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Largest cities in Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 671,714 people (FOLK1A population at the first day of the quarter, 2026-01-01).

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Denmark cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-03

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Copenhagen, Denmark671,714 people2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
2Aarhus, Denmark378,361 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
3Aalborg, Denmark226,033 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
4Odense, Denmark213,168 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
5Vejle, Denmark122,433 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
6Esbjerg, Denmark115,157 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
7Frederiksberg, Denmark106,150 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
8Silkeborg, Denmark101,574 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
9Randers, Denmark100,356 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
10Horsens, Denmark97,921 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
11Viborg, Denmark97,621 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
12Kolding, Denmark95,897 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
13Roskilde, Denmark91,623 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
14Herning, Denmark90,006 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
15Næstved, Denmark84,895 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
16Slagelse, Denmark80,481 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
17Gentofte, Denmark75,076 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
18Holbæk, Denmark74,490 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
19Sønderborg, Denmark74,096 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
20Gladsaxe, Denmark70,958 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
21Skanderborg, Denmark65,760 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
22Helsingør, Denmark63,953 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
23Køge, Denmark63,335 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
24Hjørring, Denmark63,311 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
25Svendborg, Denmark60,001 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
26Guldborgsund, Denmark59,350 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
27Holstebro, Denmark59,201 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
28Høje-Taastrup, Denmark59,059 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
29Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark58,713 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
30Aabenraa, Denmark58,621 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01

What the numbers say

  • Copenhagen, Denmark leads at 671,714 people.
  • Aabenraa, Denmark sits at the other end with 58,621 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 84,895 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 613,093 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Denmark show?

Copenhagen, Denmark has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 671,714 people (FOLK1A population at the first day of the quarter, 2026-01-01).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation measured in people, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2025 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: city, municipality
Observation period
2025-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Last checked
2026-09-03
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 3). Largest cities in Denmark [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 04f4f03d5e14f4557548e5ed0dba3e2c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/denmark-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-03. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-denmark_93c0b5372a9b,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Denmark},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-03},
  version = {04f4f03d5e14f4557548e5ed0dba3e2c},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/denmark-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-03. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. FOLK1A population at the first day of the quarterStatistics Denmark · Checked 2026-07-29
  2. Statistics DenmarkStatistics Denmark · Checked 2026-09-03
  3. Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.api.statbank.dk · Checked 2026-09-03