This statistic displays the estimated and actual Muslim population share in Denmark and Sweden in 2018. In Denmark, respondents on average guessed that ** out of every 100 people in Denmark were Muslims. In fact, *. percent of the Danish population was Muslim in 2018. Swedes estimated ** percent of every hundred people to be Muslim, but the actual number was * percent.

Denmark: Muslims as percent of the total population: The latest value from 2013 is 8 percent, an increase from 7 percent in 2012. In comparison, the world average is 34.3 percent, based on data from 128 countries. Historically, the average for Denmark from 1960 to 2013 is 1.5 percent. The minimum value, 0 percent, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 8 percent was recorded in 2013.

The share of the population in Denmark that is a member of the National Church declined over the past 10 years. In 2024, 4.25 million Danes were registered as members in the Danish National Church, meaning that 70 percent of the country's total population of six million people were members of the Church. 1.7 million people were not members of the Danish National Church that year. Every person who is baptized automatically becomes a member of the National Church, which in most cases happens through infant baptism. Since the Danish Reformation, the Danish National Church has been Evangelical Lutheran.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on people agreeing that Islam is fundamentally incompatible with Denmark's culture and values. That year, the largest agreement of the Danish population was church-attending Christians, with a share of 55 percent of respondents. Compared with the religiously unaffiliated reaching 30 percent of individuals it was 25 percentage points higher.

Christianity is, by far, the largest religion in Denmark with nearly 4.5 million members of the Danish People's Church or other Christian communities. Moreover, there are estimated to be around 300,000 Muslims in the country, but the exact number is not known. In general, estimating the exact number of people having a specific religious belief is difficult, and even for the members of the Danish People's Church, many do not actively participate in ceremonies.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on acceptance of Jews or Muslims as family members in Denmark. That year, the largest acceptance, with a share of ** percent of Danish respondents, would accept Jews as family members, whereas *** percent of Danish population would not tolerate Jews as family members. Compared with Danes who would not accept Muslims, reaching ** percent of respondents, it was *** percentage points lower.

An overwhelming majority of people in Denmark with an origin from the Middle East and North Africa, including Turkey, were Muslims. Simultaneously, a large majority of the population with a Danish origin were members of the Danish People's Church, which is Lutheran-Protestant.

Government expenditure on religious and other community services increased since 2010. That year, public spending reached seven billion Danish kroner, a number that had increased to 8.8 billion by 2022.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on Danes agreeing or disagreeing to Muslims having an agenda to impose their religious law on everyone in their country. That year, the largest opinion, with a share of ** percent of respondents, completely disagreed that Muslims wanted to impose their religious law, whereas ** percent of Danish people completely agreed that Muslims agenda was to impose their own religious law.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on people's opinion being negative or positive towards religion in Denmark. That year, most of Danes, with a share of ** percent of respondents, had a negative view of religion.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on religious practice in Denmark. That year, most of Danes, with a share of 22 percent of respondents, practiced religion by giving money to their religious organization. The second largest share of Danish people, reaching ten percent of respondents, practiced religion by wearing or carrying religious symbols.

This statistic displays the result of the survey on the attitudes of Danes about the war against the religion of Islam in 2016. The majority of respondents (** percent) disagreed with the statement that Denmark, together with the rest of the Western world, is at war with the religion of Islam and not just radicalized Muslims.