The latest officially reported population of Denmark was 5,976,992 in 2024 vs 1,450,935,791 people in India in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Denmark's population is 6,018,959 people compared to 1,474,115,403 in India.
Population statistics:
- India's population is 244.9 times bigger than Denmark's.
- Denmark is ranked the 114th most populous country in the world, while India is the 1st.
- The countries together account for 17.9% of the world: 0.07% for Denmark vs 17.8% for India.
- For the last 10 years, Denmark has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +1.03% in India.
- Since 2005, the population of Denmark has increased from 5.42M people to 6.02M (11.1% growth), while India has grown from 1.15B to 1.47B (27.7% growth).
- Denmark is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 6.14M people compared to the peak of 1.7B people in 2061 for India.
Denmark vs India: live population counter
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| Current population |
6018959
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1474115403
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| Population rank | 114/197 | 1/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 17.8% |
| One net population change |
17.5 minutes
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2.45 seconds
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| One birth every |
9.11 minutes
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1.36 seconds
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| One death every |
9.02 minutes
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3.32 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
20.5 minutes
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50 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +25,639 | -630,830 |
| Daily growth/decline | +82 | +35,250 |
| Annual growth/decline | +30,040 | +12,866,195 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.51% | +0.89% |
| Population growth rate rank | 133/197 | 109/197 |
Denmark and India: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,579,603 | 435,990,338 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,611,687 | 446,564,729 | 0.7% | 2.43% |
| 1962 | 4,647,727 | 457,283,090 | 0.78% | 2.4% |
| 1963 | 4,684,483 | 468,138,575 | 0.79% | 2.37% |
| 1964 | 4,722,072 | 479,229,598 | 0.8% | 2.37% |
| 1965 | 4,759,012 | 490,140,146 | 0.78% | 2.28% |
| 1966 | 4,797,381 | 500,740,247 | 0.81% | 2.16% |
| 1967 | 4,835,354 | 511,606,372 | 0.79% | 2.17% |
| 1968 | 4,864,883 | 522,716,889 | 0.61% | 2.17% |
| 1969 | 4,891,860 | 533,880,544 | 0.55% | 2.14% |
| 1970 | 4,928,757 | 545,864,268 | 0.75% | 2.24% |
| 1971 | 4,963,126 | 558,096,387 | 0.7% | 2.24% |
| 1972 | 4,991,596 | 570,482,142 | 0.57% | 2.22% |
| 1973 | 5,021,861 | 583,465,598 | 0.61% | 2.28% |
| 1974 | 5,045,297 | 597,041,391 | 0.47% | 2.33% |
| 1975 | 5,059,862 | 611,309,535 | 0.29% | 2.39% |
| 1976 | 5,072,596 | 625,861,883 | 0.25% | 2.38% |
| 1977 | 5,088,419 | 640,801,103 | 0.31% | 2.39% |
| 1978 | 5,104,248 | 655,728,229 | 0.31% | 2.33% |
| 1979 | 5,116,801 | 671,155,747 | 0.25% | 2.35% |
| 1980 | 5,123,027 | 687,354,025 | 0.12% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 5,121,572 | 703,696,250 | -0.03% | 2.38% |
| 1982 | 5,117,810 | 720,313,473 | -0.07% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 5,114,297 | 737,372,681 | -0.07% | 2.37% |
| 1984 | 5,111,619 | 754,875,449 | -0.05% | 2.37% |
| 1985 | 5,113,691 | 772,647,793 | 0.04% | 2.35% |
| 1986 | 5,120,534 | 790,689,978 | 0.13% | 2.34% |
| 1987 | 5,127,024 | 808,931,270 | 0.13% | 2.31% |
| 1988 | 5,129,516 | 827,342,990 | 0.05% | 2.28% |
| 1989 | 5,132,594 | 846,039,529 | 0.06% | 2.26% |
| 1990 | 5,140,939 | 864,972,221 | 0.16% | 2.24% |
| 1991 | 5,154,298 | 883,927,600 | 0.26% | 2.19% |
| 1992 | 5,171,370 | 902,957,070 | 0.33% | 2.15% |
| 1993 | 5,188,628 | 922,118,387 | 0.33% | 2.12% |
| 1994 | 5,206,180 | 941,163,767 | 0.34% | 2.07% |
