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Overview Population Over Time Population By Age and Gender Projected Population Human Development Index (HDI) Weather Administrative regions in Denmark
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Denmark

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Denmark 45,523.4 km²
Population 5.6 million
Male Population 2,770,207 (49.5%)
Female Population 2,824,430 (50.5%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015 +12.2%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 +6.3%
Median Age 40.5 years
Male Median Age 39.6 years
Female Median Age 41.3 years
Timezone Central European Standard Time

Map of Denmark

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 4,985,726 5,064,445 5,262,059 5,594,637
Population Density 109.5 / km² 111.2 / km² 115.6 / km² 122.9 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Population By Age and Gender

Denmark Population Tree
AgeMaleFemaleTotal
Under 5 168,779 160,443 329,223
5-9 170,373 162,608 332,982
10-14 178,771 169,859 348,630
15-19 181,759 172,813 354,572
20-24 168,147 162,815 330,962
25-29 157,556 157,069 314,626
30-34 178,357 178,094 356,452
35-39 196,047 194,408 390,456
40-44 211,550 206,213 417,763
45-49 204,098 199,393 403,491
50-54 185,020 183,051 368,072
55-59 176,584 177,607 354,191
60-64 187,672 190,134 377,806
65-69 148,465 154,764 303,230
70-74 103,585 116,089 219,674
75-79 71,589 90,186 161,775
80-84 47,868 71,348 119,217
85 Plus 33,987 77,536 111,524
Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
0 196,100 n/a n/a
100 215,714 1% 1,961
200 235,332 0.9% 1,961
300 254,954 0.8% 1,962
400 274,581 0.7% 1,962
500 294,213 0.7% 1,963
600 313,852 0.6% 1,963
700 333,497 0.6% 1,964
800 353,149 0.6% 1,965
900 370,449 0.5% 1,730
1000 392,481 0.6% 2,203
1100 458,134 1.6% 6,565
1200 525,263 1.4% 6,712
1300 588,604 1.1% 6,334
1400 392,965 -4% -19,563
1500 588,901 4.1% 19,593
1600 686,965 1.6% 9,806
1700 785,048 1.3% 9,808
1800 987,429 2.3% 20,238
1900 2,534,930 9.9% 154,750
1910 2,859,658 12.8% 324,728
1920 3,335,460 16.6% 475,802
1930 3,840,884 15.2% 505,424
1940 4,216,170 9.8% 375,286
1950 4,237,381 0.5% 21,211
1960 4,544,119 7.2% 306,738
1970 4,888,477 7.6% 344,358
1990 5,064,445 1.8% 87,984
2000 5,262,059 3.9% 197,614
2020 5,720,846 4.3% 229,393
2030 5,997,216 4.8% 276,370
2040 6,243,994 4.1% 246,778
2050 6,476,538 3.7% 232,544
2060 6,723,134 3.8% 246,596
2070 6,941,760 3.3% 218,626
2080 7,116,433 2.5% 174,673
2090 7,243,801 1.8% 127,368
2100 7,313,691 1% 69,890
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Administrative regions in Denmark

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