 2,917.000 Person th in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,905.000 Person th for 2017. Denmark Population: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 2,301.000 Person th from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2018, with 119 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,917.000 Person th in 2018 and a record low of 1,255.000 Person th in 1900. Denmark Population: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population: Annual.

In Denmark, the crude birth rate in 1800 was 29.9 live births per thousand people, meaning that approximately three percent of the population had been born in that year. Over the next century, the crude birth rate generally fluctuated between 29 and 33, before dropping consistently in the first few decades of the 1900s. Between 1935 and 1965, the decline stopped, and Denmark's crude birth rate increased from 17.2 in 1935 to 20.9 by 1950, and the decline did not continue until the late 1960s. Between 1965 and 1985, the crude birth rate dropped from 17.3 to 10.4 births per thousand people, which is the lowest recorded number in Denmark's history. It did increase over the next two decades, however it then dropped again in the last decade, and is expected to be 10.7 in 2020.

Denmark Population: 15-19 Years data was reported at 350,913.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 347,923.000 Person for 2022. Denmark Population: 15-19 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 331,550.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 430,400.000 Person in 1963 and a record low of 237,100.000 Person in 1900. Denmark Population: 15-19 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Denmark Population: 85 Years and Over data was reported at 140,272.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 134,764.000 Person for 2022. Denmark Population: 85 Years and Over data is updated yearly, averaging 25,850.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 140,272.000 Person in 2023 and a record low of 5,900.000 Person in 1900. Denmark Population: 85 Years and Over data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Denmark Population: 30-34 Years data was reported at 403,882.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 395,334.000 Person for 2022. Denmark Population: 30-34 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 316,900.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 429,897.000 Person in 1997 and a record low of 157,900.000 Person in 1901. Denmark Population: 30-34 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Life expectancy in Denmark was 33.3 in the year 1765, and over the course of the next 255 years, it is expected to have increased by almost fifty years, to 80.7 years in 2020. Although life expectancy has generally increased throughout Denmark's history, there were several times where the rate deviated from its previous trajectory. These changes were a result of the Napoleonic Wars and the First Cholera Pandemic in the early 1800s, and later because of the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of the 1910s.

Denmark Population: 65-69 Years data was reported at 327,014.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 325,352.000 Person for 2022. Denmark Population: 65-69 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 189,800.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 356,312.000 Person in 2013 and a record low of 63,300.000 Person in 1900. Denmark Population: 65-69 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

This statistic shows the total population of Norway from 1769 until 2020. The data begins in 1769, when Norway was a part of the Kalmar Union with Denmark and was ruled from Copenhagen, however this data applies to the modern-day borders of Norway. From the beginning of the period, the numbers of men and women have grown at a similar rate throughout Norway's history. The number of women was always higher than the number of men, until the final entries in the graph where they are the same or the number of men exceeds women. The largest differences occur in the early twentieth century where there were up to 70 thousand more women than men between 1910 and 1930, however these numbers became closer throughout the rest of the 1900s.

Denmark Population: 80-84 Years data was reported at 192,732.000 Person in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 179,602.000 Person for 2023. Denmark Population: 80-84 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 53,600.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2024, with 125 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 192,732.000 Person in 2024 and a record low of 15,600.000 Person in 1900. Denmark Population: 80-84 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Denmark Population: 55-59 Years data was reported at 408,582.000 Person in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 416,858.000 Person for 2023. Denmark Population: 55-59 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 255,360.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2024, with 125 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 420,559.000 Person in 2022 and a record low of 91,400.000 Person in 1900. Denmark Population: 55-59 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Key information about Denmark population

• The Denmark population reached 5.8 million people in Dec 2020, compared with the previously reported figure of 5.8 million people in Dec 2019
• The data reached an all-time high of 5.8 million people in Dec 2020 and a record low of 2.4 million people in Dec 1900

CEIC calculates annual Population from quarterly Population. Statistics Denmark provides quarter-end Population. Population prior to 1988 is sourced directly from Statistics Denmark.


Further information about Denmark population data

• In the latest reports, Denmark Unemployment Rate increased to 4.9 % in Apr 2023
• Monthly earnings of the Denmark population was 7,084.1 USD in Dec 2021
• Denmark Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 70.8 % in Apr 2023

Denmark Population: Total data was reported at 5,961,249.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,932,654.000 Person for 2022. Denmark Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 4,647,750.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,961,249.000 Person in 2023 and a record low of 2,447,300.000 Person in 1900. Denmark Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Population: 50-54 Years data was reported at 393,531.000 Person in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 390,931.000 Person for 2023. Population: 50-54 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 271,696.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2024, with 125 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 425,011.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 104,900.000 Person in 1900. Population: 50-54 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Population: 20-24 Years data was reported at 375,678.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 375,378.000 Person for 2022. Population: 20-24 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 325,507.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 426,000.000 Person in 1968 and a record low of 206,500.000 Person in 1900. Population: 20-24 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Denmark Population: 40-44 Years data was reported at 338,216.000 Person in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 340,314.000 Person for 2023. Denmark Population: 40-44 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 298,000.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2024, with 125 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 428,922.000 Person in 2007 and a record low of 134,000.000 Person in 1905. Denmark Population: 40-44 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Denmark Population: 5-9 Years data was reported at 311,109.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 306,909.000 Person for 2022. Denmark Population: 5-9 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 328,874.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 436,000.000 Person in 1953 and a record low of 267,132.000 Person in 1990. Denmark Population: 5-9 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Denmark Population: 0-4 Years data was reported at 306,638.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 310,676.000 Person for 2022. Denmark Population: 0-4 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 327,678.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 439,200.000 Person in 1948 and a record low of 263,343.000 Person in 1985. Denmark Population: 0-4 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.

Denmark Population: 70-74 Years data was reported at 295,938.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 298,794.000 Person for 2022. Denmark Population: 70-74 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 141,850.000 Person from Dec 1900 (Median) to 2023, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 328,265.000 Person in 2018 and a record low of 44,600.000 Person in 1902. Denmark Population: 70-74 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Denmark. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.G002: Population by Age: Annual.