The latest officially reported population of Denmark was 5,976,992 in 2024 vs 2,839,175 people in Jamaica in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Denmark's population is 6,018,959 people compared to 2,837,071 in Jamaica.
Population statistics:
- Denmark's population is 2.12 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- Denmark is ranked the 114th most populous country in the world, while Jamaica is the 140th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.07% for Denmark vs 0.03% for Jamaica.
- For the last 10 years, Denmark has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +0.18% in Jamaica.
- Since 2005, the population of Denmark has increased from 5.42M people to 6.02M (11.1% growth), while Jamaica has grown from 2.69M to 2.84M (5.58% growth).
- Denmark is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 6.14M people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Denmark vs Jamaica: live population counter
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| Current population |
6018959
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2837071
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| Population rank | 114/197 | 140/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
17.5 minutes
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14.3 hours
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| One birth every |
9.11 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One death every |
9.02 minutes
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22.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
20.5 minutes
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50 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +25,639 | -10,506 |
| Daily growth/decline | +82 | -2 |
| Annual growth/decline | +30,040 | -611 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.51% | -0.02% |
| Population growth rate rank | 133/197 | 167/197 |
Denmark and Jamaica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,579,603 | 1,650,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,611,687 | 1,673,261 | 0.7% | 1.41% |
| 1962 | 4,647,727 | 1,696,932 | 0.78% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 4,684,483 | 1,721,099 | 0.79% | 1.42% |
| 1964 | 4,722,072 | 1,745,568 | 0.8% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 4,759,012 | 1,769,192 | 0.78% | 1.35% |
| 1966 | 4,797,381 | 1,791,475 | 0.81% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 4,835,354 | 1,812,865 | 0.79% | 1.19% |
| 1968 | 4,864,883 | 1,833,765 | 0.61% | 1.15% |
| 1969 | 4,891,860 | 1,855,127 | 0.55% | 1.16% |
| 1970 | 4,928,757 | 1,878,196 | 0.75% | 1.24% |
| 1971 | 4,963,126 | 1,903,728 | 0.7% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 4,991,596 | 1,931,542 | 0.57% | 1.46% |
| 1973 | 5,021,861 | 1,961,219 | 0.61% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 5,045,297 | 1,990,906 | 0.47% | 1.51% |
| 1975 | 5,059,862 | 2,018,981 | 0.29% | 1.41% |
| 1976 | 5,072,596 | 2,045,578 | 0.25% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 5,088,419 | 2,070,657 | 0.31% | 1.23% |
| 1978 | 5,104,248 | 2,094,836 | 0.31% | 1.17% |
| 1979 | 5,116,801 | 2,119,486 | 0.25% | 1.18% |
| 1980 | 5,123,027 | 2,145,658 | 0.12% | 1.23% |
| 1981 | 5,121,572 | 2,173,818 | -0.03% | 1.31% |
| 1982 | 5,117,810 | 2,203,889 | -0.07% | 1.38% |
| 1983 | 5,114,297 | 2,234,832 | -0.07% | 1.4% |
| 1984 | 5,111,619 | 2,264,562 | -0.05% | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 5,113,691 | 2,290,656 | 0.04% | 1.15% |
| 1986 | 5,120,534 | 2,312,125 | 0.13% | 0.94% |
| 1987 | 5,127,024 | 2,329,813 | 0.13% | 0.77% |
| 1988 | 5,129,516 | 2,345,777 | 0.05% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 5,132,594 | 2,361,916 | 0.06% | 0.69% |
| 1990 | 5,140,939 | 2,379,877 | 0.16% | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 5,154,298 | 2,400,869 | 0.26% | 0.88% |
| 1992 | 5,171,370 | 2,424,701 | 0.33% | 0.99% |
| 1993 | 5,188,628 | 2,449,916 | 0.33% | 1.04% |
| 1994 | 5,206,180 | 2,475,220 | 0.34% | 1.03% |
| 1995 | 5,233,373 | 2,500,151 | 0.52% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 5,263,074 | 2,524,463 | 0.57% | 0.97% |
| 1997 | 5,284,991 | 2,547,848 | 0.42% | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 5,304,219 | 2,569,736 | 0.36% | 0.86% |
