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Births

How many children are born in Denmark each year? How old are the parents when their children is born? The statistics on births comprise children born by mothers with an officially listed address in Denmark at the time of birth. The births can be broken down on e.g. municipalities, the child’s sex and the mother’s age.

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Delivery of live-born child, i.e. a child showing evidence of life (breathing etc.) irrespective of the duration of pregnancy.

Live birth or stillbirth.

Selected statistics on Births

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Births. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

Number of liveborn children

Here you can see how many children are born each year and how it has developed.
More about the figure
Last update
12.2.2024
Next update
12.2.2025
Source data

The primary source of the statistics is the Civil Registration System (CPR). The continuous updating of the Civil Registration System is thus the basis of the population statistics. The updating takes place in the individual municipalities as the municipal population changes because of births and deaths, migrations in and out of the municipality and changes in marital status for the citizens of the municipality. The Civil Registration System is a central system with a common database where all registrations are updated. The state makes the system available to the individual municipalities. The Danish Health Data Authority’s Birth Register and Cause of Death Register are the secondary sources providing data on births and deaths respectively.

Average age of women giving birth and new fathers

Here you can see how old new mothers and fathers are on average and how it has developed.
More about the figure
Last update
12.2.2024
Next update
12.2.2025
Source data

The primary source of the statistics is the Civil Registration System (CPR). The continuous updating of the Civil Registration System is thus the basis of the population statistics. The updating takes place in the individual municipalities as the municipal population changes because of births and deaths, migrations in and out of the municipality and changes in marital status for the citizens of the municipality. The Civil Registration System is a central system with a common database where all registrations are updated. The state makes the system available to the individual municipalities. The Danish Health Data Authority’s Birth Register and Cause of Death Register are the secondary sources providing data on births and deaths respectively.

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Fertility rates
Fertility rates facilitate comparison of the figures over the years, as the number of children born is shown in proportion to the number of women in the same age bracket

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

See the documentation of statistics to learn more:

Church Statistics

The statistics cover the people’s relation to the national church. Furthermore it accounts for the number of different religious ceremonies, among other baptisms, confirmations and funerals.

The production of statistics on the national church was introduced in 1974. There have not been produced statistics on the national church for the years 2003-2006. For the years 1984-2002 statistics on recognized religious communities, their members and religious ceremonies corresponding to the religious ceremonies of the national church was also produced.

The Population

The purpose of the population statistics is to focus on the size, composition and development of the population living in Denmark. The statistics create a basis for a number of analyses on demography and society and are used as a basis for planning tasks on a national, regional and municipal level. In their basic form, the statistics have been compiled since 1769 but have undergone a series of changes as society developed and legislation followed. Most of the present table series in Statbank Denmark comprise data from 2007 and forward, while a few of these go back further.

Need more data on Births?

Find more detailed data on births in Statbank Denmark, e.g. broken down by municipality, birthday and month.

Contact

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