World Factbook
Denmark
Kongeriget Danmark
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language
major-language sample(s)
Verdens Faktabog, den uundværlig kilde til grundlæggende oplysninger. (Danish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran (official) 71.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other/none/unspecified (denominations include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 24.3% (2024 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1.03 male(s)/female
total population
0.99 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.86 male(s)/female
Birth rate
9.81 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
10.56 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
41 years
total
42.2 years (2025 est.)
female
43.4 years
Population
male
3,001,698
total
6,051,491 (2025 est.)
female
3,049,793
Nationality
noun
Dane(s)
adjective
Danish
Tobacco use
male
14.4% (2025 est.)
total
14.3% (2025 est.)
female
14.3% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
88.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
16.2% (male 496,793/female 471,018)
15-64 years
62.9% (male 1,903,315/female 1,856,615)
65 years and over
20.8% (2024 est.) (male 575,153/female 670,242)
Ethnic groups
Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 84.2%, Turkish 1.1%, other 14.7% (largest groups are Polish, Romanian, Syrian, Ukrainian, German, and Iraqi) (2023 est.)
note: data represent population by country of origin
Child marriage
women married by age 18
0.7% (2021)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
57.2 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
24.5 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
3.1 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
32.7 (2025 est.)
Physician density
7.24 physicians/1,000 population (2021)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
9.5% of GDP (2022)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
17.7% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
7.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
2.5 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.5 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
6.4% of GDP (2022 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
14.2% national budget (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
3.4 deaths/1,000 live births
total
3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
2.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
0.64% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.73 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
population centers tend to be along coastal areas, particularly in Copenhagen and the eastern side of the country's mainland
Life expectancy at birth
male
80.2 years
female
84.1 years
total population
82.1 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
4 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
3.42 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
4.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
9.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
1.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.381 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
19.7% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.8 years (2020 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
54.3% (2024 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
18 years (2023 est.)
total
18 years (2023 est.)
female
19 years (2023 est.)