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Most residents of Greenland are Inuit. [22] The population is concentrated mainly on the southwest coast, and the rest of the island is sparsely populated. Three-quarters of Greenland is covered by the only permanent ice sheet outside Antarctica.
The population of Greenland consists of Greenlandic Inuit (including mixed-race people), Danish Greenlanders and other Europeans and North Americans. The Inuit population makes up approximately 85–90% of the total (2009 est.). 6,792 people from Denmark live in Greenland, which is 12% of its total population.
The current population of Greenland is 55,804 as of Monday, November 18, 2024, based on the latest United Nations estimates. Greenland population is equivalent to 0.00068% of the total world population. Greenland ranks number 206 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The current population of Greenland is 55,812 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2024 population at 55,840. 2024 Pop. The largest city and capital of Greenland is Nuuk, which has a population of more than 16,000. Nuuk is one of the smallest capital cities in the world in terms of population.
Greenland is noted for its vast tundra and immense glaciers. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but the island’s home-rule government is responsible for most domestic affairs. The Greenlandic people are primarily Inuit.
Until 2021, each year an average of 374 more people left Greenland. In 2022, 2,040 immigrants and 2,389 emigrants were undertaken. The net emigration in 2022 was therefore 349 people.
The island of Greenland is home to approximately 56,000 people. Learn more about the population of Greenland and about the history of settlement on the island.
dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast; close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice sheet after that of Antarctica covering an area of 1.71 million sq km (660,000 sq mi) or about 79% of the island, and containin...
The People of Greenland. Greenland has around 56,000 inhabitants. They mostly live in the 20 % of the country that is not covered by ice and snow. The first humans to set foot on Greenland arrived some 4,000-5,000 years ago from the North American continent via Canada, after the sea froze in the narrow strait at Thule in Northern Greenland.
Chart and table of Greenland population from 1950 to 2024. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100. The current population of Greenland in 2024 is 56,789, a 0.26% increase from 2023. The population of Greenland in 2023 was 56,643, a 0.31% increase from 2022.