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Religious ceremonies

How many people are baptized? How many are confirmed? The statistics on religious ceremonies come from the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs and include baptisms, confirmations and funerals.

Selected statistics on Religious ceremonies

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Religious ceremonies. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

Development in the number of baptisms

Here you can see the development in the number of baptisms.
More about the figure
Last update
12.2.2024
Next update
13.2.2025
Source data

The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

Development in the number of confirmations

Here you can see the development in the number of confirmations.
More about the figure
Last update
12.2.2024
Next update
13.2.2025
Source data

The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

Development in the number of funeral services

Here you can see how many funeral services are carried out by the clergy of the national church, by clergy from other denominations and without the involvement of clergy.
More about the figure
Last update
12.2.2024
Next update
13.2.2025
Source data

The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

See the documentation of statistics to learn more:

Church Statistics

The statistics cover the people’s relation to the national church. Furthermore it accounts for the number of different religious ceremonies, among other baptisms, confirmations and funerals.

The production of statistics on the national church was introduced in 1974. There have not been produced statistics on the national church for the years 2003-2006. For the years 1984-2002 statistics on recognized religious communities, their members and religious ceremonies corresponding to the religious ceremonies of the national church was also produced.

Need more data on Religious ceremonies?

You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find more detailed figures, e.g. religious ceremonies disaggregated by e.g. parishes, deanaries and dioceses.

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