Population by age and sex in Denmark
Denmark had 5,992,734 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Denmark, 2025
5,992,734
Change from 2024
+0.5%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
20th of 40
Population by age and sex in Denmark over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,992,734 people | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 5,961,249 people | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 5,932,654 people | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 5,873,420 people | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 5,840,045 people | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 5,822,763 people | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 5,806,081 people | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 5,781,190 people | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5,748,769 people | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 5,707,251 people | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 5,659,715 people | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 5,627,235 people | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 5,602,628 people | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 5,580,516 people | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 5,560,628 people | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 5,534,738 people | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 5,511,451 people | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 5,475,791 people | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 5,447,084 people | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 5,427,459 people | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 5,411,405 people | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 5,397,640 people | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 5,383,507 people | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 5,368,354 people | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 5,349,212 people | 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5% from 5,961,249 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5,659,715 people, the figure has changed by +5.9%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Denmark has the 20th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.
Population pyramid, Denmark, 1 January 2025
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Men on the left, women on the right. Source: Eurostat.
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All statistics for Denmark
Population on 1 January
5,992,734 people
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
42.2 years
2025 · Eurostat
Old-age dependency ratio
32.8 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.7 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.47 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat