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Share of the population on 1 January, per cent Immigrants + descendants Of which non-Western 0 5 10 15 20 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2026 10.8% 16.8% 3.0% Total 1,011,036 (Q1 2026) 780,954 immigrants · 230,082 descendants Total population: 6,025,603 · Danish origin 83.2%Share of the population on 1 January, per cent Immigrants + descendants Of which non-Western 0 5 10 15 20 1980 2000 2026 10.8% 16.8% 3.0% Total 1,011,036 (Q1 2026) 780,954 immigrants · 230,082 descendants Total population: 6,025,603 · Danish origin 83.2%

POPULATION · 1 JANUARY 2026

One in six is now an immigrant or descendant

16.8%

of the population are immigrants or descendants

In 1980 the share was 3.0%.

That is 1,011,036 people: 780,954 immigrants and 230,082 descendants. The denominator is the whole population of 6,025,603. The rest, 83.2%, Statistics Denmark calls “persons of Danish origin”. The grey line is non-Western origin alone: 10.8% in 2026.

1980: 3.0% → 2026: 16.8%

Source: Statistics Denmark: IEPCT (1980–2026) and FOLK1C (Q1 2026). Retrieved 27.09.2026.
Children of descendants whom Statistics Denmark registers as Danish origin are not in the share.

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PopulationDenmark · 27.09.2026One in six is now an immigrant or descendant16.8% PopulationDenmark · 27.09.2026Nearly one in three immigrants or descendants has MENAPT origin308,629 Welfare & economyDenmark · 27.09.2026Nearly one in three non-Western immigrants lives on public support30% CrimeDenmark · 27.09.2026Syrian descendants: 6.8 times as many violence convictions6.8× CrimeDenmark · 27.09.2026More than half of gang-law convicts are non-Western descendants55% CrimeDenmark · 27.09.2026Violence cases with 10–14-year-olds have more than tripled+225% Asylum & residenceDenmark · 27.09.2026100,524 residence permits in one year – more than in 2015100,524 Return & deportationDenmark · 27.09.2026Record: 803 went home with support – 665 to Syria803 PollsDenmark · 27.09.202672% want deportation at the very first conviction72% PopulationDenmark · 27.09.202638,070 grandchildren of non-Western immigrants count as “Danish origin”38,070 Asylum & residenceEU · 27.09.2026672,350 new asylum seekers in the EU in one year672,350 Return & deportationEU · 27.09.2026486,705 ordered to leave. 156,000 returned.156,000 Welfare & economyEurope · 27.09.2026Finland: employment 16.9 points lower for people born outside the EU16.9 PopulationEurope · 27.09.2026Sweden: one in five residents was born abroad20.8% Asylum & residenceUK · 27.09.202641,472 came by small boat. 2,817 were returned.41,472 PopulationUK · 27.09.2026From outside Europe: +350,000 in one year350,000 PopulationNorway · 27.09.2026Norway: more than one in five is an immigrant or born to immigrant parents21.8% CrimeGermany · 27.09.2026Germany: nearly half of robbery suspects are non-Germans48.6% EducationEU · 27.09.2026Young people born outside the EU drop out almost three times as often20.9% CrimeSweden · 27.09.2026Sweden: nearly one in three registered crime suspicions concerns a foreign-born person29.8%