Population of Greenland

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	24 Mar 2025

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The current population of Greenland is 55,756 as of May 24, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Greenland is projected at 55,745, or 56k, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Greenland is projected at 55,840, or 56k people, for the year 2024.

Greenland ranks 210th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Greenland is ranked 31st among 41 countries and territories in North America.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Greenland population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	22,958	23,209	501	2.159	0.00093
1951	23,459	23,665	411	1.737	0.00093
1952	23,870	24,174	608	2.515	0.00094
1953	24,478	24,808	660	2.661	0.00094
1954	25,138	25,497	719	2.820	0.00095
1955	25,857	26,261	807	3.073	0.00096
1956	26,664	27,181	1,034	3.805	0.00097
1957	27,698	28,262	1,128	3.992	0.00099
1958	28,826	29,441	1,229	4.175	0.00101
1959	30,055	30,727	1,345	4.378	0.00104
1960	31,400	32,105	1,409	4.389	0.00106
1961	32,809	33,417	1,216	3.639	0.00109
1962	34,025	34,645	1,240	3.580	0.00111
1963	35,265	35,904	1,278	3.560	0.00112
1964	36,543	37,209	1,333	3.583	0.00114
1965	37,876	38,556	1,361	3.530	0.00116
1966	39,237	39,967	1,460	3.653	0.00117
1967	40,697	41,398	1,401	3.385	0.00119
1968	42,098	42,781	1,365	3.191	0.00121
1969	43,463	44,137	1,348	3.054	0.00122
1970	44,811	45,465	1,308	2.877	0.00123
1971	46,119	46,500	762	1.639	0.00123
1972	46,881	47,258	754	1.596	0.00123
1973	47,635	47,977	684	1.426	0.00122
1974	48,319	48,622	606	1.246	0.00122
1975	48,925	49,172	493	1.003	0.00121
1976	49,418	49,591	346	0.698	0.00120
1977	49,764	49,755	-18	-0.036	0.00118
1978	49,746	49,751	9	0.018	0.00116
1979	49,755	49,782	53	0.106	0.00114
1980	49,808	50,111	605	1.207	0.00113
1981	50,413	50,718	611	1.205	0.00112
1982	51,024	51,339	630	1.227	0.00111
1983	51,654	51,967	626	1.205	0.00111
1984	52,280	52,611	663	1.260	0.00110
1985	52,943	53,211	536	1.007	0.00109
1986	53,479	53,739	521	0.969	0.00108
1987	54,000	54,266	531	0.979	0.00107
1988	54,531	54,800	537	0.980	0.00107
1989	55,068	55,318	499	0.902	0.00106
1990	55,567	55,630	127	0.228	0.00104
1991	55,694	55,721	53	0.095	0.00103
1992	55,747	55,753	12	0.022	0.00101
1993	55,759	55,758	-1	-0.002	0.00100
1994	55,758	55,750	-16	-0.029	0.00098
1995	55,742	55,840	195	0.349	0.00097
1996	55,937	55,999	124	0.221	0.00096
1997	56,061	56,099	77	0.137	0.00095
1998	56,138	56,150	23	0.041	0.00093
1999	56,161	56,130	-63	-0.112	0.00092
2000	56,098	56,209	221	0.393	0.00091
2001	56,319	56,411	184	0.326	0.00090
2002	56,503	56,592	178	0.315	0.00089
2003	56,681	56,761	161	0.284	0.00088
2004	56,842	56,907	129	0.227	0.00088
2005	56,971	56,950	-43	-0.076	0.00086
2006	56,928	56,883	-91	-0.160	0.00085
2007	56,837	56,782	-110	-0.194	0.00084
2008	56,727	56,661	-132	-0.233	0.00083
2009	56,595	56,522	-147	-0.260	0.00082
2010	56,448	56,614	333	0.588	0.00081
2011	56,781	56,834	107	0.188	0.00080
2012	56,888	56,778	-220	-0.387	0.00079
2013	56,668	56,513	-310	-0.549	0.00078
2014	56,358	56,173	-370	-0.659	0.00076
2015	55,988	56,021	66	0.118	0.00075
2016	56,054	56,061	14	0.025	0.00074
2017	56,068	56,071	6	0.011	0.00073
2018	56,074	56,074	-1	-0.002	0.00073
2019	56,073	56,084	22	0.039	0.00072
2020	56,095	56,080	-31	-0.055	0.00071
2021	56,064	56,041	-45	-0.080	0.00070
2022	56,019	55,990	-57	-0.102	0.00070
2023	55,962	55,922	-79	-0.141	0.00069

