Survival to age 65, male in Denmark
Denmark: Survival to age 65, male was 88.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Survival to age 65, male in Denmark, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in % of cohort.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 88.2% for survival to age 65, male in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, survival to age 65, male in Denmark peaked at 89.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 73.0%, in 1965.
Denmark ranks 34th of 218 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Survival to age 65, male in Denmark, year by year
| Year | % of cohort | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 74.4% | — |
| 1961 | 74.3% | -0.1% |
| 1962 | 73.6% | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 73.8% | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 73.2% | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 73.0% | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 73.4% | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 73.4% | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 74.1% | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 74.1% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 73.9% | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 73.5% | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 73.5% | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 73.8% | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 73.7% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 74.3% | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 73.4% | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 74.7% | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 74.5% | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 73.9% | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 73.6% | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 73.6% | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 74.3% | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 73.8% | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 74.3% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 74.2% | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 74.5% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 74.1% | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 75.2% | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 74.9% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 75.4% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 76.3% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 76.4% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 76.9% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 76.8% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 77.1% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 77.7% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 78.7% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 79.2% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 80.0% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 80.4% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 80.9% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 80.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 81.1% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 81.5% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 82.6% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 81.9% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 82.2% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 83.1% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 83.3% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 83.8% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 84.8% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 85.4% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 85.4% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 85.7% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 86.2% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 86.9% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 87.0% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 87.4% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 88.0% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 88.1% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 88.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 88.2% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73.7% | 73.0% | 74.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 73.9% | 73.4% | 74.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.2% | 73.6% | 75.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.4% | 75.4% | 80.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.8% | 80.4% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.9% | 83.8% | 87.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.3% | 88.0% | 89.0% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is survival to age 65, male in Denmark?
- Survival to age 65, male in Denmark was 88.2% in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest survival to age 65, male recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest survival to age 65, male recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.0% in 1965.
- How does Denmark rank for survival to age 65, male?
- Denmark ranks 34th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is survival to age 65, male rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.