Demographics of Denmark
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Date: 2021-12-11

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#Demographics_of_Denmark
Population pyramid of Denmark in 2020 This article is about the demographic features of the population of Denmark, including population density,
ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.
Population of Denmark as of 1 January 2012 by ancestry.
Since 1980, the number of Danes has remained constant at around 5 million in Denmark and nearly all the population growth from 5.
1 up to the 2018 total of 5.
8 million was due to immigration.
According to 2021 figures from Statistics Denmark, 86% of Denmark's population of over 5,840,045 was of Danish descent, defined as having at least one parent who was born in Denmark and has Danish citizenship.
The remaining 14% were of a foreign background, defined as immigrants or descendants of recent immigrants.
With the same definition, the most common countries of origin were Turkey, Poland, Germany, Iraq, Romania, Syria, Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia and its successor states.
More than 817,438 individuals （14%） are migrants and their descendants （199,668 second generation migrants born in Denmark）.
Of these 817,438 immigrants and their descendants: Non-Scandinavian ethnic minorities include: Ethnic minorities in Denmark include a handful of groups: In the modern minorities counts first-generation immigrants,
second-generation （Descendants in Danish statistics classification） and third-generation （Children of descendants in Danish classification）.
Children of descendants can be either of "Danish origin" （if both of their parents were born in Denmark with Danish citizenship） and of "foreign origin" （if one of their parents is a second-generation immigrant and another first-generation）.
Therefore, this table included all people of the respective background, people who are classified as of "foreign background" and third...