Indicator	Value
Total population	5,980,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 5,977,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 5,977,000 people
Median age	41.3 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	81.9–82.3 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 82.25 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 81.93 years
Ethnic groups	Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 84.2%, Turkish 1.1%, other 14.7% (largest groups are Polish, Romanian, Syrian, Ukrainian, German, and Iraqi) (2023 est.); note: data represent population by country of originCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second languageCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Evangelical Lutheran (official) 71.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other/none/unspecified (denominations include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 24.3% (2024 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	88.5% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	0.504 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	9.5 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	9.5 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	88.7 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Danish / Danish Sign Language / Faroese / German / Jutish / Kalaallisut / Northern Frisian / Novial / Older Runic / Swedish / Traveller DanishGlottolog [2026]