Editing Demographics of Denmark (section)

==Population==
{{See also|Danes}}

Since 1980, the number of people of Danish descent, defined as having at least one parent who was born in Denmark and has Danish citizenship, has remained constant at around 5 million in Denmark, and nearly all the [[population growth]] from 5.1 and thereafter [[Immigration to Denmark|was due to immigration]].<ref name="Parallelsamfund_i_Danmark_p3">{{cite book|url=https://oim.dk/media/18990/analyse-om-parallelsamfund-090218-final.pdf|title=Parallelsamfund i Danmark / Økonomisk Analyse nr. 30|date=February 2018|publisher=Ministry for economic affairs and the interior|page=3|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226181705/https://oim.dk/publikationer/2018/feb/parallelsamfund-i-danmark/|archive-date=26 February 2018 |language=da}}</ref>

Population numbers in 2100 will be slightly lower than in 2024.<ref name="World Population In Graphs">{{citation |title= Population prognosis 2100 |url=https://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/graphs-maps/population_graphs/ |website=Institut National D'Etudes Demographiques}}</ref>

[[File:Population_development_of_Denmark.svg|right|thumb|400px|Population of Denmark, 0-2021]]{{Historical populations
|type =
| percentages = pagr
|footnote = Source: [[Statistics Denmark]]<br />2020 estimate<ref>{{cite web|title=Population and population projections|url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/befolkning-og-valg/befolkning-og-befolkningsfremskrivning|publisher=Statistics Denmark|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090527/https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/befolkning-og-valg/befolkning-og-befolkningsfremskrivning|archive-date=30 October 2018|url-status=dead|language=da|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|1870 | 1,784,741
|1880 | 1,969,039
|1890 | 2,172,380
|1901 | 2,449,540
|1911 | 2,747,076
|1921 | 3,267,831
|1930 | 3,550,656
|1940 | 3,844,312
|1950 | 4,281,275
|1960 | 4,585,256

|1970 | 4,937,579
|1980 | 5,122,065
|1990 | 5,135,409
|2000 | 5,330,020
|2010 | 5,534,738
|2020 | 5,822,863
}}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! width="50" |Year<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistikbanken |url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908201150/http://statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1024 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |access-date=29 August 2017 |language=da |website=Statistikbanken.dk}}</ref>
! width="150" |Population<!--Don't insert stuff like "per 1 January" here. That date only applies to recent figures certainly not for the older ones-->
|- valign="top"
| 1769 || 797,584 
|-
| 1787 || 841,806 
|-
| 1801 || 929,001 
|-
| 1834 || 1,230,964 
|-
| 1840 || 1,289,075 
|-
| 1845 || 1,356,877 
|-
| 1850 || 1,414,648 
|-
| 1855 || 1,507,222 
|-
| 1860 || 1,608,362 
|-
| 1870 || 1,784,741 
|-
| 1880 || 1,969,039 
|-
| 1890 || 2,172,380 
|-
| 1901 || 2,449,540 
|-
| 1906 || 2,588,919 
|-
| 1911 || 2,757,076 
|-
| 1916 || 2,921,362 
|-
| 1921 || 3,267,831 
|-
| 1925 || 3,434,555 
|-
| 1930 || 3,550,656 
|-
| 1935 || 3,706,349 
|-
| 1940 || 3,844,312 
|-
| 1945 || 4,045,232 
|-
| 1950 || 4,281,275 
|-
| 1955 || 4,448,401 
|-
| 1960 || 4,585,256 
|-
| 1965 || 4,767,597 
|-
| 1970 || 4,937,579 
|-
| 1971 || 4,950,598 
|-
| 1972 || 4,975,653 
|-
| 1973 || 5,007,538 
|-
| 1974 || 5,036,184 
|-
| 1975 || 5,054,410 
|}

