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{{Infobox place demographics|image=File:Denmark single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|place=[[Denmark]]|caption=[[Population pyramid]] of [[Denmark]] in 2020|size_of_population=6,019,866 (2025 1 October est.)
|nation = [[Danish nationality law|Danish]]
|major_ethnic = [[Danes]]
|minor_ethnic = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Arabs]]
* [[Turkish people|Turks]]
* [[Polish people|Poles]]
* [[Kurds]]
* Other groups
{{tree list/end}}
}}
|official = [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Faroese language|Faroese]] and [[Greenlandic language|Greenlandic]]
|spoken   = [[Languages of Denmark]] |age_0–14_years=16.42%|age_65_years=19.91%|growth=1.0085% (2022 est.)|birth=9.85 births/1,000 population|death=10.02 deaths/1,000 population|net_migration=2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|sr_at_birth=1.07 male(s)/female|sr_65_years_over=0.7 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=3.04 deaths/1,000 live births|life=81.66 years|life_male=79.74 years|life_female=83.71 years|fertility=1.495 children born/woman (2023)<ref name=e"https:dst.dk">{{cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/fertilite|title= Denmark statistics|date=2023}}</ref>}}
[[Demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Denmark|Denmark proper]], part of the [[Danish Realm]], include [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[education]] level, [[health]] of the populace, [[Socioeconomic status|economic status]], [[Religious identity|religious affiliations]], and other aspects.

==Population==
{{See also|Danes}}
{{Chart|definition=Denmark Total Population.chart|data=Denmark Total  Population.tab|Width=500}}
{{Chart|definition=Denmark TFR.chart|data=Denmark TFR.tab|Width=500}}
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Since 1980, which marked a decrease in population, the number of people of Danish descent, defined as having at least one parent who was born in Denmark and has Danish citizenship, has remained constant at around 5 million in Denmark, and nearly all the [[population growth]] from 5.1 and thereafter [[Immigration to Denmark|was mostly due to immigration]].<ref name="Parallelsamfund_i_Danmark_p3">{{cite book|url=https://oim.dk/media/18990/analyse-om-parallelsamfund-090218-final.pdf|title=Parallelsamfund i Danmark / Økonomisk Analyse nr. 30|date=February 2018|publisher=Ministry for economic affairs and the interior|page=3|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226181705/https://oim.dk/publikationer/2018/feb/parallelsamfund-i-danmark/|archive-date=26 February 2018 |language=da}}</ref> During April of 2025, the number of inhabitants in Denmark reached 6 million.

Population numbers in 2100 will be slightly lower than in 2024.<ref name="World Population In Graphs">{{citation |title= Population prognosis 2100 |url=https://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/graphs-maps/population_graphs/ |website=Institut National D'Etudes Demographiques}}</ref>

[[File:Population_development_of_Denmark.svg|right|thumb|400px|Population of Denmark, 0-2021]]{{Historical populations
|type =
| percentages = pagr
|footnote = Source: [[Statistics Denmark]]<br />2020 estimate<ref>{{cite web|title=Population and population projections|url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/befolkning-og-valg/befolkning-og-befolkningsfremskrivning|publisher=Statistics Denmark|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090527/https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/befolkning-og-valg/befolkning-og-befolkningsfremskrivning|archive-date=30 October 2018|url-status=dead|language=da|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|1870 | 1,784,741
|1880 | 1,969,039
|1890 | 2,172,380
|1901 | 2,449,540
|1911 | 2,747,076
|1921 | 3,267,831
|1930 | 3,550,656
|1940 | 3,844,312
|1950 | 4,281,275
|1960 | 4,585,256
|1970 | 4,937,579
|1980 | 5,122,065
|1990 | 5,135,409
|2000 | 5,330,020
|2010 | 5,534,738
|2020 | 5,822,863
|2025 | 5,992,734
}}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! width="50" |Year<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistikbanken |url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908201150/http://statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1024 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |access-date=29 August 2017 |language=da |website=Statistikbanken.dk}}</ref>
! width="150" |Population<!--Don't insert stuff like "per 1 January" here. That date only applies to recent figures certainly not for the older ones-->
|- valign="top"
| 1769 || 797,584 
|-
| 1787 || 841,806 
|-
| 1801 || 929,001 
|-
| 1834 || 1,230,964 
|-
| 1840 || 1,289,075 
|-
| 1845 || 1,356,877 
|-
| 1850 || 1,414,648 
|-
| 1855 || 1,507,222 
|-
| 1860 || 1,608,362 
|-
| 1870 || 1,784,741 
|-
| 1880 || 1,969,039 
|-
| 1890 || 2,172,380 
|-
| 1901 || 2,449,540 
|-
| 1906 || 2,588,919 
|-
| 1911 || 2,757,076 
|-
| 1916 || 2,921,362 
|-
| 1921 || 3,267,831 
|-
| 1925 || 3,434,555 
|-
| 1930 || 3,550,656 
|-
| 1935 || 3,706,349 
|-
| 1940 || 3,844,312 
|-
| 1945 || 4,045,232 
|-
| 1950 || 4,281,275 
|-
| 1955 || 4,448,401 
|-
| 1960 || 4,585,256 
|-
| 1965 || 4,767,597 
|-
| 1970 || 4,937,579 
|-
| 1971 || 4,950,598 
|-
| 1972 || 4,975,653 
|-
| 1973 || 5,007,538 
|-
| 1974 || 5,036,184 
|-
| 1975 || 5,054,410 
|}

=== Fertility ===
The natural growth of the population (births minus deaths) [[Population decline|was negative]] in 2022, that is, minus 1005 people. The previous last year there was a negative natural increase in the population was in 1988. During 2022, 58,430 children were born, 5,043 fewer than in 2021. In 2022, 59,435 people died, there were 2,283, or 4.0% more than in 2021. The total population in the age group 80 and over grew by 12,844 people, or 4.4%., from 2022 to 2023.<ref name="dst.dk1">{{cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=40195|website=[[Danmarks Statistik]]|title=Ukrainere stod for 45 pct. af befolkningstilvæksten}}</ref>

During 2022, the Danish population grew by 59,234 people, so the population on January 1, 2023, consisted of 5,932,654 people. It was a population increase of 1.0 percent, which is higher than in 2021, when the population increase was 0.6 percent.<ref name="dst.dk1"/>

In 2022, Denmark had a [[total fertility rate]] (TFR) of 1.55 children per woman in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fertility |url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/fertilitet |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.dst.dk |language=en}}</ref> It is the first time in history that immigrant women from non-Western countries now have fewer children on average than women of Danish roots in Denmark. On average, immigrant women have 1.76 children, the descendants have an average of 1.75 children, while women of Danish roots have 1.78 children.<ref name="nyhedertv2">{{cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/2022-02-21-indvandrerkvinder-foder-faerre-born-end-danske-kvinder|title=Indvandrerkvinder føder færre børn end danske kvinder|website=nyheder.tv2.dk|date=21 February 2022|author=Ritzau|language=da}}</ref> This is because [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]], who are categorized as non-Western, have come to Denmark in large numbers. In the same year, immigrant women from [[Syria]] had the highest TFR, they gave birth to an average of 3.7 children. They are followed by women from [[Somalia]] and [[Pakistan]], 2020 figures show.<ref name="nyhedertv2"/>

In 2021 the number of childless women aged 50 was the highest in seven years; 12.3 percent of women aged 50 have never had a child, while 19.5 percent of 50-year-old men do not have children.<ref name="nyheder"/>

=== Historical fertility rates===
[[File:Total fertility rate of Denmark overtime to 2016.svg|thumb|350x350px|TFR of Denmark over time to 2016]]
The [[total fertility rate]] is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: [[Our World In Data]] and [[Gapminder Foundation]].<ref name="ourworldindata.org">{{citation |author=Max Roser |title=Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries |date=2014 |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1849&country=DNK |work=[[Our World In Data]], [[Gapminder Foundation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174207/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1849&country=DNK |access-date=2019-01-18 |archive-date=2019-01-19 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1850!!1851!!1852!!1853!!1854!!1855!!1856!!1857!!1858!!1859!!1860<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.24|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.48|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.41|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.37|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.44|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.48|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.53|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1861!!1862!!1863!!1864!!1865!!1866!!1867!!1868!!1869!!1870<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.32|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.18|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.96|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.1
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1871!!1872!!1873!!1874!!1875!!1876!!1877!!1878!!1879!!1880<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.16|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.36|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.3|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.28
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1881!!1882!!1883!!1884!!1885!!1886!!1887!!1888!!1889!!1890<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.34|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.36|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.29|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.5|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.39|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.37|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.28|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.25|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.11
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1891!!1892!!1893!!1894!!1895!!1896!!1897!!1898!!1899<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.18|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.16|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.1|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.11|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.02|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.08|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.01
|}
'''Total fertility rate'''

1.78 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 152nd

=== Average age of the mother at her first birth===
In 2021 the average age of the mother at her first birth in Denmark was of 29.8 years, and the father is of 31.5 years.<ref name="nyheder">{{cite web|url=https://www.seoghoer.dk/nyheder/gennemsnitsalderen-stiger-foerstegangsfoedende|title=Gennemsnitsalderen stiger for førstegangsfødende|website=seoghoer.dk|date=17 February 2022|author=Nikolaj Kesting|language=da}}</ref>

=== Life expectancy ===
Sources: [[Our World In Data]] and the [[United Nations]].

