Copenhagen — UN urban centre
Copenhagen: 1,229,370 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #416 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 680; territory: Denmark (DNK). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 55.6928, 12.5172. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,036,786 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 948,153 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 910,220 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 893,668 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 902,130 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 910,852 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 955,988 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,041,309 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,115,711 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,196,163 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,229,370 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,243,842 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,256,302 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,261,546 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,316,917 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,319,460 | Projection |
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