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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Greenland]]|image=File:Greenland single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Greenland in 2020|size_of_population=57,792 (2022 est.)|nation=Greenlander|official=Greenlandic|spoken=Greenlandic, Danish, English|age_0–14_years=20.82%|age_65_years=10.36%|growth=-0.02% (2022 est.)|birth=13.79 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)|death=8.96 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)|net_migration=-5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|sr_at_birth=1.05 male(s)/female|sr_under_15=1.03 male(s)/female|sr_65_years_over=0.84 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=1.08 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=8.75 deaths/1,000 live births|life=73.98 years|life_male=71.28 years|life_female=76.82 years|fertility=1.91 children born/woman (2022 est.)}}

This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[population]] of [[Greenland]] including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

The population pyramid of Greenland was highly impacted by a [[Spiral case|birth control program]] conducted by Danish authorities in the 1960s and 70s.

==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}} −74 (−0.7%)
|-
|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}} −60 (−1.0%)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Qeqertalik|Kommune Qeqertalik]] || 6,058 || 10.68% || {{Decrease}} −24 (−0.4%)
|}
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===

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{| 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" | 0–4
| align="right" | 2 142
| align="right" | 1 930
| align="right" | 4 072
| align="right" | 7.21
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 2 004
| align="right" | 1 942
| align="right" | 3 946
| align="right" | 6.99
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 2 088
| align="right" | 2 022
| align="right" | 4 110
| align="right" | 7.28
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 2 130
| align="right" | 2 111
| align="right" | 4 241
| align="right" | 7.51
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 2 350
| align="right" | 2 283
| align="right" | 4 633
| align="right" | 8.20
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 2 159
| align="right" | 2 081
| align="right" | 4 240
| align="right" | 7.51
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 954
| align="right" | 1 864
| align="right" | 3 818
| align="right" | 6.76
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 1 730
| align="right" | 1 440
| align="right" | 3 170
| align="right" | 5.61
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 2 008
| align="right" | 1 690
| align="right" | 3 698
| align="right" | 6.55
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 2 980
| align="right" | 2 537
| align="right" | 5 517
| align="right" | 9.77
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 2 599
| align="right" | 2 123
| align="right" | 4 722
| align="right" | 8.36
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 2 092
| align="right" | 1 546
| align="right" | 3 638
| align="right" | 6.44
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 1 425
| align="right" | 1 036
| align="right" | 2 461
| align="right" | 4.36
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 1 071
| align="right" | 731
| align="right" | 1 802
| align="right" | 3.19
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 629
| align="right" | 594
| align="right" | 1 223
| align="right" | 2.17
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 319
| align="right" | 365
| align="right" | 684
| align="right" | 1.21
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 143
| align="right" | 229
| align="right" | 372
| align="right" | 0.66
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 39
| align="right" | 80
| align="right" | 119
| align="right" | 0.21
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 4
| align="right" | 10
| align="right" | 14
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
| align="right" | 95–99
| 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" | 0–14
| align="right" | 6 234
| align="right" | 5 894
| align="right" | 12 128
| align="right" | 21.47
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| 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
|-
|}
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{| 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" | 0–4
| align="right" | 2 058
| align="right" | 1 987
| align="right" | 4 045
| align="right" | 7.14
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 994 
| align="right" | 1 855
| align="right" | 3 849
| align="right" | 6.79
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 991
| align="right" | 1 840
| align="right" | 3 831
| align="right" | 6.76
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 851
| align="right" | 1 760
| align="right" | 3 611
| align="right" | 6.37
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 972
| align="right" | 1 943
| align="right" | 3 915
| align="right" | 6.91
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 2 363
| align="right" | 2 268
| align="right" | 4 631
| align="right" | 8.17
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 2 398
| align="right" | 2 338
| align="right" | 4 736
| align="right" | 8.36
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 2 096
| align="right" | 1 902
| align="right" | 3 998
| align="right" | 7.06
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 1 793
| align="right" | 1 517
| align="right" | 3 310
| align="right" | 5.84
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 1 630
| align="right" | 1 289
| align="right" | 2 919
| align="right" | 5.15
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 2 215
| align="right" | 1 922
| align="right" | 4 137
| align="right" | 7.30
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 2 577
| align="right" | 2 174
| align="right" | 4 751
| align="right" | 8.39
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 2 108
| align="right" | 1 615
| align="right" | 3 723
| align="right" | 6.57
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 1 285
| align="right" | 992
| align="right" | 2 277
| align="right" | 4.02
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 776
| align="right" | 618
| align="right" | 1 394
| align="right" | 2.46
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 485
| align="right" | 433
| align="right" | 918
| align="right" | 1.62
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 194
| align="right" | 219
| align="right" | 413
| align="right" | 0.73
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 52
| align="right" | 92
| align="right" | 144
| align="right" | 0.25
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| 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" | 0–14
| align="right" | 6 043
| align="right" | 5 682
| align="right" | 11 725
| align="right" | 20.70
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| 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
|-
|}
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==Vital statistics==

