First residence permits issued (total)

In 2023, Denmark's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 5.8% compared to 2022, reaching 42,805.

Denmark accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.

Denmark ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 21.3% (from 35,301 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.