Danes

Danes
Danskere

Total population
c. 8 million
Regions with significant populations
Denmark	5,961,249[1]
United States	1,430,897[2]
Canada	207,470[3][4]
Norway	52,510[5]
Brazil	52,000[6][7][8]
Australia	50,413[9]
Germany	50,000[10]
Argentina	48,000[11][12]
Sweden	42,602[13]
United Kingdom	18,493 (Danish born only)[14]
Spain	10,000[15]
France	7,000[16]
Switzerland	4,251[17]
Iceland	4,214[18]
New Zealand	3,507[19]
Italy	2,084[20]
Portugal	1,528[21]
Austria	1,281[22]
Ireland	809[23]
Japan	500[24]
Lebanon	400[25]
Languages
Danish
Religion
Lutheranism (Church of Denmark)[26] Further details: Religion in Denmark

Danes (Danish: danskere, pronounced [ˈtænskɐɐ]) are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark.^[27] This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.

Danes generally regard themselves as a nationality and reserve the word "ethnic" for the description of recent immigrants,^[28] sometimes referred to as "new Danes".^[29] The contemporary Danish national identity is based on the idea of "Danishness", which is founded on principles formed through historical cultural connections and is typically not based on ethnic heritage.^[30]