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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Denmark was 5,976,992 in 2024 vs 283,487,931 people in Indonesia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Denmark's population is 6,018,959 people compared to 287,460,768 in Indonesia.

Population statistics:

  • Indonesia's population is 47.8 times bigger than Denmark's.
  • Denmark is ranked the 114th most populous country in the world, while Indonesia is the 4th.
  • The countries together account for 3.55% of the world: 0.07% for Denmark vs 3.48% for Indonesia.
  • For the last 10 years, Denmark has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +0.94% in Indonesia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Denmark has increased from 5.42M people to 6.02M (11.1% growth), while Indonesia has grown from 231M to 287M (24.5% growth).
  • Denmark is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 6.14M people compared to the peak of 323M people in 2058 for Indonesia.

Denmark vs Indonesia: live population counter

Denmark Indonesia
Current population
6018959
287460768
Population rank 114/197 4/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 3.48%
One net population change
17.5 minutes
13.7 seconds
One birth every
9.11 minutes
7.04 seconds
One death every
9.02 minutes
14.9 seconds
One migration net change every
20.5 minutes
13.7 minutes
Annual migration change +25,639 -38,469
Daily growth/decline +82 +6,296
Annual growth/decline +30,040 +2,297,864
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% +0.82%
Population growth rate rank 133/197 117/197

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

Denmark
Population

Growth rate
Indonesia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Denmark Indonesia Denmark Indonesia
1960 4,579,603 88,296,070 - -
1961 4,611,687 90,791,249 0.7% 2.83%
1962 4,647,727 93,375,850 0.78% 2.85%
1963 4,684,483 96,051,424 0.79% 2.87%
1964 4,722,072 98,833,749 0.8% 2.9%
1965 4,759,012 101,365,130 0.78% 2.56%
1966 4,797,381 103,792,754 0.81% 2.39%
1967 4,835,354 106,526,393 0.79% 2.63%
1968 4,864,883 109,450,006 0.61% 2.74%
1969 4,891,860 112,517,639 0.55% 2.8%
1970 4,928,757 115,657,495 0.75% 2.79%
1971 4,963,126 118,833,702 0.7% 2.75%
1972 4,991,596 122,039,841 0.57% 2.7%
1973 5,021,861 125,288,515 0.61% 2.66%
1974 5,045,297 128,555,045 0.47% 2.61%
1975 5,059,862 131,843,848 0.29% 2.56%
1976 5,072,596 135,173,655 0.25% 2.53%
1977 5,088,419 138,533,541 0.31% 2.49%
1978 5,104,248 141,953,163 0.31% 2.47%
1979 5,116,801 145,434,834 0.25% 2.45%
1980 5,123,027 148,950,540 0.12% 2.42%
1981 5,121,572 152,485,035 -0.03% 2.37%
1982 5,117,810 156,052,152 -0.07% 2.34%
1983 5,114,297 159,651,381 -0.07% 2.31%
1984 5,111,619 163,251,124 -0.05% 2.25%
1985 5,113,691 166,776,185 0.04% 2.16%
1986 5,120,534 170,175,065 0.13% 2.04%
1987 5,127,024 173,511,154 0.13% 1.96%
1988 5,129,516 176,855,065 0.05% 1.93%
1989 5,132,594 180,201,630 0.06% 1.89%
1990 5,140,939 183,501,098 0.16% 1.83%
1991 5,154,298 186,778,238 0.26% 1.79%
1992 5,171,370 190,043,744 0.33% 1.75%
1993 5,188,628 193,305,168 0.33% 1.72%
1994 5,206,180 196,591,828 0.34% 1.7%
1995 5,233,373 199,888,057 0.52% 1.68%
1996 5,263,074 203,204,348 0.57% 1.66%
1997 5,284,991 206,536,095 0.42% 1.64%
1998 5,304,219 209,826,788 0.36% 1.59%
1999 5,321,799 213,004,668 0.33% 1.51%
2000 5,339,616 216,077,790 0.33% 1.44%
2001 5,358,783 219,097,902 0.36% 1.4%
2002 5,375,931 222,088,495 0.32% 1.36%
2003 5,390,574 225,048,008 0.27% 1.33%
2004 5,404,523 227,926,649 0.26% 1.28%
2005 5,419,432 230,871,650 0.28% 1.29%
2006 5,437,272 233,951,652 0.33% 1.33%
2007 5,461,438 237,062,337 0.44% 1.33%
2008 5,493,621 240,157,903 0.59% 1.31%
2009 5,523,095 243,220,028 0.54% 1.28%
2010 5,547,683 246,305,322 0.45% 1.27%
2011 5,570,572 249,470,032 0.41% 1.28%
2012 5,591,572 252,698,525 0.38% 1.29%
2013 5,614,932 255,852,467 0.42% 1.25%
2014 5,643,475 258,877,399 0.51% 1.18%
2015 5,683,483 261,799,249 0.71% 1.13%
2016 5,728,010 264,627,418 0.78% 1.08%
2017 5,764,980 267,346,658 0.65% 1.03%
2018 5,793,636 269,951,846 0.5% 0.97%
2019 5,814,422 272,489,381 0.36% 0.94%
2020 5,831,404 274,814,866 0.29% 0.85%
2021 5,856,733 276,758,053 0.43% 0.71%
2022 5,903,037 278,830,529 0.79% 0.75%
2023 5,946,952 281,190,067 0.74% 0.85%
2024 5,976,992 283,487,931 0.51% 0.82%
2025 6,002,090 285,721,231 0.42% 0.79%
2026 6,023,091 287,886,778 0.35% 0.76%
2027 6,041,010 289,986,520 0.3% 0.73%
2028 6,056,755 292,016,774 0.26% 0.7%
2029 6,070,186 293,978,106 0.22% 0.67%
2030 6,081,559 295,876,644 0.19% 0.65%
2031 6,091,513 297,719,741 0.16% 0.62%
2032 6,099,943 299,510,654 0.14% 0.6%
2033 6,107,156 301,250,975 0.12% 0.58%
2034 6,113,785 302,938,571 0.11% 0.56%
2035 6,119,365 304,566,615 0.09% 0.54%
2036 6,123,874 306,135,097 0.07% 0.51%
2037 6,127,386 307,646,407 0.06% 0.49%
2038 6,130,437 309,096,450 0.05% 0.47%
2039 6,132,752 310,481,116 0.04% 0.45%
2040 6,134,223 311,797,391 0.02% 0.42%
2041 6,135,120 313,041,656 0.01% 0.4%
2042 6,135,315 314,211,278 0.003% 0.37%
2043 6,135,244 315,304,309 -0.001% 0.35%
2044 6,134,789 316,318,412 -0.007% 0.32%
2045 6,134,218 317,249,609 -0.009% 0.29%
2046 6,133,182 318,096,567 -0.02% 0.27%
2047 6,131,427 318,862,018 -0.03% 0.24%
2048 6,129,548 319,554,646 -0.03% 0.22%
2049 6,127,293 320,173,244 -0.04% 0.19%
2050 6,124,397 320,712,941 -0.05% 0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th 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 Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.

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