Population in Denmark compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Denmark and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	United Kingdom	Denmark	United Kingdom
1960	4,579,603	52,400,000	-	-
1961	4,611,687	52,800,000	0.7%	0.76%
1962	4,647,727	53,250,000	0.78%	0.85%
1963	4,684,483	53,650,000	0.79%	0.75%
1964	4,722,072	54,000,000	0.8%	0.65%
1965	4,759,012	54,348,050	0.78%	0.64%
1966	4,797,381	54,648,500	0.81%	0.55%
1967	4,835,354	54,943,600	0.79%	0.54%
1968	4,864,883	55,211,700	0.61%	0.49%
1969	4,891,860	55,441,750	0.55%	0.42%
1970	4,928,757	55,663,250	0.75%	0.4%
1971	4,963,126	55,896,223	0.7%	0.42%
1972	4,991,596	56,086,065	0.57%	0.34%
1973	5,021,861	56,194,527	0.61%	0.19%
1974	5,045,297	56,229,974	0.47%	0.06%
1975	5,059,862	56,225,800	0.29%	-0.007%
1976	5,072,596	56,211,968	0.25%	-0.02%
1977	5,088,419	56,193,492	0.31%	-0.03%
1978	5,104,248	56,196,504	0.31%	0.005%
1979	5,116,801	56,246,951	0.25%	0.09%
1980	5,123,027	56,314,216	0.12%	0.12%
1981	5,121,572	56,333,829	-0.03%	0.03%
1982	5,117,810	56,313,641	-0.07%	-0.04%
1983	5,114,297	56,332,848	-0.07%	0.03%
1984	5,111,619	56,422,072	-0.05%	0.16%
1985	5,113,691	56,550,268	0.04%	0.23%
1986	5,120,534	56,681,396	0.13%	0.23%
1987	5,127,024	56,802,050	0.13%	0.21%
1988	5,129,516	56,928,327	0.05%	0.22%
1989	5,132,594	57,076,711	0.06%	0.26%
1990	5,140,939	57,247,586	0.16%	0.3%
1991	5,154,298	57,424,897	0.26%	0.31%
1992	5,171,370	57,580,402	0.33%	0.27%
1993	5,188,628	57,718,614	0.33%	0.24%
1994	5,206,180	57,865,745	0.34%	0.25%
1995	5,233,373	58,019,030	0.52%	0.26%
1996	5,263,074	58,166,950	0.57%	0.25%
1997	5,284,991	58,316,954	0.42%	0.26%
1998	5,304,219	58,487,141	0.36%	0.29%
1999	5,321,799	58,682,466	0.33%	0.33%
2000	5,339,616	58,892,514	0.33%	0.36%
2001	5,358,783	59,119,673	0.36%	0.39%
2002	5,375,931	59,370,479	0.32%	0.42%
2003	5,390,574	59,647,577	0.27%	0.47%
2004	5,404,523	59,987,905	0.26%	0.57%
2005	5,419,432	60,401,206	0.28%	0.69%
2006	5,437,272	60,846,820	0.33%	0.74%
2007	5,461,438	61,322,463	0.44%	0.78%
2008	5,493,621	61,806,995	0.59%	0.79%
2009	5,523,095	62,276,270	0.54%	0.76%
2010	5,547,683	62,766,365	0.45%	0.79%
2011	5,570,572	63,258,810	0.41%	0.78%
2012	5,591,572	63,711,000	0.38%	0.71%
2013	5,614,932	64,139,000	0.42%	0.67%
2014	5,643,475	64,620,000	0.51%	0.75%
2015	5,683,483	65,088,000	0.71%	0.72%
2016	5,728,010	65,607,000	0.78%	0.8%
2017	5,764,980	65,966,000	0.65%	0.55%
2018	5,793,636	66,289,000	0.5%	0.49%
2019	5,814,422	66,631,000	0.36%	0.52%
2020	5,831,404	66,744,000	0.29%	0.17%
2021	5,856,733	66,984,000	0.43%	0.36%
2022	5,903,037	67,604,000	0.79%	0.93%
2023	5,946,952	68,492,000	0.74%	1.31%
2024	5,976,992	69,226,000	0.51%	1.07%
2025	6,002,090	69,639,673	0.42%	0.6%
2026	6,023,091	70,020,350	0.35%	0.55%
2027	6,041,010	70,382,853	0.3%	0.52%
2028	6,056,755	70,732,699	0.26%	0.5%
2029	6,070,186	71,061,482	0.22%	0.46%
2030	6,081,559	71,377,535	0.19%	0.44%
2031	6,091,513	71,678,351	0.16%	0.42%
2032	6,099,943	71,959,934	0.14%	0.39%
2033	6,107,156	72,234,509	0.12%	0.38%
2034	6,113,785	72,497,650	0.11%	0.36%
2035	6,119,365	72,749,096	0.09%	0.35%
2036	6,123,874	72,990,847	0.07%	0.33%
2037	6,127,386	73,218,850	0.06%	0.31%
2038	6,130,437	73,441,349	0.05%	0.3%
2039	6,132,752	73,658,392	0.04%	0.3%
2040	6,134,223	73,868,334	0.02%	0.29%
2041	6,135,120	74,074,316	0.01%	0.28%
2042	6,135,315	74,275,779	0.003%	0.27%
2043	6,135,244	74,475,035	-0.001%	0.27%
2044	6,134,789	74,667,284	-0.007%	0.26%
2045	6,134,218	74,848,605	-0.009%	0.24%
2046	6,133,182	75,020,949	-0.02%	0.23%
2047	6,131,427	75,184,478	-0.03%	0.22%
2048	6,129,548	75,337,543	-0.03%	0.2%
2049	6,127,293	75,476,141	-0.04%	0.18%
2050	6,124,397	75,600,588	-0.05%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Denmark increased by 290,738 people (a 5.35% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Denmark gained 295,276 (a 5.15% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2006 and is 114th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Denmark's population will grow by 1.68% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 120th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.