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Number of households in Denmark from 2014 to 2024, by type of household

Characteristic	Married couple	Single women	Single men	Other couples	Other households including more than 1 family	Children below 18 years not living with parents
2024	938,492	734,923	573,261	353,698	232,578	1,288
2023	937,134	727,267	565,112	353,249	230,702	1,318
2022	934,979	717,133	555,725	353,753	225,483	1,218
2021	935,013	704,242	540,379	348,408	228,028	1,091
2020	934,630	691,059	527,750	341,985	231,680	1,028
2019	932,591	682,152	518,279	338,268	233,819	962
2018	932,254	676,468	512,552	335,335	230,875	988
2017	932,782	672,594	508,596	329,967	225,097	1,023
2016	934,186	672,803	507,551	321,748	217,227	1,070
2015	938,488	671,712	506,497	313,327	205,506	1,056
2014	943,822	668,261	502,798	307,746	197,441	1,181

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February 2024

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Denmark

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2014 to 2024

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As of january 1 each year

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Single person households were the most common type of household in Denmark at the beginning of 2024, with nearly 1.3 million. Of these, 735,000 were female households. The second most common type of household was married couples, counting 938,000. In Denmark, the total number of households in Denmark increased by over 210,000 over the past decade.

Households with children

In 2023, most households in Denmark were without children, reaching roughly two million. The largest number of households with children had two children, amounting to around 332,000. It was closely followed by households with one child. There were 4,000 households with five children or more in 2023.

 Marriages and divorces 

While the number of single person households in Denmark has increased over the past decade, the number of marriages and partnerships have fallen over the past 20 years, even though there was an increase from 2013 to 2018. Moreover, the number of divorces decreased from 2014 to 2019, but increased again in 2020, before stabilizing after that.