Population of Greenland

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Greenland is 57,054 as of March 21, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Greenland is projected at 56,877 or 56.90 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Greenland is projected at 56,770 or 56.80 thousands people for the year 2020. Greenland ranks number 209th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Greenland is ranked 31st among 41 countries in North America.

Greenland's population peak will be 2027 with 57.2 thousands people after Greenland's population will be decreased year by year. The Greenland population is projected to reach 57.1 thousands in 2030 and decrease further to 53.3 thousands in 2050 and 40.5 thousands by 2100. Greenland accounts for 0.00072 percent of the world population. However, its global share declined by 0.00124% in 1973 and is projected to decline at 0.00037% by 2100.

Greenland was at 205th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 214th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Greenland population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	22,996	-	-	0.00091
1951	23,473	477	2.07	0.00091
1952	23,938	465	1.98	0.00091
1953	24,469	531	2.22	0.00091
1954	25,093	624	2.55	0.00092
1955	25,846	753	3.00	0.00093
1956	26,718	872	3.37	0.00095
1957	27,731	1,013	3.79	0.00097
1958	28,850	1,119	4.04	0.00099
1959	30,017	1,167	4.05	0.00101
1960	31,239	1,222	4.07	0.00103
1961	32,471	1,232	3.94	0.00105
1962	33,730	1,259	3.88	0.00107
1963	35,043	1,313	3.89	0.00109
1964	36,445	1,402	4.00	0.00111
1965	37,964	1,519	4.17	0.00114
1966	39,610	1,646	4.34	0.00116
1967	41,361	1,751	4.42	0.00119
1968	43,097	1,736	4.20	0.00121
1969	44,699	1,602	3.72	0.00123
1970	46,074	1,375	3.08	0.00125
1971	47,186	1,112	2.41	0.00125
1972	48,077	891	1.89	0.00125
1973	48,738	661	1.37	0.00124
1974	49,234	496	1.02	0.00123
1975	49,586	352	0.71	0.00122
1976	49,780	194	0.39	0.00120
1977	49,844	64	0.13	0.00118
1978	49,860	16	0.03	0.00116
1979	49,946	86	0.17	0.00114
1980	50,179	233	0.47	0.00113
1981	50,584	405	0.81	0.00111
1982	51,157	573	1.13	0.00111
1983	51,829	672	1.31	0.00110
1984	52,534	705	1.36	0.00110
1985	53,190	656	1.25	0.00109
1986	53,797	607	1.14	0.00108
1987	54,373	576	1.07	0.00108
1988	54,878	505	0.93	0.00107
1989	55,295	417	0.76	0.00106
1990	55,604	309	0.56	0.00104
1991	55,789	185	0.33	0.00103
1992	55,861	72	0.13	0.00102
1993	55,848	-13	-0.02	0.00100
1994	55,815	-33	-0.06	0.00099
1995	55,811	-4	-0.01	0.00097
1996	55,837	26	0.05	0.00096
1997	55,881	44	0.08	0.00095
1998	55,948	67	0.12	0.00093
1999	56,046	98	0.18	0.00092
2000	56,175	129	0.23	0.00091
2001	56,327	152	0.27	0.00091
2002	56,518	191	0.34	0.00090
2003	56,708	190	0.34	0.00089
2004	56,861	153	0.27	0.00088
2005	56,951	90	0.16	0.00087
2006	56,971	20	0.04	0.00086
2007	56,927	-44	-0.08	0.00085
2008	56,841	-86	-0.15	0.00084
2009	56,728	-113	-0.20	0.00083
2010	56,638	-90	-0.16	0.00081
2011	56,552	-86	-0.15	0.00080
2012	56,470	-82	-0.14	0.00079
2013	56,414	-56	-0.10	0.00078
2014	56,381	-33	-0.06	0.00077
2015	56,377	-4	-0.01	0.00076
2016	56,412	35	0.06	0.00076
2017	56,481	69	0.12	0.00075
2018	56,564	83	0.15	0.00074
2019	56,672	108	0.19	0.00073

