Copenhagen Municipality - Demography

Demography

Historic population. The two figures for 1 February 1901 are before and after the municipality annexed some nearby parishes. The apparent decline since the mid-1900s are due to the figures not including the urban areas outside Copenhagen municipality.

Date	Year	Population
	1450	est. 4–5,000
	1500	est. 10,000
	1650	est. 30,000
	1700	est. 65,000
15 January	1769	80,000
1 July	1787	90,032
1 February	1801	100,975
1 February	1840	120,819
1 February	1850	129,695
1 February	1860	155,143
1 February	1870	181,291
1 February	1880	234,850
1 February	1890	312,859
1 February (before annexation)	1901	360,787
1 February (following annexation)	1901	400,575
1 February	1911	462,161
1 February	1921	561,344
5 November	1930	617,069
5 November	1940	700,465
7 November	1950	768,105
26 September	1960	721,381
9 November	1970	622,773

Year	Population
1971	625,671
1972	610,985
1973	595,751
1974	576,030
1975	562,405
1976	545,350
1977	529,154
1978	515,594
1979	505,974
1980	498,850
1981	493,771
1982	490,597
1983	486,593
1984	482,937
1985	478,615
1986	473,000
1987	469,706
1988	468,704
1989	467,850
1990	466,723
1991	464,773
1992	464,566

Year	Population
1993	466,129
1994	467,253
1995	471,300
1996	476,751
1997	483,658
1998	487,969
1999	491,082
2000	495,699
2001	499,148
2002	500,531
2003	501,285
2004	501,664
2005	502,362
2006	501,158
2007	503,699
2008	509,861
2009	518,574
2010	528,208
2011	539,542
2012	549,050