'''1775–1950'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1775
!1835
!1836
!1837
!1838
!1839
!1840
!1841
!1842
!1843
!1844
!1845
!1846
!1847
!1848
!1849
!1850<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 |access-date=2018-08-28 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref>
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|33.0
|38.4
|40.0
|41.5
|43.1
|41.9
|41.1
|42.6
|42.5
|43.9
|44.0
|43.4
|40.4
|40.4
|40.8
|39.5
|43.5
|}
[[File:Life expectancy in Denmark.svg|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy]] in Denmark since 1775]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1851
!1852
!1853
!1854
!1855
!1856
!1857
!1858
!1859
!1860<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|44.5
|43.0
|38.5
|44.7
|46.1
|46.7
|42.5
|40.0
|44.4
|45.1
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1861
!1862
!1863
!1864
!1865
!1866
!1867
!1868
!1869
!1870<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|47.6
|47.6
|47.2
|40.2
|39.8
|42.9
|44.9
|45.6
|46.1
|46.0
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1871
!1872
!1873
!1874
!1875
!1876
!1877
!1878
!1879
!1880<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|46.1
|47.2
|47.5
|46.0
|44.4
|45.8
|47.3
|47.5
|46.2
|44.8
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1881
!1882
!1883
!1884
!1885
!1886
!1887
!1888
!1889
!1890<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|48.3
|46.7
|48.5
|48.5
|49.6
|49.0
|48.7
|46.7
|47.8
|47.2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1891
!1892
!1893
!1894
!1895
!1896
!1897
!1898
!1899
!1900<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|46.8
|47.4
|47.1
|49.4
|50.8
|52.9
|51.8
|53.1
|50.6
|51.9
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1901
!1902
!1903
!1904
!1905
!1906
!1907
!1908
!1909
!1910<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|52.6
|54.7
|54.8
|55.7
|54.3
|56.5
|56.1
|54.9
|57.4
|58.0
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1911
!1912
!1913
!1914
!1915
!1916
!1917
!1918
!1919
!1920<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|57.0
|58.0
|58.9
|58.5
|58.4
|56.9
|57.3
|56.3
|57.0
|57.6
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1921
!1922
!1923
!1924
!1925
!1926
!1927
!1928
!1929
!1930<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|61.7
|60.6
|61.2
|61.1
|61.9
|61.7
|61.2
|61.9
|61.9
|62.3
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1931
!1932
!1933
!1934
!1935
!1936
!1937
!1938
!1939
!1940<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|61.8
|62.7
|63.6
|64.1
|62.9
|63.5
|64.0
|65.0
|65.8
|66.3
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1941
!1942
!1943
!1944
!1945
!1946
!1947
!1948
!1949
!1950<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|66.0
|67.1
|67.4
|66.4
|66.1
|67.2
|68.5
|70.1
|70.1
|70.3
|}

'''1950–2015'''
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Denmark -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Denmark since 1960 by gender]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period<ref>{{cite web |title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations |url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |archive-date=2016-09-19 |access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
|-
|1950–1955
|71.1
|1985–1990
|74.8
|-
|1955–1960
|72.1
|1990–1995
|75.2
|-
|1960–1965
|72.4
|1995–2000
|76.1
|-
|1965–1970
|72.9
|2000–2005
|77.3
|-
|1970–1975
|73.6
|2005–2010
|78.6
|-
|1975–1980
|74.2
|2010–2015
|80.2
|-
|1980–1985
|74.4
|
|
|}
[[File:Denmark population pyramid from 1950 to 2020.gif|thumb|300px|Population pyramid from 1950 to 2020]]

=== Age structure ===
:''0-14 years:'' 16.57% (male 493,829 /female 468,548)
:''15-24 years:'' 12.67% (male 377,094 /female 358,807)
:''25-54 years:'' 39.03% (male 1,147,196 /female 1,119,967)
:''55-64 years:'' 12.33% (male 356,860 /female 359,264)
:''65 years and over:'' 19.42% (male 518,200 /female 609,737) (2018 est.)

; Median age
:
: total: 41.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 35th
: male: 40.8 years
: female: 42.9 years (2018 est.)

==Ethnic and origin groups==
[[File:Percentage of Dane's of Danish background in 2021 regionally.svg|thumb|300x300px|People of Danish descent as a proportion of the population regionally and nationally in 2021]]
[[File:Population pyramid of Denmark over time by origin.gif|thumb|295x295px|Population pyramid of Denmark over time by origin]]
{{see also|Immigration to Denmark|Faroese people in Denmark|Greenlandic people in Denmark|Armenians in Denmark|Chinese people in Denmark|Greeks in Denmark|History of the Jews in Denmark|Arabs in Denmark|Iraqis in Denmark|Pakistanis in Denmark|Turks in Denmark|Romani people in Denmark|German minority in Denmark|Council for Ethnic Minorities}}
Non-indigenous [[Minority group|ethnic minorities]] include:
* [[Afghans]]
* [[Inuit]] (Greenlandic) from the territory of [[Greenland]]
* [[Turkish people|Turks]]
* [[Arab people|Arabs]] (i.e. [[Palestinians]], followed by [[Moroccan people|Moroccans]], [[Syrian people|Syrians]], [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]], [[Yemen]]is, [[Egyptians]], [[Iraqis]] and [[Jordan]]ians)
* [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]]
* [[Thai people|Thai]]
* [[Jews]]
* [[Han Chinese|Chinese]]
* [[Pakistani people|Pakistanis]]
* [[Demographics of Iran|Iranians]] (including [[Kurds]] and [[Lurs]])
* [[Somali people|Somalis]]
* [[Eritreans]] 
* [[Sudan]]ese
* [[Indian people|Indians]]
* [[Chileans]] (the most numerous of [[Latin Americans|Latin American]] nationalities)
* [[Bosniaks]]
* [[Polish people|Poles]]
* [[Albanians]]
* [[Bangladeshi people|Bangladeshis]]
* [[Romani people|Roma]]
* [[Filipinos]]

===Historic minorities===
Ethnic minorities in Denmark include a handful of groups:

* Approximately 15,000 people<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nordschleswig.dk/SEEEMS/417.asp|title=Willkommen bei der deutschen Minderheit in Dänemark|website=Nordschleswig.dk|access-date=29 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326122618/http://www.nordschleswig.dk/SEEEMS/417.asp|archive-date=26 March 2013|language=da}}</ref> in Denmark belong to a [[German minority in Denmark|German minority]] traditionally referred to as '''''tysksindet''''' meaning "German-minded" in Danish, and as '''''Nordschleswiger''''' in German. This minority of Germans hold [[Danish nationality law|Danish citizenship]] and self-identify as Germans. Many of them speak German or [[Low German]] as their [[First language|home language]]. There are also several thousand German citizens and other ethnic Germans residing in Denmark with no historical connection to this group. From 1864 until 15 June [[1920 Schleswig plebiscites|1920]] this group mainly lived in what would become [[Germany]] in 1871. This area had 163,600 inhabitants on its return to Denmark which can be seen on the crude migration change in the table which jumped from 1.6 in 1919 to 54.1 in 1920.
* An estimated 23,000 people<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnag.dk/get.file?ID=2783 |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719033254/http://www.dnag.dk/get.file?ID=2783 |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> in [[Denmark proper]] are ethnic [[Faroese people|Faroese]], while 19,000 [[Greenlandic people in Denmark|Greenlanders]] reside permanently in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnag.dk/get.file?ID=2699 |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719033354/http://www.dnag.dk/get.file?ID=2699 |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> Many of these use the [[Faroese language|Faroese]] and [[Greenlandic language]]s, respectively, as their first language. All residents of the [[The unity of the Realm|Kingdom]] (viz. Denmark proper, the [[Faroe Islands]] and [[Greenland]]) hold [[Danish nationality law|Danish citizenship]], unless they inherit or otherwise receive a foreign citizenship.
* The [[History of the Jews in Denmark|Danish Jews]] number around 6,000 in 2020 according to the organisation [[Jewish Community in Denmark]], around 1,700 being card-carrying members of the organisation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mosaiske.dk/jodisk-historie-i-danmark/|title=Dansk jødisk historie|website=Mosaiske.dk|access-date=24 October 2020|language=da}}</ref>
* There are close to 10,000 [[Romani people in Denmark|Roma in Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://folkedrab.dk/artikler/romaer-til-danmark|title=Romaer til Danmark |website=Folkedrab.dk|date=24 September 2015 |access-date=24 October 2020|language=da}}</ref>

===Modern minorities===
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| quote = A person has Danish origin if he or she has at least one parent who is both a Danish citizen and born in Denmark. Neither immigrants nor descendants have one parent who is both a Danish citizen and born in Denmark. The difference between immigrants and descendants is that immigrants were born abroad, while descendants were born in Denmark.

For [[asylum seeker]]s and other persons applying for a residence permit in Denmark, there is no unambiguous connection between the time of a granted residence permit and immigration for the person who has been granted the residence permit. The number of residence permits granted in a quarter cannot be interpreted as the quarter's immigration. Citizens of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden do not need a residence permit to live, work or study in Denmark.
| source = Statistics Denmark [https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/indvandrere-og-efterkommere]
| align = right
| width = 30em
}}[[File:Population pyramid of Denmark by origin group in 2023.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Denmark by origin group in 2023|250x250px]]
[[File:Danish and foreign born population pyramid in 2023.svg|thumb|250x250px|Danish and foreign born population pyramid in 2023]]
In the modern minorities, [[Statistics Denmark]] counts first-generation immigrants, second-generation (Descendants in Danish statistics classification) and third-generation (Children of descendants in Danish classification). Children of descendants can be either of "Danish origin" (if both of their parents were born in Denmark with Danish citizenship) and of "foreign origin" (if one of their parents is a second-generation immigrant and another first-generation). Therefore, this table included all people of the respective background, people who are classified as of "foreign background" and third-generation immigrants, who classified as of "Danish origin".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2017-06-06 |title=Documentation of statistics: Immigrants and Descendants – Statistics Denmark |url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/immigrants-and-descendants |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606230509/https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/immigrants-and-descendants |archive-date=2017-06-06 |access-date=2021-12-21}}</ref> Statistics Denmark denotes an immigrant's group based on their country of birth, it does this usually off of the immigrant or descendents parents, if only one such parent is known, then the group is determined by that or if no parents are known then it is assumed if the person is an immigrant that their country of origin is their country of birth.<ref name=":1" />

[[Statistics Denmark]] also has specific classification bands which it uses to separate different immigrant groups. As an example, for 'Western' immigrants and 'Non-western', the classification band is as follows:

* Western countries: All 28 EU countries and [[Andorra]], [[Iceland]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Monaco]], [[Norway]], [[San Marino]], [[Switzerland]], [[Vatican State]], [[Canada]], [[USA]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].
* Non-western countries; All other countries.
According to 2021 figures from Statistics Denmark, 86%<ref name="statbank.dk">[http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/Graphics/MakeGraph.asp?gr_type=1&gr_width=600&gr_height=600&gr_fontsize=11&menu=y&PLanguage=1&pxfile=201282423219110521660FOLK2.px&wonload=600&honload=600&rotate=] {{dead link|date=August 2017}}</ref><ref name="dst.dk">{{cite web |title=Immigrants and Their Descendants |url=http://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/befolkning-og-valg/indvandrere-og-efterkommere/indvandrere-og-efterkommere |access-date=11 September 2017 |website=Dst.dk}}</ref>  of Denmark's population of over 5,840,045 was of Danish descent.<ref>[http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/Graphics/MakeGraph.asp?gr_type=5&gr_width=600&gr_height=600&gr_fontsize=11&menu=y&PLanguage=1&pxfile=201282423219110521660FOLK2.px&wonload=600&honload=600&rotate=] {{dead link|date=August 2017}}</ref><ref name="statbank.dk" />  The remaining 14% were of a foreign background, defined as immigrants or descendants of recent immigrants. With the same definition, the most common countries of origin were [[Demographics of Turkey|Turkey]], [[Polish people|Poland]], [[Germans|Germany]], [[Iraqis|Iraq]], [[Romanians|Romania]], [[Syrians|Syria]], [[Somalis|Somalia]], [[Demographics of Iran|Iran]], [[Demographics of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], and [[Yugoslavs|Yugoslavia]] and its successor states.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
More than 817,438 individuals (14%)<ref name="statbank.dk" /><ref name="dst.dk" /> are migrants and their descendants (199,668 second generation migrants born in Denmark<ref name="dst.dk" />).

