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Re:Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 by strange_aeons on Sunday May 25, 2025 @03:13PM (#44090188)
Around 140k emigrated to USA in 1900-1930 (https://danishvoices.ku.dk/danish-in-north-america/)

Denmark’s population was 2.4m-3.5m in that period (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Denmark)

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Re:Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 by mistrial9 on Sunday May 25, 2025 @03:17PM (#44090220)
my sources : "a History of the Lutheran Church in America", and a personal history written at that time. If your records are accurate and unbiased, I would accept that answer completely and admit it.. but I am not convinced both of those are true. It is interesting and more clarity is welcome. Also your estimate of the population varies by 40% so the accuracy is in question.
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Re:Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 by strange_aeons on Sunday May 25, 2025 @05:02PM (#44091091)
ku.dk is Copenhagen University, which I would regard as accurate and unbiased.

Wikipedia cites Danmarks Statistik for the population numbers, the official government statistics.

The 2.4m is in 1900, 3.5m in 1930.

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Re:Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 by tokai on Sunday May 25, 2025 @09:04PM (#44092889)
That's a horrible source. You really rather go with an old book about church history instead of official data?
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