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Members of the national church

How many people are members of the national church in Denmark? How many resign their membership? The statistics on members of the national church include people who have an officially registered address in Denmark. Members of the national church can be disaggregated by e.g. sex, age and ancestry.

Selected statistics on Members of the national church

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

Development in memberships of the national church

Here you can see the development in memberships of the national church.
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Last update
12.2.2024
Next update
10.5.2024
Source data

The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

Development in resigned memberships from the national church

Here you can see the development in the number of people who resign from the national church.
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Last update
12.2.2024
Next update
10.5.2024
Source data

The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

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Population figures
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Religious ceremonies
See how many people are baptized, confirmed, buried and cremated in the national church every year.

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Church Statistics

The statistics cover the people’s relation to the national church. Furthermore it accounts for the number of different religious ceremonies, among other baptisms, confirmations and funerals.

The production of statistics on the national church was introduced in 1974. There have not been produced statistics on the national church for the years 2003-2006. For the years 1984-2002 statistics on recognized religious communities, their members and religious ceremonies corresponding to the religious ceremonies of the national church was also produced.

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