Of these 817,438<ref name="statbank.dk" /> immigrants and their descendants:
* 294,798 (36.1%)<ref name="dst.dk" /> have a [[Western World|Western background]] ([[Norwegians|Norway]], [[Germans|Germany]], [[Bosnians|Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[British people|UK]], [[Polish people|Poland]], [[Romanians|Romania]] and [[Icelanders|Iceland]]; definition: EU countries, non-EU [[Nordic countries]], Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican State, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand).
* 522,640 (63.9%)<ref name="dst.dk" /> have a non-Western background ([[Turkish people|Turkey]], [[Iraqi people|Iraq]], [[Iranian peoples|Iran]], [[Pakistani people|Pakistan]], [[Thai people|Thailand]] and [[Somali people|Somalia]]; all other countries).

There were 121,183 immigrants in 2022, of these 31,381 were Ukrainian citizens, people with Ukrainian citizenship accounted for 26 percent of all immigration.<ref name="dst.dk1"/> The total population of Denmark increased in 2022 by 59,234 people, and the net immigration of Ukrainian people amounted to 45 percent of this population growth.<ref name="dst.dk1"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! Rank
! Country of origin<ref>Immigrants by country of birth, descendants and children of descendants (those, who are classified of Danish origin)</ref>
! Population (2008)
! Population (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1600|work=Statistics Denmark|title=Immigrants and Descendants, 1 January 2020|language=en}}</ref>
! Population (2023)
! Population (2024)
! Population (2025)
|-
| 1.
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| 59,960
| 75,072
| 77,845
| 79,373
| 80,937
|-
| 2.
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Poland}}
| 21,118
| 49,369
| 55,122
| 57,070
| 57,215
|-
| 3.
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| 5,105
| 15,595
| 42,482
| 44,825
| 49,854
|-
| 4.
| {{flag|Syria}}
| 3,367
| 44,326
| 45,000
| 45,641
| 46,634
|-
| 5.
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Romania}}
| 3,681
| 34,997
| 44,221
| 46,036
| 46,132
|-
| 6.
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Germany}}
| 28,412
| 35,141
| 39,528
| 41,516
| 43,410
|-
| 7.
| {{flag|Iraq}}
| 28,417
| 34,217
| 35,101
| 35,476
| 35,975
|-
| 8.
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| 21,217
| 31,175
| 32,246
| 33,050
| 34,181
|-
| 9.
| {{flag|Lebanon}}
| 23,343
| 30,435
| 31,700
| 32,269
| 33,014
|-
| 10.
| {{flag|Iran}}
| 14,773
| 22,408
| 24,364
| 26,276
| 28,491
|-
| 11.
| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| 21,861
| 23,449
| 23,625
| 23,659
| 23,732
|-
| 12.
| {{flag|India}}
| 5,666
| 15,595
| 19,296
| 21,268
| 22,815
|-
| 13.
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| 11,880
| 19,957
| 21,380
| 21,784
| 22,172
|-
| 14.
| {{flag|Somalia}}
| 16,561
| 21,338
| 21,486
| 21,653
| 21,849
|-
| 15.
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 12,593
| 17,651
| 18,190
| 18,442
| 18,605
|-
| 16.
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Sweden}}
| 14,789
| 17,095
| 17,726
| 17,999
| 18,303
|-
| 17.
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| 13,459
| 16,307
| 16,906
| 17,448
| 18,272
|-
| 18.
| {{flag|Norway}}
| 15,747
| 17,481
| 17,691
| 17,735
| 17,786
|-
| 19.
| {{flag|China}}
| 8,574
| 14,841
| 15,836
| 16,549
| 17,443
|-
| 20.
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Lithuania}}
| 3,646
| 15,231
| 16,439
| 16,357
| 16,192
|-
| 21.
| former {{flag|Yugoslavia}}{{refn|group=fn|Former Yugoslavia enumerates otherwise unspecified countries that made-up [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]], i.e. the countries of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Montenegro]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Serbia]] and [[Slovenia]].}}
| 18,151
| 15,903
| 15,356
| 15,016
| 14,257
|-
| 22.
| {{flag|Morocco}}
| 9,808
| 13,170
| 13,708
| 13,937
| 14,138
|-
| 23.
| {{flag|Thailand}}
| 8,280
| 13,166
| 13,693
| 14,029
| 14,122
|-
| 24.
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Bulgaria}}
| 1,194
| -
| 13,503
| 13,840
| 14,007
|-
| 25.
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
| 10,494
| –
| 12,692
| 12,996
| 13,734
|-
| 26.
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| 7,199
| –
| 12,760
| 13,098
| 13,577
|-
| 27.
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Italy}}
| 3,994
| –
| 11,684
| 12,313
| 13,135
|-
| 28.
| {{flag|USA}}
| 7,151
| –
| 10,786
| 11,293
| 11,797
|-
| 29.
| {{flag|Russia}}
| 4,389
| –
| 9,517
| 9,946
| 10,323
|-
| 30.
| {{flag|Iceland}}
| 8,421
| –
| 9,513
| 9,765
| 10,082
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="3" |Population groups
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1981<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|title=Population 1. January by sex, age, ancestry, country of origin and citizenship – StatBank Denmark – data and statistics|url=https://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=FOLK2&PLanguage=1&PXSId=0&wsid=cftree|access-date=2025-04-20|website=www.statbank.dk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991<ref name=":11"/>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name=":11"/>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name=":11"/>
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name=":11"/>
! colspan="2" |2025<ref name=":11"/>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
!{{Flagicon|Denmark}} Danish descent
!4,968,337
!96.96%
!4,920,267
!95.6%
!4,953,265
!92.59%
!4,998,111
!89.88%
!5,022,607
!86%
!5,015,554
!83.7%
|-
!Immigrants
!136,229
!2.65%
!189,649
!3.68%
!308,674
!5.77%
!428,904
!7.71%
!617,770
!10.57%
!752,907
!12.6%
|-
|{{Flagicon|European Union}} EU-27
|59,808
|1.16%
|61,279
|1.19%
|74,565
|1.39%
|124,092
|2.23%
|205,731
|3.52%
|248,930
|
|-
|Europe outside EU-27
|45,148
|0.88%
|55,797
|1.08%
|98,042
|1.83%
|116,300
|2.09%
|131,189
|2.24%
|172,663
|
|-
|Africa
|5,033
|–
|9,710
|0.18%
|28,190
|0.52%
|33,135
|0.59%
|46,376
|0.79%
|51,502
|
|-
|North America
|6,312
|–
|6,525
|–
|7,008
|–
|9,068
|0.16%
|10,890
|0.18%
|13,490
|
|-
|South and Central America
|2,987
|–
|4,263
|–
|6,248
|–
|9,826
|0.17%
|17,430
|0.29%
|24,394
|
|-
|Asia
|16,200
|0.31%
|50,556
|0.98%
|91,731
|1.71%
|133,261
|2.39%
|202,625
|3.46%
|238,006
|
|-
|Oceania
|571
|–
|811
|–
|1,314
|–
|2,277
|–
|2,905
|–
|3,504
|-
|-
|Stateless
|9
|–
|373
|–
|367
|–
|480
|–
|352
|–
|233
|-
|-
|Unknown
|170
|–
|335
|–
|1,209
|–
|465
|–
|272
|–
|185
|-
|-
!Descendants
!19,423
!0.37%
!36,553
!0.71%
!87,273
!1.63%
!133,613
!2.40%
!199,668
!3.41%
!224,273
!3.7%
|-
|{{Flagicon|European Union}} EU-27
|6,763
|0.13%
|6,949
|0.13%
|9,679
|0.18%
|13,097
|0.23%
|28,273
|0.48%
|
|
|-
|Europe outside EU-27
|6,831
|0.13%
|15,302
|0.29%
|32,237
|0.60%
|46,291
|0.83%
|59,309
|1.01%
|
|
|-
|Africa
|895
|–
|2,414
|–
|10,258
|0.19%
|16,608
|0.29%
|25,188
|0.43%
|
|
|-
|North America
|985
|–
|926
|–
|1,004
|–
|929
|–
|1,029
|–
|
|
|-
|South and Central America
|275
|–
|363
|–
|605
|–
|902
|–
|1,571
|–
|
|
|-
|Asia
|3,535
|–
|10,420
|0.20%
|33,045
|0.61%
|55,260
|0.99%
|83,815
|1.43%
|
|
|-
|Oceania
|93
|–
|88
|–
|129
|–
|149
|–
|196
|–
|
|
|-
|Stateless
|29
|–
|56
|–
|109
|–
|237
|–
|154
|–
|
|
|-
|Unknown
|17
|–
|35
|–
|207
|–
|140
|–
|133
|–
|
|
|-
!Total
!5,123,989
!100%
!5,146,469
!100%
!5,349,212
!100%
!5,560,628
!100%
!5,840,045
!100%
!5,992,734
!100%
|}
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Population pyramids of selected origin groups in 2023">
File:Person of Danish origin in 2023 population pyramid.svg|Persons of Danish origin
File:Western immigrant 2023 in Denmark population pyramid.svg|Western immigrant
File:Non-Western immigrant population pyramid in 2023 in Denmark.svg|Non-Western immigrant
File:Western descendant population pyramid in 2023 in Denmark.svg|Western descendant
File:Non-Western descendant population pyramid in 2023 in Denmark.svg|Non-Western descendant
</gallery>

