0.31
per 1,000 residents, 2025
Moderate trust, 71 of 100 Only Eurostat counts, so it cannot be checked against another source. The other 2 sources shown do not count; "Where the number comes from" says why.
- Eurostat
- Eurostat <2008
- UNHCR
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| Year | Eurostat, first-time asylum applicants (migr_asyappctza) | Eurostat, asylum applicants until 2007 (migr_asyctz) | UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, asylum applications (population API) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | – | 1.7 | – |
| 1986 | – | 1.82 | – |
| 1987 | – | 0.53 | – |
| 1988 | – | 0.91 | – |
| 1989 | – | 0.89 | – |
| 1990 | – | 1.03 | – |
| 1991 | – | 0.9 | – |
| 1992 | – | 2.69 | – |
| 1993 | – | 2.77 | – |
| 1994 | – | 1.28 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0.98 | – |
| 1996 | – | 1.12 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0.97 | – |
| 1998 | – | 1.08 | – |
| 1999 | – | 1.23 | – |
| 2000 | – | 1.94 | – |
| 2001 | – | 2.34 | – |
| 2002 | – | 1.11 | – |
| 2003 | – | 0.82 | – |
| 2004 | – | 0.6 | – |
| 2005 | – | 0.42 | – |
| 2006 | – | 0.36 | 0.35 |
| 2007 | – | 0.41 | 0.34 |
| 2008 | 0.43 | – | 0.43 |
| 2009 | 0.68 | – | 0.69 |
| 2010 | 0.92 | – | 0.89 |
| 2011 | 0.72 | – | 0.68 |
| 2012 | 1.09 | – | 1.1 |
| 2013 | 1.29 | – | 1.34 |
| 2014 | 2.59 | – | 2.62 |
| 2015 | 3.68 | – | 3.75 |
| 2016 | 1.06 | – | 1.11 |
| 2017 | 0.55 | – | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 0.6 | – | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 0.46 | – | 0.45 |
| 2020 | 0.25 | – | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 0.35 | – | 0.34 |
| 2022 | 0.77 | – | 0.76 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | – | 0.39 |
| 2024 | 0.37 | – | 0.37 |
| 2025 | 0.31 | – | 0.31 |
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Denmark among 184 countries
58 have a higher figure and 123 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2011 to 2025.
What this number counts
- Counts
- First-time asylum applicants (Eurostat) or new asylum applications (UNHCR) lodged in the country during the year, per 1,000 residents
- Where
- Denmark
- When
- Latest available: Eurostat 2025, UNHCR 2025. Calendar years. (one year, not an average)
Where the number comes from (3 sources)
| Source | Figure and year | Definition | Quality | Counts for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eurostat, first-time asylum applicants (migr_asyappctza)Eurostat (European Commission) · Administrative recordsRetrieved 2026-10-27 | 0.312025 | People who lodged an application for international protection in Denmark for the first time in 2025, all citizenships, ages and sexes: 1,865 (Eurostat rounds to the nearest 5).Divided by the population on 1 January 2025 (5,992,734, Eurostat demo_pjan) and multiplied by 1,000. Repeat (subsequent) applicants are left out. All asylum applicants that year, including people applying again: 1,950 (0.33 per 1,000). Raw file: migr_asyappctza.json (Eurostat API, citizen=TOTAL, sex=T, age=TOTAL, applicant=FRST and TOTAL, unit=PER) and demo_pjan.json (age=TOTAL, sex=T). | 5 of 5 checks
| 100% |
Eurostat, asylum applicants until 2007 (migr_asyctz)Eurostat (European Commission) · Administrative recordsRetrieved 2026-10-27 | –2007 | Asylum applicants in Denmark per year, all citizenships, as collected by Eurostat on a voluntary basis before 2008, 1985-2007.This collection counts all applicants, not first-time applicants only. Divided by the population on 1 January of each year (Eurostat demo_pjan) and multiplied by 1,000; years without a population figure are left out. Not counted: this collection ended in 2007 and counts all applicants rather than first-time applicants, so it is shown as its own series and not compared with the later figures. Raw file: migr_asyctz.json (Eurostat API, citizen=TOTAL, unit=PER). | 3 of 5 checks
| Not counted |
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, asylum applications (population API)Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) · Administrative recordsRetrieved 2026-10-27 · Data (API) | 0.312025 | New asylum applications lodged in Denmark in 2025, all countries of origin, as reported to UNHCR: 1,862 persons (1,862 lodged with the government).Applications of type "new" at first instance, counted as persons, for the full calendar year; repeat applications and appeals are left out. Divided by the UN World Population Prospects 2024 population on 1 July 2025 (6,002,507; a projection for years after 2023) and multiplied by 1,000. Years left out because they do not match this definition: 2000 (UNHCR has only applications of various or unknown type (10,325), not new applications alone); 2001 (UNHCR has only applications of various or unknown type (8,331), not new applications alone); 2002 (UNHCR has only applications of various or unknown type (6,057), not new applications alone); 2003 (UNHCR has only applications of various or unknown type (4,567), not new applications alone); 2004 (UNHCR has only applications of various or unknown type (3,231), not new applications alone); 2005 (UNHCR has only applications of various or unknown type (2,237), not new applications alone). Raw file: asylum-applications_2000-2025.json (UNHCR API, all countries of asylum, origin not broken down). UNHCR's figure for this country comes from the same national asylum records that are reported to Eurostat, so it is shown but not counted again. For 2025 its count (1,862) differs from Eurostat's first-time count (1,865) by -0.16%. | 5 of 5 checks
| Not counted |
- Eurostat100%
Shown but not counted: Eurostat <2008 (this collection ended in 2007 and counts all applicants rather than first-time applicants, so it is shown as its own series and not compared with the later figures); UNHCR (republishes Eurostat).
