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People from abroad in Denmark, and Denmark's people abroad

compatriots.net finds 532,847 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Denmark, from 225 countries of origin; 22,990 of them are recorded by an official register.

The largest groups come from United States, United Kingdom, Sweden.

Find Denmark's people abroad

Where they come from

United States99,063United Kingdom55,905Sweden35,785India33,605Norway22,015Germany21,754France20,094Netherlands18,793Australia17,658Poland16,238Spain15,481Italy13,981Other202,532
Country of originPeople
United States99,063
United Kingdom55,905
Sweden35,785
India33,605
Norway22,015
Germany21,754
France20,094
Netherlands18,793
Australia17,658
Poland16,238
Spain15,481
Italy13,981
China12,539
Canada11,721
Brazil11,511
Finland10,706
Türkiye6,727
Russian Federation6,230
Belgium5,948
Lithuania5,929
Mexico5,692
Romania5,501
Philippines5,267
Ukraine4,802
South Africa4,325
Switzerland4,321
Portugal4,149
Ireland4,129
Pakistan3,960
Egypt3,891
Czechia3,401
Greece3,258
Hungary3,169
Singapore3,167
Argentina3,068
Chile2,768
Bulgaria2,643
Venezuela2,509
Colombia2,467
Austria2,311
Other56,423

Industries

Industry (ISIC section)People
Professional and scientific12
Wholesale and retail trade12
Other10

Denmark's people abroad

Abroad, 315,194 people from Denmark are documented in 213 other countries.

United States90,328United Kingdom77,802Australia47,709Sweden33,874Germany30,327Norway25,520France15,968Netherlands14,475Switzerland13,896Finland12,384Spain9,338Canada8,785Other76,842
Host countryPeople
United States90,328
United Kingdom77,802
Australia47,709
Sweden33,874
Germany30,327
Norway25,520
France15,968
Netherlands14,475
Switzerland13,896
Finland12,384
Spain9,338
Canada8,785
Belgium7,143
United Arab Emirates5,315
Italy4,474
Ireland4,261
Poland3,599
India3,067
China2,981
Greenland2,867
Austria2,516
Japan2,313
Singapore2,181
Iceland1,783
Luxembourg1,730
South Africa1,535
Brazil1,517
Thailand1,493
Czechia1,487
New Zealand1,420
Hong Kong1,264
Bulgaria1,228
Türkiye1,222
Portugal997
Mexico966
Faroe Islands943
Estonia903
Slovakia775
Lithuania768
Hungary767
Other15,327

Denmark's company register lists 1,552,689 officer rows, 879,696 with a stated nationality (self-stamp rate 0.96; above 0.98 the field is ignored as it only repeats the register's own country).

Some company details from this register are incomplete in the current build; the people counts are not affected.

Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".

Names from Denmark in other registers (estimate)

How many company officers abroad carry names that a name-origin model places in Denmark. This includes people whose families left generations ago, which the documented counts above cannot see. These are expected counts, not people, and no individual is labelled by them.

Host countryExpected people
United States †7,600
Spain †960
Belgium880
Canada †840
Switzerland820
South Africa430
New Zealand †380
Austria280
China180
Hungary160
Croatia140
Iceland130
Colombia50
Vietnam50
Tanzania40
Ireland40
Greece40
Chile30
Israel20
Malaysia20
Japan10
Ukraine10
Montenegro10
Indonesia8
Bermuda †7
Nigeria7
Samoa †5
Georgia5
Cambodia5
Other10

Registers where the estimate fails, or cannot take, a check against recorded nationality are left out, among them United Kingdom, Norway, France, Sweden, Germany, Australia. † marks a host where most names point abroad; read its figure as ancestry, not migration. How this is estimated.

Aggregate statistics from official company registers, ORCID, VIAF and Wikidata, compiled by compatriots.net · data build v3_20261103. No individual is named on this page. See methodology & privacy.

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