== Vital statistics ==
{{multiple image
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| footer            = 
| image1            = Live births and deaths in Denmark.svg
| width1            = 200
| caption1          = Live births and deaths over time
| image2            = Crude birth and death rate in Denmark.svg
| width2            = 200
| caption2          = Crude birth rate and death rate over time
| header            = Births and deaths in Denmark over time
}}
[[File:Norden pop density.gif|thumb|The [[population density]] is higher in [[Denmark]] than in the other [[Nordic countries#List|Nordic countries]].]]
Data according to [[Statistics Denmark]], which collects the official statistics for Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/|title=Statistikbanken|website=Statistikbanken.dk|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="50pt" |Average population (January 1)
! width="70pt" |Live births
! width="70pt" |Deaths
! width="70pt" |Nat. change
! width="40pt" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="40pt" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="40pt" |Nat. change (per 1000)
! width="40pt" |Crude migration change (per 1000)
! width="40pt" |[[Total fertility rate]]{{refn|group=fn|In [[Developed country|developed countries]], fertility rates 2.1 and above is a stable population and have been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an [[Population ageing|aging population]] and a [[Population decline|reducing population]].}}
! width="40pt" |[[Total fertility rate|Tempo adjusted fertility rate]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tempo-adjusted TFR|url=https://www.humanfertility.org/File/GetDocumentFree/Docs/HFDLite/adjTFR.xlsx|website=Human Fertility Database|access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref>

