Denmark Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Denmark vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Denmark	World
1960	33	22.5
1961	33.1	22.5
1962	33	22.4
1963	33	22.2
1964	32.9	22
1965	32.8	21.8
1966	32.6	21.7
1967	32.5	21.6
1968	32.5	21.5
1969	32.5	21.5
1970	32.5	21.4
1971	32.5	21.4
1972	32.6	21.5
1973	32.7	21.5
1974	32.8	21.6
1975	33	21.7
1976	33.2	21.9
1977	33.4	22
1978	33.7	22.2
1979	33.9	22.3
1980	34.3	22.5
1981	34.7	22.6
1982	35.1	22.7
1983	35.5	22.9
1984	35.7	23
1985	36	23.2
1986	36.2	23.3
1987	36.5	23.4
1988	36.7	23.6
1989	36.9	23.8
1990	37.1	23.9
1991	37.3	24.1
1992	37.4	24.3
1993	37.5	24.5
1994	37.6	24.7
1995	37.7	25
1996	37.7	25.2
1997	37.9	25.4
1998	38	25.7
1999	38.2	25.9
2000	38.4	26.1
2001	38.6	26.3
2002	38.8	26.5
2003	39	26.7
2004	39.2	27
2005	39.5	27.2
2006	39.8	27.4
2007	40.1	27.6
2008	40.2	27.8
2009	40.4	28
2010	40.5	28.2
2011	40.7	28.4
2012	41	28.6
2013	41.2	28.9
2014	41.4	29.1
2015	41.5	29.3
2016	41.6	29.5
2017	41.7	29.8
2018	41.8	30
2019	41.9	30.3
2020	42.1	30.6
2021	42.2	30.8
2022	42.1	31
2023	42.2	31.3
2024	42.3	31.6
2025	42.3	31.9
2026	42.3	32.1
2027	42.3	32.3
2028	42.4	32.6
2029	42.5	32.8
2030	42.6	33
2031	42.7	33.2
2032	42.8	33.4
2033	43	33.6
2034	43.1	33.8
2035	43.3	34
2036	43.4	34.2
2037	43.6	34.4
2038	43.8	34.6
2039	44	34.8
2040	44.1	35
2041	44.3	35.2
2042	44.4	35.4
2043	44.6	35.6
2044	44.7	35.8
2045	44.8	36
2046	44.9	36.2
2047	45	36.4
2048	45.1	36.6
2049	45.2	36.8
2050	45.3	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Denmark was 33 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 42.3 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 10th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Denmark ranks 34th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Denmark is expected to increase to around 45.3 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Denmark demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Denmark
	Male	Female
0-4	2.63%	2.49%
5-9	2.7%	2.55%
10-14	2.73%	2.6%
15-19	3%	2.86%
20-24	3.15%	3.04%
25-29	3.46%	3.33%
30-34	3.47%	3.34%
35-39	3.09%	2.98%
40-44	2.85%	2.82%
45-49	3.12%	3.13%
50-54	3.28%	3.3%
55-59	3.48%	3.46%
60-64	3.12%	3.16%
65-69	2.7%	2.82%
70-74	2.38%	2.6%
75-79	2.27%	2.57%
80+	2.28%	3.25%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Denmark has low demographic potential with 41.3% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 157/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Denmark			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	55.8%	39.3%	16.5%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	55%	38.3%	16.7%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	54.3%	37.4%	16.9%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	54%	36.9%	17.1%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	54%	36.7%	17.3%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	54.3%	36.7%	17.6%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	54.7%	36.8%	17.8%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	55.1%	37%	18.1%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	55.2%	36.8%	18.4%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	55.3%	36.5%	18.8%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	55.2%	36.1%	19%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	55.2%	35.9%	19.4%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	55.5%	35.8%	19.7%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	55.7%	35.6%	20.1%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	55.9%	35.4%	20.5%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	56.2%	35.3%	20.9%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	56.3%	35%	21.3%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	56.2%	34.6%	21.6%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	55.9%	33.9%	21.9%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	55.3%	33.1%	22.1%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	54.5%	32.2%	22.3%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	53.4%	31.1%	22.3%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	52.3%	