Life expectancy in Denmark was 33.3 in the year 1765, and over the course of the next 255 years, it is expected to have increased by almost fifty years, to 80.7 years in 2020. Although life expectancy has generally increased throughout Denmark's history, there were several times where the rate deviated from its previous trajectory. These changes were a result of the Napoleonic Wars and the First Cholera Pandemic in the early 1800s, and later because of the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of the 1910s.
Life expectancy (from birth) in Denmark from 1765 to 2020*
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Life expectancy (from birth) in Denmark from 1765 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041290/life-expectancy-denmark-all-time/
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UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Life expectancy (from birth) in Denmark from 1765 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041290/life-expectancy-denmark-all-time/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Life Expectancy (from Birth) in Denmark from 1765 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041290/life-expectancy-denmark-all-time/
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