|-
| 1900
| align="right" | 2,432,000
| align="right" | 72,129
| align="right" | 40,891
| align="right" | 31,238
| style="color:blue;" | 29.7
| style="color:red;" | 16.8
| align="right" | 12.8 
| style="color: red"|-6.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 4.16
|-
| 1901
| align="right" | 2,447,000 <ref>[https://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1280 Statistics Denmark, Population 1. January by sex and time, visited September 2023]</ref>
| align="right" | 73,219
| align="right" | 38,786
| align="right" | 34,425
| align="right" | 29.7
| align="right" | 15.7
| align="right" | 14.0 
| -1.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 4.14
|-
| 1902
| align="right" | 2,477,000
| align="right" | 72,839
| align="right" | 36,424
| align="right" | 36,391
| align="right" | 29.2
| align="right" | 14.6
| align="right" | 14.6 
| -2.9
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 4.05
|-
| 1903
| align="right" | 2,506,000
| align="right" | 72,351
| align="right" | 36,956
| align="right" | 35,403
| align="right" | 28.7
| align="right" | 14.6
| align="right" | 14.0 
| -3.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.96
|-
| 1904
| align="right" | 2,532,000
| align="right" | 73,692
| align="right" | 35,903
| align="right" | 37,788
| align="right" | 28.9
| align="right" | 14.1
| align="right" | 14.8 
| -3.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.97
|-
| 1905
| align="right" | 2,560,000
| align="right" | 73,082
| align="right" | 38,598
| align="right" | 34,484
| align="right" | 28.4
| align="right" | 15.0
| align="right" | 13.4 
| -2.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.87
|-
| 1906
| align="right" | 2,589,000
| align="right" | 74,217
| align="right" | 35,231
| align="right" | 38,986
| align="right" | 28.5
| align="right" | 13.5
| 15
| -2.6
| style="color: blue" | 3.87
|-
| 1907
| align="right" | 2,621,000
| align="right" | 74,324
| align="right" | 37,275
| align="right" | 37,049
| align="right" | 28.2
| align="right" | 14.1
| align="right" | 14.1 
| -2.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.81
|-
| 1908
| align="right" | 2,652,000
| align="right" | 76,233
| align="right" | 39,072
| align="right" | 37,161
| align="right" | 28.6
| align="right" | 14.6
| align="right" | 13.9 
| -0.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.83
|-
| 1909
| align="right" | 2,687,000
| align="right" | 76,301
| align="right" | 35,837
| align="right" | 40,464
| align="right" | 28.2
| align="right" | 13.3
| align="right" | 15.0 
| -2.0
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.78
|-
| 1910
| align="right" | 2,722,000
| align="right" | 75,299
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 35,184
| align="right" | 40,013
| align="right" | 27.5
| align="right" | 12.9
| align="right" | 14.6 
| -1.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.67
|-
| 1911
| align="right" | 2,757,000
| align="right" | 73,933
| align="right" | 37,236
| align="right" | 36,697
| align="right" | 26.7
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" | 13.2 
| -2.0
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.60
|-
| 1912
| align="right" | 2,788,000
| align="right" | 74,659
| align="right" | 36,486
| align="right" | 38,173
| align="right" | 26.6
| align="right" | 13.0
| align="right" | 13.6 
| -2.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.58
|-
| 1913
| align="right" | 2,820,000
| align="right" | 72,475
| align="right" | 35,364
| align="right" | 37,111
| align="right" | 25.6
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 13.1
| -2.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.43
|-
| 1914
| align="right" | 2,851,000
| align="right" | 73,294
| align="right" | 35,921
| align="right" | 37,373
| align="right" | 25.6
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 13.0 
| -0.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.42
|-
| 1915
| align="right" | 2,886,000
| align="right" | 70,192
| align="right" | 37,174
| align="right" | 33,018
| align="right" | 24.2
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" | 11.4 
| 0.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.23
|-
| 1916
| align="right" | 2,921,000
| align="right" | 71,559
| align="right" | 39,265
| align="right" | 32,294
| align="right" | 24.4
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" | 11.0 
| 1.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.23
|-
| 1917
| align="right" | 2,958,000
| align="right" | 70,306
| align="right" | 39,224
| align="right" | 31,082
| align="right" | 23.7
| align="right" | 13.2
| align="right" | 10.5 
| 0.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.11
|-
| 1918
| align="right" | 2,991,000
| align="right" | 72,505
| align="right" | 39,038
| align="right" | 33,467
| align="right" | 24.1
| align="right" | 13.0
| align="right" | 11.1 
| 0.9
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.16
|-
| 1919
| align="right" | 3,027,000
| align="right" | 68,722
| align="right" | 39,590
| align="right" | 29,132
| align="right" | 22.6
| align="right" | 13.0
| align="right" | 9.6 
| 1.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.96
|-
| 1920
| align="right" | 3,061,000
| align="right" | 78,230
| align="right" | 39,841
| align="right" | 38,389
| align="right" | 25.4
| align="right" | 12.9
| align="right" | 12.5 
| style="color: blue"|54.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.29
|-
| 1921
| align="right" | 3,265,000
| align="right" | 78,815
| align="right" | 36,215
| align="right" | 42,600
| align="right" | 24.0
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 13.0 
| -0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.11
|-
| 1922
| align="right" | 3,306,000
| align="right" | 73,899
| align="right" | 39,452
| align="right" | 34,435
| align="right" | 22.3
| align="right" | 11.9
| align="right" | 10.4 
| -0.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.87
|-
| 1923
| align="right" | 3,340,000
| align="right" | 74,827
| align="right" | 37,903
| align="right" | 36,924
| align="right" | 22.3
| align="right" | 11.3
| align="right" | 11.0 
| -1.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.85
|-
| 1924
| align="right" | 3,373,000
| align="right" | 73,836
| align="right" | 38,091
| align="right" | 35,778
| align="right" | 21.8
| align="right" | 11.2
| align="right" | 10.6 
| -0.8
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.78
|-
| 1925
| align="right" | 3,406,000
| align="right" | 71,897
| align="right" | 37,083
| align="right" | 34,814
| align="right" | 21.0
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 10.2 
| -0.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.66
|-
| 1926
| align="right" | 3,439,000
| align="right" | 70,734
| align="right" | 38,093
| align="right" | 32,641
| align="right" | 20.5
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 9.5 
| -1.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58
|-
| 1927
| align="right" | 3,467,000
| align="right" | 68,024
| align="right" | 40,190
| align="right" | 27,834
| align="right" | 19.6
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 8.0 
| -2.2
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.44
|-
| 1928
| align="right" | 3,487,000
| align="right" | 68,516
| align="right" | 38,484
| align="right" | 30,032
| align="right" | 19.6
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 8.6 
| -1.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.43
|-
| 1929
| align="right" | 3,511,000
| align="right" | 65,297
| align="right" | 39,486
| align="right" | 25,913
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 11.2
| align="right" | 7.4 
| -1.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.30
|-
| 1930
| align="right" | 3,531,000
| align="right" | 66,303
| align="right" | 38,174
| align="right" | 28,129
| align="right" | 18.7
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 7.9 
| -0.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.29
|-
| 1931
| align="right" | 3,557,000
| align="right" | 64,266
| align="right" | 40,578
| align="right" | 23,688
| align="right" | 18.0
| align="right" | 11.4
| align="right" | 6.6 
| 2.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.20
|-
| 1932
| align="right" | 3,590,000
| align="right" | 64,650
| align="right" | 39,701
| align="right" | 24,949
| align="right" | 17.9
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 6.9 
| 1.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.17
|-
| 1933
| align="right" | 3,620,000
| align="right" | 62,780
| align="right" | 38,287
| align="right" | 24,493
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 6.7 
| 1.9
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.10
|-
| 1934
| align="right" | 3,651,000
| align="right" | 65,116
| align="right" | 38,050
| align="right" | 27,066
| align="right" | 17.8
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 7.4 
| 1.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.15
|-
| 1935
| align="right" | 3,683,000
| align="right" | 65,223
| align="right" | 40,816
| align="right" | 24,407
| align="right" | 17.7
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 6.6 
| 1.0
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.12
|-
| 1936
| align="right" | 3,711,000
| align="right" | 66,418
| align="right" | 40,919
| align="right" | 25,499
| align="right" | 17.8
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 6.9 
| 0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.14
|-
| 1937
| align="right" | 3,738,000
| align="right" | 67,440
| align="right" | 40,442
| align="right" | 26,998
| align="right" | 18.0
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 7.2 
| 0
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.16
|-
| 1938
| align="right" | 3,765,000
| align="right" | 68,463
| align="right" | 39,058
| align="right" | 29,407
| align="right" | 18.1
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 7.8 
| -0.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.18
|-
| 1939
| align="right" | 3,794,000
| align="right" | 67,914
| align="right" | 38,535
| align="right" | 29,379
| align="right" | 17.8
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 7.7 
| 0.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.16
|-
| 1940
| align="right" | 3,826,000
| align="right" | 70,121
| align="right" | 39,730
| align="right" | 30,391
| align="right" | 18.3
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 7.9 
| -1.9
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.22
|-
| 1941
| align="right" | 3,849,000
| align="right" | 71,306
| align="right" | 39,756
| align="right" | 31,550
| align="right" | 18.5
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 8.2 
| 0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.24
|-
| 1942
| align="right" | 3,882,000
| align="right" | 79,545
| align="right" | 37,527
| align="right" | 42,018
| align="right" | 20.4
| align="right" | 9.6
| align="right" | 10.8 
| 0.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.50
|-
| 1943
| align="right" | 3,926,000
| align="right" | 84,319
| align="right" | 37,982
| align="right" | 46,337
| align="right" | 21.4
| align="right" | 9.6
| align="right" | 11.7 
| 0.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.65
|-
| 1944
| align="right" | 3,973,000
| align="right" | 90,641
| align="right" | 41,087
| align="right" | 49,554
| align="right" | 22.7
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 12.4 
| 0.2
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.84
|-
| 1945
| align="right" | 4,023,000
| align="right" | 95,062
| align="right" | 42,298
| align="right" | 52,764
| align="right" | 23.5
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 13.0 
| -0.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.98
|-
| 1946
| align="right" | 4,075,000
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 96,111
| align="right" | 42,013
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 54,098
| align="right" | 23.4
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 13.2 
| -1.2
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 3.02
|-
| 1947
| align="right" | 4,124,000
| align="right" | 91,714
| align="right" | 40,043
| align="right" | 51,671
| align="right" | 22.1
| align="right" | 9.7
| align="right" | 12.5 
| -1.8
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.90
|-
| 1948
| align="right" | 4,168,000
| align="right" | 84,938
| align="right" | 35,981
| align="right" | 48,957
| align="right" | 20.3
| style="color:blue;" | 8.6
| align="right" | 11.7 
| -1.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.71
|-
| 1949
| align="right" | 4,211,000
| align="right" | 79,919
| align="right" | 37,793
| align="right" | 42,126
| align="right" | 18.9
| align="right" | 8.9
| align="right" | 10.0 
| -0.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58
|-
| 1950
| align="right" | 4,252,000
| align="right" | 79,558
| align="right" | 39,300
| align="right" | 40,258
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 9.2
| align="right" | 9.4 
| -1.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.57
|-
| 1951
| align="right" | 4,285,000
| align="right" | 76,559
| align="right" | 37,960
| align="right" | 38,599
| align="right" | 17.8
| align="right" | 8.8
| align="right" | 9.0 
| -2.0
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.50
|-
| 1952
| align="right" | 4,315,000
| align="right" | 76,943
| align="right" | 39,173
| align="right" | 37,770
| align="right" | 17.8
| align="right" | 9.0
| align="right" | 8.7 
| -0.8
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.53
|-
| 1953
| align="right" | 4,349,000
| align="right" | 78,261
| align="right" | 39,350
| align="right" | 38,911
| align="right" | 17.9
| align="right" | 9.0
| align="right" | 8.9 
| 0.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.60
|-
| 1954
| align="right" | 4,389,000
| align="right" | 76,365
| align="right" | 39,885
| align="right" | 36,480
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 9.1
| align="right" | 8.3 
| -0.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.55
|-
| 1955
| align="right" | 4,424,000
| align="right" | 76,845
| align="right" | 38,789
| align="right" | 38,056
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 8.7
| align="right" | 8.6 
| -1.8
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58
|-
| 1956
| align="right" | 4,454,000
| align="right" | 76,725
| align="right" | 39,588
| align="right" | 37,137
| align="right" | 17.2
| align="right" | 8.9
| align="right" | 8.3 
| -2.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.61
|-
| 1957
| align="right" | 4,479,000
| align="right" | 75,264
| align="right" | 41,730
| align="right" | 33,534
| align="right" | 16.8
| align="right" | 9.3
| align="right" | 7.5 
| -2.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.57
|-
| 1958
| align="right" | 4,501,000
| align="right" | 74,681
| align="right" | 41,560
| align="right" | 33,121
| align="right" | 16.5
| align="right" | 9.2
| align="right" | 7.3 
| -0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.55
|-
| 1959
| align="right" | 4,532,000
| align="right" | 73,928
| align="right" | 42,159
| align="right" | 31,769
| align="right" | 16.3
| align="right" | 9.3
| align="right" | 7.0 
| 0.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.52
|-
| 1960
| align="right" | 4,566,000
| align="right" | 76,077
| align="right" | 43,681
| align="right" | 32,396
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 9.5
| align="right" | 7.1 
| -1.0
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.57
|-
| 1961
| align="right" | 4,594,000
| align="right" | 76,439
| align="right" | 43,310
| align="right" | 33,129
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 9.4
| align="right" | 7.2 
| 0.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.55
|-
| 1962
| align="right" | 4,630,000
| align="right" | 77,808
| align="right" | 45,334
| align="right" | 32,474
| align="right" | 16.7
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 7.0 
| 0.8
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58
|-
| 1963
| align="right" | 4,666,000
| align="right" | 82,413
| align="right" | 45,773
| align="right" | 36,640
| align="right" | 17.6
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 7.8 
| 0.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.64
|-
| 1964
| align="right" | 4,703,000
| align="right" | 83,356
| align="right" | 46,811
| align="right" | 36,545
| align="right" | 17.7
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 7.7 
| 0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.60
|-
| 1965
| align="right" | 4,741,000
| align="right" | 85,796
| align="right" | 47,884
| align="right" | 37,912
| align="right" | 18.0
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 8.0 
| -0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.61
|-
| 1966
| align="right" | 4,777,000
| align="right" | 88,332
| align="right" | 49,344
| align="right" | 38,988
| align="right" | 18.4
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 8.1 
| 0.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.62
|-
| 1967
| align="right" | 4,818,000
| align="right" | 81,410
| align="right" | 47,836
| align="right" | 33,574
| align="right" | 16.8
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 6.9 
| 0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.35
|-
| 1968
| align="right" | 4,853,000
| align="right" | 74,543
| align="right" | 47,290
| align="right" | 27,253
| align="right" | 15.3
| align="right" | 9.7
| align="right" | 5.6 
| -0.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.12
|-
| 1969
| align="right" | 4,877,000
| align="right" | 71,298
| align="right" | 47,943
| align="right" | 23,355
| align="right" | 14.6
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 4.8 
| 1.4
| align="right" | 2.00
|-
| 1970
| align="right" | 4,907,000
| align="right" | 70,802
| align="right" | 48,233
| align="right" | 22,569
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 9.7
| align="right" | 4.6 
| 4.4
| align="right" | 1.95
|-
| 1971
| align="right" | 4,951,000
| align="right" | 75,359
| align="right" | 48,858
| align="right" | 26,501
| align="right" | 15.2
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 5.3 
| -0.3
| align="right" | 2.04
|-
| 1972
| align="right" | 4,976,000
| align="right" | 75,505
| align="right" | 50,445
| align="right" | 25,060
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 5.0 
| 1.4
| align="right" | 2.03
|-
| 1973
| align="right" | 5,008,000
| align="right" | 71,895
| align="right" | 50,526
| align="right" | 21,369
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 4.3 
| 1.3
| align="right" | 1.9170
|-
| 1974
| align="right" | 5,036,000
| align="right" | 71,327
| align="right" | 51,637
| align="right" | 19,690
| align="right" | 14.1
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 3.9 
| -0.3
| align="right" | 1.8968
|-
| 1975
| align="right" | 5,054,000
| align="right" | 72,071
| align="right" | 50,895
| align="right" | 21,176
| align="right" | 14.2
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 4.1 
| -1.9
| align="right" | 1.9188
|-
| 1976
| align="right" | 5,065,000
| align="right" | 65,267
| align="right" | 54,001
| align="right" | 11,266
| align="right" | 12.9
| align="right" | 10.6
| align="right" | 2.2 
| 0.4
| align="right" | 1.7472
|-
| 1977
| align="right" | 5,078,000
| align="right" | 61,878
| align="right" | 50,485
| align="right" | 11,393
| align="right" | 12.2
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 2.2 
| 1.5
| align="right" | 1.6598
|-
| 1978
| align="right" | 5,097,000
| align="right" | 62,036
| align="right" | 52,864
| align="right" | 9,172
| align="right" | 12.2
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 1.8 
| 1.1
| align="right" | 1.6685
|-
| 1979
| align="right" | 5,112,000
| align="right" | 59,464
| align="right" | 54,654
| align="right" | 4,810
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 0.9 
| 1.1
| align="right" | 1.6016
|-
| 1980
| align="right" | 5,122,000
| align="right" | 57,293
| align="right" | 55,939
| align="right" | 1,354
| align="right" | 11.2
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 0.3 
| 0.1
| align="right" | 1.5464
|-
| 1981
| align="right" | 5,124,000
| align="right" | 53,089
| align="right" | 56,359
| style="color: red" align="right" | -3,270
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 11.0
| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.6 
| -0.4
| align="right" | 1.4371
|-
| 1982
| align="right" | 5,119,000
| align="right" | 52,658
| align="right" | 55,368
| style="color: red" align="right" | -2,710
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 10.8
| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.5 
| -0.1
| align="right" | 1.4273
|-
| 1983
| align="right" | 5,116,000
| style="color: red" align="right" | 50,822
| align="right" | 57,156
| style="color: red" align="right" | -6,334
|9.9
| align="right" | 11.2
| style="color: red" align="right" | -1.2 
| 0.4
| style="color: red" align="right" | 1.3774
|-
| 1984
| align="right" | 5,112,000
| align="right" | 51,800
| align="right" | 57,109
| style="color: red" align="right" | -5,309
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 11.2
| style="color: red" align="right" | -1.0 
| 0.8
| align="right" | 1.4001
|-
| 1985
| align="right" | 5,111,000
| align="right" | 53,749
| align="right" | 58,378
| style="color: red" align="right" | -4,629
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 11.4
| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.9 
| 1.9
| align="right" | 1.4472
|-
| 1986
| align="right" | 5,116,000
| align="right" | 55,312
| align="right" | 58,100
| style="color: red" align="right" | -2,788
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 11.3
| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.5 
| 2.3
| align="right" | 1.4819
|-
| 1987
| align="right" | 5,125,000
| align="right" | 56,221
| align="right" | 58,136
| style="color: red" align="right" | -1,915
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 11.3
| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.4 
| 1.2
| align="right" | 1.4977
|-
| 1988
| align="right" | 5,129,000
| align="right" | 58,844
| align="right" | 58,984
| style="color: red" align="right" | -127
| align="right" | 11.5
| align="right" | 11.5
| style="color: red" align="right" | -0.0 
| 0
| align="right" | 1.5618
|-
| 1989
| align="right" | 5,129,000
| align="right" | 61,351
| align="right" | 59,397
| align="right" | 2,047
| align="right" | 12.0
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 0.4 
| 0.8
| align="right" | 1.6212
|-
| 1990
| align="right" | 5,135,000
| align="right" | 63,433
| align="right" | 60,926
| align="right" | 2,545
| align="right" | 12.3
| align="right" | 11.9
| align="right" | 0.5 
| 1.6
| align="right" | 1.6696
|-
| 1991
| align="right" | 5,146,000
| align="right" | 64,358
| align="right" | 59,581
| align="right" | 4,777
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 0.9 
| 2.2
| align="right" | 1.6844
|-
| 1992
| align="right" | 5,162,000
| align="right" | 67,726
| align="right" | 60,821
| align="right" | 6,905
| align="right" | 13.1
| align="right" | 11.8
| align="right" | 1.3 
| 2.4
| align="right" | 1.7648
|-
| 1993
| align="right" | 5,181,000
| align="right" | 67,369
| align="right" | 62,809
| align="right" | 4,560
| align="right" | 13.0
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 0.9 
| 2.2
| align="right" | 1.7512
|-
| 1994
| align="right" | 5,197,000
| align="right" | 69,666
| align="right" | 61,099
| align="right" | 8,567
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 1.6 
| 2.1
| align="right" | 1.8091
|-
| 1995
| align="right" | 5,216,000
| align="right" | 69,771
| style="color:red" align="right" | 63,127
| align="right" | 6,644
| align="right" | 13.3
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 1.3 
| 5.4
| align="right" | 1.8097
|-
| 1996
| align="right" | 5,251,000
| align="right" | 67,638
| align="right" | 61,043
| align="right" | 6,595
| align="right" | 12.9
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 1.3 
| 3.3
| align="right" | 1.7535
|-
| 1997
| align="right" | 5,275,000
| align="right" | 67,648
| align="right" | 59,898
| align="right" | 7,750
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" | 11.3
| align="right" | 1.5 
| 2.3
| align="right" | 1.7562
|-
| 1998
| align="right" | 5,295,000
| align="right" | 66,174
| align="right" | 58,453
| align="right" | 7,721
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 1.5 
| 1.9
| align="right" | 1.7252
|-
| 1999
| align="right" | 5,313,000
| align="right" | 66,220
| align="right" | 59,179
| align="right" | 7,041
| align="right" | 12.4
| align="right" | 11.1
| align="right" | 1.3 
| 1.9
| align="right" | 1.7383
|-
| 2000
| align="right" | 5,330,000
| align="right" | 67,084
| align="right" | 57,998
| align="right" | 9,086
| align="right" | 12.6
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 1.7 
| 1.9
| align="right" | 1.7742
|-
| 2001
| align="right" | 5,349,000
| align="right" | 65,458
| align="right" | 58,355
| align="right" | 7,103
| align="right" | 12.2
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 1.3 
| 2.3
| align="right" | 1.7450
|-
| 2002
| align="right" | 5,368,000
| align="right" | 64,075
| align="right" | 58,610
| align="right" | 5,465
| align="right" | 11.9
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 1.0 
| 2.0
| align="right" | 1.7249
|-
| 2003
| align="right" | 5,384,000
| align="right" | 64,599
| align="right" | 57,574
| align="right" | 7,025
| align="right" | 12.0
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 1.3 
| 1.3
| align="right" | 1.7599
|-
| 2004
| align="right" | 5,398,000
| align="right" | 64,609
| align="right" | 55,086
| align="right" | 9,523
| align="right" | 12.0
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 1.8 
| 0.6
| align="right" | 1.7852
|-
| 2005
| align="right" | 5,411,000
| align="right" | 64,282
| align="right" | 54,962
| align="right" | 9,320
| align="right" | 11.9
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 1.7 
| 1.3
| align="right" | 1.8021
|-
| 2006
| align="right" | 5,427,000
| align="right" | 64,984
| align="right" | 55,477
| align="right" | 9,507
| align="right" | 12.0
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 1.7 
| 2.2
| align="right" | 1.8476
|-
| 2007
| align="right" | 5,448,000
| align="right" | 64,082
| align="right" | 55,604
| align="right" | 8,478
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 1.6 
| 3.5
| align="right" | 1.8435
|-
| 2008
| align="right" | 5,476,000
| align="right" | 65,038
| align="right" | 54,591
| align="right" | 10,447
| align="right" | 11.8
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 1.9 
| 4.5
| align="right" | 1.8888
|-
| 2009
| align="right" | 5,511,000
| align="right" | 62,818
| align="right" | 54,872
| align="right" | 7,946
| align="right" | 11.4
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 1.4 
| 3.0
| align="right" | 1.8396
| 1.950
|-
| 2010
| 5,535,000
|63,411||54,368||9,043
|11.4||9.8||1.6 
| 3.1
| 1.8712
| 2.021
|-
| 2011
| 5,561,000
|58,998||52,516||6,482
|10.6||9.4||1.2 
| 2.4
| 1.7524
| 1.984
|-
| 2012
| 5,581,000
|57,916||52,325||5,591
|10.4||9.4||1.0 
| 2.9
| 1.7292
| 1.947
|-
| 2013
| 5,603,000
|55,844||52,428||3,416
|9.9||9.3||0.6 
| 3.7
| 1.6687
| 1.848
|-
| 2014
| 5,627,000
|56,870||51,340||5,530
|10.1||9.1||1.0 
| 4.9
| 1.6912
| 1.808
|-
| 2015
| 5,660,000
|58,205||52,555||5,650
|10.2||9.2||1.0 
| 7.3
|1.7136
|1.803
|-
| 2016
| 5,707,000
|61,614||52,824||8,790
|10.7||9.2||1.5 
| 5.9
|1.7854
|1.913
|-
| 2017
| 5,749,000
|61,272||53,261||8,011
|10.6||9.2||1.4 
| 4.2
|1.7519
|1.984
|-
| 2018
| 5,781,000
|61,476||55,232||6,244
|10.6||9.5||1.1 
| 3.2
|1.7297
|1.995
|-
| 2019
| 5,806,000
|61,167||53,958||7,209
|10.5||9.3||1.2 
| 1.7
|1.6994
|1.925
|-
| 2020
|| 5,822,763
|60,937||54,645||6,292
|10.4||9.4|| 1.0 
| 2.0
|1.6747   
|1.918   
|-
| 2021
|| 5,840,045
|63,473||57,152||6,321
|10.8||9.7||1.1
| 4.6
|1.7241  
|1.922  
|-
| 2022
| 5,873,420
|58,430
|59,435
|style="color: red"|-1,005
|10.0
|10.1
|style="color:red"|-0.171
| 10.3
|1.5529 
|1.705 
|-
| 2023
| 5,932,654
|57,469
|58,384
|style="color: red"|-915
|9.7
|9.8
|style="color:red"|-0.155
| 5.0
|1.4959
|1.732
|-
|2024
| 5,961,249
| 57,079
| 57,071
| 8
| style="color:red;"|9.6
| 9.6
| 0.0013
| 5.3
| 1.4656
|
|-
|2025
|style="color:blue"|5,992,734
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

