Are there minorities in Denmark?

Today, Denmark is a constitutional monarchy and a member of the European Union. Main religions: Lutheran (95\%), other Protestant and Roman Catholic (3\%), Muslim (2\%). Minority groups include 55,600 Turks (1\%), 17,400 former Yugoslavs (0.3\%), Asians, Africans, Inuit and Faroese (data: Statistics Denmark, 2006).

What is your ethnicity if you are from Denmark?

Danish People At first glance, Denmark is a place of visible ethnic homogeneity. The vast majority of people in Denmark are of Scandinavian ancestry, basically being descendants of the Vikings and other people indigenous to the region, as well as other Europeans brought back to Scandinavia by Viking raids.

What is the Danish minority?

The Danish minority is represented by the South Schleswig Voter Federation (SSW) in the Diet (Landtag) of Schleswig-Holstein. The SSW is not subject to the general requirement of passing a 5\% vote threshold in order to receive proportional seats in the state parliament.

Is Denmark a diverse country?

Denmark is full of Danes. The loss, over time, of these possessions (save the barely populated Greenland) served to render Denmark a deeply homogeneous country. It contains no national minority groups and has a relatively small immigrant population.

What is the largest ethnic group in Denmark?

Denmark Demographics Profile

Population	5,894,687 (July 2021 est.)
Ethnic groups	Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 86.3\%, Turkish 1.1\%, other 12.6\% (largest groups are Polish, Syrian, German, Iraqi, and Romanian) (2018 est.) note: data represent population by ancestry

What is the population of Denmark in 2021?

The current population of Denmark is 5,821,685 as of Monday, December 13, 2021, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.

How many Irish live in Denmark?

2,391 Irish people
According to the official Danish statistics there are now 2,391 Irish people living in Denmark.

What are the ethnic minority groups in Denmark?

Ethnic minorities in Denmark include a handful of groups: Approximately 15,000 people in Denmark belong to a German minority traditionally referred to as hjemmetyskere meaning “domestic Germans” in Danish, and as Nordschleswiger in German. This minority of Germans hold Danish citizenship and self-identify as Germans.

What is the nationality of Danish people?

It describes people of Danish nationality, both in Denmark and elsewhere–most importantly, ethnic Danes in both Denmark proper and the former Danish Duchy of Schleswig. Excluded from this definition are people from the formerly Norway, Faroe Islands, and Greenland; members of the German minority; and members of other ethnic minorities.

How many German citizens are there in Denmark?

There are also several thousand German citizens and other ethnic Germans residing in Denmark with no historical connection to this group. An estimated 23,000 people in Denmark proper are ethnic Faroese, while 19,000 Greenlanders reside permanently in Denmark.

What are the two defining cultural criteria of being Danish?

Two defining cultural criteria of being Danish were speaking the Danish language and identifying Denmark as a homeland.