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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Spain	Denmark	Spain
1960	4,579,603	30,455,000	-	-
1961	4,611,687	30,739,250	0.7%	0.93%
1962	4,647,727	31,023,366	0.78%	0.92%
1963	4,684,483	31,296,651	0.79%	0.88%
1964	4,722,072	31,609,195	0.8%	1%
1965	4,759,012	31,954,292	0.78%	1.09%
1966	4,797,381	32,283,194	0.81%	1.03%
1967	4,835,354	32,682,947	0.79%	1.24%
1968	4,864,883	33,113,134	0.61%	1.32%
1969	4,891,860	33,441,054	0.55%	0.99%
1970	4,928,757	33,814,531	0.75%	1.12%
1971	4,963,126	34,224,490	0.7%	1.21%
1972	4,991,596	34,604,469	0.57%	1.11%
1973	5,021,861	34,988,947	0.61%	1.11%
1974	5,045,297	35,373,335	0.47%	1.1%
1975	5,059,862	35,757,900	0.29%	1.09%
1976	5,072,596	36,137,812	0.25%	1.06%
1977	5,088,419	36,511,638	0.31%	1.03%
1978	5,104,248	36,864,898	0.31%	0.97%
1979	5,116,801	37,191,330	0.25%	0.89%
1980	5,123,027	37,491,165	0.12%	0.81%
1981	5,121,572	37,758,631	-0.03%	0.71%
1982	5,117,810	37,986,012	-0.07%	0.6%
1983	5,114,297	38,171,525	-0.07%	0.49%
1984	5,111,619	38,330,364	-0.05%	0.42%
1985	5,113,691	38,469,512	0.04%	0.36%
1986	5,120,534	38,584,624	0.13%	0.3%
1987	5,127,024	38,684,815	0.13%	0.26%
1988	5,129,516	38,766,939	0.05%	0.21%
1989	5,132,594	38,827,764	0.06%	0.16%
1990	5,140,939	38,867,322	0.16%	0.1%
1991	5,154,298	38,966,376	0.26%	0.25%
1992	5,171,370	39,157,685	0.33%	0.49%
1993	5,188,628	39,361,262	0.33%	0.52%
1994	5,206,180	39,549,108	0.34%	0.48%
1995	5,233,373	39,724,050	0.52%	0.44%
1996	5,263,074	39,889,852	0.57%	0.42%
1997	5,284,991	40,057,389	0.42%	0.42%
1998	5,304,219	40,223,509	0.36%	0.41%
1999	5,321,799	40,386,875	0.33%	0.41%
2000	5,339,616	40,567,864	0.33%	0.45%
2001	5,358,783	40,850,412	0.36%	0.7%
2002	5,375,931	41,431,558	0.32%	1.42%
2003	5,390,574	42,187,645	0.27%	1.82%
2004	5,404,523	42,921,895	0.26%	1.74%
2005	5,419,432	43,653,155	0.28%	1.7%
2006	5,437,272	44,397,319	0.33%	1.7%
2007	5,461,438	45,226,803	0.44%	1.87%
2008	5,493,621	45,954,106	0.59%	1.61%
2009	5,523,095	46,362,946	0.54%	0.89%
2010	5,547,683	46,576,897	0.45%	0.46%
2011	5,570,572	46,742,697	0.41%	0.36%
2012	5,591,572	46,773,055	0.38%	0.06%
2013	5,614,932	46,604,197	0.42%	-0.36%
2014	5,643,475	46,460,733	0.51%	-0.31%
2015	5,683,483	46,422,303	0.71%	-0.08%
2016	5,728,010	46,458,139	0.78%	0.08%
2017	5,764,980	46,571,232	0.65%	0.24%
2018	5,793,636	46,782,011	0.5%	0.45%
2019	5,814,422	47,118,501	0.36%	0.72%
2020	5,831,404	47,359,424	0.29%	0.51%
2021	5,856,733	47,443,821	0.43%	0.18%
2022	5,903,037	47,786,102	0.79%	0.72%
2023	5,946,952	48,347,910	0.74%	1.18%
2024	5,976,992	48,807,137	0.51%	0.95%
2025	6,002,090	48,786,181	0.42%	-0.04%
2026	6,023,091	48,746,279	0.35%	-0.08%
2027	6,041,010	48,696,847	0.3%	-0.1%
2028	6,056,755	48,642,132	0.26%	-0.11%
2029	6,070,186	48,578,166	0.22%	-0.13%
2030	6,081,559	48,501,513	0.19%	-0.16%
2031	6,091,513	48,412,854	0.16%	-0.18%
2032	6,099,943	48,321,195	0.14%	-0.19%
2033	6,107,156	48,230,054	0.12%	-0.19%
2034	6,113,785	48,136,421	0.11%	-0.19%
2035	6,119,365	48,036,650	0.09%	-0.21%
2036	6,123,874	47,929,957	0.07%	-0.22%
2037	6,127,386	47,819,257	0.06%	-0.23%
2038	6,130,437	47,706,580	0.05%	-0.24%
2039	6,132,752	47,588,878	0.04%	-0.25%
2040	6,134,223	47,463,597	0.02%	-0.26%
2041	6,135,120	47,332,618	0.01%	-0.28%
2042	6,135,315	47,194,588	0.003%	-0.29%
2043	6,135,244	47,052,293	-0.001%	-0.3%
2044	6,134,789	46,902,636	-0.007%	-0.32%
2045	6,134,218	46,738,565	-0.009%	-0.35%
2046	6,133,182	46,564,383	-0.02%	-0.37%
2047	6,131,427	46,381,681	-0.03%	-0.39%
2048	6,129,548	46,190,642	-0.03%	-0.41%
2049	6,127,293	45,985,428	-0.04%	-0.44%
2050	6,124,397	45,769,362	-0.05%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.