Migrations
Since the 1970s, net migration has varied greatly from year to year. With few exceptions, emigration generally exceeds immigration. In the early 1990s a significant decline in immigration led to a large net outflow, so great, that the birth rate could not prevent a decline in the total population. From 2005 to 2008 net emigration was markedly higher than in previous years, especially among ‘persons born in Greenland’.
Summary table 8.1. Netimmigration by place of birth. 2001-2014
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2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
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Total |
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Net immigrations |
-441 |
-645 |
-573 |
-638 |
-192 |
-159 |
-153 |
-712 |
-448 |
-583 |
-511 |
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Immigrations |
2.511 |
2.395 |
2.404 |
2.526 |
2.540 |
2.448 |
2.281 |
2.188 |
2.063 |
2.146 |
2.177 |
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Emigrations |
2.952 |
3.040 |
2.977 |
3.164 |
2.732 |
2.607 |
2.434 |
2.900 |
2.511 |
2.729 |
2.688 |
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|
Born Greenland |
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Net immigrations |
-382 |
-466 |
-508 |
-645 |
-275 |
-276 |
-303 |
-615 |
-336 |
-449 |
-525 |
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Immigrations |
870 |
892 |
887 |
915 |
1.079 |
1.061 |
917 |
871 |
975 |
1.055 |
1.019 |
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Emigrations |
1.252 |
1.358 |
1.395 |
1.560 |
1.354 |
1.337 |
1.220 |
1.486 |
1.311 |
1.504 |
1.544 |
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Born outside Greenland |
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Net immigrations |
-59 |
-179 |
-65 |
7 |
83 |
117 |
150 |
-97 |
-112 |
-134 |
14 |
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Immigrations |
1.641 |
1.503 |
1.517 |
1.611 |
1.461 |
1.387 |
1.364 |
1.317 |
1.088 |
1.091 |
1.158 |
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Emigrations |
1.700 |
1.682 |
1.582 |
1.604 |
1.378 |
1.270 |
1.214 |
1.414 |
1.200 |
1.225 |
1.144 |
Source: Statistics Greenland, http://bank.stat.gl/beebbiu2
More than nine of 10 migrations are between Denmark and Greenland. The remaining migrations are primarily to or from the other Scandinavian countries.