Hovedstaden

Region in Denmark

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2006-01-01	Population Estimate 2011-01-01	Population Estimate 2016-01-01	Population Estimate 2021-01-01	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Hovedstaden [Capital Region]	Region	1,633,565	1,699,387	1,789,174	1,855,084	1,947,212
Albertslund	Municipality	27,853	27,800	27,880	27,366	29,262	→
Allerød	Municipality	23,498	24,096	24,732	25,893	26,496	→
Ballerup	Municipality	46,654	47,930	48,224	49,310	53,950	→
Bornholm	Municipality	43,245	41,802	39,756	39,570	38,677	→
Brøndby	Municipality	34,247	34,021	35,322	35,232	40,990	→
Christiansø (Ertholmene)	Unincorporated Area	92	94	91	90	92	→
Dragør	Municipality	13,154	13,717	14,142	14,569	14,474	→
Egedal	Municipality	39,948	41,614	42,773	43,696	46,240	→
Fredensborg	Municipality	39,131	39,341	40,112	40,998	42,445	→
Frederiksberg	Municipality	91,855	98,782	104,481	103,677	106,150	→
Frederikssund	Municipality	43,702	44,307	44,725	45,439	47,450	→
Furesø	Municipality	37,370	38,286	40,156	41,001	42,874	→
Gentofte	Municipality	68,623	71,714	75,350	74,550	75,106	→
Gladsaxe	Municipality	61,735	64,951	67,914	69,200	71,185	→
Glostrup	Municipality	20,699	21,384	22,461	23,380	25,834	→
Gribskov	Municipality	40,360	40,700	41,107	40,971	41,787	→
Halsnæs	Municipality	30,513	31,056	31,049	31,420	31,738	→
Helsingør	Municipality	61,340	61,368	62,092	63,000	64,244	→
Herlev	Municipality	27,023	26,597	28,423	28,913	32,030	→
Hillerød	Municipality	45,616	47,916	49,672	51,528	55,182	→
Høje-Taastrup	Municipality	46,257	47,753	49,960	51,729	60,458	→
Hørsholm	Municipality	24,317	24,415	24,965	24,917	25,354	→
Hvidovre	Municipality	49,762	50,081	52,831	53,451	54,228	→
Ishøj	Municipality	20,820	20,797	22,358	23,131	24,685	→
København [Copenhagen]	Municipality	501,158	539,542	591,481	638,117	671,714	→
Lyngby-Taarbæk	Municipality	51,908	52,754	55,097	56,614	58,614	→
Rødovre	Municipality	36,506	36,524	38,002	41,113	45,138	→
Rudersdal	Municipality	54,241	54,765	55,739	57,024	57,912	→
Tårnby	Municipality	39,708	40,835	42,860	42,670	44,214	→
Vallensbæk	Municipality	12,230	14,445	15,419	16,515	18,689	→
Danmark [Denmark]	Kingdom	5,427,459	5,560,628	5,707,251	5,840,045	6,025,603

Source: Denmark Statistik.

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Gender (E 2026)
Males	956,604
Females	990,608

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	367,356
18-64 years	1,234,959
65+ years	344,897

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	13,871
80-89 years	86,458
70-79 years	153,273
60-69 years	205,107
50-59 years	247,049
40-49 years	236,536
30-39 years	297,935
20-29 years	295,901
10-19 years	205,445
0-9 years	205,637

Citizenship (E 2026)
Denmark	1,631,711
EU 27	125,248
Europe (other)	71,740
Asia	83,345
Other Citizenship	35,156

Country of Birth (E 2026)
Denmark	1,477,922
EU 27	122,236
Europe (other)	114,374
Asia	163,432
Other country	69,129

Urbanization (E 2025)
Rural	44,550
Urban	1,884,093

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