First residence permits — family

In 2021, Denmark's first residence permits increased by 9.6% compared to 2020, reaching 8,826.

Denmark accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

Denmark ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 31.5% (from 12,883 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.