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Denmark — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Denmark, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.54%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -23.1% since 1961
Population growth for Denmark was 0.54% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 0.80% in 1966. The lowest was -0.07% in 1982 (about -7.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.41% per year.
Denmark ranks 133 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Denmark sits above it. It peaked in 1966 and has fallen 33% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.54%
First (1961)
0.70%
Change
-23.1%
Highest
0.80%
in 1966
Lowest
-0.07%
in 1982
Average
0.42%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.41%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.54% |
| 2024 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.74% |
| 2022 | 0.79% |
| 2021 | 0.43% |
| 2020 | 0.29% |
| 2019 | 0.36% |
| 2018 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.64% |
| 2016 | 0.78% |
| 2015 | 0.71% |
| 2014 | 0.51% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.