Greenland

GrønlandKalaallit NunaatGrønland

DependencyNorthern America, Americas

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Population

55,693

2026 · UN WPPProjection

GDP

$3.33 billion

2023 · World Bank WDIActual

GDP / capita

$58,499

2023 · World Bank WDIActual

Life expectancy

70.4 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Area

410,450 km²

2023 · World Bank WDIActual

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Greenland is dependency in Northern America, Americas.

Every figure names its source, year, and whether it is an actual value, an estimate, or a projection. Missing values stay missing.

ISO alpha-2: GL
ISO alpha-3: GRL
UN M49: 304
Wikidata: Q223

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 55,693
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 55,629
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: −0.2 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 0.1 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Greenland’s density is below the Northern America median of 24 (5 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 35.5 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Greenland’s median age is below the Northern America median of 40.8 (5 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 110.2 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 1.9 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Greenland’s tfr is above the Northern America median of 1.4 (5 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 12.8 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: −249
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: −4.5 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Urban population: 88.6%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Greenland’s urban is above the Northern America median of 85.7% (4 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 63.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population ages 0–14: 20.7%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 15–64: 67.7%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 65 and above: 11.5%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Greenland’s ages 65+ is below the Northern America median of 19.3% (4 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 7.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population of Greenland. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	22,958	estimate
1960	31,400	estimate
1970	44,811	estimate
1980	49,808	estimate
1990	55,567	estimate
2000	56,098	estimate
2010	56,448	estimate
2020	56,095	estimate
2030	55,134	projection
2040	52,815	projection
2050	50,026	projection
2060	47,496	projection
2070	44,742	projection
2080	41,984	projection
2090	39,605	projection
2100	37,351	projection
2101	37,109	projection

Age structure of Greenland as a share of population. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	Ages 65+	Status
1960	2% aged 65+	actual
1965	2.2% aged 65+	actual
1970	2.6% aged 65+	actual
1975	3.1% aged 65+	actual
1980	3.6% aged 65+	actual
1985	3.6% aged 65+	actual
1990	3.8% aged 65+	actual
1995	4.5% aged 65+	actual
2000	5% aged 65+	actual
2005	5.6% aged 65+	actual
2010	6.9% aged 65+	actual
2015	7.7% aged 65+	actual
2020	8.8% aged 65+	actual
2025	11.5% aged 65+	actual

Economy

National accounts and related World Bank series. Totals are not comparable as “averages” across countries; rates such as GDP per capita include same-year cohort medians where coverage allows.

Gross domestic product: $3.33 billion
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita: $58,499
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP, PPP: Int’l $4.49 billion
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita, PPP: Int’l $78,906
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP growth: 0.9 percent
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GNI per capita: $34,800
2007 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Trade: 91.9 percent of GDP
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Access to electricity: 100%
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Individuals using the Internet: 69.5%
2017 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

GDP of Greenland in current US dollars. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	GDP	Status
1970	$69.5 million	actual
1974	$170 million	actual
1978	$356 million	actual
1982	$402 million	actual
1986	$603 million	actual
1990	$1.02 billion	actual
1994	$1.01 billion	actual
1998	$1.15 billion	actual
2002	$1.17 billion	actual
2006	$2.01 billion	actual
2010	$2.5 billion	actual
2014	$2.84 billion	actual
2018	$3.06 billion	actual
2022	$3.15 billion	actual
2023	$3.33 billion	actual

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Inequality Index: No comparable data
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Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
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Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 70.4 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Greenland’s life expectancy is below the Northern America median of 79.8 (5 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 10.6 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 68.4 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Greenland’s life exp. male is below the Northern America median of 77.4 (5 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 72.9 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Greenland’s life exp. female is below the Northern America median of 82.2 (5 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 9.2 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Greenland’s infant mortality is above the Northern America median of 4.7 (5 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 10.9 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Greenland’s u5mr is above the Northern America median of 5.6 (5 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Prevalence of undernourishment: No comparable data
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Adult literacy rate: No comparable data
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Youth literacy rate: No comparable data
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Mean years of schooling: No comparable data
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School life expectancy: No comparable data
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Life expectancy at birth in Greenland. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	39.5	estimate
1960	58.5	estimate
1970	63	estimate
1980	62.2	estimate
1990	63.2	estimate
2000	65.6	estimate
2010	68.5	estimate
2020	70.2	estimate
2030	70.9	projection
2040	72.1	projection
2050	73.4	projection
2060	74.6	projection
2070	75.9	projection
2080	77.2	projection
2090	78.5	projection
2100	79.7	projection

Environment

Forest cover is World Bank WDI. CO₂ is the Global Carbon Project series via Our World in Data — not IEA-EDGAR.

Land area: 410,450 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Surface area: 410,450 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Forest area: 0%
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Greenland’s forest is below the Northern America median of 26.2% (4 profiles with 2023 data), and below the median of 31.8% among 194 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
CO₂ emissions: 0.6 million tonnes
2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)
CO₂ emissions per capita: 11.1 tonnes per person
2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)
Greenland’s co₂ / capita is close to Northern America median of 11.1 (5 profiles with 2024 data), and above the median of 2.8 among 192 core profiles with 2024 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

CO₂ emissions of Greenland. Global Carbon Project via Our World in Data. OWID / Global Carbon Project, OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project).

Data table

Year	Million tonnes	Status
1950	0.1	actual
1955	0.2	actual
1960	0.2	actual
1965	0.3	actual
1970	0.4	actual
1975	0.5	actual
1980	0.6	actual
1985	0.5	actual
1990	0.6	actual
1995	0.5	actual
2000	0.7	actual
2005	0.6	actual
2010	0.7	actual
2015	0.5	actual
2020	0.5	actual
2024	0.6	actual

Geography

Region: Americas
Subregion: Northern America
Natural Earth ADM0_A3: GRL
Cartographic size: Tiny state on the 50m globe (point or small polygon)

Outline from Natural Earth 50m Admin 0. Made with Natural Earth. Not a locator map.

Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: Dependency
Publication tier: Additional profile
Related ISO alpha-3: DNK

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

World Bank World Development Indicators

World Development Indicators. Vintage 13 July 2026. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Gross domestic product (2023, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)
GDP per capita (2023, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
Land area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.TOTL.K2)
GDP, PPP (2023, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD)
GDP per capita, PPP (2023, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD)
GDP growth (2023, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG)
GNI per capita (2007, actual; series NY.GNP.PCAP.CD)
Trade (2023, actual; series NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
Urban population (2025, actual; series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
Population ages 0–14 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS)
Population ages 15–64 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS)
Population ages 65 and above (2025, actual; series SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS)
Surface area (2023, actual; series AG.SRF.TOTL.K2)
Access to electricity (2024, actual; series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Individuals using the Internet (2017, actual; series IT.NET.USER.ZS)
Forest area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
Alternate: Population (2025, actual; series SP.POP.TOTL)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
Alternate: Population growth rate (2025, actual; series SP.POP.GROW)
Alternate: Population density (2023, actual; series EN.POP.DNST)
Alternate: Total fertility rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude birth rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude death rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (male) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (female) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN)
Alternate: Net number of migrants (2025, actual; series SM.POP.NETM)

Our World in Data (Global Carbon Project)

OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project). Vintage OWID CO₂ December 2025. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

CO₂ emissions (2024, actual; series co2)
CO₂ emissions per capita (2024, actual; series co2_per_capita)

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