Denmark: Hovedstaden

Contents: Hovedstaden

Region

1,855,084 Population [2021] – estimate

1,930,793 Population [2025] – estimate

2,564km² Area

753.1/km² Density [2025]

Municipalities

The population of all municipalities in the Capital Region (Hovedstaden) according to official estimates.

Name	Status	Population Estimate 2006-01-01	Population Estimate 2011-01-01	Population Estimate 2016-01-01	Population Estimate 2021-01-01	Population Estimate 2025-01-01
Albertslund	Municipality	27,853	27,800	27,880	27,366	28,117	→
Allerød	Municipality	23,498	24,096	24,732	25,893	26,128	→
Ballerup	Municipality	46,654	47,930	48,224	49,310	52,939	→
Bornholm	Municipality	43,245	41,802	39,756	39,570	38,966	→
Brøndby	Municipality	34,247	34,021	35,322	35,232	40,401	→
Christiansø (Ertholmene)	Unincorporated Area	92	94	91	90	90	→
Dragør	Municipality	13,154	13,717	14,142	14,569	14,450	→
Egedal	Municipality	39,948	41,614	42,773	43,696	45,563	→
Fredensborg	Municipality	39,131	39,341	40,112	40,998	42,186	→
Frederiksberg	Municipality	91,855	98,782	104,481	103,677	105,840	→
Frederikssund	Municipality	43,702	44,307	44,725	45,439	47,052	→
Furesø	Municipality	37,370	38,286	40,156	41,001	42,540	→
Gentofte	Municipality	68,623	71,714	75,350	74,550	75,076	→
Gladsaxe	Municipality	61,735	64,951	67,914	69,200	70,958	→
Glostrup	Municipality	20,699	21,384	22,461	23,380	24,869	→
Gribskov	Municipality	40,360	40,700	41,107	40,971	41,797	→
Halsnæs	Municipality	30,513	31,056	31,049	31,420	31,633	→
Helsingør	Municipality	61,340	61,368	62,092	63,000	63,953	→
Herlev	Municipality	27,023	26,597	28,423	28,913	30,784	→
Hillerød	Municipality	45,616	47,916	49,672	51,528	54,855	→
Høje-Taastrup	Municipality	46,257	47,753	49,960	51,729	59,059	→
Hørsholm	Municipality	24,317	24,415	24,965	24,917	25,168	→
Hvidovre	Municipality	49,762	50,081	52,831	53,451	53,760	→
Ishøj	Municipality	20,820	20,797	22,358	23,131	24,365	→
København [Copenhagen]	Municipality	501,158	539,542	591,481	638,117	667,099	→
Lyngby-Taarbæk	Municipality	51,908	52,754	55,097	56,614	58,713	→
Rødovre	Municipality	36,506	36,524	38,002	41,113	44,734	→
Rudersdal	Municipality	54,241	54,765	55,739	57,024	57,342	→
Tårnby	Municipality	39,708	40,835	42,860	42,670	44,034	→
Vallensbæk	Municipality	12,230	14,445	15,419	16,515	18,322	→
Hovedstaden [Capital Region]	Region	1,633,565	1,699,387	1,789,174	1,855,084	1,930,793

Contents: Urban Areas and Settlements

The population of all urban areas and settlements in the Capital Region (Hovedstaden) with 200 inhabitants or more according to official estimates.

