Internal migrations

In Greenland internal migration has a significant impact on the regional population size, sex and age distribution. The impact is much greater than the effect of births and deaths and it affects the composition of the population both the locality of migration and the one of removal.

 

22,830 domestic movements were recorded in 2015. Most movements were within the same locality.

 

Sumary table 7.1. Internal migrations

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Total

20.413

20.781

21.766

20.639

21.066

22.313

21.941

21.698

22.701

23.110

22.831

same town

12.250

12.490

13.130

12.040

12.644

13.755

13.200

13.129

14.000

14.322

13.791

same settlement

1.294

1.271

1.299

1.252

1.112

1.215

1.316

1.191

1.219

1.119

1.232

between towns

4.361

4.428

4.561

4.439

4.548

4.553

4.507

4.440

4.672

4.695

4.875

between settlem.

279

302

312

406

337

346

370

418

332

345

363

from settl. to town

1.115

1.240

1.367

1.323

1.266

1.325

1.392

1.359

1.272

1.403

1.306

from town to settl.

1.047

999

1.041

1.057

1.096

1.070

1.124

1.079

1.150

1.201

1.242

Others

67

51

56

122

63

49

32

82

56

25

22

Source: Statistics Greenland, http://bank.stat.gl/beebaf2b