Population in Denmark compared to Germany: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Denmark and Germany: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Germany	Denmark	Germany
1960	4,579,603	72,814,900	-	-
1961	4,611,687	73,377,632	0.7%	0.77%
1962	4,647,727	74,025,784	0.78%	0.88%
1963	4,684,483	74,714,353	0.79%	0.93%
1964	4,722,072	75,318,337	0.8%	0.81%
1965	4,759,012	75,963,695	0.78%	0.86%
1966	4,797,381	76,600,311	0.81%	0.84%
1967	4,835,354	76,951,336	0.79%	0.46%
1968	4,864,883	77,294,314	0.61%	0.45%
1969	4,891,860	77,909,682	0.55%	0.8%
1970	4,928,757	78,169,289	0.75%	0.33%
1971	4,963,126	78,312,842	0.7%	0.18%
1972	4,991,596	78,688,452	0.57%	0.48%
1973	5,021,861	78,936,666	0.61%	0.32%
1974	5,045,297	78,967,433	0.47%	0.04%
1975	5,059,862	78,673,554	0.29%	-0.37%
1976	5,072,596	78,336,950	0.25%	-0.43%
1977	5,088,419	78,159,814	0.31%	-0.23%
1978	5,104,248	78,091,820	0.31%	-0.09%
1979	5,116,801	78,126,350	0.25%	0.04%
1980	5,123,027	78,288,576	0.12%	0.21%
1981	5,121,572	78,407,907	-0.03%	0.15%
1982	5,117,810	78,333,366	-0.07%	-0.1%
1983	5,114,297	78,128,282	-0.07%	-0.26%
1984	5,111,619	77,858,685	-0.05%	-0.35%
1985	5,113,691	77,684,873	0.04%	-0.22%
1986	5,120,534	77,720,436	0.13%	0.05%
1987	5,127,024	77,839,920	0.13%	0.15%
1988	5,129,516	78,144,619	0.05%	0.39%
1989	5,132,594	78,751,283	0.06%	0.78%
1990	5,140,939	79,433,029	0.16%	0.87%
1991	5,154,298	80,013,896	0.26%	0.73%
1992	5,171,370	80,624,598	0.33%	0.76%
1993	5,188,628	81,156,363	0.33%	0.66%
1994	5,206,180	81,438,348	0.34%	0.35%
1995	5,233,373	81,678,051	0.52%	0.29%
1996	5,263,074	81,914,831	0.57%	0.29%
1997	5,284,991	82,034,771	0.42%	0.15%
1998	5,304,219	82,047,195	0.36%	0.02%
1999	5,321,799	82,100,243	0.33%	0.06%
2000	5,339,616	82,211,508	0.33%	0.14%
2001	5,358,783	82,349,925	0.36%	0.17%
2002	5,375,931	82,488,495	0.32%	0.17%
2003	5,390,574	82,534,176	0.27%	0.06%
2004	5,404,523	82,516,260	0.26%	-0.02%
2005	5,419,432	82,469,422	0.28%	-0.06%
2006	5,437,272	82,376,451	0.33%	-0.11%
2007	5,461,438	82,266,372	0.44%	-0.13%
2008	5,493,621	82,110,097	0.59%	-0.19%
2009	5,523,095	81,902,307	0.54%	-0.25%
2010	5,547,683	81,776,930	0.45%	-0.15%
2011	5,570,572	80,274,983	0.41%	-1.84%
2012	5,591,572	80,425,823	0.38%	0.19%
2013	5,614,932	80,645,605	0.42%	0.27%
2014	5,643,475	80,982,500	0.51%	0.42%
2015	5,683,483	81,686,611	0.71%	0.87%
2016	5,728,010	82,348,669	0.78%	0.81%
2017	5,764,980	82,657,002	0.65%	0.37%
2018	5,793,636	82,905,782	0.5%	0.3%
2019	5,814,422	83,092,962	0.36%	0.23%
2020	5,831,404	83,160,871	0.29%	0.08%
2021	5,856,733	83,196,078	0.43%	0.04%
2022	5,903,037	83,797,985	0.79%	0.72%
2023	5,946,952	83,901,923	0.74%	0.12%
2024	5,976,992	83,510,950	0.51%	-0.47%
2025	6,002,090	83,039,665	0.42%	-0.56%
2026	6,023,091	82,614,154	0.35%	-0.51%
2027	6,041,010	82,415,087	0.3%	-0.24%
2028	6,056,755	82,204,095	0.26%	-0.26%
2029	6,070,186	81,983,207	0.22%	-0.27%
2030	6,081,559	81,761,486	0.19%	-0.27%
2031	6,091,513	81,535,782	0.16%	-0.28%
2032	6,099,943	81,309,833	0.14%	-0.28%
2033	6,107,156	81,088,671	0.12%	-0.27%
2034	6,113,785	80,874,239	0.11%	-0.26%
2035	6,119,365	80,664,119	0.09%	-0.26%
2036	6,123,874	80,440,400	0.07%	-0.28%
2037	6,127,386	80,216,687	0.06%	-0.28%
2038	6,130,437	79,996,530	0.05%	-0.27%
2039	6,132,752	79,775,309	0.04%	-0.28%
2040	6,134,223	79,559,716	0.02%	-0.27%
2041	6,135,120	79,356,179	0.01%	-0.26%
2042	6,135,315	79,162,051	0.003%	-0.24%
2043	6,135,244	78,957,628	-0.001%	-0.26%
2044	6,134,789	78,737,840	-0.007%	-0.28%
2045	6,134,218	78,512,825	-0.009%	-0.29%
2046	6,133,182	78,288,289	-0.02%	-0.29%
2047	6,131,427	78,060,952	-0.03%	-0.29%
2048	6,129,548	77,820,753	-0.03%	-0.31%
2049	6,127,293	77,573,634	-0.04%	-0.32%
2050	6,124,397	77,330,385	-0.05%	-0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Germany lost 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Germany's population increased by 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th in 2025. Germany was ranked 13th in 2005 and ranked 19th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of Germany will decrease by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.