How many babies are born in Denmark each year?

An estimated 59.6 thousand babies are born in Denmark in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 163 a day and 0.05% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Denmark?

Denmark has an estimated 9.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.52 children per woman.

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How many babies are born in Denmark?

59.6 thousand babies born in Denmark in 2026 — 0.05% of all births worldwide, and the 125th largest of any country. UN projection

163births per day
7per hour
0per minute
9.9births per 1,000 people
1.52children per woman
6.02 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Denmark through history

Estimated annual births in Denmark, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

Every figure refers to the area inside Denmark's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year	Estimated births	Population	Per 1,000	Evidence
1 CE	~8.2K	~200K	41.0	Modelled estimate
1000	~16K	~400K	41.1	Modelled estimate
1500	~26K	~600K	43.3	Modelled estimate
1800	~29.9K	~1M	29.9	Historical reconstruction
1900	~76.2K	~2.57M	29.7	Historical reconstruction
1950	79.4K	4.27M	18.6	UN estimate
2000	66.7K	5.34M	12.5	UN estimate
2024	58.6K	5.98M	9.8	UN projection
2026	59.6K	6.02M	9.9	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Denmark are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1946, at about ~93.7K. That is roughly 7.3 times the estimated ~8.2K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.52 children per woman, fertility in Denmark is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.