| 1999 | 5,321,799 | 2,589,795 | 0.33% | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 5,339,616 | 2,607,826 | 0.33% | 0.7% |
| 2001 | 5,358,783 | 2,624,403 | 0.36% | 0.64% |
| 2002 | 5,375,931 | 2,640,572 | 0.32% | 0.62% |
| 2003 | 5,390,574 | 2,656,623 | 0.27% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 5,404,523 | 2,672,225 | 0.26% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 5,419,432 | 2,687,066 | 0.28% | 0.56% |
| 2006 | 5,437,272 | 2,700,968 | 0.33% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 5,461,438 | 2,713,800 | 0.44% | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 5,493,621 | 2,725,635 | 0.59% | 0.44% |
| 2009 | 5,523,095 | 2,736,995 | 0.54% | 0.42% |
| 2010 | 5,547,683 | 2,748,568 | 0.45% | 0.42% |
| 2011 | 5,570,572 | 2,760,494 | 0.41% | 0.43% |
| 2012 | 5,591,572 | 2,772,430 | 0.38% | 0.43% |
| 2013 | 5,614,932 | 2,783,687 | 0.42% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 5,643,475 | 2,793,749 | 0.51% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 5,683,483 | 2,802,534 | 0.71% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 5,728,010 | 2,809,915 | 0.78% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 5,764,980 | 2,815,764 | 0.65% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 5,793,636 | 2,820,097 | 0.5% | 0.15% |
| 2019 | 5,814,422 | 2,823,271 | 0.36% | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 5,831,404 | 2,830,739 | 0.29% | 0.26% |
| 2021 | 5,856,733 | 2,837,682 | 0.43% | 0.25% |
| 2022 | 5,903,037 | 2,839,144 | 0.79% | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 5,946,952 | 2,839,786 | 0.74% | 0.02% |
| 2024 | 5,976,992 | 2,839,175 | 0.51% | -0.02% |
| 2025 | 6,002,090 | 2,837,071 | 0.42% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 6,023,091 | 2,833,401 | 0.35% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 6,041,010 | 2,828,530 | 0.3% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 6,056,755 | 2,822,861 | 0.26% | -0.2% |
| 2029 | 6,070,186 | 2,816,391 | 0.22% | -0.23% |
| 2030 | 6,081,559 | 2,808,946 | 0.19% | -0.26% |
| 2031 | 6,091,513 | 2,800,607 | 0.16% | -0.3% |
| 2032 | 6,099,943 | 2,791,130 | 0.14% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 6,107,156 | 2,780,468 | 0.12% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 6,113,785 | 2,768,714 | 0.11% | -0.42% |
| 2035 | 6,119,365 | 2,755,929 | 0.09% | -0.46% |
| 2036 | 6,123,874 | 2,742,071 | 0.07% | -0.5% |
| 2037 | 6,127,386 | 2,726,892 | 0.06% | -0.55% |
| 2038 | 6,130,437 | 2,710,812 | 0.05% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 6,132,752 | 2,693,901 | 0.04% | -0.62% |
| 2040 | 6,134,223 | 2,676,087 | 0.02% | -0.66% |
| 2041 | 6,135,120 | 2,657,558 | 0.01% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 6,135,315 | 2,638,085 | 0.003% | -0.73% |
| 2043 | 6,135,244 | 2,617,576 | -0.001% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 6,134,789 | 2,596,160 | -0.007% | -0.82% |
| 2045 | 6,134,218 | 2,574,074 | -0.009% | -0.85% |
| 2046 | 6,133,182 | 2,551,347 | -0.02% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 6,131,427 | 2,528,004 | -0.03% | -0.91% |
| 2048 | 6,129,548 | 2,504,191 | -0.03% | -0.94% |
| 2049 | 6,127,293 | 2,479,744 | -0.04% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 6,124,397 | 2,454,935 | -0.05% | -1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).
Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th 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 Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Copenhagen | 667K |
| Aarhus | 291K |
| Odense | 185K |
| Aalborg | 122K |
| Frederiksberg | 106K |
| Gentofte | 75.8K |
| Esbjerg | 71.6K |
| Randers | 64.5K |
| Horsens | 64.4K |
| Kolding | 63.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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Population differences between Denmark and Jamaica
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| Life expectancy | 82.2 years | 71.7 years |
| Average age | 42.4 years | 34.9 years |
| Median age | 42.3 years | 33.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 387 ppl/mi² | 679 ppl/mi² |
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