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From 2013 to 2023, the number of inhabitants in the City of Copenhagen grew steadily. While almost 560,000 people lived in Copenhagen 2013, that had increased to nearly 654,000 in 2023, meaning that the population of Denmark's Capital increased by almost 100,000 during that period. Of these, a majority is women.

Copenhagen: A young city

The City of Copenhagen is characterized by an overwhelmingly young population. In 2022, 158,000 of the city's inhabitants were from 20 to 29 years old. Moreover, the second largest age group was those between 30 and 39 years.

Other major cities

If the Greater Copenhagen metropolitan area is taken into account, the total population of the city is more than 1.3 million inhabitants. Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city located on the Jutland peninsula, had 285,000 inhabitants in 2022. Denmark's third largest city is Odense with 180,000 inhabitants.