In 2024, 44,092 (77.2%) babies were born to mothers of Danish origin, 10,197 (17.9%) to immigrant mothers and 2,790 (4.9%) to mothers who are descendants of immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/en|title=Births — Statistics Denmark|website=www.www.dst.dk/en}}</ref>

=== Current vital statistics ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January—September 2024'''
| 43,101
| 42,357
| +744
|-
| '''January—September 2025'''
| 45,186
| 43,240
| +1,946
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{increase}} +2,085 (+4.8%)
| {{increasenegative}} +883 (+2.1%)
| {{increase}} +1,202
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | '''Source:'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statbank.dk/10017|title=Statistikbanken}}</ref>
|}

===Total fertility rates===
====Total fertility rates by region====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2024<ref name="Statistikbanken TFR">{{Cite web |title=Statistikbanken |url=https://www.statbank.dk/10017 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=www.statbank.dk}}</ref>
![[Regions of Denmark|Regions]]
!TFR
|-
|[[Region Zealand]]
|1.5416
|-
|[[Central Denmark Region]]
|1.5361
|-
|[[Region of Southern Denmark]]
|1.5306
|-
|[[North Jutland (Folketing constituency)|North Jutland]]
|1.4729
|-
|'''{{Flag|Denmark}}''' || '''1.4656'''
|-
|[[Capital Region of Denmark]]
|1.4031
|}

