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    Fertility

    Total fertility rate per 1,000 women
    1,553
    2022

    What does fertility mean and what is the total fertility rate in Denmark? The statistics on fertility rates indicate the number of children born by 1,000 women in a given year. In this way, comparison of the figures between years is more reliable, as the number of births is evaluated against the number of women in the same age group.

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    Annual number of live births per 1,000 women of reproductive age (ages 15-49).

    Number of children that would be born alive to 1,000 women during the reproductive period of their lives (ages 15-49), if all 1,000 women lived to be 50 years old, and if at each age they experienced the given year's age-specific fertility rates.

    Selected statistics on Fertility

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

    Development in total fertility rate

    Here you can see the development in the total fertility rate. The total fertility rate is the number of children that 1,000 women will have from the age of 15-49, if none of the women die before they reach the age of 50, and they give birth to just as many children as indicated by the year's fertility rates.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Fertility rates (FOD33)
    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).

    Development in total fertility rate disaggregated by ancestry

    Here you can see the development in the total fertility rate disaggregated by ancestry. The total fertility rate is the number of children that 1,000 women will have from the age of 15-49, if none of the women die before they reach the age of 50, and they give birth to just as many children as indicated by the year's fertility rates.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Total fertility rate (ages 15-49) (FERT1)
    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).

    Age-specific fertility rates

    Here you can see the number of children that 1,000 women within each age category have had in the last calculated year.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Fertility rates (FOD33)
    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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    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.

    Need more data on Fertility?

    You can search further in Statbank Denmark yourself. Find more detailed figures, e.g. about the fertility rates and total fertility rates disaggregated by municipalities.

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