Emigration in Denmark
Denmark recorded 69,467 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Denmark, 2024
69,467
Change from 2023
+1.9%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
16th of 33
Emigration in Denmark over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69,467 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 68,172 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 62,927 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 44,008 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 53,822 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 66,520 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 60,381 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 56,403 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 52,654 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 44,625 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 44,426 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 43,310 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 43,663 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 41,593 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 41,456 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 39,899 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 38,356 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 41,566 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 46,786 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 45,869 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 45,017 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 43,466 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 43,481 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 43,980 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 43,417 emigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.9% from 68,172 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 44,426 emigrants, the figure has changed by +56.4%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Denmark has the 16th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Immigration
101,724 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
22,103 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
6,255 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
1,865 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
5.2 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division