StatFact-sheet

by January 1st, 2023,

56609 were living in Greenland. That is 47 more than previous year.

Approximately one third of the population, 34.6 percent to be exact, lives in the capital city, Nuuk. 28.6 percent lives in one of 4 main settlements.

Population Account (consolidated)

Statistical knowledge is based on information extracted from administrative registers, and scrutinized for errors. Due to late registrations a component for corrections is added in the account to catch minor errors.

Most correction are caused by migrations.

The population account is also defined at regional level

**Estimated population & vital statistics**
	2020	2021	2022
Start of year	56081	56421	56562
Birth	835	761	746
Immigration	1911	1962	2040
Emigration	1953	2184	2389
Death	521	531	525
Correction	68	133	175
End of year	56421	56562	56609

Born in Greenland

As part of the Danish Kingdom, movings between Greenland and Denmark historically has been an important determinant to the size of the population living in Greenland.

This chart shows where Greenlandic born persons, by birth cohort, can be found today

By parents birthplace

With non-Greenlandic parents, it is more likely to move to Denmark. If both parents where born outside Greenland, this is almost certain.

Population by place of birth 1977-

Greenlandic Born Population 1977 - 2023

This chart combines a traditional pyramid presentation of age and gender over time and the size of total population, below.

Extremely high fertility in late 1960’ties initiated 6-10 very large cohorts, being very visible in the pyramid.

Fertility, Women Born in Greenland

Introduction of modern contraceptive methods and legalization of provoked abortions led to a steep decline in fertility in the early 1970s.

Total fertility was fairly stable around 2.5 children per woman until 2010, followed by 10 years of stable fertility around 2.1 children per woman.

From 2021, fertility has dropped to 1.8.