Denmark: Administrative Division

Contents: Regions and Municipalities

The population of the regions and municipalities in Denmark according to official estimates.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2006-01-01	Population Estimate 2011-01-01	Population Estimate 2016-01-01	Population Estimate 2021-01-01	Population Estimate 2022-01-01
Hovedstaden [Capital Region]	Region	1,633,565	1,699,387	1,789,174	1,855,084	1,867,948	→
Albertslund	Municipality	27,853	27,800	27,880	27,366	27,599	→
Allerød	Municipality	23,498	24,096	24,732	25,893	25,867	→
Ballerup	Municipality	46,654	47,930	48,224	49,310	49,274	→
Bornholm	Municipality	43,245	41,802	39,756	39,570	39,545	→
Brøndby	Municipality	34,247	34,021	35,322	35,232	35,651	→
Christiansø (Ertholmene)	Unincorporated Area	92	94	91	90	93	→
Dragør	Municipality	13,154	13,717	14,142	14,569	14,640	→
Egedal	Municipality	39,948	41,614	42,773	43,696	44,375	→
Fredensborg	Municipality	39,131	39,341	40,112	40,998	41,211	→
Frederiksberg	Municipality	91,855	98,782	104,481	103,677	103,608	→
Frederikssund	Municipality	43,702	44,307	44,725	45,439	45,800	→
Furesø	Municipality	37,370	38,286	40,156	41,001	41,402	→
Gentofte	Municipality	68,623	71,714	75,350	74,550	74,217	→
Gladsaxe	Municipality	61,735	64,951	67,914	69,200	69,259	→
Glostrup	Municipality	20,699	21,384	22,461	23,380	23,514	→
Gribskov	Municipality	40,360	40,700	41,107	40,971	41,147	→
Halsnæs	Municipality	30,513	31,056	31,049	31,420	31,344	→
Helsingør	Municipality	61,340	61,368	62,092	63,000	62,875	→
Herlev	Municipality	27,023	26,597	28,423	28,913	28,867	→
Hillerød	Municipality	45,616	47,916	49,672	51,528	53,257	→
Høje-Taastrup	Municipality	46,257	47,753	49,960	51,729	53,053	→
Hørsholm	Municipality	24,317	24,415	24,965	24,917	24,761	→
Hvidovre	Municipality	49,762	50,081	52,831	53,451	53,267	→
Ishøj	Municipality	20,820	20,797	22,358	23,131	23,225	→
København [Copenhagen]	Municipality	501,158	539,542	591,481	638,117	644,431	→
Lyngby-Taarbæk	Municipality	51,908	52,754	55,097	56,614	57,826	→
Rødovre	Municipality	36,506	36,524	38,002	41,113	41,382	→
Rudersdal	Municipality	54,241	54,765	55,739	57,024	57,247	→
Tårnby	Municipality	39,708	40,835	42,860	42,670	42,723	→
Vallensbæk	Municipality	12,230	14,445	15,419	16,515	16,488	→
Midtjylland [Mid Jutland]	Region	1,219,725	1,260,993	1,293,309	1,332,048	1,341,857	→
Aarhus	Municipality	295,513	310,956	330,639	352,751	355,238	→
Favrskov	Municipality	44,272	46,894	47,655	48,381	48,880	→
Hedensted	Municipality	44,158	45,980	46,206	46,773	47,099	→
Herning	Municipality	83,330	85,852	87,593	89,238	89,230	→
Holstebro	Municipality	56,462	57,161	57,661	58,662	58,553	→
Horsens	Municipality	77,895	82,835	87,736	92,229	94,443	→
Ikast-Brande	Municipality	39,528	40,571	40,798	41,473	41,885	→
Lemvig	Municipality	22,483	21,554	20,399	19,607	19,398	→
Norddjurs	Municipality	38,427	38,029	38,144	36,943	36,921	→
Odder	Municipality	21,332	21,852	22,131	22,979	23,304	→
Randers	Municipality	92,498	95,318	97,520	98,190	98,988	→
Ringkøbing-Skjern	Municipality	57,774	58,068	57,139	56,182	56,203	→
Samsø	Municipality	4,124	3,885	3,710	3,682	3,716	→
Silkeborg	Municipality	85,376	88,913	90,719	95,488	97,358	→
Skanderborg	Municipality	54,646	57,717	59,481	63,390	64,318	→
Skive	Municipality	48,264	47,986	46,639	45,425	45,078	→
Struer	Municipality	22,695	22,190	21,474	20,808	20,802	→
Syddjurs	Municipality	40,430	41,734	41,889	43,168	43,596	→
Viborg	Municipality	90,518	93,498	95,776	96,679	96,847	→
Nordjylland [North Jutland]	Region	576,807	579,829	585,499	590,439	591,740	→
Aalborg	Municipality	193,529	199,188	210,316	219,487	221,082	→
Brønderslev	Municipality	35,313	35,789	36,047	36,177	36,194	→
Frederikshavn	Municipality	63,084	61,576	60,246	59,039	58,878	→
