Population of Greenland

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	26 Jun 2024

The current population of Greenland is 56,799 as of July 27, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Greenland is projected at 56,789, or 57k, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Greenland is projected at 56,643, or 57k people, for the year 2023.

Greenland ranks 209th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Greenland is ranked 31st among 41 countries and territories in North America.

Greenland population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	56,367	56,466	198	0.351	0.001
2023	56,565	56,643	156	0.275	0.001
2024	56,721	56,789	136	0.239	0.001
2025	56,857	56,916	117	0.206	0.001
2026	56,974	57,017	85	0.149	0.001
2027	57,059	57,089	59	0.103	0.001
2028	57,118	57,134	32	0.056	0.001
2029	57,150	57,156	12	0.021	0.001
2030	57,162	57,152	-20	-0.035	0.001
2031	57,142	57,120	-45	-0.079	0.001
2032	57,097	57,071	-52	-0.091	0.001
2033	57,045	57,002	-85	-0.149	0.001
2034	56,960	56,901	-119	-0.209	0.001
2035	56,841	56,785	-112	-0.197	0.001
2036	56,729	56,665	-128	-0.226	0.001
2037	56,601	56,526	-150	-0.265	0.001
2038	56,451	56,371	-160	-0.284	0.001
2039	56,291	56,208	-166	-0.295	0.001
2040	56,125	56,041	-168	-0.300	0.001
2041	55,957	55,868	-177	-0.317	0.001
2042	55,780	55,685	-190	-0.341	0.001
2043	55,590	55,492	-197	-0.355	0.001
2044	55,393	55,286	-214	-0.387	0.001
2045	55,179	55,077	-205	-0.372	0.001
2046	54,974	54,866	-216	-0.394	0.001
2047	54,758	54,649	-218	-0.399	0.001
2048	54,540	54,434	-212	-0.389	0.001
2049	54,328	54,220	-216	-0.398	0.001
2050	54,112	53,997	-230	-0.426	0.001
2051	53,882	53,770	-225	-0.418	0.001
2052	53,657	53,542	-230	-0.430	0.001
2053	53,427	53,315	-224	-0.420	0.001
2054	53,203	53,094	-217	-0.409	0.001
2055	52,986	52,873	-227	-0.429	0.001
2056	52,759	52,643	-232	-0.441	0.001
2057	52,527	52,413	-229	-0.437	0.001
2058	52,298	52,185	-225	-0.431	0.001
2059	52,073	51,961	-224	-0.431	0.001
2060	51,849	51,732	-234	-0.452	0.001
2061	51,615	51,499	-231	-0.449	0.001
2062	51,384	51,267	-233	-0.454	0.001
2063	51,151	51,034	-234	-0.459	0.001
2064	50,917	50,794	-247	-0.486	0.000
2065	50,670	50,547	-245	-0.485	0.000
2066	50,425	50,302	-246	-0.489	0.000
2067	50,179	50,050	-258	-0.515	0.000
2068	49,921	49,797	-248	-0.498	0.000
2069	49,673	49,536	-273	-0.551	0.000
2070	49,400	49,267	-267	-0.542	0.000
2071	49,133	48,996	-274	-0.559	0.000
2072	48,859	48,721	-277	-0.569	0.000
2073	48,582	48,442	-280	-0.578	0.000
2074	48,302	48,160	-284	-0.590	0.000
2075	48,018	47,870	-295	-0.616	0.000
2076	47,723	47,575	-295	-0.620	0.000
2077	47,428	47,283	-290	-0.613	0.000
2078	47,138	46,992	-291	-0.619	0.000
2079	46,847	46,697	-299	-0.640	0.000
2080	46,548	46,398	-299	-0.644	0.000
2081	46,249	46,102	-294	-0.638	0.000
2082	45,955	45,803	-303	-0.662	0.000
2083	45,652	45,508	-288	-0.633	0.000
2084	45,364	45,215	-297	-0.657	0.000
2085	45,067	44,925	-285	-0.634	0.000
2086	44,782	44,639	-286	-0.641	0.000
2087	44,496	44,353	-286	-0.645	0.000
2088	44,210	44,066	-287	-0.651	0.000
2089	43,923	43,782	-282	-0.644	0.000
2090	43,641	43,498	-287	-0.660	0.000
2091	43,354	43,210	-288	-0.667	0.000
2092	43,066	42,923	-286	-0.666	0.000
2093	42,780	42,638	-285	-0.668	0.000
2094	42,495	42,353	-283	-0.668	0.000
2095	42,212	42,066	-293	-0.697	0.000
2096	41,919	41,773	-291	-0.697	0.000
2097	41,628	41,478	-300	-0.723	0.000
2098	41,328	41,181	-293	-0.711	0.000
2099	41,035	40,886	-298	-0.729	0.000
2100	40,737	40,586	-302	-0.744	0.000

