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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Norway	Denmark	Norway
1960	4,579,603	3,581,239	-	-
1961	4,611,687	3,609,800	0.7%	0.8%
1962	4,647,727	3,638,918	0.78%	0.81%
1963	4,684,483	3,666,537	0.79%	0.76%
1964	4,722,072	3,694,339	0.8%	0.76%
1965	4,759,012	3,723,168	0.78%	0.78%
1966	4,797,381	3,753,012	0.81%	0.8%
1967	4,835,354	3,784,539	0.79%	0.84%
1968	4,864,883	3,816,486	0.61%	0.84%
1969	4,891,860	3,847,707	0.55%	0.82%
1970	4,928,757	3,875,763	0.75%	0.73%
1971	4,963,126	3,903,039	0.7%	0.7%
1972	4,991,596	3,933,004	0.57%	0.77%
1973	5,021,861	3,960,612	0.61%	0.7%
1974	5,045,297	3,985,258	0.47%	0.62%
1975	5,059,862	4,007,313	0.29%	0.55%
1976	5,072,596	4,026,152	0.25%	0.47%
1977	5,088,419	4,043,205	0.31%	0.42%
1978	5,104,248	4,058,671	0.31%	0.38%
1979	5,116,801	4,072,517	0.25%	0.34%
1980	5,123,027	4,085,620	0.12%	0.32%
1981	5,121,572	4,099,702	-0.03%	0.34%
1982	5,117,810	4,114,787	-0.07%	0.37%
1983	5,114,297	4,128,432	-0.07%	0.33%
1984	5,111,619	4,140,099	-0.05%	0.28%
1985	5,113,691	4,152,516	0.04%	0.3%
1986	5,120,534	4,167,354	0.13%	0.36%
1987	5,127,024	4,186,905	0.13%	0.47%
1988	5,129,516	4,209,488	0.05%	0.54%
1989	5,132,594	4,226,901	0.06%	0.41%
1990	5,140,939	4,241,473	0.16%	0.34%
1991	5,154,298	4,261,732	0.26%	0.48%
1992	5,171,370	4,286,401	0.33%	0.58%
1993	5,188,628	4,311,991	0.33%	0.6%
1994	5,206,180	4,336,613	0.34%	0.57%
1995	5,233,373	4,359,184	0.52%	0.52%
1996	5,263,074	4,381,336	0.57%	0.51%
1997	5,284,991	4,405,157	0.42%	0.54%
1998	5,304,219	4,431,464	0.36%	0.6%
1999	5,321,799	4,461,913	0.33%	0.69%
2000	5,339,616	4,490,967	0.33%	0.65%
2001	5,358,783	4,513,751	0.36%	0.51%
2002	5,375,931	4,538,159	0.32%	0.54%
2003	5,390,574	4,564,855	0.27%	0.59%
2004	5,404,523	4,591,910	0.26%	0.59%
2005	5,419,432	4,623,291	0.28%	0.68%
2006	5,437,272	4,660,677	0.33%	0.81%
2007	5,461,438	4,709,153	0.44%	1.04%
2008	5,493,621	4,768,212	0.59%	1.25%
2009	5,523,095	4,828,726	0.54%	1.27%
2010	5,547,683	4,889,252	0.45%	1.25%
2011	5,570,572	4,953,088	0.41%	1.31%
2012	5,591,572	5,018,573	0.38%	1.32%
2013	5,614,932	5,079,623	0.42%	1.22%
2014	5,643,475	5,137,232	0.51%	1.13%
2015	5,683,483	5,188,607	0.71%	1%
2016	5,728,010	5,234,519	0.78%	0.88%
2017	5,764,980	5,276,968	0.65%	0.81%
2018	5,793,636	5,311,916	0.5%	0.66%
2019	5,814,422	5,347,896	0.36%	0.68%
2020	5,831,404	5,379,475	0.29%	0.59%
2021	5,856,733	5,408,320	0.43%	0.54%
2022	5,903,037	5,457,127	0.79%	0.9%
2023	5,946,952	5,519,594	0.74%	1.14%
2024	5,976,992	5,572,272	0.51%	0.95%
2025	6,002,090	5,618,653	0.42%	0.83%
2026	6,023,091	5,648,542	0.35%	0.53%
2027	6,041,010	5,669,085	0.3%	0.36%
2028	6,056,755	5,688,775	0.26%	0.35%
2029	6,070,186	5,707,206	0.22%	0.32%
2030	6,081,559	5,724,586	0.19%	0.3%
2031	6,091,513	5,741,140	0.16%	0.29%
2032	6,099,943	5,756,663	0.14%	0.27%
2033	6,107,156	5,771,048	0.12%	0.25%
2034	6,113,785	5,784,408	0.11%	0.23%
2035	6,119,365	5,796,851	0.09%	0.22%
2036	6,123,874	5,808,721	0.07%	0.2%
2037	6,127,386	5,819,995	0.06%	0.19%
2038	6,130,437	5,830,604	0.05%	0.18%
2039	6,132,752	5,840,493	0.04%	0.17%
2040	6,134,223	5,849,273	0.02%	0.15%
2041	6,135,120	5,857,345	0.01%	0.14%
2042	6,135,315	5,864,766	0.003%	0.13%
2043	6,135,244	5,870,957	-0.001%	0.11%
2044	6,134,789	5,876,291	-0.007%	0.09%
2045	6,134,218	5,881,391	-0.009%	0.09%
2046	6,133,182	5,885,772	-0.02%	0.07%
2047	6,131,427	5,889,156	-0.03%	0.06%
2048	6,129,548	5,892,131	-0.03%	0.05%
2049	6,127,293	5,894,300	-0.04%	0.04%
2050	6,124,397	5,895,192	-0.05%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.