Danes

This article is about Danes as a nation and ethnic group. For the Iron Age Germanic tribe, see Danes (tribe). For other uses, see Dane.

Danes
Danskere
Total population
c. 8 million
Regions with significant populations
 Denmark5,961,249[1]
 United States1,430,897[2]
 Canada207,470[3][4]
 Norway52,510[5]
 Brazil52,000[6][7][8]
 Australia50,413[9]
 Germany50,000[10]
 Argentina48,000[11][12]
 Sweden42,602[13]
 United Kingdom18,493 (Danish born only)[14]
 Spain10,000[15]
 France7,000[16]
  Switzerland4,251[17]
 Iceland4,214[18]
 New Zealand3,507[19]
 Italy2,084[20]
 Portugal1,528[21]
 Austria1,281[22]
 Japan941[23]
 Ireland809[24]
 Lebanon400[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]

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