Population growth rate in Denmark: 0.54% in 2025, ranking 133rd of 217 countries. In 2010 it was 0.44%.
Data last updated · Period: 2010–2025
Understanding the chart
The line chart above tracks population growth rate in Denmark for each year from 2010 to 2025, 16 data points in all. Each dot is one year; the first and last years and the highest point are labelled with their values, and the vertical scale is in annual %. All values in this period were above zero. The data table below the chart lists every value, and you can download the data, embed the chart or share it from the buttons above. The figures cover 2010–2025 and come from World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).
Key insights
- Between 2010 and 2025, Denmark's population growth rose from 0.44% to 0.54%, a rise of 0.1 percentage points.
- The highest value in this period was 0.79% in 2022; the lowest was 0.29% in 2020.
- Recently, the figure has moved up and down over the last three years (2024: 0.50%; 2025: 0.54%).
- That is 0.4 percentage points below the world figure of 0.91%.
- Denmark has the 133rd-highest value of 217 countries with recent data.
- In Northern Europe, Denmark has the 4th-highest value of 13 countries with recent data; the highest is Ireland (1.63%), and the typical (median) value is 0.30%.
Analysis
Averaged over periods, the figure was 0.43% in 2010 to 2014, 0.60% in 2015 to 2019 and 0.55% in 2020 onwards. The value went up in 7 of the 15 year-to-year steps and down in 8. The biggest one-year rise came in 2022 (+0.4 percentage points). The biggest one-year fall came in 2024 (−0.2 percentage points). Year to year, the figure typically varied by about 0.2 percentage points around its average of 0.53%, a stable pattern.
What it means
Moderate population growth adds customers steadily rather than quickly, so growth for businesses in Denmark comes mainly from rising incomes. Compared with its neighbours in Northern Europe, where the typical value is 0.30%, Denmark is close to the regional norm.
Related figures
- Population growth (annual %) by country, 2025: 4.68% (highest: United Arab Emirates). The yearly change in the total population.
- Population growth rate in Channel Islands, 2010–2025: 0.20% (Population growth, 2025 · 161st of 217). Population growth rate in Channel Islands: 0.20% in 2025, ranking 161st of 217 countries.
- Population growth rate in Estonia, 2010–2025: -0.43% (Population growth, 2025 · 196th of 217). Population growth rate in Estonia: -0.43% in 2025, ranking 196th of 217 countries.
About this statistic
The yearly change in the total population. Growing populations add customers and workers every year; shrinking ones change demand for many products and services.
Population size, growth, age and urbanisation decide how many customers a market has, what they need, and where they live. The figures come from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, which compile official national statistics in a consistent form so countries can be compared.
Questions and answers
What is the population growth rate in Denmark?
0.54% (Population growth, 2025 · 133rd of 217). Population growth rate in Denmark: 0.54% in 2025, ranking 133rd of 217 countries. In 2010 it was 0.44%.
How has population growth in Denmark changed since 2010?
Between 2010 and 2025, Denmark's population growth rose from 0.44% to 0.54%, a rise of 0.1 percentage points. The highest value in this period was 0.79% in 2022; the lowest was 0.29% in 2020.
Where does this data come from?
From World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), covering 2010–2025. The yearly change in the total population. Growing populations add customers and workers every year; shrinking ones change demand for many products and services.
Data
| Year | Population growth (annual %) |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 0.41% |
| 2012 | 0.38% |
| 2013 | 0.42% |
| 2014 | 0.51% |
| 2015 | 0.71% |
| 2016 | 0.78% |
| 2017 | 0.64% |
| 2018 | 0.50% |
| 2019 | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 0.29% |
| 2021 | 0.43% |
| 2022 | 0.79% |
| 2023 | 0.74% |
| 2024 | 0.50% |
| 2025 | 0.54% |
Source and notes
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Period: 2010–2025. Coverage: Denmark.
The yearly change in the total population. Growing populations add customers and workers every year; shrinking ones change demand for many products and services.
Cite this statistic
Please also credit the original source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).Related statistics
- Population growth (annual %) by country, 2025
- Population growth rate in Channel Islands, 2010–2025
- Population growth rate in Estonia, 2010–2025
- Population growth rate in Finland, 2010–2025
- Population growth rate in Faroe Islands, 2010–2025
- GDP of Denmark, 2010–2025
- Economic growth (GDP growth) in Denmark, 2010–2025
- GDP per person in Denmark, 2010–2025
- GDP per person, adjusted for prices (PPP, international $) in Denmark, 2010–2024
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