“Looking back, the growth of the population was powered by a surplus of births, i.e. more children were born than people were dying. But from 1973, immigration had an increasing impact on the overall growth of the population” – emphasized Jonas, quoted in the communiqué, Jonas Juul from the Danish statistical office.
In general, foreigners today constitute over 16 percent. Danish society. According to the expert, this newcomers from Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Germany and Turkey The most contributed to the exceeding of another million Denmark's population.
Danes live on average longer than in the past
At the same time, as he added, JUUL added, the growth of the population in 1973-2025 also resulted from the fact that the Danes live on average longer than in the past. The aging of society is a challenge. At the end of May, the Parliament of Denmark decided to extend the retirement age from the current 67 to 70 w 2040 r.
When determining the population, citizens of other countries, if they are registered in Denmark, are taken into account. However, Danes living abroad are not included in this statistics.