Age distribution Denmark 2024

Over the past decade, the Danish population gradually grew older. While there were around 230,000 inhabitants aged 80 years or older in 2014, this group counted over 320,000 people at the beginning of 2023. The largest age group, however, were Danes between 20 and 39 years of age, counting over 1.55 million people that year.

Growing population

The Danish population has constantly grown since 2000, almost reaching six million in 2024. This is explained by a higher number of people born than deceasing, and a higher number of immigrants than emigrants. In 2023, however, more people deceased than babies born.

Eastern Europeans make up largest immigrant group

The over 600,000 inhabitants in Denmark with a foreign citizenship underline the increasing role migrants play in Danish society. Many of these are people migrating to Denmark for work, such as many Poles, who make up the largest immigrant group ahead of Ukrainians. Many of the Ukrainians are refugees fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war that broke out in 2022.

Total population in Denmark from 2014 to 2024, by age group (in millions)

Characteristic	0-19 years	20-39 years	40-59 years	60-79 years	80 years and older
2024	1.29	1.55	1.53	1.28	0.32
2023	1.3	1.53	1.54	1.27	0.3
2022	1.36	1.5	1.54	1.25	0.29
2021	1.29	1.48	1.55	1.24	0.28
2020	1.3	1.47	1.56	1.23	0.27
2019	1.3	1.47	1.56	1.21	0.26
2018	1.31	1.46	1.56	1.2	0.26
2017	1.31	1.44	1.56	1.19	0.25
2016	1.31	1.42	1.56	1.17	0.24
2015	1.32	1.4	1.55	1.15	0.24
2014	1.33	1.39	1.55	1.13	0.23

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Release date

February 2024

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Region

Denmark

Survey time period

2014 to 2024

Supplementary notes

For this statistic, the values reported by the source have been added up and rounded.

Statistic shows number of inhabitants as of 1st January each year.

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