Greenland population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	22,958	23,119	323	1.397	0.001
1951	23,281	23,601	640	2.712	0.001
1952	23,921	24,229	615	2.538	0.001
1953	24,536	24,867	663	2.666	0.001
1954	25,199	25,556	714	2.794	0.001
1955	25,913	26,295	764	2.906	0.001
1956	26,677	27,210	1,067	3.922	0.001
1957	27,744	28,307	1,126	3.978	0.001
1958	28,870	29,488	1,235	4.189	0.001
1959	30,105	30,768	1,326	4.310	0.001
1960	31,431	32,124	1,386	4.315	0.001
1961	32,817	33,435	1,236	3.697	0.001
1962	34,053	34,670	1,234	3.560	0.001
1963	35,287	35,920	1,267	3.528	0.001
1964	36,554	37,208	1,308	3.516	0.001
1965	37,862	38,539	1,354	3.514	0.001
1966	39,216	39,945	1,458	3.650	0.001
1967	40,674	41,369	1,390	3.360	0.001
1968	42,064	42,748	1,367	3.198	0.001
1969	43,431	44,106	1,351	3.063	0.001
1970	44,782	45,434	1,303	2.868	0.001
1971	46,085	46,479	788	1.695	0.001
1972	46,873	47,246	747	1.581	0.001
1973	47,620	47,965	691	1.441	0.001
1974	48,311	48,607	592	1.218	0.001
1975	48,903	49,151	495	1.007	0.001
1976	49,398	49,569	342	0.690	0.001
1977	49,740	49,739	-2	-0.004	0.001
1978	49,738	49,734	-8	-0.016	0.001
1979	49,730	49,761	63	0.127	0.001
1980	49,793	50,106	626	1.249	0.001
1981	50,419	50,719	601	1.185	0.001
1982	51,020	51,341	642	1.250	0.001
1983	51,662	51,984	644	1.239	0.001
1984	52,306	52,638	663	1.260	0.001
1985	52,969	53,220	502	0.943	0.001
1986	53,471	53,727	513	0.955	0.001
1987	53,984	54,248	529	0.975	0.001
1988	54,513	54,778	530	0.968	0.001
1989	55,043	55,298	511	0.924	0.001
1990	55,554	55,599	90	0.162	0.001
1991	55,644	55,657	27	0.049	0.001
1992	55,671	55,688	33	0.059	0.001
1993	55,704	55,708	8	0.014	0.001
1994	55,712	55,700	-23	-0.041	0.001
1995	55,689	55,788	197	0.353	0.001
1996	55,886	55,960	148	0.264	0.001
1997	56,034	56,072	76	0.136	0.001
1998	56,110	56,123	25	0.045	0.001
1999	56,135	56,106	-57	-0.102	0.001
2000	56,078	56,184	212	0.377	0.001
2001	56,290	56,386	192	0.341	0.001
2002	56,482	56,565	166	0.293	0.001
2003	56,648	56,728	161	0.284	0.001
2004	56,809	56,866	114	0.200	0.001
2005	56,923	56,887	-72	-0.127	0.001
2006	56,851	56,811	-80	-0.141	0.001
2007	56,771	56,708	-126	-0.222	0.001
2008	56,645	56,578	-135	-0.239	0.001
2009	56,510	56,442	-136	-0.241	0.001
2010	56,374	56,351	-46	-0.082	0.001
2011	56,328	56,288	-81	-0.144	0.001
2012	56,247	56,199	-97	-0.173	0.001
2013	56,150	56,089	-122	-0.218	0.001
2014	56,028	55,953	-151	-0.270	0.001
2015	55,877	55,895	35	0.063	0.001
2016	55,912	55,916	8	0.014	0.001
2017	55,920	55,928	15	0.027	0.001
2018	55,935	55,931	-8	-0.014	0.001
2019	55,927	55,931	7	0.013	0.001
2020	55,934	56,026	185	0.330	0.001
2021	56,119	56,243	248	0.441	0.001