How the trust score was worked out
- Quality40 / 40
How well the sources are made
- Agreement15 / 30
Unknown with one source, so set to half
- Independence6 / 20
How many separate ways the number was measured
- Freshness10 / 10
How recent the newest data is
Who reports it, and since when
- Single source: nothing to check it against
- Eurostat <2008: no figure here after 2007, while others reach 2025
- Eurostat, 2008: From January 2008 asylum statistics are collected under Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 with harmonised definitions, and first-time applicants are counted apart from repeat applicants. Data for 1985-2007 were collected on a voluntary basis and are kept as a separate line (migr_asyctz), never joined to this one. source
- Eurostat, 2014: Eurostat's metadata lists January 2014 as the start of data under the new 2013 Asylum Guidelines. source
- Eurostat, 2021: Eurostat's metadata lists January 2021 as the start of data under the 2021 Asylum Guidelines. source
- Eurostat, 2026: With the Pact on Migration and Asylum (in force 12 June 2026), Eurostat counts registered asylum applicants from July 2026, where the previous definition referred to lodged applications. source
- Eurostat <2008, 2007: Eurostat's voluntary collection of asylum applicant data covers January 1985 to December 2007; from January 2008 data follow Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 (dataset migr_asyappctza). source
- UNHCR, 2006: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Denmark are given as persons from 2006; in the previous year with data they were given as applications of various or unknown type. source
figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change
Why the numbers differ
- First-time, new or all: Eurostat counts people applying in a country for the first time and leaves out repeat applicants; UNHCR counts applications of type "new" as each government reports them, which some countries define differently; the pre-2008 Eurostat series counts all applicants.
- Where people are counted: applications are counted in the country where they are lodged, in the year they are lodged. People may later move on, be transferred to another country under the Dublin rules, or apply in more than one country, so a country's figure is not the number of applicants living there.
- Population base: Eurostat lines divide by the population on 1 January of the same year (Eurostat); UNHCR lines divide by the UN World Population Prospects 2024 population on 1 July, which is a projection for the latest years.
- Rounding: Eurostat rounds asylum counts to the nearest 5; UNHCR rounded small values for 2019-2022 (values between 0 and 5 to multiples of 5, and asylum figures between 5 and 10 as well), so rates for small countries move in steps. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
- Recognition rates depend on who applies: the share of positive decisions differs widely by the applicants' nationality, and each country decides a different mix of nationalities, so a higher or lower rate in one country can reflect its applicants rather than its procedure. Humanitarian status is granted under national law and exists only in some countries.
- Copies: for every country Eurostat covers, UNHCR's figures come from the same national asylum records that are reported to Eurostat, so its line is shown but not counted again, even where its latest year is later than Eurostat's.
- Years that do not fit: UNHCR years given as cases, as combined application types or for part of a year are left out of its series; each line lists the years left out and why.
Common mistakes
- Counting people who fled Ukraine as asylum applicants: since March 2022 most have received temporary protection under the EU decision of 4 March 2022, which Eurostat counts in separate temporary protection statistics, not in asylum applications. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
- Adding countries together to count people: the same person can apply in more than one country, and Eurostat says EU totals can be overestimated for that reason. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
- Comparing first-time applicants with all applicants: the all-applicants count includes people applying again in the same country, and the two are different numbers. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
- Reading the recognition rate as the share of applicants who stay: it covers first-instance decisions only; appeals can overturn them, and decisions in a year can concern applications from earlier years. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
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Cite as: RealStats, “Asylum applicants per 1,000 residents in Denmark”, updated 2026-10-27, with the original sources listed on the page.