====Total fertility rates by province and municipality====
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ 2024<ref name="Statistikbanken TFR"/>
|-
! [[Provinces of Denmark|Provinces]] and [[Municipalities of Denmark|municipalities]]
! TFR
|-
| [[Province Byen København]] || 1.3505
|-
| [[Copenhagen]] || 1.3283
|-
| [[Frederiksberg]] || 1.5728
|-
| [[Dragør]] || style="color:blue" | 2.1315
|-
| [[Tårnby]] || 1.3869
|-
| [[Province Københavns omegn]] || 1.5226
|-
| [[Albertslund]] || 1.5597
|-
| [[Ballerup]] || 1.5980
|-
| [[Brøndby]] || 1.6028
|-
| [[Gentofte]] || 1.3723
|-
| [[Gladsaxe]] || 1.4772
|-
| [[Glostrup]] || 1.4868
|-
| [[Herlev]] || 1.6318
|-
| [[Hvidovre]] || 1.4648
|-
| [[Høje-Taastrup]] || 1.6814
|-
| [[Ishøj]] || 1.7270
|-
| [[Lyngby-Taarbæk]] || 1.3729
|-
| [[Rødovre]] || 1.4004
|-
| [[Vallensbæk]] || 1 5334
|-
| [[Province Nordsjælland]] || 1.7335
|-
| [[Allerød Municipality|Allerød]] || style="color:blue" | 2.1826
|-
| [[Egedal]] || 1.9339
|-
| [[Fredensborg]] || 1.6696
|-
| [[Frederikssund]] || 1.8005
|-
| [[Furesø municipality|Furesø]] || 1.9478
|-
| [[Gribskov]] || 1.6685
|-
| [[Halsnæs]] || 1.5255
|-
| [[Helsingør]] || 1.6575
|-
| [[Hillerød]] || 1.4841
|-
| [[Hørsholm]] || 1.7958
|-
| [[Rudersdal]] || 1.7183
|-
| [[Province Bornholm]] || 1.6800
|-
| [[Bornholm]] || 1.6817
|-
| [[Christiansø]] || –
|-
| [[Province Østsjælland]] || 1.6917
|-
| [[Greve Municipality|Greve]] || 1.8551
|-
| [[Køge]] || 1.6860
|-
| [[Lejre]] || 1.8314
|-
| [[Roskilde]] || 1.5608
|-
| [[Solrød]] || 1.8679
|-
| [[Province Vest- og Sydsjælland]] || 1.4709
|-
| [[Faxe]] || 1.5070
|-
| [[Guldborgsund]] || 1.4169
|-
| [[Holbæk]] || 1.6037
|-
| [[Kalundborg]] || 1.3525
|-
| [[Lolland]] || 1.5400
|-
| [[Næstved]] || 1.4886
|-
| [[Odsherred]] || 1.5302
|-
| [[Ringsted]] || 1.4720
|-
| [[Slagelse]] || 1.3882
|-
| [[Sorø]] || 1.5386
|-
| [[Stevns Municipality|Stevns]] || 1.5793
|-
| [[Vordingborg]] || 1.3230
|-
| [[Province Fyn]] || 1.4728
|-
| [[Assens Municipality|Assens]] || 1.6411
|-
| [[Faaborg-Midtfyn]] || 1.7550
|-
| [[Kerteminde]] || 1.6164
|-
| [[Langeland]] || 1.2887
|-
| [[Middelfart]] || 1.6903
|-
| [[Nordfyns]] || 1.6996
|-
| [[Nyborg]] || 1.6282
|-
| [[Odense]] || 1.4009
|-
| [[Svendborg]] || 1.6997
|-
| [[Ærø]] || –
|-
| [[Province Sydjylland]] || 1.5980
|-
| [[Billund Municipality|Billund]] || 1.7615
|-
| [[Esbjerg]] || 1.5209
|-
| [[Fanø]] || –
|-
| [[Fredericia]] || 1.5365
|-
| [[Haderslev]] || 1.5091
|-
| [[Kolding]] || 1.5552
|-
| [[Sønderborg]] || 1.5151
|-
| [[Tønder]] || 1.6036
|-
| [[Varde]] || 1.8187
|-
| [[Vejen]] || 1.7046
|-
| [[Vejle]] || 1.6582
|-
| [[Aabenraa]] || 1.6442
|-
| [[Province Østjylland]] || 1.5159
|-
| [[Favrskov]] || 1.8976
|-
| [[Hedensted]] || 1.9160
|-
| [[Horsens]] || 1.6372
|-
| [[Norddjurs]] || 1.5311
|-
| [[Odder]] || 1.7223
|-
| [[Randers]] || 1.6322
|-
| [[Samsø]] || –
|-
| [[Silkeborg]] || 1.8853
|-
| [[Skanderborg]] || style="color:blue" | 2.1384
|-
| [[Syddjurs]] || 1.8038
|-
| [[Aarhus]] || 1 4320
|-
| [[Province Vestjylland]] || 1.6782
|-
| [[Herning]] || 1.6788
|-
| [[Holstebro]] || 1.7026
|-
| [[Ikast-Brande]] || 1.8816
|-
| [[Lemvig]] || 1.5153
|-
| [[Ringkøbing-Skjern]] || 1.7083
|-
| [[Skive Municipality|Skive]] || 1.5732
|-
| [[Struer Municipality|Struer]] || 1.5174
|-
| [[Viborg Municipality|Viborg]] || 1.6637
|-
| [[Province Nordjylland]] || 1.4729
|-
| [[Brønderslev]] || 1.8044
|-
| [[Frederikshavn]] || 1.6030
|-
| [[Hjørring]] || 1.6601
|-
| [[Jammerbugt]] || 1.6054
|-
| [[Læsø]] || –
|-
| [[Mariagerfjord]] || 1.7713
|-
| [[Morsø]] || 1.7480
|-
| [[Rebild]] || 2.0195
|-
| [[Thisted]] || 1.7424
|-
| [[Vesthimmerlands]] || 1.4809
|-
| [[Aalborg]] || 1.3465
|-
| '''{{Flag|Denmark}}''' || '''1.4656'''
|}

====Total fertility rates by ancestry of women====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2024<ref name="Statistikbanken TFR"/>
|-
! Country of birth
! TFR
|-
| [[Denmark]] || 1.5156
|-
| Immigrant from western countries || 1.1729
|-
| Immigrant from non-western countries || 1.3765
|-
| Descendant from western countries || 1.5524
|-
| Descendant from non-western countries || 1.5497
|-
| '''Total TFR''' || '''1.4656'''
|}

===Structure of the population===

{{Hidden begin 
|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021):<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 2 910 605
| align="right" | 2 939 584 
| align="right" | 5 850 189
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 159 616
| align="right" | 151 094
| align="right" | 310 710
| align="right" | 5.31
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 153 902 
| align="right" | 145 996
| align="right" | 299 898
| align="right" | 5.13
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 172 489
| align="right" | 163 504
| align="right" | 335 993
| align="right" | 5.74
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 174 065
| align="right" | 166 351
| align="right" | 340 416
| align="right" | 5.82
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 190 440
| align="right" | 182 547
| align="right" | 372 987
| align="right" | 6.38
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 205 462
| align="right" | 196 996
| align="right" | 402 458
| align="right" | 6.88
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 190 728
| align="right" | 182 907
| align="right" | 373 635
| align="right" | 6.39
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 167 754
| align="right" | 163 263
| align="right" | 331 017
| align="right" | 5.66
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 174 967
| align="right" | 173 743
| align="right" | 348 710
| align="right" | 5.96
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 196 490 
| align="right" | 197 259
| align="right" | 393 749
| align="right" | 6.73
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 199 625
| align="right" | 197 330
| align="right" | 396 955
| align="right" | 6.79
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 203 904
| align="right" | 202 673
| align="right" | 406 577
| align="right" | 6.95
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 173 413
| align="right" | 176 026
| align="right" | 349 439
| align="right" | 5.97
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 156 575
| align="right" | 163 852
| align="right" | 320 427
| align="right" | 5.48
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 149 499
| align="right" | 162 406
| align="right" | 311 905
| align="right" | 5.33
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 125 586
| align="right" | 142 076
| align="right" | 267 662
| align="right" | 4.58
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 69 552
| align="right" | 88 329
| align="right" | 157 881
| align="right" | 2.70
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 33 148
| align="right" | 50 931
| align="right" | 84 079
| align="right" | 1.44
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 11 095
| align="right" | 23 783
| align="right" | 34 878
| align="right" | 0.60
|-
| align="right" | 95–99
| align="right" | 2 113
| align="right" | 7 469
| align="right" | 9 582
| align="right" | 0.16
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 182
| align="right" | 1 049
| align="right" | 1 231
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 486 007
| align="right" | 460 594
| align="right" | 946 601
| align="right" | 16.18
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 1 876 848
| align="right" | 1 839 095
| align="right" | 3 715 943
| align="right" | 63.52
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 547 750
| align="right" | 639 895
| align="right" | 1 187 645
| align="right" | 20.30
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}

==Immigration==

===Denmark net migration===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Denmark Migration Data 
|-
! Year !! Total Immigration !! Total Emigration !! Total Net Migration !! Immigration Foreign !! Emigration Foreign !! Net Foreign Migration !! Immigration Danish nationals !! Emigration Danish nationals !! Net Danish nationals
|-
| 1984 || 29,035 || 25,053 || 3,982 || 13,293 || 8,163 || 5,130 || 15,742 || 16,890 || -1,148
|-
| 1985 || 36,214 || 26,715 || 9,499 || 20,201 || 9,053 || 11,148 || 16,013 || 17,662 || -1,649
|-
| 1986 || 38,932 || 27,928 || 11,004 || 22,543 || 9,262 || 13,281 || 16,389 || 18,666 || -2,277
|-
| 1987 || 36,296 || 30,123 || 6,173 || 20,057 || 10,142 || 9,915 || 16,239 || 19,981 || -3,742
|-
| 1988 || 35,051 || 34,544 || 507 || 18,446 || 10,651 || 7,795 || 16,605 || 23,893 || -7,288
|-
| 1989 || 38,391 || 34,949 || 3,442 || 19,211 || 9,502 || 9,709 || 19,180 || 25,447 || -6,267
|-
| 1990 || 40,715 || 32,383 || 7,332 || 19,715 || 8,855 || 10,860 || 21,000 || 23,528 || -3,528
|-
| 1991 || 43,567 || 32,629 || 10,938 || 22,122 || 10,462 || 11,660 || 21,445 || 22,167 || -722
|-
| 1992 || 43,377 || 31,915 || 11,462 || 21,484 || 9,358 || 12,126 || 21,893 || 22,557 || -664
|-
| 1993 || 43,400 || 32,344 || 11,056 || 20,479 || 9,994 || 10,485 || 22,921 || 22,350 || 571
|-
| 1994 || 44,961 || 34,710 || 10,251 || 20,977 || 10,891 || 10,086 || 23,984 || 23,819 || 165
|-
| 1995 || 63,187 || 34,630 || 28,557 || 39,145 || 11,109 || 28,036 || 24,042 || 23,521 || 521
|-
| 1996 || 54,445 || 37,312 || 17,133 || 31,527 || 12,957 || 18,570 || 22,918 || 24,355 || -1,437
|-
| 1997 || 50,105 || 38,393 || 11,712 || 27,411 || 14,057 || 13,354 || 22,694 || 24,336 || -1,642
|-
| 1998 || 51,372 || 40,340 || 11,032 || 28,830 || 15,647 || 13,183 || 22,542 || 24,693 || -2,151
|-
| 1999 || 50,236 || 41,340 || 8,896 || 27,883 || 16,242 || 11,641 || 22,353 || 25,098 || -2,745
|-
| 2000 || 52,915 || 43,417 || 9,498 || 30,810 || 16,530 || 14,280 || 22,105 || 26,887 || -4,782
|-
| 2001 || 55,984 || 43,980 || 12,004 || 33,654 || 17,292 || 16,362 || 22,330 || 26,688 || -4,358
|-
| 2002 || 52,778 || 43,481 || 9,297 || 30,597 || 17,750 || 12,847 || 22,181 || 25,731 || -3,550
|-
| 2003 || 49,754 || 43,466 || 6,288 || 27,692 || 18,194 || 9,498 || 22,062 || 25,272 || -3,210
|-
| 2004 || 49,860 || 45,017 || 4,843 || 27,870 || 19,081 || 8,789 || 21,990 || 25,936 || -3,946
|-
| 2005 || 52,458 || 45,869 || 6,589 || 29,989 || 19,620 || 10,369 || 22,469 || 26,249 || -3,780
|-
| 2006 || 56,750 || 46,786 || 9,964 || 34,281 || 20,447 || 13,834 || 22,469 || 26,339 || -3,870
|-
| 2007 || 64,769 || 42,708 || 22,061 || 42,702 || 18,558 || 24,144 || 22,067 || 24,150 || -2,083
|-
| 2008 || 73,762 || 48,171 || 25,591 || 50,981 || 24,734 || 26,247 || 22,781 || 23,437 || -656
|-
| 2009 || 68,443 || 51,988 || 16,455 || 46,032 || 30,460 || 15,572 || 22,411 || 21,528 || 883
|-
| 2010 || 69,200 || 52,097 || 17,103 || 47,670 || 30,226 || 17,444 || 21,530 || 21,871 || -341
|-
| 2011 || 70,122 || 55,782 || 14,340 || 48,858 || 32,918 || 15,940 || 21,264 || 22,864 || -1,600
|-
| 2012 || 72,512 || 54,907 || 17,605 || 50,633 || 32,559 || 18,074 || 21,879 || 22,348 || -469
|-
| 2013 || 79,218 || 56,416 || 22,802 || 56,995 || 34,073 || 22,922 || 22,223 || 22,343 || -120
|-
| 2014 || 87,563 || 59,226 || 28,337 || 65,547 || 37,536 || 28,011 || 22,016 || 21,690 || 326
|-
| 2015 || 98,872 || 56,340 || 42,532 || 76,323 || 34,509 || 41,814 || 22,549 || 21,831 || 718
|-
| 2016 || 94,365 || 61,078 || 33,287 || 72,179 || 39,534 || 32,645 || 22,186 || 21,544 || 642
|-
| 2017 || 89,382 || 64,751 || 24,631 || 67,445 || 43,745 || 23,700 || 21,937 || 21,006 || 931
|-
| 2018 || 87,329 || 68,645 || 18,684 || 65,427 || 47,736 || 17,691 || 21,902 || 20,909 || 993
|-
| 2019 || 83,918 || 74,597 || 9,321 || 62,643 || 54,470 || 8,173 || 21,275 || 20,127 || 1,148
|-
| 2020 || 70,340 || 59,420 || 10,920 || 48,644 || 43,549 || 5,095 || 21,696 || 15,871 || 5,825
|-
| 2021 || 76,278 || 49,803 || 26,475 || 57,922 || 33,536 || 24,386 || 18,356 || 16,267 || 2,089
|-
| 2022 || 121,183 || 62,927 || 58,256 || 103,042 || 44,068 || 58,974 || 18,141 || 18,859 || -718
|-
| 2023 || 98,344 || 68,172 || 30,172 || 79,561 || 50,540 || 29,021 || 18,783 || 17,632 || 1,151
|-
| 2024 || 101,724 || 69,467 || 32,257 || 83,216 || 52,580 || 30,636 || 18,508 || 16,887 || 1,621
|}
<ref>https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/flytninger/ind-og-udvandring</ref>