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Name	Status	Municipality	Population Estimate 2006-01-01	Population Estimate 2011-01-01	Population Estimate 2016-01-01	Population Estimate 2021-01-01	Population Estimate 2025-01-01
Aakirkeby	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	2,169	2,100	2,100	2,115	2,091	→
Allinge-Sandvig	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	1,795	1,723	1,560	1,486	1,446	→
Alsønderup	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	443	504	549	562	592	→
Annisse	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	313	315	293	302	315	→
Annisse Nord	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	1,442	1,441	1,494	1,531	1,576	→
Årsdale	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	503	461	399	335	266	→
Birkerød	Urban Settlement	Rudersdal / Allerød / Furesø	19,786	20,041	20,416	20,908	20,976	→
Blistrup	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	1,026	1,152	1,193	1,177	1,156	→
Blovstrød	Urban Settlement	Allerød	2,163	2,226	2,202	2,938	3,043	→
Brederød	Urban Settlement	Halsnæs	...	...	...	...	223	→
Buresø	Cottage Settlement	Egedal	600	541	511	477	466	→
Christiansø	Rural Settlement	Christiansø	92	94	91	90	90	→
Dalby	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	321	314	311	284	300	→
Dalby Huse	Cottage Settlement	Frederikssund	297	261	271	306	295	→
Dragør	Urban Settlement	Dragør	11,182	11,721	12,042	12,349	12,304	→
Esbønderup	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	1,055	1,170	1,189	1,119	1,413	→
Esrum	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	491	530	527	531	486	→
Evetofte	Cottage Settlement	Halsnæs	429	368	354	361	366	→
Farum	Urban Settlement	Furesø	18,105	18,521	19,664	20,199	20,369	→
Ferslev	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	251	263	255	226	282	→
Fredensborg (Fredensborg Stationsby)	Urban Settlement	Fredensborg	8,291	8,377	8,423	8,792	8,968	→
Frederikssund	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	15,160	15,468	16,016	16,614	17,583	→
Frederiksværk	Urban Settlement	Halsnæs	12,151	12,257	12,282	12,680	12,837	→
Gadevang	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	1,091	1,116	1,109	1,138	1,128	→
Ganløse	Urban Settlement	Egedal	2,810	2,936	2,882	2,899	2,879	→
Gerlev	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	751	783	773	977	1,057	→
Gilleleje	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	6,301	6,491	6,566	6,662	6,596	→
Gørløse	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	966	1,058	1,110	1,198	1,234	→
Græse	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	206	204	...	206	207	→
Græse Bakkeby	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	2,173	2,368	2,337	2,229	2,312	→
Græsted	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	3,294	3,526	3,621	3,621	3,662	→
Gudhjem	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	788	724	710	762	730	→
Gurre	Urban Settlement	Helsingør	292	391	420	396	410	→
Hasle	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	1,796	1,722	1,652	1,645	1,635	→
Hedehusene	Urban Settlement	Høje-Taastrup	11,339	11,421	11,825	12,874	16,731	→
Hellebæk	Urban Settlement	Helsingør	5,405	5,578	5,510	5,754	5,775	→
Helsinge	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	7,671	7,881	8,117	8,343	9,719	→
Helsingør	Urban Settlement	Helsingør / Fredensborg	46,546	46,349	46,829	47,483	48,134	→
Hillerød	Urban Settlement	Hillerød / Fredensborg	28,941	30,350	31,897	33,703	36,604	→
Holløse	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	262	341	348	349	314	→
Holløselund	Cottage Settlement	Gribskov	391	399	397	377	340	→
Hornbæk-Dronningmølle	Urban Settlement	Helsingør / Gribskov	...	5,205	5,256	5,310	5,185	→
Hørsholm	Urban Settlement	Hørsholm / Rudersdal / Fredensborg	...	45,873	47,000	47,869	48,349	→
Høsterkøb	Urban Settlement	Rudersdal	268	298	329	321	310	→
Humlebæk	Urban Settlement	Fredensborg	8,933	9,283	9,601	9,728	9,742	→
Hundested	Urban Settlement	Halsnæs	8,892	8,861	8,595	8,660	8,590	→
Ishøj Landsby	Urban Settlement	Ishøj	1,022	1,039	1,097	1,139	1,328	→
Jægerspris	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	3,874	4,065	4,099	4,043	4,156	→
Jørlunde	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	318	311	319	290	288	→
Kagerup	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	417	412	408	400	392	→
Karlebo	Urban Settlement	Fredensborg	...	233	220	220	253	→
Kirke Værløse	Urban Settlement	Furesø	1,039	1,000	1,007	982	983	→
Klemensker	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	708	684	605	610	599	→
Kobenhavn (Hovedstadsområdet) [Copenhagen]	Urban Area	København / Albertslund / Ballerup / Brøndby / Frederiksberg / Furesø / Gentofte / Gladsaxe / Glostrup / Greve Strand / Herlev / Hvidovre / Ishøj / Lyngby-Taarbæk / Rødovre / Rudersdal / Tårnby / Vallensbæk	1,145,028	1,199,224	1,280,371	1,336,982	1,396,508	→
Kulhuse	Cottage Settlement	Frederikssund	1,002	912	918	909	872	→
Kvistgård	Urban Settlement	Helsingør	867	1,029	1,137	1,127	1,214	→
Kyndby	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	280	269	261	266	258	→
Kyndby Huse	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	390	329	307	304	291	→
Laanshøj	Urban Settlement	Furesø	...	...	549	657	957	→
Landerslev	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	254	249	246	259	255	→
Langesø	Urban Settlement	Helsingør	299	...	...	288	356	→
Ledøje	Urban Settlement	Egedal	798	756	815	755	781	→
