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Life expectancy

How old do people get in Denmark? What is the average life expectancy of men and women? The statistics on life expectancy show the average number of years that persons can expect to live if their future mortality corresponds to the level established in the current period.

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Average further number of years that a person of a specified age can expect to live, assuming that the age-specific mortality levels remain constant (i.e. the rates observed for the period under review). Also termed: (average) expectation of life.

Selected statistics on Life expectancy

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

Life expectancy for 0-year-old boys and girls

Here you can see the life expectancy for 0-year-old boys and girls, respectively, and the development in the difference between them.
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Last update
10.2.2023
Next update
12.2.2024
Source data

The source of the statistics is Statistic Denmark's population register, which daily receives a outdraw which include information about the events such as removals, emi-/immigrations, births and deaths from CPR (Central Person Register).

Development in life expectancy

Here you can see the development in the life expectancy of 65-year-old men and women and the development in the difference between them.
More about the figure
Last update
10.2.2023
Next update
12.2.2024
Source data

The source of the statistics is Statistic Denmark's population register, which daily receives a outdraw which include information about the events such as removals, emi-/immigrations, births and deaths from CPR (Central Person Register).

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Deaths
To be able to calculate life expectancy, deaths in the course of the year must serve as a basis, e.g. as shown here

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

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The Population

These statistics show the size, composition and development of the population in Denmark. The purpose of the statistics is to analyze and enlighten the size, composition of the population in Denmark. The purpose is to contribute information about the for planning in relation to the state , the regions, the municipalities or for private users/firms. The population is electronic available from the 1. of January 1976.

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