Denmark
Section I. Religious Demography
The U.S. government estimates the total population at 5.8 million (July 2018 estimate). According to an October estimate by Statistics Denmark, the government statistical office, 75 percent of all citizens are members of the ELC.
The University of Copenhagen’s Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies estimated in October 2017 that Muslims constitute 5.3 percent of the population. Muslim groups are concentrated in the largest cities, particularly Copenhagen, Odense, and Aarhus. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates other religious groups, each constituting less than 1 percent of the population, include, in descending order of size, Roman Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Serbian Orthodox Christians, Jews, Baptists, Buddhists, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pentecostals, and nondenominational Christians. Although estimates vary, the Jewish Society (previously known as Mosaike) stated the Jewish population numbers approximately 7,000, most of whom live in the Copenhagen metropolitan area. A 2017 Pew Research Center poll found 30 percent of persons identified as religiously unaffiliated.