Lillerød	Urban Settlement	Allerød	15,302	15,775	16,567	16,762	16,756	→
Liseleje	Urban Settlement	Halsnæs	2,491	2,580	2,550	2,496	2,420	→
Lobbæk	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	366	371	347	335	307	→
Lynge	Urban Settlement	Allerød	4,030	4,072	4,053	4,172	4,139	→
Lyngerup	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	251	234	227	213	228	→
Melby	Urban Settlement	Halsnæs	710	792	814	790	783	→
Meløse	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	692	681	667	608	635	→
Muleby	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	578	547	548	509	475	→
Nexø	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	3,772	3,762	3,647	3,686	3,657	→
Nivå	Urban Settlement	Fredensborg	7,932	7,869	7,816	7,991	8,769	→
Nødebo	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	1,900	1,891	2,021	2,082	2,042	→
Nørre Herlev	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	429	426	440	414	425	→
Ny Hammersholt	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	1,455	1,355	1,314	1,270	1,264	→
Nyker	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	754	726	699	708	675	→
Nylars	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	231	228	225	211	205	→
Nymølle	Urban Settlement	Allerød	...	385	375	344	356	→
Ølsted	Urban Settlement	Halsnæs	1,488	1,863	1,943	1,906	1,944	→
Ølsted Strandhuse	Cottage Settlement	Halsnæs	222	220	216	208	204	→
Ølsted Sydstrand	Cottage Settlement	Halsnæs	278	250	286	291	328	→
Ølstykke-Stenløse	Urban Settlement	Egedal	...	20,665	21,966	22,147	23,382	→
Ørby	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	319	326	307	308	300	→
Østerlars	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	283	269	236	242	254	→
Østermarie	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	543	485	485	476	459	→
Over Dråby Strand	Cottage Settlement	Frederikssund	548	442	419	456	451	→
Pedersker	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	278	251	246	225	209	→
Præstelodden	Cottage Settlement	Halsnæs	...	...	...	...	208	→
Rågeleje	Cottage Settlement	Gribskov	718	817	802	739	702	→
Ramløse	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	1,583	1,636	1,604	1,572	1,529	→
Ravnsnæs	Urban Settlement	Rudersdal	667	682	615	576	575	→
Reerslev	Urban Settlement	Høje-Taastrup	640	644	626	685	717	→
Rønne	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	14,043	13,904	13,639	13,796	13,675	→
Saunte (Stenstrup)	Urban Settlement	Helsingør	1,063	1,125	1,248	1,273	1,371	→
Sengeløse	Urban Settlement	Høje-Taastrup	1,261	1,374	1,560	1,491	1,494	→
Skævinge	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	1,961	2,546	2,577	2,617	3,014	→
Skibby	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	2,904	3,185	3,129	3,148	3,135	→
Skodsborg	Urban Settlement	Rudersdal	1,237	1,169	1,208	1,244	1,228	→
Skuldelev	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	881	905	939	847	840	→
Slagslunde	Urban Settlement	Egedal	894	938	901	899	921	→
Slangerup	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	6,755	6,822	6,801	6,791	6,933	→
Smidstrup	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	1,335	1,333	1,315	1,238	1,156	→
Smørumnedre	Urban Settlement	Egedal / Ballerup / Furesø	17,940	19,059	19,737	20,253	21,768	→
Smørumovre	Urban Settlement	Egedal	...	...	203	214	227	→
Snogebæk	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	793	736	711	696	682	→
Søborg	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	285	217	248	254	237	→
Sønderby	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	331	301	292	262	268	→
Sørup	Urban Settlement	Fredensborg	561	563	559	555	550	→
Søsum	Urban Settlement	Egedal	311	307	303	304	321	→
Søvang	Urban Settlement	Dragør	1,722	1,707	1,723	1,784	1,772	→
Store Lyngby	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	792	847	844	812	818	→
Store Rørbæk	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	589	570	578	574	573	→
Strand Esbønderup	Cottage Settlement	Gribskov	342	320	303	280	268	→
Svaneke	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	1,176	1,100	1,049	1,102	1,090	→
Taastrup	Urban Settlement	Høje-Taastrup	31,068	32,406	33,971	34,698	38,178	→
Tangbjerg	Urban Settlement	Egedal	597	608	573	587	597	→
Tejn	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	1,046	1,013	912	863	771	→
Tikøb	Urban Settlement	Helsingør	698	712	714	666	698	→
Tisvilde	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	1,600	1,531	1,500	1,430	1,369	→
Torslunde	Urban Settlement	Ishøj	239	245	302	322	308	→
Torup	Urban Settlement	Halsnæs	291	321	335	358	401	→
Tulstrup	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	1,256	1,249	1,224	1,193	1,185	→
Udsholt Strand	Cottage Settlement	Gribskov	1,227	1,161	1,138	1,085	952	→
Uvelse	Urban Settlement	Hillerød	900	983	974	1,029	1,062	→
Vallensbæk Landsby	Urban Settlement	Vallensbæk	...	490	438	441	446	→
Værløse	Urban Settlement	Furesø	12,485	12,849	13,024	13,022	13,200	→
Vejby	Urban Settlement	Gribskov	1,060	1,045	1,102	1,071	1,042	→
Vejby Strand	Cottage Settlement	Gribskov	285	347	426	388	341	→
Veksø	Urban Settlement	Egedal	1,903	1,900	1,908	1,802	1,799	→
Vellerup Sommerby	Cottage Settlement	Frederikssund	...	...	...	...	378	→
Venslev	Urban Settlement	Frederikssund	255	254	247	235	229	→
Vestermarie	Urban Settlement	Bornholm	268	274	249	244	237	→
Vinderød	Urban Settlement	Halsnæs	696	1,033	1,058	1,064	1,046	→
Vridsløsemagle	Urban Settlement	Høje-Taastrup	304	283	272	267	289	→

Source: Denmark Statistik.