Net migration rate in Denmark
Net migration to Denmark came to 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2025.
Denmark, 2025
5.3
Change from 2024
0per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.0 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
17th of 43
Net migration rate in Denmark over time
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Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 per 1,000 people | 4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 5.3 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 5.0 per 1,000 people | 6.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 10.2 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 4.6 per 1,000 people | 3.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 1.6 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 3.2 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 4.2 per 1,000 people | 2.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.7 per 1,000 people | 1.8 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 7.4 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 4.8 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 1.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 2.4 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 4.6 per 1,000 people | 2.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 1.2 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 0.9 per 1,000 people | 3.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 3.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 2.2 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7.4 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.1.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Denmark has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 4.6 per 1,000 people.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Immigration
101,724 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Natural population change
0.2 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Emigration
69,467 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
6,255 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
1,865 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
5.2 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division