Editing Denmark (section)

=== Population ===
In January 2025, the population of Denmark, as registered by [[Statistics Denmark]], was 5.99 million.<ref name="pop1" /> Denmark has one of the oldest populations in the world, with the [[Population pyramid|average age of 42.2 years]],<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/denmark/|title=World Factbook Europe : Denmark |work=[[The World Factbook]]|date=12 July 2018|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705032013/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/denmark/|url-status=live}}</ref> with 0.99 males per female. Despite a low [[birth rate]] of 11.3 births per 1000 population, the population is growing at an average annual rate of 0.44%<ref name="factbook2" /> because of net immigration and increasing [[longevity]]. The [[World Happiness Report]] frequently ranks Denmark's population as the happiest in the world.<ref name="happiness">{{cite web|editor1-last=Helliwell |editor1-first=John |editor2-last=Layard |editor2-first=Richard |editor3-last=Sachs |editor3-first=Jeffrey |editor3-link=Jeffrey Sachs |title=World Happiness Report 2016 |url=http://5c28efcb768db11c7204-4ffd2ff276d22135df4d1a53ae141422.r82.cf5.rackcdn.com/HR-V1_web.pdf |publisher=Sustainable Development Solutions Network |access-date=17 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091325/http://5c28efcb768db11c7204-4ffd2ff276d22135df4d1a53ae141422.r82.cf5.rackcdn.com/HR-V1_web.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name=Earth_Institute_2013>Helliwell, John; Layard, Richard; Sachs, Jeffrey [http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/Sachs%20Writing/2012/World%20Happiness%20Report.pdf World Happiness Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902171441/http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/Sachs%20Writing/2012/World%20Happiness%20Report.pdf |date=2 September 2013 }}. ''[[The Earth Institute]]'' at [[Columbia University]], p. 8. See also: [http://unsdsn.org/files/2013/09/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf World Happiness Report 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215838/http://unsdsn.org/files/2013/09/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf |date=4 October 2013 }}, p. 23.; [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/22/denmark-happiest-country_n_4070761.html Denmark Is Considered The Happiest Country. You'll Never Guess Why.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023134428/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/22/denmark-happiest-country_n_4070761.html |date=23 October 2013 }} ''[[Huffington Post]].'' 22 October 2013.</ref><ref name="BruceStokes">Stokes, Buce (8 June 2011). [https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/06/the-happiest-countries-in-the-world/240103/ The Happiest Countries in the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425034007/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/06/the-happiest-countries-in-the-world/240103/ |date=25 April 2017 }}. ''[[The Atlantic]].'' Retrieved 20 September 2013</ref> This has been attributed to the country's highly regarded education and [[Health care in Denmark|health care]] systems,<ref name=Taylor>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-is-the-worlds-happiest-country--official-410075.html |title=Denmark is the world's happiest country – official – Europe, World |work=The Independent |location=London |date=1 August 2006 |access-date=5 May 2009 |first=Jerome |last=Taylor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309234926/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-is-the-worlds-happiest-country--official-410075.html |archive-date=9 March 2009 }}</ref> and its low level of [[income inequality]].<ref name=eurogini>{{cite web|title=Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)|url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=ilc_di12|publisher=Eurostat Data Explorer|access-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045123/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=ilc_di12|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>  People in Denmark feel responsible for [[social welfare]].  The rate of taxation is among the world's highest and can be half a Dane's income but they get most healthcare free, university tuition is also free and students get grants, there is subsidized [[child care]] and [[Pensions in Denmark|old people get pensions]] and care helpers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/21/top-10-happiest-countries-in-the-world-2023.html |title=Finland is the No. 1 happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row |website=[[CNBC]] |date=21 March 2023 |access-date=4 December 2023 |archive-date=4 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204110537/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/21/top-10-happiest-countries-in-the-world-2023.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Denmark is a historically [[Homogeneity (statistics)|homogeneous]] nation.<ref name="Thomas2016">{{cite book|first=Alastair H.|last=Thomas|title=Historical Dictionary of Denmark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPq6DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA11|year=2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-6465-6|page=11|access-date=3 October 2018|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117030654/https://books.google.com/books?id=aPq6DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA11|url-status=live}}</ref> However, as with its Scandinavian neighbours, Denmark has recently transformed from a nation of [[net migration|net emigration]], up until World War II, to a nation of net immigration. Today, [[residence permit]]s are issued mostly to immigrants from other EU countries (54% of all non-Scandinavian immigrants in 2017). Another 31% of residence permits were study- or work-related, 4% were issued to [[asylum seeker]]s and 10% to persons who arrive as family dependants.<ref>{{cite web|title=VAN8A: Immigrations (year) by citizenship, sex and residence permit|url=http://www.statbank.dk/VAN8A|publisher=[[Statistics Denmark]]|access-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012172855/http://www.statbank.dk/VAN8A|archive-date=12 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Overall, the net migration rate in 2017 was 2.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population, somewhat lower than the United Kingdom and the other Nordic countries.<ref name="factbook2" /><ref>For comparisons and developments see: {{cite web |url=http://esa.un.org/miggmgprofiles/indicators/files/Denmark.pdf|title=Denmark – Migration Profiles |publisher=UNICEF |date=2013 |access-date=5 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194636/http://esa.un.org/miggmgprofiles/indicators/files/Denmark.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Statistics on migration only includes people changing citizenship and does not always provide a realistic picture of migration pressure. In Denmark, 5% of the population were non-citizens in 2005, which is a relatively high figure. See {{cite report |url=https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/events/coordination/4/docs/P12_OECD.pdf |title=Counting Immigrant and Expatriates in OECD Countries: A New Perspective|publisher=OECD|pages=119–120 |date=21 October 2005 |access-date=5 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415081147/http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/events/coordination/4/docs/P12_OECD.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=live}} for example.</ref>

