Population (total, 1 January)

In 2024, Denmark's population (total, 1 january) increased by 0.5% compared to 2023, reaching 5,961,249.

Denmark accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 449,306,184.

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 2.7% (from 5,806,081 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.