The Öresund region is a transnational region that consists of parts from both Sweden and Denmark. Skåne from the Swedish side and the five islands of Zealand, Falster, Møn, Lolland and Bornholm on the Danish side constitute the region. They are connected by the Øresund Bridge, also known as Øresund strait or “the Sound”.
The region has around 3,731,897 inhabitants (as of 1 Jan, 2010), of which around 2,500,000 people live in the Danish part and around 1,231,897 people in the Swedish part. The population density roughly calculates up to 179/km². Eastern and northern Scania as well as western and southern parts of Denmark are the regions with relatively lower population density while the central Copenhagen-Malmö axis is the densely populated urban part in Scandinavia with 2.65 million inhabitants.
The average population density of the region is 179/km² but the overall population is concentrated more on the Danish side with an average density of 250 inhabitants per km² as against 129 inhabitants per km² on the Swedish side. Both the regions have people aged between 39 and 40 who constitute a major part of the population. Men constitute the major part among the lower age groups while women make up the greater chunk in the higher age groups. This is due to the fact that more men are born and women live for a longer period of time.
The largest municipalities on the Danish side include Copenhagen with around 510,000 inhabitants, Frederiksberg with approximately 93,000 inhabitants and Roskilde with around 81,000 inhabitants while those on the Swedish part include Malmö with around 281,000 inhabitants, Helsingborg with about 125,000 inhabitants and Lund with approximately 105,000 inhabitants.