=== Fertility ===
The natural growth of the population (births minus deaths) [[Population decline|was negative]] in 2022, that is, minus 1005 people. The previous last year there was a negative natural increase in the population was in 1988. During 2022, 58,430 children were born, 5,043 fewer than in 2021. In 2022, 59,435 people died, there were 2,283, or 4.0% more than in 2021. The total population in the age group 80 and over grew by 12,844 people, or 4.4%., from 2022 to 2023.<ref name="dst.dk1">{{cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=40195|website=[[Danmarks Statistik]]|title=Ukrainere stod for 45 pct. af befolkningstilvæksten}}</ref>

During 2022, the Danish population grew by 59,234 people, so the population on January 1, 2023, consisted of 5,932,654 people. It was a population increase of 1.0 percent, which is higher than in 2021, when the population increase was 0.6 percent.<ref name="dst.dk1"/>

In 2022, Denmark had a [[total fertility rate]] (TFR) of 1.55 children per woman in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fertility |url=https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/fertilitet |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.dst.dk |language=en}}</ref> It is the first time in history that immigrant women from non-Western countries now have fewer children on average than women of Danish roots in Denmark. On average, immigrant women have 1.76 children, the descendants have an average of 1.75 children, while women of Danish roots have 1.78 children.<ref name="nyhedertv2">{{cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/2022-02-21-indvandrerkvinder-foder-faerre-born-end-danske-kvinder|title=Indvandrerkvinder føder færre børn end danske kvinder|website=nyheder.tv2.dk|date=21 February 2022|author=Ritzau|language=da}}</ref> This is because [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]], who are categorized as non-Western, have come to Denmark in large numbers. In the same year, immigrant women from [[Syria]] had the highest TFR, they gave birth to an average of 3.7 children. They are followed by women from [[Somalia]] and [[Pakistan]], 2020 figures show.<ref name="nyhedertv2"/>

In 2021 the number of childless women aged 50 was the highest in seven years; 12.3 percent of women aged 50 have never had a child, while 19.5 percent of 50-year-old men do not have children.<ref name="nyheder"/>

=== Historical fertility rates===
[[File:Total fertility rate of Denmark overtime to 2016.svg|thumb|350x350px|TFR of Denmark over time to 2016]]
The [[total fertility rate]] is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: [[Our World In Data]] and [[Gapminder Foundation]].<ref name="ourworldindata.org">{{citation |author=Max Roser |title=Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries |date=2014 |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1849&country=DNK |work=[[Our World In Data]], [[Gapminder Foundation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174207/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1849&country=DNK |access-date=2019-01-18 |archive-date=2019-01-19 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1850!!1851!!1852!!1853!!1854!!1855!!1856!!1857!!1858!!1859!!1860<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.24|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.48|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.41|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.37|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.44|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.48|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.53|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1861!!1862!!1863!!1864!!1865!!1866!!1867!!1868!!1869!!1870<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.32|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.18|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.96|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.1
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1871!!1872!!1873!!1874!!1875!!1876!!1877!!1878!!1879!!1880<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.06|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.16|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.17|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.36|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.3|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.28
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1881!!1882!!1883!!1884!!1885!!1886!!1887!!1888!!1889!!1890<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.34|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.36|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.29|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.5|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.39|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.37|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.28|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.25|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.11
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Year !! 1891!!1892!!1893!!1894!!1895!!1896!!1897!!1898!!1899<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total fertility rate in Denmark|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.18|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.16|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.1|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.09|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.11|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.02|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.08|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.01
|}
'''Total fertility rate'''

1.78 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 152nd

=== Average age of the mother at her first birth===
In 2021 the average age of the mother at her first birth in Denmark was of 29.8 years, and the father is of 31.5 years.<ref name="nyheder">{{cite web|url=https://www.seoghoer.dk/nyheder/gennemsnitsalderen-stiger-foerstegangsfoedende|title=Gennemsnitsalderen stiger for førstegangsfødende|website=seoghoer.dk|date=17 February 2022|author=Nikolaj Kesting|language=da}}</ref>

=== Life expectancy ===
Sources: [[Our World In Data]] and the [[United Nations]].

