Demographics of Greenland

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date23 Aug 2021

As of 2021, the population of Greenland is projected at 56.87 thousand, up by 0.17% compared with 56.77 thousand in 2020. Greenland is ranked 209th in terms of population and 187th in terms of population growth rate.

49.78 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 87.51% of Greenland population. Greenland is ranked 43rd in terms of urbanization.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Greenland population

Year Population Growth (%)
195022,993-
195525,8463.00
196031,2304.03
196537,9654.19
197046,0773.08
197549,5750.70
198050,1790.47
198553,1871.25
199055,6040.57
199555,810-0.01
200056,1770.22
200556,9490.14
201056,638-0.16
201556,378-0.01
201656,4080.05
201756,4730.12
201856,5650.16
201956,6600.17
202056,7720.20
202156,8680.17
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Greenland

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195011,26811,728-49.000
195513,90511,9414.8653.801
196018,28512,9545.7658.534
196525,07512,8896.6266.050
197033,51612,5584.9072.744
197536,88712,6991.0474.389
198038,19711,9820.9776.121
198541,46811,7221.7277.961
199044,31511,2890.9979.698
199545,15210,6590.2480.902
200045,83910,3360.3881.600
200547,1889,7630.4982.858
201047,7938,8450.1984.383
201548,5247,8530.2986.071
202049,5527,2200.4487.282
202149,7777,1060.4587.507