Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Denmark

Population in cities over 1 million in Denmark in 2025 — 1,400,736 people. Ranked 108 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.1%.

2025 1.4M people +0.69% vs 2024
World rank 108of 121
Period maximum 1.4M people2025
Period minimum 1.04M people1991

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Denmark, 1960–20251M1.1M1.2M1.3M1.4M1.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,284,407 people1962: 1,317,844 people1964: 1,354,433 people1966: 1,377,990 people1968: 1,379,006 people1970: 1,380,022 people1972: 1,302,468 people1974: 1,213,758 people1976: 1,144,804 people1978: 1,120,221 people1980: 1,096,133 people1982: 1,078,841 people1984: 1,063,876 people1986: 1,050,252 people1988: 1,040,126 people1990: 1,035,290 people1992: 1,036,008 people1994: 1,042,122 people1996: 1,055,625 people1998: 1,067,321 people2000: 1,077,131 people2002: 1,090,481 people2004: 1,114,726 people2006: 1,139,475 people2008: 1,165,516 people2010: 1,192,357 people2012: 1,222,732 people2014: 1,254,630 people2016: 1,287,337 people2018: 1,320,826 people2020: 1,346,485 people2022: 1,370,131 people2024: 1,391,205 people2025: 1,400,736 people
Change over the period: +116,329 (+9.06%) Average annual rate: 0.13 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Denmark

Denmark 1.4M people
World computed 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia computed 186M people
Northern Europe computed 25.96M people
High-income countries computed 499M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.4M +9,531 +0.69%
2024 1.39M +10,200 +0.74%
2023 1.38M +10,874 +0.79%
2022 1.37M +11,523 +0.85%
2021 1.36M +12,123 +0.9%
2020 1.35M +12,597 +0.94%
2019 1.33M +13,062 +0.99%
2018 1.32M +16,852 +1.29%
2017 1.3M +16,637 +1.29%
2016 1.29M +16,470 +1.3%
2015 1.27M +16,237 +1.29%
2014 1.25M +16,029 +1.29%
2013 1.24M +15,869 +1.3%
2012 1.22M +15,773 +1.31%
2011 1.21M +14,602 +1.22%
2010 1.19M +13,506 +1.15%
2009 1.18M +13,335 +1.14%
2008 1.17M +13,221 +1.15%
2007 1.15M +12,820 +1.13%
2006 1.14M +12,451 +1.1%
2005 1.13M +12,298 +1.1%
2004 1.11M +12,197 +1.11%
2003 1.1M +12,048 +1.1%
2002 1.09M +8,422 +0.78%
2001 1.08M +4,928 +0.46%
2000 1.08M +4,920 +0.46%
1999 1.07M +4,890 +0.46%
1998 1.07M +4,990 +0.47%
1997 1.06M +6,706 +0.64%
1996 1.06M +7,274 +0.69%
1995 1.05M +6,229 +0.6%
1994 1.04M +4,096 +0.39%
1993 1.04M +2,018 +0.19%
1992 1.04M +908 +0.09%
1991 1.04M −190 −0.02%
1990 1.04M −1,210 −0.12%
1989 1.04M −3,626 −0.35%
1988 1.04M −5,054 −0.48%
1987 1.05M −5,072 −0.48%
1986 1.05M −6,235 −0.59%
1985 1.06M −7,389 −0.69%
1984 1.06M −7,462 −0.7%
1983 1.07M −7,503 −0.7%
1982 1.08M −7,556 −0.7%
1981 1.09M −9,736 −0.89%
1980 1.1M −11,987 −1.08%
1979 1.11M −12,101 −1.08%
1978 1.12M −12,233 −1.08%
1977 1.13M −12,350 −1.08%
1976 1.14M −26,862 −2.29%
1975 1.17M −42,092 −3.47%
1974 1.21M −43,604 −3.47%
1973 1.26M −45,106 −3.46%
1972 1.3M −46,857 −3.47%
1971 1.35M −30,697 −2.22%
1970 1.38M +509 +0.04%
1969 1.38M +507 +0.04%
1968 1.38M +508 +0.04%
1967 1.38M +508 +0.04%
1966 1.38M +4,922 +0.36%
1965 1.37M +18,635 +1.38%
1964 1.35M +18,433 +1.38%
1963 1.34M +18,156 +1.38%
1962 1.32M +17,910 +1.38%
1961 1.3M +15,527 +1.21%
1960 1.28M

Northern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.