First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Denmark's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 10.0% compared to 2023, reaching 47,067.

Denmark accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Denmark ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 34.3% (from 35,037 in 2019).

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