<ref>[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001 United nations. Demographic Yearbooks]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://stat.gl/default.asp?lang=en |title=Grønlands Statistik |website=stat.gl}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="70pt"|Year
! width="70pt"|Average population
! width="70pt"|Live births
! width="70pt"|Deaths
! width="70pt"|Natural change
! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Total fertility rate
! width="70pt"|Infant mortality rate
|-
| 1900
| 12,000
| 416|| 306|| 110
|35.6||26.2||9.4
|
|
|-
| 1901
| 12,000
| 461|| 301|| 160
|38.7||25.3||13.4
|
|
|-
| 1902
| 12,000
| 426|| 259|| 167
|35.5||21.6||13.9
|
|
|-
| 1903
| 12,000
| 428|| 327|| 101
|35.1||26.8||8.3
|
|
|-
| 1904
| 12,000
| 535|| 283|| 252
|43.5||23.0||20.5
|
|
|-
| 1905
| 13,000
| 487|| 292|| 195
|39.0||23.4||15.6
|
|
|-
| 1906
| 13,000
| 493|| 366|| 127
|39.1||29.0||10.1
|
|
|-
| 1907
| 13,000
| 476|| 362|| 114
|37.2||28.3||8.9
|
|
|-
| 1908
| 13,000
| 543|| 378|| 165
|42.1||29.3||12.8
|
|
|-
| 1909
| 13,000
| 564|| 448|| 116
|43.1||34.2||8.9
|
|
|-
| 1910
| 13,000
| 443|| 354|| 89
|33.6||26.8||6.7
|
|
|-
| 1911
| 13,000
| 577|| 562|| 15
|43.1||41.9||1.1
|
|
|-
| 1912
| 14,000
| 482|| 389|| 93
|35.7||28.8||6.9
|
|
|-
| 1913
| 14,000
| 592|| 390|| 202
|43.5||28.7||14.9
|
|
|-
| 1914
| 14,000
| 531|| 458|| 73
|38.8||33.4||5.3
|
|
|-
| 1915
| 14,000
| 545|| 428|| 117
|39.8||31.2||8.5
|
|
|-
| 1916
| 14,000
| 545|| 447|| 98
|39.5||32.4||7.1
|
|
|-
| 1917
| 14,000
| 547|| 312|| 235
|39.4||22.4||16.9
|
|
|-
| 1918
| 14,000
| 550|| 328|| 222
|39.3||23.4||15.9
|
|
|-
| 1919
| 14,000
| 510|| 614||style="color: red"|−104
|36.2||43.5||−7.4
|
|
|-
| 1920
| 14,000
| 569|| 429|| 140
|40.1||30.2||9.9
|
|
|-
| 1921
| 14,000
| 610|| 565|| 45
|42.7||39.5||3.1
|
|
|-
| 1922
| 15,000
| 545|| 396|| 149
|37.3||27.1||10.2
|
|
|-
| 1923
| 15,000
| 563|| 326|| 237
|38.0||22.0||16.0
|
|
|-
| 1924
| 15,000
| 580|| 426|| 154
|38.4||28.2||10.2
|
|
|-
| 1925
| 15,000
| 660|| 582|| 78
|42.9||37.8||5.1
|
|
|-
| 1926
| 16,000
| 619|| 340|| 279
|39.7||21.8||17.9
|
|
|-
| 1927
| 16,000
| 615|| 322|| 293
|38.7||20.3||18.4
|
|
|-
| 1928
| 16,000
| 680|| 366|| 314
|42.0||22.6||19.4
|
|
|-
| 1929
| 17,000
| 743|| 353|| 390
|45.0||21.4||23.6
|
|
|-
| 1930
| 17,000
| 768|| 383|| 385
|45.7||22.8||22.9
|
|
|-
| 1931
| 17,000
| 779|| 431|| 348
|46.1||25.5||20.6
|
|
|-
| 1932
| 17,000
| 728|| 625|| 103
|43.3||37.1||6.2
|
|
|-
| 1933
| 17,000
| 776|| 370|| 406
|45.6||21.8||23.8
|
|
|-
| 1934
| 17,000
| 807|| 503|| 304
|46.4||28.9||17.5
|
|
|-
| 1935
| 18,000
| 813|| 835||−22
|46.5||47.7||−1.3
|
|
|-
| 1936
| 18,000
| 740|| 811||−71
|42.0||46.1||−4.0
|
|
|-
| 1937
| 18,000
