Editing Nuuk (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations|1980|9077|1990|12217|2000|13445|2010|15469|2020|18326|footnote=Source: [[Statistics Greenland]]<ref name="bank.stat.gl"/>}}With 19,872 inhabitants as of January 2024,<ref name="bank.stat.gl"/> Nuuk is by far the largest town in Greenland. The population of Nuuk has doubled since 1977, increased by over a third since 1990, and risen by almost 21% since 2000. In addition to those born in Greenland, data from 2015 showed 3,826 were born outside the country.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=2021|title=Greenland in Figures 2021|url=https://stat.gl/publ/en/GF/2021/pdf/Greenland%20in%20Figures%202021.pdf|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=15 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115152235/https://stat.gl/publ/en/GF/2021/pdf/Greenland%20in%20Figures%202021.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Attracted by good employment opportunities with high wages, Danes have continued to settle in the town. Today, Nuuk has the highest proportion of Danes of any town in Greenland.<ref name="auto"/> Half of Greenland's immigrants live in Nuuk, which also accounts for a quarter of the country's native population.<ref name="dsd">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Geografi_og_historie/Gr%C3%B8nland/Gr%C3%B8nlandske_kommuner/Nuuk_Kommune |title=Nuuk Kommune |encyclopedia=Den Store Danske |access-date=21 December 2015 |language=da |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222132634/http://denstoredanske.dk/Geografi_og_historie/Gr%C3%B8nland/Gr%C3%B8nlandske_kommuner/Nuuk_Kommune |url-status=live }}</ref>