Greenland population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	56,770	98	0.17	0.00073
2021	56,877	107	0.19	0.00072
2022	56,973	96	0.17	0.00072
2023	57,058	85	0.15	0.00071
2024	57,134	76	0.13	0.00070
2025	57,190	56	0.10	0.00070
2026	57,212	22	0.04	0.00069
2027	57,219	7	0.01	0.00069
2028	57,192	-27	-0.05	0.00068
2029	57,152	-40	-0.07	0.00067
2030	57,091	-61	-0.11	0.00067
2031	57,016	-75	-0.13	0.00066
2032	56,916	-100	-0.18	0.00066
2033	56,806	-110	-0.19	0.00065
2034	56,678	-128	-0.23	0.00064
2035	56,535	-143	-0.25	0.00064
2036	56,377	-158	-0.28	0.00063
2037	56,210	-167	-0.30	0.00062
2038	56,029	-181	-0.32	0.00062
2039	55,835	-194	-0.35	0.00061
2040	55,627	-208	-0.37	0.00060
2041	55,415	-212	-0.38	0.00060
2042	55,197	-218	-0.39	0.00059
2043	54,974	-223	-0.40	0.00059
2044	54,737	-237	-0.43	0.00058
2045	54,505	-232	-0.42	0.00057
2046	54,260	-245	-0.45	0.00057
2047	54,024	-236	-0.43	0.00056
2048	53,778	-246	-0.46	0.00056
2049	53,543	-235	-0.44	0.00055
2050	53,300	-243	-0.45	0.00055
2051	53,060	-240	-0.45	0.00054
2052	52,827	-233	-0.44	0.00054
2053	52,590	-237	-0.45	0.00053
2054	52,363	-227	-0.43	0.00053
2055	52,130	-233	-0.44	0.00052
2056	51,901	-229	-0.44	0.00052
2057	51,674	-227	-0.44	0.00051
2058	51,454	-220	-0.43	0.00051
2059	51,228	-226	-0.44	0.00051
2060	51,008	-220	-0.43	0.00050
2061	50,780	-228	-0.45	0.00050
2062	50,561	-219	-0.43	0.00049
2063	50,336	-225	-0.45	0.00049
2064	50,113	-223	-0.44	0.00049
2065	49,877	-236	-0.47	0.00048
2066	49,647	-230	-0.46	0.00048
2067	49,410	-237	-0.48	0.00048
2068	49,173	-237	-0.48	0.00047
2069	48,931	-242	-0.49	0.00047
2070	48,684	-247	-0.50	0.00047
2071	48,436	-248	-0.51	0.00046
2072	48,180	-256	-0.53	0.00046
2073	47,919	-261	-0.54	0.00045
2074	47,657	-262	-0.55	0.00045
2075	47,397	-260	-0.55	0.00045
2076	47,123	-274	-0.58	0.00044
2077	46,846	-277	-0.59	0.00044
2078	46,578	-268	-0.57	0.00044
2079	46,302	-276	-0.59	0.00043
2080	46,021	-281	-0.61	0.00043
2081	45,749	-272	-0.59	0.00043
2082	45,463	-286	-0.63	0.00042
2083	45,184	-279	-0.61	0.00042
2084	44,909	-275	-0.61	0.00042
2085	44,630	-279	-0.62	0.00042
2086	44,358	-272	-0.61	0.00041
2087	44,078	-280	-0.63	0.00041
2088	43,806	-272	-0.62	0.00041
2089	43,529	-277	-0.63	0.00040
2090	43,256	-273	-0.63	0.00040
2091	42,980	-276	-0.64	0.00040
2092	42,704	-276	-0.64	0.00039
2093	42,433	-271	-0.63	0.00039
2094	42,152	-281	-0.66	0.00039
2095	41,883	-269	-0.64	0.00039
2096	41,616	-267	-0.64	0.00038
2097	41,337	-279	-0.67	0.00038
2098	41,064	-273	-0.66	0.00038
2099	40,790	-274	-0.67	0.00038
2100	40,516	-274	-0.67	0.00037