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Denmark: Population

Millions of people · 1735–2025 · 291 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
6.01 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.5%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.6%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20316.14Forecast
20306.09Forecast
20296.08Forecast
20286.07Forecast
20276.05Forecast
20266.03Forecast
20256.01
20245.98
20235.95
20225.91
20215.85
20205.83
20195.82
20185.79
20175.77
20165.73

Sources

  • Abildgren1735–2023
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Maddison Project Database1820–2022
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Bordo1880–1997
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1966–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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