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==Populations== {{as of|2024|1|1}} the resident population of Greenland was estimated to be 56,699, an increase of 90 (0.2%) from the previous year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PxWeb - Select table |url=https://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |website=bank.stat.gl}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |+ Population by municipality<br>on 1 January 2024 ! Municipality !! Population !! % of total !! Annual change |- |style="text-align:left"| [[Sermersooq|Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq]] || 24,382 || 43.00% || {{Increase}} +234 (+1.0%) |- |style="text-align:left"|[[Avannaata|Avannaata Kommunia]] || 10,846 || 19.13% || {{Decrease}} β74 (β0.7%) |- |style="text-align:left"|[[Qeqqata|Qeqqata Kommunia]] || 9,204 || 16.23% || {{Increase}} +13 (+0.1%) |- |style="text-align:left"|[[Kujalleq|Kommune Kujalleq]] || 6,145 || 10.84% || {{Decrease}} β60 (β1.0%) |- |style="text-align:left"|[[Qeqertalik|Kommune Qeqertalik]] || 6,058 || 10.68% || {{Decrease}} β24 (β0.4%) |} Values do not sum to 100% because there were 64 inhabitants living outside the five municipalities, which include residents in the [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Northeast Greenland National Park]]. [[Nuuk]] is the most populous locality in Greenland with 19,872 inhabitants, which is about 35% of Greenland's total population. ===Structure of the population=== {{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013) (Population statistics are compiled from registers.):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040921002557/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |archive-date=21 September 2004 |title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age Group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 29 867 | align="right" | 26 616 | align="right" | 56 483 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0β4 | align="right" | 2 142 | align="right" | 1 930 | align="right" | 4 072 | align="right" | 7.21 |- | align="right" | 5β9 | align="right" | 2 004 | align="right" | 1 942 | align="right" | 3 946 | align="right" | 6.99 |- | align="right" | 10β14 | align="right" | 2 088 | align="right" | 2 022 | align="right" | 4 110 | align="right" | 7.28 |- | align="right" | 15β19 | align="right" | 2 130 | align="right" | 2 111 | align="right" | 4 241 | align="right" | 7.51 |- | align="right" | 20β24 | align="right" | 2 350 | align="right" | 2 283 | align="right" | 4 633 | align="right" | 8.20 |- | align="right" | 25β29 | align="right" | 2 159 | align="right" | 2 081 | align="right" | 4 240 | align="right" | 7.51 |- | align="right" | 30β34 | align="right" | 1 954 | align="right" | 1 864 | align="right" | 3 818 | align="right" | 6.76 |- | align="right" | 35β39 | align="right" | 1 730 | align="right" | 1 440 | align="right" | 3 170 | align="right" | 5.61 |- | align="right" | 40β44 | align="right" | 2 008 | align="right" | 1 690 | align="right" | 3 698 | align="right" | 6.55 |- | align="right" | 45β49 | align="right" | 2 980 | align="right" | 2 537 | align="right" | 5 517 | align="right" | 9.77 |- | align="right" | 50β54 | align="right" | 2 599 | align="right" | 2 123 | align="right" | 4 722 | align="right" | 8.36 |- | align="right" | 55β59 | align="right" | 2 092 | align="right" | 1 546 | align="right" | 3 638 | align="right" | 6.44 |- | align="right" | 60β64 | align="right" | 1 425 | align="right" | 1 036 | align="right" | 2 461 | align="right" | 4.36 |- | align="right" | 65β69 | align="right" | 1 071 | align="right" | 731 | align="right" | 1 802 | align="right" | 3.19 |- | align="right" | 70β74 | align="right" | 629 | align="right" | 594 | align="right" | 1 223 | align="right" | 2.17 |- | align="right" | 75β79 | align="right" | 319 | align="right" | 365 | align="right" | 684 | align="right" | 1.21 |- | align="right" | 80β84 | align="right" | 143 | align="right" | 229 | align="right" | 372 | align="right" | 0.66 |- | align="right" | 85β89 | align="right" | 39 | align="right" | 80 | align="right" | 119 | align="right" | 0.21 |- | align="right" | 90β94 | align="right" | 4 | align="right" | 10 | align="right" | 14 | align="right" | 0.02 |- | align="right" | 95β99 | align="right" | 1 | align="right" | 2 | align="right" | 3 | align="right" | <0.01 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0β14 | align="right" | 6 234 | align="right" | 5 894 | align="right" | 12 128 | align="right" | 21.47 |- | align="right" | 15β64 | align="right" | 21 427 | align="right" | 18 711 | align="right" | 40 138 | align="right" | 71.06 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 2 206 | align="right" | 2 011 | align="right" | 4 217 | align="right" | 7.47 |- |} {{Hidden end}} {{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021) (Population statistics are compiled from registers.): <ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSD - Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=10 May 2023 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age Group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 29 855 | align="right" | 26 798 | align="right" | 56 653 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0β4 | align="right" | 2 058 | align="right" | 1 987 | align="right" | 4 045 | align="right" | 7.14 |- | align="right" | 5β9 | align="right" | 1 994 | align="right" | 1 855 | align="right" | 3 849 | align="right" | 6.79 |- | align="right" | 10β14 | align="right" | 1 991 | align="right" | 1 840 | align="right" | 3 831 | align="right" | 6.76 |- | align="right" | 15β19 | align="right" | 1 851 | align="right" | 1 760 | align="right" | 3 611 | align="right" | 6.37 |- | align="right" | 20β24 | align="right" | 1 972 | align="right" | 1 943 | align="right" | 3 915 | align="right" | 6.91 |- | align="right" | 25β29 | align="right" | 2 363 | align="right" | 2 268 | align="right" | 4 631 | align="right" | 8.17 |- | align="right" | 30β34 | align="right" | 2 398 | align="right" | 2 338 | align="right" | 4 736 | align="right" | 8.36 |- | align="right" | 35β39 | align="right" | 2 096 | align="right" | 1 902 | align="right" | 3 998 | align="right" | 7.06 |- | align="right" | 40β44 | align="right" | 1 793 | align="right" | 1 517 | align="right" | 3 310 | align="right" | 5.84 |- | align="right" | 45β49 | align="right" | 1 630 | align="right" | 1 289 | align="right" | 2 919 | align="right" | 5.15 |- | align="right" | 50β54 | align="right" | 2 215 | align="right" | 1 922 | align="right" | 4 137 | align="right" | 7.30 |- | align="right" | 55β59 | align="right" | 2 577 | align="right" | 2 174 | align="right" | 4 751 | align="right" | 8.39 |- | align="right" | 60β64 | align="right" | 2 108 | align="right" | 1 615 | align="right" | 3 723 | align="right" | 6.57 |- | align="right" | 65β69 | align="right" | 1 285 | align="right" | 992 | align="right" | 2 277 | align="right" | 4.02 |- | align="right" | 70β74 | align="right" | 776 | align="right" | 618 | align="right" | 1 394 | align="right" | 2.46 |- | align="right" | 75β79 | align="right" | 485 | align="right" | 433 | align="right" | 918 | align="right" | 1.62 |- | align="right" | 80β84 | align="right" | 194 | align="right" | 219 | align="right" | 413 | align="right" | 0.73 |- | align="right" | 85β89 | align="right" | 52 | align="right" | 92 | align="right" | 144 | align="right" | 0.25 |- | align="right" | 90β94 | align="right" | 13 | align="right" | 29 | align="right" | 42 | align="right" | 0.07 |- | align="right" | 95+ | align="right" | 4 | align="right" | 5 | align="right" | 9 | align="right" | 0.02 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0β14 | align="right" | 6 043 | align="right" | 5 682 | align="right" | 11 725 | align="right" | 20.70 |- | align="right" | 15β64 | align="right" | 20 886 | align="right" | 18 728 | align="right" | 39 614 | align="right" | 69.92 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 2 926 | align="right" | 2 388 | align="right" | 5 314 | align="right" | 9.38 |- |} {{Hidden end}}
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