Acquisitions of citizenship in Denmark
6,255 people acquired the citizenship of Denmark in 2024.
Denmark, 2024
6,255
Change from 2023
+86.4%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
16th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship 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 | 6,255 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 3,355 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 5,149 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 6,483 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 7,076 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 1,781 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 2,836 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 7,272 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 15,028 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 11,745 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 4,747 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 1,750 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 3,598 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 4,243 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 4,027 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 6,852 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 6,022 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 3,648 people | – |
| 2006 | 7,961 people | – |
| 2005 | 10,197 people | – |
| 2004 | 14,976 people | – |
| 2003 | 6,583 people | – |
| 2002 | 17,300 people | – |
| 2001 | 11,902 people | – |
| 2000 | 18,811 people | – |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +86.4% from 3,355 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4,747 people, the figure has changed by +31.8%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Denmark has the 16th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Immigration
101,724 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
69,467 emigrants
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
Net migration
22,103 people
2025 · World Bank