Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Denmark

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Denmark in 2024 — 44 per 100k. Ranked 71 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 61.7%.

2024 44 per 100k +11% vs 2023
World rank 71of 178
Period maximum 122.2 per 100k2016
Period minimum 8 per 100k2006

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Denmark, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 114.7 per 100k2001: 103.9 per 100k2002: 85.5 per 100k2003: 37.4 per 100k2004: 15.2 per 100k2005: 9.2 per 100k2006: 8 per 100k2007: 9.8 per 100k2008: 8.8 per 100k2009: 20.7 per 100k2010: 60.1 per 100k2011: 25.4 per 100k2012: 27.5 per 100k2013: 28.6 per 100k2014: 75.6 per 100k2015: 51.6 per 100k2016: 122.2 per 100k2017: 73.4 per 100k2018: 46.2 per 100k2019: 24.5 per 100k2020: 22.8 per 100k2021: 25.9 per 100k2022: 47 per 100k2023: 39.6 per 100k2024: 44 per 100k
Change over the period: −70.8 (−61.68%) Average annual rate: -3.92 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Denmark 44 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Europe & Central Asia computed 161 per 100k
Northern Europe computed 163.2 per 100k
High-income countries computed 365 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 44 +4.4 +11%
2023 39.6 −7.4 −15.78%
2022 47 +21.1 +81.32%
2021 25.9 +3.1 +13.63%
2020 22.8 −1.6 −6.67%
2019 24.5 −21.7 −47.03%
2018 46.2 −27.2 −37.06%
2017 73.4 −48.9 −39.98%
2016 122.2 +70.7 +137%
2015 51.6 −24.1 −31.81%
2014 75.6 +47 +164.58%
2013 28.6 +1.1 +3.85%
2012 27.5 +2.1 +8.35%
2011 25.4 −34.7 −57.73%
2010 60.1 +39.3 +189.63%
2009 20.7 +11.9 +135.03%
2008 8.8 −1 −10.21%
2007 9.8 +1.8 +22.62%
2006 8 −1.2 −13.09%
2005 9.2 −5.9 −39.19%
2004 15.2 −22.2 −59.41%
2003 37.4 −48.1 −56.29%
2002 85.5 −18.4 −17.72%
2001 103.9 −10.8 −9.42%
2000 114.7

About the indicator

The number of asylum seekers — people who have filed an application for protection and are awaiting a decision — per 100,000 people of the population of a country. They differ from refugees legally: the status has not yet been recognized. The indicator is sensitive to current events and reacts faster than the number of refugees: applications are filed at once, while decisions on them take months and years.

Important: The indicator depends not only on the number of arrivals but also on the speed at which migration services work: the longer applications are reviewed, the more people hold this status at the same time.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.