Members of the national church
How many people are members of the national church in Denmark? How many resign their membership? The statistics on members of the national church include people who have an officially registered address in Denmark. Members of the national church can be disaggregated by e.g. sex, age and ancestry.
Selected statistics on Members of the national church
Development in memberships of the national church
The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Development in resigned memberships from the national church
The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
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.