== Urban areas ==
{{main|List of urban areas in Denmark by population}}
[[File:CphUrbanAreaOnPoliticalMap2.png|thumb|right|[[Urban area of Copenhagen]] outlined with red line.]]
[[File:Copenhagen Metropolitan Area.JPG|thumb|right|[[Metropolitan area of Copenhagen]].]]
[[File:East Jutland Metro 1.JPG|thumb|right|[[East Jutland metropolitan area|East Jutland Metro]].]]
The [[urban area of Copenhagen]] consists of the contiguously built-up area of the capital of Denmark. The [[Copenhagen metropolitan area]] consists of 34 municipalities. The [[East Jutland metropolitan area]] includes 19 municipalities.

==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in Denmark}}
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The [[Church of Denmark]] ({{lang|da|Den danske folkekirke}}) is [[State religion|state-supported]] and, according to statistics from January 2022, accounts for the [[Religious identity|religious affiliation]] of 73.2% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=38368|title=NYT: Laveste antal udmeldinger af folkekirken i 15 år|website=www.dst.dk}}</ref> Denmark has had [[religious freedom]] guaranteed since 1849 by [[Constitution of Denmark|the Constitution]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/da00000_.html|title=Denmark – Constitution : Part VII – Section 70|quotation="No person shall for reasons of his creed or descent be deprived of access to complete enjoyment of his civic and political rights, nor shall he for such reasons evade compliance with any common civic duty."|website=Servat.unibe.ch|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> and numerous other religions are officially recognised,<ref name="FoR">[http://www.km.dk/fileadmin/share/Trossamfund/Freedom_of_religion.pdf Freedom of religion and religious communities in Denmark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205165930/http://www.km.dk/fileadmin/share/Trossamfund/Freedom_of_religion.pdf |date=2012-02-05 }} – The Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs – May 2006. Km.dk</ref> including several [[List of Christian denominations|Christian denominations]], [[Islam|Muslim]], [[Judaism|Jewish]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and other congregations as well as [[Forn Siðr — Ásatrú and Vanatrú Association in Denmark|Forn Siðr]], a revival of [[Old Norse religion|Scandinavian pagan tradition]].<ref name="FoR" /> The [[Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (Denmark)|Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs]] recognises roughly a hundred religious congregations for tax and legal purposes such as conducting [[wedding]] ceremonies.

In 2013, just under 20% of the Danish population identifies as [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rekling|first=Therese|date=7 October 2013|title=Næsten hver femte dansker kalder sig ateist|language=da|work=[[Berlingske|Berlingske Tidende]]|url=http://www.b.dk/nationalt/naesten-hver-femte-dansker-kalder-sig-ateist|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008232427/https://www.b.dk/nationalt/naesten-hver-femte-dansker-kalder-sig-ateist|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>

Islam is the second largest religion in Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Denmark Religions – Demographics|url=https://www.indexmundi.com/denmark/religions.html|access-date=2020-12-05|website=www.indexmundi.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2020, an estimated 4.4% of the Danish population were Muslims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tjekdet.dk/hvor-mange-muslimer-er-der-i-danmark|title=Hvor mange muslimer er der i Danmark?|website=Tjekdet.dk|date=24 April 2020 |access-date=24 October 2020|language=da}}</ref>

For historical reasons, there is a formal distinction between 'approved' ({{lang|da|godkendte}}) and 'recognised' ({{lang|da|anerkendte}}) congregations of faith.<ref name="FoR" /> The latter include 11 traditional [[Religious denomination|denominations]], such as [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]], the [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed Church]], the [[Judaism|Mosaic Congregation]], [[Methodism|Methodists]] and [[Baptists]], some of whose privileges in the country date hundreds of years back. These have the additional rights of having [[priest]]s appointed by royal resolution and to christen/name children with legal effect.

;Religions

[[Church of Denmark|Evangelical Lutheran]] (official) 74.8%, [[Islam|Muslim]] 5.3%, other (denominations of less than 1% each, include [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Jehovah's Witness]], [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox Christian]], [[Jewish]], [[Baptist]], and [[Buddhist]]) 19.9% (2017 est.)

==Employment and income==
{{See also|Economy of Denmark}}
;[[File:Unemployment_over_time_in_Denmark.svg|thumb|299x299px|Unemployment in Denmark over time]]
;Unemployment, youth ages 15–24
:total: 12% (2016 est.) Country comparison to the world: 109th
:male: 13.1% (2016 est.)
:female: 10.9% (2016 est.)

==Taxation and benefits==
{{Main|Taxation in Denmark}}
Although the [[List of sovereign states by tax revenue to GDP ratio|level of taxation in Denmark is among the highest in the world]], the [[Employment|labor market participation rate]] is still high compared with other [[Western world|Western countries]]. Municipal income tax makes up the largest part of taxation in Denmark, with central government income tax topping it up. These [[income tax]]es are higher than in other OECD countries. These direct taxes make up two thirds of the taxation on private households with [[indirect tax]]es of the central government, and [[Municipalities of Denmark|municipalities]] (property tax), making up one third, i.e. with motor vehicles (passenger cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles) sold from [[Value-added tax|VAT]] registered dealerships – because of the registration fee – being among the most expensive in the world, with prices in [[Norway]] at the same level, and the most expensive in [[Singapore]]. Also VAT in Denmark is not reduced from the current 25%. The 25% are paid on all goods and services where VAT is applied. Indirect taxes are about average compared with other European OECD countries. Payroll taxes (Danish ''sociale afgifter'') are much lower than in other OECD countries. The tax structure ensures a broad tax base across the whole population. However, revenue from corporate taxes is lower compared with other European countries. Municipalities and the central government (regions are not allowed to levy any taxes, as they are financed by central government, and municipal block grants)  redistribute a large amount of their tax income in transfer payments to municipalities with a low tax base and/or few tax payers. [[Danish pre-school education|It is normal for children]] to be in [[Preschool|nurseries]], which requires a partial payment of the costs or is free of charge [[Welfare spending|for low income households]], and in kindergartens owned and operated, or financed, by the public sector. [[Child benefit]] is paid to parents for each child. The service to [[Pensions in Denmark|old age pensioners]], and [[Disability in Denmark|handicapped]] is extensive.

Denmark ranks high in the [[Corruption Perceptions Index#Rankings|Corruption Perceptions Index]], although the index is criticized for being limited in scope.

== Homelessness ==
{{excerpt|Homelessness in Denmark}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Denmark}}
* [[Demographics of the Faroe Islands]]
* [[Demographics of Greenland]]
* [[Religion in Denmark]]
* [[List of urban areas in the Nordic countries]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{CIA World Factbook}}

==External links==
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* [http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/DNA/DK/DanishDemesDNA.shtml Danish Demes Regional DNA Project]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.dst.dk National statistics]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209004727/http://www.km.dk/trossamfundliste.html Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs – List of recognised denominations (in Danish)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070306051700/http://www.religion.dk/artikel%3Aaid%3D38045 Statistic info on recognised denominations (in Danish; Muslim congregations not listed)]
* [http://extranet.dst.dk/pyramide/pyramide.htm Interactive population pyramid 1980-2070] or [https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/befolkningsfremskrivning Befolkningsfremskrivning] or google (etc.) "dst.dk pyramide", then click with your mouse on top (1st) search result. Population pyramid: women (right), men (left), click with mouse on year wanted, or, on blue rectangle, hold mouse down, slide rectangle to the top, then click on "LÅS" ("LOCK"). Silhouet of year 2070 appears. Do that with any year. Then click on circle with triangle in on lower right hand side of population pyramid. English version:click on upper right hand corner: "ENGLISH".
* [https://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/graphs-maps/population_graphs/ Institut National D'Études Démographiques Population pyramids until 2100]

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