Gender, age and marital status
Summary table 2.1. Population by gender 1985-2016
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|
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2005 |
2010 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
Total |
52.940 |
55.558 |
55.732 |
56.124 |
56.969 |
56.452 |
55.984 |
55.847 |
|
Male |
28.772 |
30.057 |
29.706 |
29.989 |
30.319 |
29.936 |
29.556 |
29.543 |
|
Female |
24.168 |
25.501 |
26.026 |
26.135 |
26.650 |
26.516 |
26.428 |
26.304 |
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Procent |
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Male |
54,3 |
54,1 |
53,3 |
53,4 |
53,2 |
53,0 |
52,8 |
52,9 |
|
Female |
45,7 |
45,9 |
46,7 |
46,6 |
46,8 |
47,0 |
47,2 |
47,1 |
Source: Statistics Greenland http://bank.stat.gl/beest1
There are more males than females living in Greenland as 53 percent of total population are males. Generally there is a surplus of men in the working ages. Only in the oldest age groups women outnumbers men. This is primary due to a group of men, born outside Greenland. This group, attracted by work, consist of double as many men as women.
The Greenlandic population is young. 7,7 percent of the population is over 65 years and less than 1 percent has turned 80 years.
The dependency ratio shows the ratio between people out of the working ages and the number of people in the active ages.
When setting the working ages to 20-64 years, the ’dependency ratio’ by January 1st 2016 is calculated to 0.56. This mean, that for every 100 persons in the working ages, 56 persons, needs support. A view back in time shows, that the ’dependency ratio’ in 1979 was 0.89, that is a much higher ratio than today. Ever since the mid 1990s the ratio has been around 65 per 100 in work.
This, by the way, is pretty close to the world average when the working ages are counted as 15- 64 years. (see World Population Data Sheet Population Reference Bureau - www.prb.org)
Figure 2.1. Ratio of never married, born i n Greenland by age and gender 1980 and 2016
Source: Statistics Greenland, http://bank.stat.gl/beest5
shows that over the past 30 years it has become more common to stay unmarried. This is even more outspoken for men than women.