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Life expectancy at age 15 in Denmark

Denmark: Life expectancy at age 15 was 91.2 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)
91.2 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
43rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
91.2 years
in 2100
All-time low
56.58 years
in 1853
Years of data
266
1835–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Denmark, 1835–2100

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 15 in Denmark is 91.2 years, measured in 2100. That is the highest value across all 266 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Denmark peaked at 91.2 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 56.58 years, in 1853.

That places Denmark 43rd out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 266 years of available data.

Life expectancy at age 15 in Denmark, year by year

Year years Change
1835 58.88 years —
1836 58.63 years -0.4%
1837 58.16 years -0.8%
1838 59.26 years +1.9%
1839 59.98 years +1.2%
1840 59.64 years -0.6%
1841 60.2 years +0.9%
1842 59.71 years -0.8%
1843 59.48 years -0.4%
1844 60.04 years +0.9%
1845 60.59 years +0.9%
1846 59.64 years -1.6%
1847 59.39 years -0.4%
1848 60.11 years +1.2%
1849 58.09 years -3.4%
1850 60.61 years +4.3%
1851 61.41 years +1.3%
1852 61.2 years -0.3%
1853 56.58 years -7.5%
1854 61.66 years +9.0%
1855 59.99 years -2.7%
1856 61.56 years +2.6%
1857 59.97 years -2.6%
1858 60.31 years +0.6%
1859 61.3 years +1.6%
1860 60.88 years -0.7%
1861 61.7 years +1.3%
1862 61.98 years +0.5%
1863 61.98 years +0.0%
1864 58.52 years -5.6%
1865 59.88 years +2.3%
1866 61.37 years +2.5%
1867 61.64 years +0.4%
1868 61.87 years +0.4%
1869 61.78 years -0.1%
1870 61.73 years -0.1%
1871 60.81 years -1.5%
1872 61.59 years +1.3%
1873 61.34 years -0.4%
1874 60.61 years -1.2%
1875 60.32 years -0.5%
1876 61.53 years +2.0%
1877 62.41 years +1.4%
1878 63.11 years +1.1%
1879 61.66 years -2.3%
1880 62.1 years +0.7%
1881 62.58 years +0.8%
1882 63.09 years +0.8%
1883 62.5 years -0.9%
1884 62.82 years +0.5%
1885 62.89 years +0.1%
1886 62.92 years +0.0%
1887 63.44 years +0.8%
1888 62.88 years -0.9%
1889 63.25 years +0.6%
1890 62.89 years -0.6%
1891 62.21 years -1.1%
1892 62.84 years +1.0%
1893 63.59 years +1.2%
1894 64.35 years +1.2%
1895 64.46 years +0.2%
1896 65.33 years +1.3%
1897 64.3 years -1.6%
1898 65.38 years +1.7%
1899 64.56 years -1.3%
1900 63.85 years -1.1%
1901 65.11 years +2.0%
1902 65.78 years +1.0%
1903 65.67 years -0.2%
1904 66.09 years +0.6%
1905 65.42 years -1.0%
1906 66.6 years +1.8%
1907 66.05 years -0.8%
1908 66.02 years -0.0%
1909 66.63 years +0.9%
1910 67.17 years +0.8%
1911 66.62 years -0.8%
1912 66.77 years +0.2%
1913 67.42 years +1.0%
1914 67.25 years -0.3%
1915 66.82 years -0.6%
1916 66.44 years -0.6%
1917 66.43 years -0.0%
1918 63.72 years -4.1%
1919 65.67 years +3.1%
1920 66.51 years +1.3%
1921 68.93 years +3.6%
1922 68.03 years -1.3%
1923 68.83 years +1.2%
1924 68.93 years +0.1%
1925 69.13 years +0.3%
1926 69.08 years -0.1%
1927 68.64 years -0.6%
1928 69.23 years +0.9%
1929 68.95 years -0.4%
1930 69.4 years +0.7%
1931 68.89 years -0.7%
1932 69.13 years +0.3%
1933 69.59 years +0.7%
1934 69.9 years +0.4%
1935 69.64 years -0.4%
1936 69.63 years -0.0%
1937 69.93 years +0.4%
1938 70.44 years +0.7%
1939 70.93 years +0.7%
1940 70.77 years -0.2%
1941 71.02 years +0.4%
1942 71.71 years +1.0%
1943 71.73 years +0.0%
1944 71.06 years -0.9%
1945 70.74 years -0.5%
1946 71.42 years +1.0%
1947 72.17 years +1.1%
