Population in Denmark
The population of Denmark was 6,009,169 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Denmark, 2025
6,009,169
Change from 2024
+0.5%
European Union, 2025
451,127,411 people
Position in 2025
114th of 217
Population 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: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,009,169 people | 451,127,411 people |
| 2024 | 5,976,992 people | 450,228,188 people |
| 2023 | 5,946,952 people | 448,897,545 people |
| 2022 | 5,903,037 people | 447,203,596 people |
| 2021 | 5,856,733 people | 446,228,281 people |
| 2020 | 5,831,404 people | 446,870,959 people |
| 2019 | 5,814,422 people | 446,910,453 people |
| 2018 | 5,793,636 people | 446,058,453 people |
| 2017 | 5,764,980 people | 445,321,060 people |
| 2016 | 5,728,010 people | 444,676,652 people |
| 2015 | 5,683,483 people | 443,793,218 people |
| 2014 | 5,643,475 people | 442,920,819 people |
| 2013 | 5,614,932 people | 442,425,741 people |
| 2012 | 5,591,572 people | 442,069,839 people |
| 2011 | 5,570,572 people | 441,414,078 people |
| 2010 | 5,547,683 people | 442,088,310 people |
| 2009 | 5,523,095 people | 441,388,573 people |
| 2008 | 5,493,621 people | 440,270,719 people |
| 2007 | 5,461,438 people | 438,796,003 people |
| 2006 | 5,437,272 people | 437,263,803 people |
| 2005 | 5,419,432 people | 435,789,139 people |
| 2004 | 5,404,523 people | 434,193,248 people |
| 2003 | 5,390,574 people | 432,512,916 people |
| 2002 | 5,375,931 people | 430,924,112 people |
| 2001 | 5,358,783 people | 429,909,307 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5% from 5,976,992 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5,683,483 people, the figure has changed by +5.7%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Denmark has the 114th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Population on 1 January
5,992,734 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population growth
0.54%
2025 · World Bank
Population by age and sex
5,992,734 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