Hjørring	Municipality	67,480	66,473	65,411	64,155	63,839	→
Jammerbugt	Municipality	38,704	38,733	38,466	38,175	38,187	→
Læsø	Municipality	2,091	1,949	1,817	1,764	1,769	→
Mariagerfjord	Municipality	42,123	42,572	42,131	41,536	41,662	→
Morsø	Municipality	22,333	21,600	20,629	20,066	20,068	→
Rebild	Municipality	28,369	28,940	29,149	30,518	30,646	→
Thisted	Municipality	45,910	45,145	43,991	43,160	43,089	→
Vesthimmerland	Municipality	37,871	37,864	37,296	36,362	36,326	→
Sjælland [Zealand]	Region	811,511	819,763	827,499	838,840	843,513	→
Faxe	Municipality	34,661	35,277	35,614	36,713	37,161	→
Greve	Municipality	47,968	47,978	49,518	50,514	50,818	→
Guldborgsund	Municipality	63,451	62,583	60,979	60,328	60,310	→
Holbæk	Municipality	67,621	69,521	69,972	71,913	72,810	→
Kalundborg	Municipality	48,944	49,088	48,660	48,487	48,368	→
Køge	Municipality	55,718	57,271	59,868	61,475	61,718	→
Lejre	Municipality	26,132	26,764	27,317	28,173	28,623	→
Lolland	Municipality	48,967	46,111	42,638	40,539	40,107	→
Næstved	Municipality	79,284	80,963	82,342	83,181	83,801	→
Odsherred	Municipality	32,890	32,845	32,816	32,923	32,881	→
Ringsted	Municipality	31,094	32,890	34,031	34,847	35,141	→
Roskilde	Municipality	80,455	82,542	86,207	88,889	89,447	→
Slagelse	Municipality	76,519	77,442	78,140	79,122	79,691	→
Solrød	Municipality	20,877	20,964	21,788	23,441	23,794	→
Sorø	Municipality	28,686	29,499	29,543	29,993	30,018	→
Stevns	Municipality	21,834	21,855	22,260	23,034	23,473	→
Vordingborg	Municipality	46,410	46,170	45,806	45,268	45,352	→
Syddanmark [South Denmark]	Region	1,185,851	1,200,656	1,211,770	1,223,634	1,228,362	→
Aabenraa	Municipality	59,974	59,795	58,869	58,526	58,693	→
Ærø	Municipality	6,873	6,663	6,290	5,960	6,025	→
Assens	Municipality	41,369	41,635	41,224	40,867	40,972	→
Billund	Municipality	26,133	26,155	26,434	26,551	26,631	→
Esbjerg	Municipality	114,373	115,184	115,748	115,579	115,459	→
Faaborg-Midtfyn	Municipality	51,144	51,926	51,236	51,683	51,849	→
Fanø	Municipality	3,143	3,213	3,290	3,456	3,427	→
Fredericia	Municipality	49,252	50,104	50,689	51,275	51,606	→
Haderslev	Municipality	56,229	56,117	56,029	55,376	55,340	→
Kerteminde	Municipality	23,239	23,758	23,880	23,847	24,034	→
Kolding	Municipality	86,466	89,210	91,695	93,161	93,544	→
Langeland	Municipality	14,120	13,322	12,547	12,367	12,316	→
Middelfart	Municipality	36,417	37,701	37,913	39,116	39,603	→
Nordfyn	Municipality	28,876	29,507	29,298	29,549	29,714	→
Nyborg	Municipality	31,208	31,499	31,886	31,933	32,098	→
Odense	Municipality	186,595	190,245	198,972	205,509	205,978	→
Sønderborg	Municipality	76,598	76,193	74,737	73,831	73,711	→
Svendborg	Municipality	58,506	58,713	58,228	58,588	59,193	→
Tønder	Municipality	40,691	39,464	37,904	37,050	36,849	→
Varde	Municipality	50,056	50,351	50,289	49,628	49,664	→
Vejen	Municipality	41,551	42,683	42,869	42,790	42,596	→
Vejle	Municipality	103,038	107,218	111,743	116,992	119,060	→
Danmark [Denmark]	Kingdom	5,427,459	5,560,628	5,707,251	5,840,045	5,873,420

Source: Denmark Statistik (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2022)
Males	2,922,915
Females	2,950,505

Age Groups (E 2022)
0-17 years	1,151,729
18-64 years	3,526,475
65+ years	1,195,216

Age Distribution (E 2022)
0-9 years	613,026
10-19 years	676,528
20-29 years	781,522
30-39 years	713,770
40-49 years	736,251
50-59 years	805,849
60-69 years	673,950
70-79 years	581,036
80-89 years	246,023
90+ years	45,465

Citizenship (E 2022)
Denmark	5,311,172
EU 27	235,632
Europe (other)	117,090
Other Nationality	209,526

Country of Birth (E 2022)
Denmark	5,026,379
EU 27	250,494
Europe (other)	193,878
Other country	402,668

Urbanization (E 2021)
Rural	685,057
Urban	5,146,382
No permanent residence	8,606