1948 73.44 years +1.8%
1949 73.27 years -0.2%
1950 73.19 years -0.1%
1951 73.6 years +0.6%
1952 73.61 years +0.0%
1953 73.76 years +0.2%
1954 73.84 years +0.1%
1955 74.27 years +0.6%
1956 74.36 years +0.1%
1957 74.06 years -0.4%
1958 74.34 years +0.4%
1959 74.39 years +0.1%
1960 74.3 years -0.1%
1961 74.57 years +0.4%
1962 74.32 years -0.3%
1963 74.36 years +0.1%
1964 74.36 years -0.0%
1965 74.29 years -0.1%
1966 74.2 years -0.1%
1967 74.52 years +0.4%
1968 74.8 years +0.4%
1969 74.79 years -0.0%
1970 74.87 years +0.1%
1971 74.93 years +0.1%
1972 74.8 years -0.2%
1973 74.94 years +0.2%
1974 74.97 years +0.0%
1975 75.29 years +0.4%
1976 74.83 years -0.6%
1977 75.63 years +1.1%
1978 75.39 years -0.3%
1979 75.21 years -0.2%
1980 75.03 years -0.2%
1981 75.14 years +0.1%
1982 75.47 years +0.4%
1983 75.31 years -0.2%
1984 75.45 years +0.2%
1985 75.38 years -0.1%
1986 75.5 years +0.2%
1987 75.63 years +0.2%
1988 75.67 years +0.1%
1989 75.72 years +0.1%
1990 75.7 years -0.0%
1991 76.03 years +0.4%
1992 75.99 years -0.1%
1993 75.81 years -0.2%
1994 76.07 years +0.3%
1995 75.86 years -0.3%
1996 76.28 years +0.6%
1997 76.61 years +0.4%
1998 76.98 years +0.5%
1999 77.06 years +0.1%
2000 77.37 years +0.4%
2001 77.53 years +0.2%
2002 77.58 years +0.1%
2003 77.9 years +0.4%
2004 78.28 years +0.5%
2005 78.68 years +0.5%
2006 78.65 years -0.0%
2007 78.79 years +0.2%
2008 79.15 years +0.5%
2009 79.3 years +0.2%
2010 79.6 years +0.4%
2011 80.17 years +0.7%
2012 80.45 years +0.3%
2013 80.68 years +0.3%
2014 81.04 years +0.5%
2015 81.12 years +0.1%
2016 81.24 years +0.1%
2017 81.5 years +0.3%
2018 81.37 years -0.2%
2019 81.76 years +0.5%
2020 81.89 years +0.2%
2021 81.79 years -0.1%
2022 81.62 years -0.2%
2023 82.26 years +0.8%
2024 82.4 years +0.2%
2025 82.54 years +0.2%
2026 82.68 years +0.2%
2027 82.82 years +0.2%
2028 82.97 years +0.2%
2029 83.1 years +0.2%
2030 83.24 years +0.2%
2031 83.39 years +0.2%
2032 83.52 years +0.2%
2033 83.65 years +0.2%
2034 83.79 years +0.2%
2035 83.92 years +0.2%
2036 84.06 years +0.2%
2037 84.19 years +0.2%
2038 84.32 years +0.2%
2039 84.45 years +0.2%
2040 84.57 years +0.1%
2041 84.7 years +0.1%
2042 84.81 years +0.1%
2043 84.94 years +0.2%
2044 85.07 years +0.1%
2045 85.18 years +0.1%
2046 85.3 years +0.1%
2047 85.42 years +0.1%
2048 85.55 years +0.1%
2049 85.66 years +0.1%
2050 85.78 years +0.1%
2051 85.89 years +0.1%
2052 86.01 years +0.1%
2053 86.13 years +0.1%
2054 86.24 years +0.1%
2055 86.37 years +0.1%
2056 86.47 years +0.1%
2057 86.59 years +0.1%
2058 86.71 years +0.1%
2059 86.81 years +0.1%
2060 86.93 years +0.1%
2061 87.03 years +0.1%
2062 87.15 years +0.1%
2063 87.27 years +0.1%
2064 87.37 years +0.1%
2065 87.5 years +0.1%
2066 87.6 years +0.1%
2067 87.7 years +0.1%
2068 87.8 years +0.1%
2069 87.91 years +0.1%
2070 88.02 years +0.1%
2071 88.12 years +0.1%
2072 88.24 years +0.1%
2073 88.34 years +0.1%
2074 88.46 years +0.1%
2075 88.56 years +0.1%
2076 88.67 years +0.1%
2077 88.77 years +0.1%
2078 88.89 years +0.1%
2079 88.99 years +0.1%
2080 89.1 years +0.1%
2081 89.21 years +0.1%
2082 89.3 years +0.1%
2083 89.42 years +0.1%
2084 89.51 years +0.1%
2085 89.61 years +0.1%
2086 89.73 years +0.1%
2087 89.84 years +0.1%
2088 89.94 years +0.1%
2089 90.05 years +0.1%
2090 90.15 years +0.1%
2091 90.27 years +0.1%
2092 90.36 years +0.1%
2093 90.48 years +0.1%
2094 90.58 years +0.1%
2095 90.69 years +0.1%
2096 90.78 years +0.1%
2097 90.89 years +0.1%
2098 90.99 years +0.1%
2099 91.1 years +0.1%
2100 91.2 years +0.1%