29.9%	22.4%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	51.5%	29.1%	22.5%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	50.9%	28.3%	22.6%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	50.4%	27.7%	22.7%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	50.1%	27.2%	22.9%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	49.5%	26.5%	23%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	49.1%	26%	23.1%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	48.8%	25.7%	23.1%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	48.5%	25.3%	23.1%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	48.2%	25.1%	23.1%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	48.2%	25.2%	23%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	48.2%	25.3%	22.9%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	48.3%	25.5%	22.8%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	48.4%	25.8%	22.6%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	48.7%	26.2%	22.4%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	49%	26.6%	22.3%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	49.3%	27%	22.3%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	49.6%	27.4%	22.2%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	50%	27.7%	22.2%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	50.3%	28%	22.2%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	50.6%	28.3%	22.3%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	50.8%	28.4%	22.4%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	51%	28.4%	22.6%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	51.2%	28.4%	22.8%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	51.3%	28.2%	23.1%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	51.5%	28.1%	23.4%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	51.7%	27.9%	23.9%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	52.2%	27.7%	24.5%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	52.8%	27.5%	25.3%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	53.5%	27.3%	26.2%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	54.2%	27.1%	27.2%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	54.8%	26.8%	27.9%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	55.1%	26.5%	28.6%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	55.3%	26.3%	29.1%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	55.6%	26.1%	29.5%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	55.9%	26%	29.9%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	56.2%	25.9%	30.4%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	56.6%	25.7%	30.9%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	57%	25.6%	31.4%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	57.3%	25.4%	31.8%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	57.3%	25.2%	32.1%	54%	39%	15%
2023	57.4%	25%	32.4%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	57.6%	24.7%	32.9%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Denmark increased from 51% to 57.6% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Denmark working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Denmark	World
1960	64.2%	57.6%
1961	64.5%	57.5%
1962	64.8%	57.4%
1963	64.9%	57.2%
1964	64.9%	57%
1965	64.8%	56.9%
1966	64.7%	56.8%
1967	64.5%	56.9%
1968	64.4%	56.9%
1969	64.4%	56.9%
1970	64.4%	57%
1971	64.4%	57.1%
1972	64.3%	57.2%
1973	64.2%	57.3%
1974	64.1%	57.3%
1975	64%	57.4%
1976	64%	57.5%
1977	64%	57.7%
1978	64.2%	58%
1979	64.4%	58.4%
1980	64.7%	58.7%
1981	65.2%	59%
1982	65.7%	59.3%
1983	66%	59.6%
1984	66.3%	59.9%
1985	66.5%	60.1%
1986	66.6%	60.4%
1987	66.9%	60.5%
1988	67.1%	60.7%
1989	67.2%	60.8%
1990	67.4%	60.9%
1991	67.5%	61%
1992	67.5%	61.1%
1993	67.5%	61.2%
1994	67.4%	61.3%
1995	67.4%	61.5%
1996	67.3%	61.7%
1997	67.1%	61.9%
1998	67%	62.2%
1999	66.8%	62.5%
2000	66.7%	62.8%
2001	66.5%	63.1%
2002	66.4%	63.4%
2003	66.3%	63.7%
2004	66.2%	64%
2005	66.1%	64.3%
2006	66.1%	64.5%
2007	66%	64.7%
2008	65.9%	64.9%
2009	65.7%	65%
2010	65.5%	65.1%
2011	65.1%	65.2%
2012	64.8%	65.2%
2013	64.6%	65.2%
2014	64.5%	65.2%
