Geography

• Location: The world's largest non-continental island on the northern American continent between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada. The northernmost point of Greenland, Cape Morris Jesup, is only 740 km from then North Pole. The southernmost point is Cape Farewell, which lies at about the same latitude as Oslo in Norway.
• Geographic coordinates: 72° 00 N, 40° 00 W
• Area: 2,166,086 km²
• Ice-free area: 410,449 km²
• Coastline: 44,087 km. The Earth is 39.960 km round.
• Largest distances: North-South 2,670 km, East-West 1,050 km
• Highest point: Gunnbjørns Fjeld 3,693 m, in East-Greenland
• Terrain: Flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast. The ice cap is up to 3 km thick, and contains 10 percent of the worlds resources of freshwater
• Climate: Arctic to sub arctic; cool winters and cold summers in which the mean temperature does not exceed 10°
• Mean temperature, January: Qaqortoq -6.0°, Nuuk -8.6°, Kangerlussuaq -19.3°, Ilulissat -12.6° (2005)
• Mean temperature, July: Qaqortoq: 9.2°, Nuuk 8.3°, Kangerlussuaq 11.1°, Ilulissat 9.1° (2005)
• Natural resources: Zinc, lead, iron ore, coal, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
• Plant Life: Low-growing mountain and tundra plants: mosses, lichens, heather, crowberry, bog, whortleberry and dwarf birch
• Animal Life: Fish species, marine mammals: seals, walrus, whales, polar bears, land mammals: arctic fox, arctic wolf, reindeer, musk oxe, collard lemming, snow hare and a rich bird life which comprises some 50 breeding species
• National parks: Greenland National park aprox. 972.000 km² comprises the north-eastern part of the country
• Natur Conservations: At the Melville Bay aprox. 20.000 km² plus a protected area at Sarfartooq (The Paradise Valley) in Maniitsoq municipality
• Environment issues: Protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting
• Geography - note: Greenland dominates the North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast, but close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap

Population

• Population: 56,648 (Jan. 2007)
• Density: 0.14 pr. km² ice free area (Jan. 2007)
• Population in the capital: Nuuk 15,047 (Jan. 2007)
• Population in towns: 47,000 (Jan. 2007)
• Population in settlements: 9,648 (Jan. 2007)
• Population growth rate: -0.44 pct. (2006)
• Death rate, total: 7,7 deaths / 1,000 population (2006)
• Net migration: -644 (2007)
• Infant mortality rate, total: 15,4 deaths / 1000 live births (2006)
• Life expectancy: Female: 71 years, Men: 66 years (2006)
• Total fertility rate: 55,7 live born per 1,000 women aged 15-49 years (2004)
• People living with HIV/AIDS: 6 (2005)
• Nationality: Noun: Greenlander(s), adjective: Greenlandic
• Ethnic groups: Inuit 89 percent, Danish and others 11 percent (jan. 2006)
• Religions: Evangelical Lutheran
• Languages: Greenlandic (kalaallisut)

Government

• Government type: Parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy
• Dependency status: Part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979
• Capital: Nuuk (Godthåb)
• National holiday: June 21 (longest day)
• Legal system: Danish
• Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
• Membership of the EU: From January 1 1973 until February 1 1985
• Chief of state: HMS Dronning Margrethe II of Denmark
• Head of government: Prime Minister Hans Enoksen (Siumut) (since December 14 2002)
• Legislative branch: Landstinget (the parliament with 31 members)
• Judicial branch: High Court or Landsret
• The Greenlandic flag: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red (bottom) with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of centre - the top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white
• Symbol of the flag: The sun, descending over the horizon and the ice cap which makes the distinct red and white colours of the Greenlandic flag

Economy

• GDP: 10,210 mio. kr. (2005)
• GDP - real growth rate: 2,0 percent in 1981-prices (2005)
• Disposable GNI per capita: 239.000 kr. (2005)
• Gross income per household: Highest 25 percent: 788,000 kr. Lowest 25 percent 78,000 kr. Average: 354,000 kr.(2005)
• Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.3 pct. (Jan 2006 - Jan 2007)
• Labour force: 27,590 (15-62 years born in Greenland Jan. 2006)
• Unemployment rate: 8.6 percent affected by unemployment in towns (2006)
• Budget: Income: 8.0 mia. kr. Expenditures: 7,5 mia. kr. including capital expenditures of 0,5 mia. kr. (2005)
• Industries: Fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut), handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards, mining
• Electricity - production: 344 GWh (2006)
• Electricity - consumption: 268 GWh (2006)
• Agriculture - products: Forage crops, garden and greenhouse vegetables; sheep, reindeer; fish
• Exports: 1.735 mio. kr. f.o.b. (final figures 2007)
• Exports - commodities: Fish and fish products 87 percent (prawns 55 percent)
• Exports - partners: EU (primarily Denmark) 96 percent, Spain 6 percent, other European countries 2 percent, Asia 2 percent (final figures 2005)
• Imports: 2.350 mio. kr. c.i.f. (final figures 2007)
• Imports - commodities: Machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, petroleum products
• Imports - partners: EU (primarily Denmark and Sweden) 97 percent, Canada and USA 2 percent (final figures 2005)
• Balance of trade: -615 mio. kr. (final figures 2007)
• Economic aid, recipient: 3,069 mio. kr. subsidy from Denmark (2005)
• Currency: Danish Crown (DKK)
• Exchange rates: 100 US $ = 505,9 DKK, 100 EUR = 745,0 DKK (average in 2007)
• Fiscal year: Calendar year

Communications

• Telephones - main lines in use: 23.550 (2006)
• Telephones - mobile cellular: 50.995 (2006)
• Direction dial number: 299
• Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 12
• Radios: 98 percent of all households has a radio (2002)
• Television broadcast stations: Kalaallit Nunaata Radio-a national TV plus some locale TV stations
• TV-products: 97 percent of all households has a TV (2002)
• Newspapers: Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten (AG) og Sermitsiaq
• Internet country code: .gl
• Internet suppliers: 1
• Internet connections: 9.216 (2006)

Transportation

• Railways: 0 km
• Ports and harbors: Ports in 16 towns plus harbours in 60 settlements
• Airports: 13 airports, six heliports and 40 helistop