| 1995 | 5,233,373 | 960,301,044 | 0.52% | 2.03% |
| 1996 | 5,263,074 | 979,678,458 | 0.57% | 2.02% |
| 1997 | 5,284,991 | 999,133,762 | 0.42% | 1.99% |
| 1998 | 5,304,219 | 1,018,665,080 | 0.36% | 1.95% |
| 1999 | 5,321,799 | 1,038,225,823 | 0.33% | 1.92% |
| 2000 | 5,339,616 | 1,057,922,733 | 0.33% | 1.9% |
| 2001 | 5,358,783 | 1,077,898,575 | 0.36% | 1.89% |
| 2002 | 5,375,931 | 1,097,600,380 | 0.32% | 1.83% |
| 2003 | 5,390,574 | 1,116,803,006 | 0.27% | 1.75% |
| 2004 | 5,404,523 | 1,135,991,513 | 0.26% | 1.72% |
| 2005 | 5,419,432 | 1,154,676,322 | 0.28% | 1.64% |
| 2006 | 5,437,272 | 1,172,878,890 | 0.33% | 1.58% |
| 2007 | 5,461,438 | 1,190,676,021 | 0.44% | 1.52% |
| 2008 | 5,493,621 | 1,207,930,964 | 0.59% | 1.45% |
| 2009 | 5,523,095 | 1,225,524,753 | 0.54% | 1.46% |
| 2010 | 5,547,683 | 1,243,481,564 | 0.45% | 1.47% |
| 2011 | 5,570,572 | 1,261,224,954 | 0.41% | 1.43% |
| 2012 | 5,591,572 | 1,278,674,502 | 0.38% | 1.38% |
| 2013 | 5,614,932 | 1,295,829,511 | 0.42% | 1.34% |
| 2014 | 5,643,475 | 1,312,277,191 | 0.51% | 1.27% |
| 2015 | 5,683,483 | 1,328,024,498 | 0.71% | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 5,728,010 | 1,343,944,296 | 0.78% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 5,764,980 | 1,359,657,400 | 0.65% | 1.17% |
| 2018 | 5,793,636 | 1,374,659,064 | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 5,814,422 | 1,389,030,312 | 0.36% | 1.05% |
| 2020 | 5,831,404 | 1,402,617,695 | 0.29% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 5,856,733 | 1,414,203,896 | 0.43% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | 5,903,037 | 1,425,423,212 | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 2023 | 5,946,952 | 1,438,069,596 | 0.74% | 0.89% |
| 2024 | 5,976,992 | 1,450,935,791 | 0.51% | 0.89% |
| 2025 | 6,002,090 | 1,463,865,531 | 0.42% | 0.89% |
| 2026 | 6,023,091 | 1,476,625,576 | 0.35% | 0.87% |
| 2027 | 6,041,010 | 1,489,164,679 | 0.3% | 0.85% |
| 2028 | 6,056,755 | 1,501,432,748 | 0.26% | 0.82% |
| 2029 | 6,070,186 | 1,513,423,737 | 0.22% | 0.8% |
| 2030 | 6,081,559 | 1,525,138,852 | 0.19% | 0.77% |
| 2031 | 6,091,513 | 1,536,540,604 | 0.16% | 0.75% |
| 2032 | 6,099,943 | 1,547,607,126 | 0.14% | 0.72% |
| 2033 | 6,107,156 | 1,558,324,087 | 0.12% | 0.69% |
| 2034 | 6,113,785 | 1,568,688,356 | 0.11% | 0.67% |
| 2035 | 6,119,365 | 1,578,694,799 | 0.09% | 0.64% |
| 2036 | 6,123,874 | 1,588,325,366 | 0.07% | 0.61% |
| 2037 | 6,127,386 | 1,597,537,009 | 0.06% | 0.58% |
| 2038 | 6,130,437 | 1,606,300,646 | 0.05% | 0.55% |
| 2039 | 6,132,752 | 1,614,639,243 | 0.04% | 0.52% |
| 2040 | 6,134,223 | 1,622,580,052 | 0.02% | 0.49% |
| 2041 | 6,135,120 | 1,630,119,374 | 0.01% | 0.46% |
| 2042 | 6,135,315 | 1,637,235,363 | 0.003% | 0.44% |
| 2043 | 6,135,244 | 1,643,915,269 | -0.001% | 0.41% |
| 2044 | 6,134,789 | 1,650,186,610 | -0.007% | 0.38% |
| 2045 | 6,134,218 | 1,656,067,585 | -0.009% | 0.36% |
| 2046 | 6,133,182 | 1,661,548,400 | -0.02% | 0.33% |
| 2047 | 6,131,427 | 1,666,628,151 | -0.03% | 0.31% |
| 2048 | 6,129,548 | 1,671,309,727 | -0.03% | 0.28% |
| 2049 | 6,127,293 | 1,675,619,893 | -0.04% | 0.26% |
| 2050 | 6,124,397 | 1,679,589,268 | -0.05% | 0.24% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while India gained 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while India's population increased by 146,090,905 (a 11% growth).
Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th in 2025. India was ranked 2nd in 2005 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.
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Population differences between Denmark and India
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| Life expectancy | 82.2 years | 72.5 years |
| Average age | 42.4 years | 31.8 years |
| Median age | 42.3 years | 29.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 51.6:48.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 1.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 387 ppl/mi² | 1,264 ppl/mi² |
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