2015	64.4%	65.1%
2016	64.3%	65.1%
2017	64.1%	65%
2018	64%	64.9%
2019	63.9%	64.9%
2020	63.7%	64.8%
2021	63.6%	64.9%
2022	63.6%	64.9%
2023	63.5%	65%
2024	63.4%	65.1%
2025	63.3%	65.2%
2026	63.1%	65.3%
2027	62.9%	65.4%
2028	62.6%	65.4%
2029	62.2%	65.4%
2030	61.8%	65.4%
2031	61.5%	65.4%
2032	61.2%	65.4%
2033	60.9%	65.4%
2034	60.8%	65.3%
2035	60.7%	65.2%
2036	60.6%	65%
2037	60.4%	64.9%
2038	60.2%	64.7%
2039	60%	64.6%
2040	59.8%	64.5%
2041	59.7%	64.4%
2042	59.7%	64.3%
2043	59.6%	64.2%
2044	59.6%	64.1%
2045	59.6%	63.9%
2046	59.7%	63.8%
2047	59.7%	63.7%
2048	59.8%	63.6%
2049	59.9%	63.4%
2050	59.9%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Denmark changed from 66.2% to 63.4% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Denmark	World
1960	25.2%	37.4%
1961	24.7%	37.5%
1962	24.2%	37.6%
1963	24%	37.8%
1964	23.8%	38%
1965	23.8%	38%
1966	23.8%	38%
1967	23.8%	38%
1968	23.7%	37.9%
1969	23.5%	37.8%
1970	23.3%	37.7%
1971	23.1%	37.6%
1972	23%	37.5%
1973	22.9%	37.3%
1974	22.7%	37.2%
1975	22.6%	37.1%
1976	22.4%	36.9%
1977	22.1%	36.7%
1978	21.8%	36.3%
1979	21.3%	35.9%
1980	20.8%	35.5%
1981	20.3%	35.2%
1982	19.7%	34.9%
1983	19.2%	34.6%
1984	18.8%	34.3%
1985	18.4%	34%
1986	18.1%	33.8%
1987	17.7%	33.6%
1988	17.5%	33.4%
1989	17.2%	33.2%
1990	17.1%	33%
1991	17%	32.9%
1992	17%	32.7%
1993	17.1%	32.5%
1994	17.2%	32.3%
1995	17.4%	32.1%
1996	17.6%	31.8%
1997	17.9%	31.5%
1998	18.1%	31.1%
1999	18.3%	30.8%
2000	18.5%	30.4%
2001	18.7%	30%
2002	18.8%	29.6%
2003	18.8%	29.2%
2004	18.8%	28.8%
2005	18.8%	28.5%
2006	18.7%	28.1%
2007	18.5%	27.9%
2008	18.4%	27.6%
2009	18.2%	27.5%
2010	18%	27.3%
2011	17.8%	27.1%
2012	17.6%	27%
2013	17.3%	26.9%
2014	17.1%	26.8%
2015	16.9%	26.6%
2016	16.8%	26.5%
2017	16.7%	26.4%
2018	16.6%	26.2%
2019	16.4%	26%
2020	16.3%	25.8%
2021	16.2%	25.6%
2022	16%	25.3%
2023	15.9%	25%
2024	15.7%	24.7%
2025	15.6%	24.4%
2026	15.5%	24.1%
2027	15.4%	23.8%
2028	15.4%	23.4%
2029	15.4%	23.1%
2030	15.4%	22.8%
2031	15.4%	22.6%
2032	15.3%	22.3%
2033	15.2%	22.1%
2034	15.2%	21.9%
2035	15.1%	21.7%
2036	15%	21.6%
2037	15%	21.5%
2038	15%	21.4%
2039	15%	21.3%
2040	14.9%	21.2%
2041	14.9%	21.1%
2042	14.9%	21%
2043	14.8%	21%
2044	14.8%	20.9%
2045	14.7%	20.8%
2046	14.7%	20.7%
2047	14.6%	20.7%
2048	14.6%	20.6%
2049	14.5%	20.5%
2050	14.5%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Denmark decreased from 18.8% to 15.7% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Denmark	World
1960	10.6%	4.97%
1961	10.8%	4.99%
1962	10.9%	5.01%
1963	11.1%	5.02%
1964	11.2%	5.04%
1965	11.4%	5.08%
1966	11.5%	5.12%
1967	11.7%	5.16%
1968	11.9%	5.2%
1969	12.1%	5.24%
1970	12.3%	5.28%
1971	12.5%	5.32%
1972	12.7%	5.37%
1973	12.9%	5.42%
1974	13.1%	5.47%
1975	13.4%	5.53%
1976	13.6%	5.59%
1977	13.8%	5.65%
1978	14.1%	5.71%
1979	14.3%	5.77%
1980	14.4%	5.81%
1981	14.5%	5.81%
1982	14.7%	5.8%
1983	14.8%	5.79%
1984	14.9%	5.8%
1985	15.1%	5.82%
1986	15.3%	5.86%
1987	15.4%	5.91%
1988	15.5%	5.95%
1989	15.6%	6.01%
1990	15.6%	6.07%
1991	15.6%	6.14%
1992	15.5%	6.21%
1993	15.5%	6.29%
1994	15.4%	6.37%
1995	15.2%	6.45%
1996	15.1%	6.53%
1997	15%	6.61%
1998	14.9%	6.68%
1999	14.9%	6.76%
2000	14.8%	6.84%
2001	14.8%	6.92%
2002	14.8%	7.01%
2003	14.9%	7.1%
2004	15%	7.18%
2005	15.1%	7.26%
2006	15.2%	7.34%
2007	15.5%	7.41%
2008	15.7%	7.47%
2009	16.1%	7.52%
2010	16.6%	7.58%
2011	17.1%	7.66%
2012	17.6%	7.78%
2013	18.1%	7.92%
2014	18.4%	8.08%
2015	18.7%	8.26%
2016	18.9%	8.45%
2017	19.2%	8.65%
2018	19.4%	8.88%
2019	19.7%	9.1%
2020	20%	9.33%
2021	20.2%	9.53%
2022	20.4%	9.74%
2023	20.6%	9.98%
2024	20.9%	10.2%
2025	21.1%	10.4%
2026	21.4%	10.6%
2027	21.7%	10.8%
2028	22%	11.1%
2029	22.4%	11.5%
2030	22.8%	11.7%
2031	23.2%	12%
2032	23.5%	12.3%
2033	23.8%	12.6%
2034	24%	12.8%
2035	24.2%	13.1%
2036	24.4%	13.4%
2037	24.6%	13.7%
2038	24.9%	13.9%
2039	25%	14.1%
2040	25.2%	14.3%
2041	25.4%	14.5%
2042	25.5%	14.7%
2043	25.6%	14.9%
2044	25.6%	15%
2045	25.7%	15.2%
2046	25.7%	15.4%
2047	25.7%	15.7%
2048	25.6%	15.9%
2049	25.6%	16.1%
2050	25.6%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Denmark increased from 15% to 20.9% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.