Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2024, Denmark's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2023, reaching 2,963,691.

Denmark accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 219,814,111.

Denmark ranks 16th 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 2.6% (from 2,889,073 in 2019).

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