There are no official statistics on [[ethnic group]]s, but according to 2020 figures from Statistics Denmark, 86.1% of the population in Denmark was of [[Danes|Danish]] descent (including ''[[Faroese Dane|Faroese]]'' and ''[[Greenlandic people in Denmark|Greenlandic]]''), defined as having at least one parent who was born in the [[Realm of Denmark|Kingdom of Denmark]] and holds [[Danish nationality law|Danish nationality]].<ref name="pop1">{{cite web |title=Population at the first day of the quarter by municipality, sex, age, marital status, ancestry, country of origin and citizenship |url=http://www.statbank.dk/FOLK1c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222013330/https://www.statbank.dk/FOLK1C |archive-date=22 December 2022 |access-date=28 March 2025 |publisher=[[Statistics Denmark]] |quote=}}</ref><ref group=N name="denonly group=N">This data is for Denmark [[wikt:proper#Adjective|proper]] only. For data relevant to [[Greenland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]] see their respective articles.</ref> The remaining 13.89% were of foreign background, defined as immigrants or descendants of recent immigrants. With the same definition, the most common countries of origin were [[Demographics of Turkey|Turkey]], [[Polish people|Poland]], [[Syrians|Syria]], [[Germans|Germany]], [[Iraqis|Iraq]], [[Romanians|Romania]], [[Lebanon]], [[Pakistanis|Pakistan]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and [[Somalis|Somalia]].<ref name="pop1" /> Minorities in Denmark include [[Turkish people|Turks]], [[Poles (people)|Poles]], [[Syria]]ns, [[Germans]], [[Iraqis]], [[Romanians]] and people from former [[Yugoslavia]]. There are also other Asian and African populations in the country. Small numbers of [[Romani people]] and [[Hungarians]] live in Denmark. There is also a small [[Jews|Jewish]] population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://minorityrights.org/country/denmark/|title=Denmark – World Directory of Minorities & Indigenous Peoples|date=2 November 2023|access-date=4 January 2024|archive-date=28 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228000205/https://minorityrights.org/country/denmark/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Greenlandic Inuit|Inuit]] are Indigenous to Greenland in the Kingdom and have traditionally inhabited Greenland and the northern parts of Canada and Alaska in the [[Arctic]]. From the 18th century up to the 1970s, the Danish government (Dano-Norwegian until 1814) tried to assimilate the Greenlandic Inuit, encouraging them to adopt the majority language and culture. Because of this "Danization process", some persons of Inuit ancestry now identify their mother tongue as Danish.

{{Largest cities of Denmark}}