T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Europe region · High-Income country
An estimated 31,401 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Denmark in 2025. Each year about 1,129 people are newly diagnosed and 261 people with T1D die. A further 7,540 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
31,401
New diagnoses this year
1,129
Deaths this year
261
Missing people
7,540
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
72.1years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Denmark?
31,401 people in Denmark are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 523.2 per 100,000 people. That is higher than the Europe average of 298.6 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. Denmark has the 43rd-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 17th-largest of the 53 countries in the IDF Europe region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Denmark, another 24 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Denmark?
The number of people living with T1D in Denmark went from 15,799 in 2000 to 31,401 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 42,063 by 2040 (+34%).
People living with type 1 diabetes in Denmark, 2000–2040. Solid line: modelled estimates to 2025; dashed line: projection to 2040.
Type 1 diabetes in Denmark over time, all ages
Year
Living with T1D
New diagnoses
Deaths
Missing people
2000
15,799
704
246
6,399
2010
19,939
868
305
7,013
2020
26,947
1,165
219
7,486
2025
31,401
1,129
261
7,540
2030 (projected)
35,164
1,255
312
7,658
2040 (projected)
42,063
1,239
363
7,946
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Denmark?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Denmark today is expected to live to 72.1, compared with 82.5 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 10.4 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 21.5 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 13.8 years.
Healthy years of life for a 10-year-old diagnosed with T1D in Denmark, as each level of care is added in turn
Level of care
Healthy years restored
Healthy years of life
Healthy years still lost
Current level of care
–
61.0
21.5
+ Timely diagnosis for everyone
–
61.0
21.5
+ Insulin and test strips for everyone
+1.2
62.2
20.4
+ Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone
+6.5
68.7
13.8
How does Denmark compare?
Type 1 diabetes in Denmark compared with the Europe region and the world, 2025
2025
Denmark
Europe
World
People living with T1D per 100,000
523.2
298.6
115.5
New diagnoses per 100,000
18.8
12.1
6.2
Missing people per 100 living with T1D
24.0
30.5
43.0
Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D
72.1
62.1
51.3
Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.
