Copenhagen · Population

Question: What is the population of Copenhagen? Answer: Copenhagen, Denmark (Administrative unit: Capital Region) - last known population is ≈ 1 263 700 (year 2015). This was 22.291% of total Denmark population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2011-2015 (+1.32%/year), Copenhagen population in 2024 would be: 1 421 723*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1981-1990] -0.37 %/year
[1990-2000] -1.61 %/year
[2000-2006] +0.12 %/year
[2006-2011] +0.93 %/year
[2011-2015] +1.32 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 55.676, 12.566

Local time in Copenhagen: 20:08 Wednesday GMT+2.

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Copenhagen on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Population for places near Copenhagen

• Hørsholm 23 km, 349°
• Taastrup 18 km, 261°
• Birkerød 21 km, 335°
• Smorum 18 km, 294°
• Farum 20 km, 318°
• Lillerød 26 km, 328°
• Værløse 17 km, 313°
• Dragør 11 km, 145°
• Fløng 24 km, 266°
• Tune 26 km, 249°

Sources, Notices

1981e, 1990e, 2000e, 2006e, 2011e, 2015e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• Denmark Statistics
• Statbank Denmark Population 1. January by urban areas
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).