The population is measured by Statistics Denmark for urban areas (Danish: byområder or bymæssige områder), which is defined as a contiguous built-up area with a maximum distance of 200 m between houses, unless further distance is caused by public areas, cemeteries or similar reasons. Furthermore, to obtain by-status, the area must have at least 200 inhabitants. Some urban areas in Denmark have witnessed conurbation and grown together.
+ Urban areas in Denmark with a population of more than 20,000 inhabitants as of # Urban area Population 1 Copenhagen () 1,408,439 2 Aarhus 305,175 3 Odense 187,522 4 Aalborg 122,285 5 Esbjerg 71,297 6 1 Horsens 64,893 7 1 Randers 64,674 8 Kolding 62,670 9 Vejle 62,085 10 Roskilde 53,897 11 Silkeborg 52,820 12 Herning 52,079 13 Hørsholm 48,797 14 Helsingør (Elsinore) 48,395 15 Næstved 45,510 16 Viborg 42,988 17 Fredericia 41,743 18 Køge 38,840 19 Taastrup 38,328 20 Holstebro 37,306 21 Hillerød 36,836 22 Slagelse 35,943 23 Holbæk 31,112 24 Sønderborg 28,508 25 Svendborg 27,501 26 Hjørring 25,748 27 Nørresundby 24,831 28 1 Ølstykke-Stenløse 23,904 29 1 Ringsted 23,866 30 Frederikshavn 22,482 31 Haderslev 22,284 32 Smørumnedre 21,887 33 Birkerød 21,242 34 Farum 20,558 35 Skanderborg 20,310 36 Skive 20,092
See also Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries List of metropolitan areas in Sweden List of urban areas in Sweden by population List of urban areas in Norway by population List of urban areas in the Nordic countries List of urban areas in Finland by population List of cities in Iceland World's largest cities List of cities in Denmark by population
References
ca:Llista de ciutats de Dinamarca da:Danmarks største byer eo:Listo de urboj de Danio fr:Villes du Danemark kk:Дания қалаларының тізімі lv:Dānijas pilsētu uzskaitījums nl:Lijst van grote Deense steden no:Liste over danske byer pl:Miasta Danii ru:Города Дании sv:Lista över städer i Danmark efter storlek