Fertility rate: Denmark
1.511 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.511 |
| 2022 | 1.559 |
| 2021 | 1.73 |
| 2020 | 1.678 |
| 2019 | 1.698 |
| 2018 | 1.726 |
| 2017 | 1.749 |
| 2016 | 1.775 |
| 2015 | 1.712 |
| 2014 | 1.688 |
| 2013 | 1.67 |
| 2012 | 1.723 |
| 2011 | 1.754 |
| 2010 | 1.858 |
| 2009 | 1.84 |
| 2008 | 1.88 |
| 2007 | 1.842 |
| 2006 | 1.841 |
| 2005 | 1.798 |
| 2004 | 1.779 |
| 2003 | 1.756 |
| 2002 | 1.726 |
| 2001 | 1.742 |
| 2000 | 1.765 |
| 1999 | 1.734 |
| 1998 | 1.723 |
| 1997 | 1.749 |
| 1996 | 1.751 |
| 1995 | 1.801 |
| 1994 | 1.801 |
| 1993 | 1.75 |
| 1992 | 1.755 |
| 1991 | 1.685 |
| 1990 | 1.664 |
| 1989 | 1.617 |
| 1988 | 1.558 |
| 1987 | 1.497 |
| 1986 | 1.476 |
| 1985 | 1.443 |
| 1984 | 1.398 |
| 1983 | 1.378 |
| 1982 | 1.42 |
| 1981 | 1.44 |
| 1980 | 1.54 |
| 1979 | 1.601 |
| 1978 | 1.661 |
| 1977 | 1.663 |
| 1976 | 1.75 |
| 1975 | 1.908 |
| 1974 | 1.898 |
| 1973 | 1.921 |
| 1972 | 2.026 |
| 1971 | 2.038 |
| 1970 | 1.956 |
| 1969 | 1.998 |
| 1968 | 2.119 |
| 1967 | 2.351 |
| 1966 | 2.607 |
| 1965 | 2.608 |
| 1964 | 2.601 |
| 1963 | 2.655 |
| 1962 | 2.549 |
| 1961 | 2.547 |
| 1960 | 2.561 |
| 1959 | 2.493 |
| 1958 | 2.528 |
| 1957 | 2.556 |
| 1956 | 2.6 |
| 1955 | 2.589 |
| 1954 | 2.561 |
| 1953 | 2.598 |
| 1952 | 2.539 |
| 1951 | 2.508 |
| 1950 | 2.572 |