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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Denmark was 5,976,992 in 2024 vs 58,986,023 people in Italy in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Denmark's population is 6,018,959 people compared to 58,790,597 in Italy.

Population statistics:

  • Italy's population is 9.77 times bigger than Denmark's.
  • Denmark is ranked the 114th most populous country in the world, while Italy is the 25th.
  • The countries together account for 0.78% of the world: 0.07% for Denmark vs 0.71% for Italy.
  • For the last 10 years, Denmark has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs -0.2% in Italy.
  • Since 2005, the population of Denmark has increased from 5.42M people to 6.02M (11.1% growth), while Italy has grown from 58.2M to 58.8M (1.07% growth).
  • Denmark is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 6.14M people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.2M people by 2100.

Denmark vs Italy: live population counter

Denmark Italy
Current population
6018959
58790597
Population rank 114/197 25/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.71%
One net population change
17.5 minutes
1.18 hours
One birth every
9.11 minutes
1.39 minutes
One death every
9.02 minutes
47.7 seconds
One migration net change every
20.5 minutes
5.52 minutes
Annual migration change +25,639 +95,246
Daily growth/decline +82 -20
Annual growth/decline +30,040 -7,452
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% -0.01%
Population growth rate rank 133/197 166/197

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

Denmark
Population

Growth rate
Italy
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Denmark Italy Denmark Italy
1960 4,579,603 50,199,700 - -
1961 4,611,687 50,536,350 0.7% 0.67%
1962 4,647,727 50,879,450 0.78% 0.68%
1963 4,684,483 51,252,000 0.79% 0.73%
1964 4,722,072 51,675,350 0.8% 0.83%
1965 4,759,012 52,112,350 0.78% 0.85%
1966 4,797,381 52,519,000 0.81% 0.78%
1967 4,835,354 52,900,500 0.79% 0.73%
1968 4,864,883 53,235,750 0.61% 0.63%
1969 4,891,860 53,537,950 0.55% 0.57%
1970 4,928,757 53,821,850 0.75% 0.53%
1971 4,963,126 54,073,490 0.7% 0.47%
1972 4,991,596 54,381,345 0.57% 0.57%
1973 5,021,861 54,751,406 0.61% 0.68%
1974 5,045,297 55,110,868 0.47% 0.66%
1975 5,059,862 55,441,001 0.29% 0.6%
1976 5,072,596 55,718,260 0.25% 0.5%
1977 5,088,419 55,955,411 0.31% 0.43%
1978 5,104,248 56,155,143 0.31% 0.36%
1979 5,116,801 56,317,749 0.25% 0.29%
1980 5,123,027 56,433,883 0.12% 0.21%
1981 5,121,572 56,501,675 -0.03% 0.12%
1982 5,117,810 56,543,548 -0.07% 0.07%
1983 5,114,297 56,564,074 -0.07% 0.04%
1984 5,111,619 56,576,718 -0.05% 0.02%
1985 5,113,691 56,593,071 0.04% 0.03%
1986 5,120,534 56,596,155 0.13% 0.005%
1987 5,127,024 56,601,931 0.13% 0.01%
1988 5,129,516 56,629,288 0.05% 0.05%
1989 5,132,594 56,671,781 0.06% 0.08%
1990 5,140,939 56,719,240 0.16% 0.08%
1991 5,154,298 56,758,521 0.26% 0.07%
1992 5,171,370 56,797,087 0.33% 0.07%
1993 5,188,628 56,831,821 0.33% 0.06%
1994 5,206,180 56,843,400 0.34% 0.02%
1995 5,233,373 56,844,303 0.52% 0.002%
1996 5,263,074 56,860,281 0.57% 0.03%
1997 5,284,991 56,890,372 0.42% 0.05%
1998 5,304,219 56,906,744 0.36% 0.03%
1999 5,321,799 56,916,317 0.33% 0.02%
2000 5,339,616 56,942,108 0.33% 0.05%
2001 5,358,783 56,976,981 0.36% 0.06%
2002 5,375,931 57,089,824 0.32% 0.2%
2003 5,390,574 57,399,184 0.27% 0.54%
2004 5,404,523 57,828,179 0.26% 0.75%
2005 5,419,432 58,166,682 0.28% 0.59%
2006 5,437,272 58,399,861 0.33% 0.4%
2007 5,461,438 58,756,247 0.44% 0.61%
2008 5,493,621 59,211,181 0.59% 0.77%
2009 5,523,095 59,555,454 0.54% 0.58%
2010 5,547,683 59,819,407 0.45% 0.44%
2011 5,570,572 60,026,841 0.41% 0.35%
2012 5,591,572 60,191,247 0.38% 0.27%
2013 5,614,932 60,311,613 0.42% 0.2%
2014 5,643,475 60,320,707 0.51% 0.02%
2015 5,683,483 60,229,605 0.71% -0.15%
2016 5,728,010 60,115,223 0.78% -0.19%
2017 5,764,980 60,002,252 0.65% -0.19%
2018 5,793,636 60,148,658 0.5% 0.24%
2019 5,814,422 59,729,081 0.36% -0.7%
2020 5,831,404 59,438,851 0.29% -0.49%
2021 5,856,733 59,133,173 0.43% -0.51%
2022 5,903,037 59,013,667 0.79% -0.2%
2023 5,946,952 58,993,475 0.74% -0.03%
2024 5,976,992 58,986,023 0.51% -0.01%
2025 6,002,090 58,790,597 0.42% -0.33%
2026 6,023,091 58,571,823 0.35% -0.37%
2027 6,041,010 58,335,864 0.3% -0.4%
2028 6,056,755 58,094,373 0.26% -0.41%
2029 6,070,186 57,851,042 0.22% -0.42%
2030 6,081,559 57,597,622 0.19% -0.44%
2031 6,091,513 57,333,277 0.16% -0.46%
2032 6,099,943 57,071,235 0.14% -0.46%
2033 6,107,156 56,812,747 0.12% -0.45%
2034 6,113,785 56,548,816 0.11% -0.46%
2035 6,119,365 56,279,536 0.09% -0.48%
2036 6,123,874 56,009,844 0.07% -0.48%
2037 6,127,386 55,737,477 0.06% -0.49%
2038 6,130,437 55,460,735 0.05% -0.5%
2039 6,132,752 55,177,508 0.04% -0.51%
2040 6,134,223 54,889,107 0.02% -0.52%
2041 6,135,120 54,601,628 0.01% -0.52%
2042 6,135,315 54,307,412 0.003% -0.54%
2043 6,135,244 53,997,106 -0.001% -0.57%
2044 6,134,789 53,679,603 -0.007% -0.59%
2045 6,134,218 53,357,669 -0.009% -0.6%
2046 6,133,182 53,025,288 -0.02% -0.62%
2047 6,131,427 52,680,150 -0.03% -0.65%
2048 6,129,548 52,324,241 -0.03% -0.68%
2049 6,127,293 51,959,050 -0.04% -0.7%
2050 6,124,397 51,579,060 -0.05% -0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.

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