Denmark compared with similar countries

  • Denmark's 91.2 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 90.84 years, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • Denmark's 91.2 years is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 89.85 years, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1830s 58.98 years 58.16 years 59.98 years 5
1840s 59.69 years 58.09 years 60.59 years 10
1850s 60.46 years 56.58 years 61.66 years 10
1860s 61.16 years 58.52 years 61.98 years 10
1870s 61.51 years 60.32 years 63.11 years 10
1880s 62.85 years 62.1 years 63.44 years 10
1890s 63.99 years 62.21 years 65.38 years 10
1900s 65.72 years 63.85 years 66.63 years 10
1910s 66.43 years 63.72 years 67.42 years 10
1920s 68.63 years 66.51 years 69.23 years 10
1930s 69.75 years 68.89 years 70.93 years 10
1940s 71.73 years 70.74 years 73.44 years 10
1950s 73.94 years 73.19 years 74.39 years 10
1960s 74.45 years 74.2 years 74.8 years 10
1970s 75.09 years 74.8 years 75.63 years 10
1980s 75.43 years 75.03 years 75.72 years 10
1990s 76.24 years 75.7 years 77.06 years 10
2000s 78.32 years 77.37 years 79.3 years 10
2010s 80.89 years 79.6 years 81.76 years 10
2020s 82.41 years 81.62 years 83.1 years 10
2030s 83.85 years 83.24 years 84.45 years 10
2040s 85.12 years 84.57 years 85.66 years 10
2050s 86.3 years 85.78 years 86.81 years 10
2060s 87.42 years 86.93 years 87.91 years 10
2070s 88.51 years 88.02 years 88.99 years 10
2080s 89.57 years 89.1 years 90.05 years 10
2090s 90.63 years 90.15 years 91.1 years 10
2100s 91.2 years 91.2 years 91.2 years 1

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 40 Costa Rica 91.34 years compare
  2. 41 Finland 91.32 years compare
  3. 42 Luxembourg 91.25 years compare
  4. 44 Puerto Rico 91.19 years compare
  5. 45 Slovenia 91.12 years compare
  6. 46 New Zealand 91.08 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Denmark?
Life expectancy at age 15 in Denmark was 91.2 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 91.2 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 56.58 years in 1853.
How does Denmark rank for life expectancy at age 15?
Denmark ranks 43rd out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Denmark data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy at age 15
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
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