Fertility in Denmark, 2026

Denmark
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Denmark is projected at 1.52 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.8 years old. In total, 59,616 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
59,616
Births per 1,000 people
9.9
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
6,023,520
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%1
15-191.00.3%163
20-2419.26.3%3,488
25-2992.030.0%17,953
30-34118.338.6%24,071
35-3960.919.9%11,448
40-4413.64.4%2,279
45-491.20.4%207
50-540.00.0%5