Immigration in Denmark
Denmark recorded 101,724 immigrants in 2024.
Denmark, 2024
101,724
Change from 2023
+3.4%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
16th of 33
Immigration 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 | 101,724 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 98,344 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 121,183 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 63,489 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 57,230 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 61,384 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 64,669 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 68,579 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 74,383 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 78,492 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 68,388 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 60,312 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 54,409 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 52,833 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 52,236 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 51,800 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 57,357 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 64,656 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 56,750 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 52,458 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 49,860 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 49,754 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 52,778 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 55,984 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 52,915 immigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +3.4% from 98,344 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 68,388 immigrants, the figure has changed by +48.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Denmark has the 16th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Emigration
69,467 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
6,255 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
22,103 people
2025 · World Bank
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