'''1775–1950'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1775
!1835
!1836
!1837
!1838
!1839
!1840
!1841
!1842
!1843
!1844
!1845
!1846
!1847
!1848
!1849
!1850<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 |access-date=2018-08-28 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref>
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|33.0
|38.4
|40.0
|41.5
|43.1
|41.9
|41.1
|42.6
|42.5
|43.9
|44.0
|43.4
|40.4
|40.4
|40.8
|39.5
|43.5
|}
[[File:Life expectancy in Denmark.svg|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy]] in Denmark since 1775]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1851
!1852
!1853
!1854
!1855
!1856
!1857
!1858
!1859
!1860<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|44.5
|43.0
|38.5
|44.7
|46.1
|46.7
|42.5
|40.0
|44.4
|45.1
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1861
!1862
!1863
!1864
!1865
!1866
!1867
!1868
!1869
!1870<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|47.6
|47.6
|47.2
|40.2
|39.8
|42.9
|44.9
|45.6
|46.1
|46.0
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1871
!1872
!1873
!1874
!1875
!1876
!1877
!1878
!1879
!1880<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|46.1
|47.2
|47.5
|46.0
|44.4
|45.8
|47.3
|47.5
|46.2
|44.8
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1881
!1882
!1883
!1884
!1885
!1886
!1887
!1888
!1889
!1890<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|48.3
|46.7
|48.5
|48.5
|49.6
|49.0
|48.7
|46.7
|47.8
|47.2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1891
!1892
!1893
!1894
!1895
!1896
!1897
!1898
!1899
!1900<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|46.8
|47.4
|47.1
|49.4
|50.8
|52.9
|51.8
|53.1
|50.6
|51.9
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1901
!1902
!1903
!1904
!1905
!1906
!1907
!1908
!1909
!1910<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|52.6
|54.7
|54.8
|55.7
|54.3
|56.5
|56.1
|54.9
|57.4
|58.0
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1911
!1912
!1913
!1914
!1915
!1916
!1917
!1918
!1919
!1920<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|57.0
|58.0
|58.9
|58.5
|58.4
|56.9
|57.3
|56.3
|57.0
|57.6
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1921
!1922
!1923
!1924
!1925
!1926
!1927
!1928
!1929
!1930<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|61.7
|60.6
|61.2
|61.1
|61.9
|61.7
|61.2
|61.9
|61.9
|62.3
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1931
!1932
!1933
!1934
!1935
!1936
!1937
!1938
!1939
!1940<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|61.8
|62.7
|63.6
|64.1
|62.9
|63.5
|64.0
|65.0
|65.8
|66.3
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1941
!1942
!1943
!1944
!1945
!1946
!1947
!1948
!1949
!1950<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Life expectancy in Denmark
|66.0
|67.1
|67.4
|66.4
|66.1
|67.2
|68.5
|70.1
|70.1
|70.3
|}

'''1950–2015'''
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Denmark -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Denmark since 1960 by gender]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period<ref>{{cite web |title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations |url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |archive-date=2016-09-19 |access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
|-
|1950–1955
|71.1
|1985–1990
|74.8
|-
|1955–1960
|72.1
|1990–1995
|75.2
|-
|1960–1965
|72.4
|1995–2000
|76.1
|-
|1965–1970
|72.9
|2000–2005
|77.3
|-
|1970–1975
|73.6
|2005–2010
|78.6
|-
|1975–1980
|74.2
|2010–2015
|80.2
|-
|1980–1985
|74.4
|
|
|}
[[File:Denmark population pyramid from 1950 to 2020.gif|thumb|300px|Population pyramid from 1950 to 2020]]

=== Age structure ===
:''0-14 years:'' 16.57% (male 493,829 /female 468,548)
:''15-24 years:'' 12.67% (male 377,094 /female 358,807)
:''25-54 years:'' 39.03% (male 1,147,196 /female 1,119,967)
:''55-64 years:'' 12.33% (male 356,860 /female 359,264)
:''65 years and over:'' 19.42% (male 518,200 /female 609,737) (2018 est.)

; Median age
:
: total: 41.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 35th
: male: 40.8 years
: female: 42.9 years (2018 est.)