Total population | |
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c. 8 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Denmark | 5,961,249[1] |
United States | 1,430,897[2] |
Canada | 207,470[3][4] |
Norway | 52,510[5] |
Brazil | 52,000[6][7][8] |
Australia | 50,413[9] |
Germany | 50,000[10] |
Argentina | 48,000[11][12] |
Sweden | 42,602[13] |
United Kingdom | 18,493 (Danish born only)[14] |
Spain | 10,000[15] |
France | 7,000[16] |
Switzerland | 4,251[17] |
Iceland | 4,214[18] |
New Zealand | 3,507[19] |
Italy | 2,084[20] |
Portugal | 1,528[21] |
Austria | 1,281[22] |
Japan | 941[23] |
Ireland | 809[24] |
Lebanon | 400[25] |
Languages | |
Danish | |
Religion | |
Lutheranism (Church of Denmark)[26] Further details: Religion in Denmark |
Danes (Danish: danskere, pronounced [ˈtænskɐɐ]), or Danish people, are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark.[27] This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.
Danes generally regard themselves as a nationality and reserve the word "ethnic" for the description of recent immigrants,[28] sometimes referred to as "new Danes".[29] The contemporary Danish national identity is based on the idea of "Danishness", which is founded on principles formed through historical cultural connections and is typically not based on ethnic heritage.[30]