| Population | 5,894,687 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish |
| Ethnic groups | Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 86.3%, Turkish 1.1%, other 12.6% (largest groups are Polish, Syrian, German, Iraqi, and Romanian) (2018 est.) note: data represent population by ancestry |
| Languages | Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language major-language sample(s): Verdens Faktabog, den uundværlig kilde til grundlæggende oplysninger. (Danish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Mormon, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8% (2019 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 16.42% (male 494,806/female 469,005) 15-24 years: 12.33% (male 370,557/female 352,977) 25-54 years: 38.71% (male 1,149,991/female 1,122,016) 55-64 years: 12.63% (male 370,338/female 371,149) 65 years and over: 19.91% (male 538,096/female 630,475) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 57.3 youth dependency ratio: 25.6 elderly dependency ratio: 31.7 potential support ratio: 3.2 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 42 years male: 40.9 years female: 43.1 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.44% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 11.17 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | with excellent access to the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea, population centers tend to be along coastal areas, particularly in Copenhagen and the eastern side of the country's mainland |
| Urbanization | urban population: 88.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 1.359 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 29.7 years (2019 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 81.45 years male: 79.52 years female: 83.51 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.77 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 10.1% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 4.01 physicians/1,000 population (2016) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.6 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 6,700 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 19.7% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 7.8% of GDP (2017) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 18 years male: 19 years female: 19 years (2018) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
