Denmark People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
5,920,767 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish
Ethnic groups
Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 85.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 13.3% (largest groups are Polish, Syrian, Romanian, German, and Iraqi) (2022 est.)
note: data represent population by ancestry
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)
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Religions
Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8% (2019 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 16.42% (male 494,806/female 469,005)
15-24 years: 12.33% (male 370,557/female 352,977)
25-54 years: 38.71% (male 1,149,991/female 1,122,016)
55-64 years: 12.63% (male 370,338/female 371,149)
65 years and over: 19.91% (male 538,096/female 630,475) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 57.3
youth dependency ratio: 25.4
elderly dependency ratio: 31.9
potential support ratio: 3.1 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 42 years
male: 40.9 years
female: 43.1 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.44% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
11.22 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
9.52 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
with excellent access to the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea, population centers tend to be along coastal areas, particularly in Copenhagen and the eastern side of the country's mainland
Urbanization
urban population: 88.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.370 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.8 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 81.66 years
male: 79.74 years
female: 83.71 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.77 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
10% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
4.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density
2.6 beds/1,000 population (2019)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.1% (2021 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
19.7% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 9.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 3.42 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 4.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 17.5% (2020 est.)
male: 17.8% (2020 est.)
female: 17.1% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 19 years
male: 18 years
female: 19 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 10.8%
male: 10.7%
female: 11% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Denmark on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Denmark 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Denmark 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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