Country scorecard
Denmark
Europe · 5.9M people
ALPS
2.19
languages per person
#13 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
20%
globally connected
Strongly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.2 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Denmark is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇬🇱 Greenland99%
- 🇮🇸 Iceland86%
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica85%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Danish99%
- English85%
- German35%
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The countries sitting next to Denmark in the world multilingualism ranking.
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