Greenland population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	55,883	55,840	-87	-0.156	0.00068
2025	55,796	55,745	-103	-0.185	0.00068
2026	55,693	55,629	-129	-0.232	0.00067
2027	55,564	55,498	-132	-0.238	0.00066
2028	55,432	55,366	-132	-0.238	0.00066
2029	55,300	55,217	-166	-0.301	0.00065
2030	55,134	55,050	-167	-0.303	0.00064
2031	54,967	54,878	-178	-0.324	0.00064
2032	54,789	54,681	-216	-0.395	0.00063
2033	54,573	54,464	-219	-0.402	0.00062
2034	54,354	54,240	-228	-0.420	0.00061
2035	54,126	54,000	-252	-0.467	0.00061
2036	53,874	53,748	-253	-0.471	0.00060
2037	53,621	53,486	-271	-0.507	0.00059
2038	53,350	53,219	-262	-0.492	0.00059
2039	53,088	52,952	-273	-0.516	0.00058
2040	52,815	52,672	-286	-0.543	0.00057
2041	52,529	52,392	-274	-0.523	0.00057
2042	52,255	52,117	-276	-0.530	0.00056
2043	51,979	51,837	-284	-0.548	0.00056
2044	51,695	51,551	-287	-0.557	0.00055
2045	51,408	51,266	-284	-0.554	0.00054
2046	51,124	50,986	-277	-0.543	0.00054
2047	50,847	50,704	-286	-0.564	0.00053
2048	50,561	50,422	-279	-0.553	0.00053
2049	50,282	50,154	-256	-0.510	0.00052
2050	50,026	49,898	-256	-0.513	0.00052
2051	49,770	49,638	-264	-0.532	0.00051
2052	49,506	49,376	-261	-0.529	0.00051
2053	49,245	49,118	-253	-0.515	0.00050
2054	48,992	48,859	-265	-0.542	0.00050
2055	48,727	48,603	-247	-0.508	0.00049
2056	48,480	48,358	-245	-0.507	0.00049
2057	48,235	48,114	-242	-0.503	0.00049
2058	47,993	47,867	-251	-0.524	0.00048
2059	47,742	47,619	-246	-0.517	0.00048
2060	47,496	47,364	-264	-0.557	0.00047
2061	47,232	47,099	-265	-0.563	0.00047
2062	46,967	46,830	-275	-0.587	0.00047
2063	46,692	46,556	-273	-0.586	0.00046
2064	46,419	46,282	-274	-0.592	0.00046
2065	46,145	46,008	-273	-0.593	0.00046
2066	45,872	45,737	-270	-0.590	0.00045
2067	45,602	45,458	-288	-0.634	0.00045
2068	45,314	45,168	-292	-0.646	0.00044
2069	45,022	44,882	-280	-0.624	0.00044
2070	44,742	44,597	-289	-0.648	0.00044
2071	44,453	44,309	-289	-0.652	0.00043
2072	44,164	44,025	-278	-0.631	0.00043
2073	43,886	43,743	-285	-0.652	0.00043
2074	43,601	43,465	-273	-0.628	0.00042
2075	43,328	43,184	-289	-0.669	0.00042
2076	43,039	42,904	-269	-0.627	0.00042
2077	42,770	42,637	-266	-0.624	0.00042
2078	42,504	42,372	-264	-0.623	0.00041
2079	42,240	42,112	-256	-0.608	0.00041
2080	41,984	41,853	-261	-0.624	0.00041
2081	41,723	41,601	-244	-0.587	0.00040
2082	41,479	41,355	-249	-0.602	0.00040
2083	41,230	41,105	-251	-0.611	0.00040
2084	40,979	40,861	-237	-0.580	0.00040
2085	40,742	40,620	-243	-0.598	0.00039
2086	40,499	40,387	-224	-0.555	0.00039
2087	40,275	40,162	-226	-0.563	0.00039
2088	40,049	39,937	-224	-0.561	0.00039
2089	39,825	39,715	-220	-0.554	0.00039
2090	39,605	39,491	-228	-0.577	0.00038
2091	39,377	39,261	-232	-0.591	0.00038
2092	39,145	39,037	-216	-0.553	0.00038
2093	38,929	38,816	-225	-0.580	0.00038
2094	38,704	38,591	-226	-0.586	0.00038
2095	38,478	38,362	-232	-0.605	0.00037
2096	38,246	38,135	-222	-0.582	0.00037
2097	38,024	37,916	-217	-0.572	0.00037
2098	37,807	37,688	-239	-0.634	0.00037
2099	37,568	37,459	-217	-0.579	0.00037
2100	37,351	37,230	-242	-0.650	0.00037