According to the Danish Health Data Authority, Denmark does not produce continuous and official statistics on the number of births assisted by healthcare professionals.

However, all pregnant women are offered free assistance from trained healthcare personnel, and according to data from the Medical Birth Register, more than 97 per cent of all births take place in hospitals with the assistance of trained healthcare staff (2024). The remaining 2–3  per cent of births occur either in private clinics, at home, or elsewhere. Almost all home births are planned and attended by a midwife. This means that very few births take place without assistance from healthcare professionals.

In 2024, there were a total of 56,750 births in Denmark. Find more data on births in Denmark in the Danish Health Data Authority’s Health Data Bank.