| 767|| 474|| 293
|43.1||26.6||16.5
|
|
|-
| 1938
| 18,000
| 731|| 375|| 356
|40.4||20.7||19.7
|
|
|-
| 1939
| 18,000
| 762|| 680|| 82
|41.6||37.2||4.5
|
|
|-
| 1940
| 19,000
| 873|| 356|| 517
|46.9||19.1||27.8
|
|
|-
| 1941
| 19,000
| 815|| 364|| 451
|42.7||19.1||23.6
|
|
|-
| 1942
| 20,000
| 904|| 448|| 456
|46.1||22.9||23.3
|
|
|-
| 1943
| 20,000
| 796|| 429|| 367
|39.8||21.5||18.4
|
|
|-
| 1944
| 20,000
| 911|| 491|| 420
|44.7||24.1||20.6
|
|
|-
| 1945
| 21,000
| 818|| 408|| 410
|39.5||19.7||19.8
|
|
|-
| 1946
| 21,000
| 920|| 416|| 504
|43.6||19.7||23.9
|
|
|-
| 1947
| 22,000
| 953|| 490|| 463
|44.1||22.7||21.4
|
|
|-
| 1948
| 22,000
| 883|| 499|| 384
|40.5||22.9||17.6
|align="right" style="color: blue" |5.695
|
|-
| 1949
| 22,000
| 989||style="color: red"| 898|| 91
|44.7||40.6||4.1
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.045
|
|-
| 1950
| 23,000
|1,129|| 539|| 590
|50.0||23.8||26.1
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.930
|
|-
| 1951
| 23,000
| 999|| 550|| 449
|42.9||23.6||19.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |5.770
|
|-
| 1952
| 24,000
|1,034|| 475|| 559
|43.1||19.8||23.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |5.960
|
|-
| 1953
| 25,000
|1,109|| 398|| 711
|44.9||16.1||28.8
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.150
|
|-
| 1954
| 26,000
|1,136|| 388|| 748
|44.4||15.2||29.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.310
|
|-
| 1955
| 27,000
|1,234|| 375|| 859
|46.4||14.1||32.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.605
|
|-
| 1956
| 27,000
|1,293|| 351|| 942
|47.2||12.8||34.4
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.670
|
|-
| 1957
| 29,000
|1,361|| 337||1,024
|47.6||11.8||35.8
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.925
|
|-
| 1958
| 30,000
|1,410|| 290||1,120
|47.2||9.7||37.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.815
|
|-
| 1959
| 31,000
|1,491|| 285||1,206
|47.6||9.1||38.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |7.145
|
|-
| 1960
| 33,000
|1,586|| 256||1,330
|48.6||7.8||40.7
|align="right" style="color: blue" |7.245
|
|-
| 1961
| 34,000
|1,644|| 292||1,352
|48.8||8.7||40.1
|align="right" style="color: blue" |7.310
|
|-
| 1962
| 35,000
|1,610|| 361||1,249
|46.1||10.3||35.8
|align="right" style="color: blue" |7.085
|
|-
| 1963
| 36,000
|1,671|| 279||1,392
|46.2||7.7||38.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |7.035
|
|-
| 1964
| 38,000
|style="color: blue"|1,797|| 329||style="color: blue|1,468
|47.4||8.7||38.7
|align="right" style="color: blue" |7.270
|
|-
| 1965
| 39,000
|1,738|| 337||1,401
|44.3||8.6||35.7
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.960
|
|-
| 1966
| 41,000
|1,781|| 329||1,452
|43.5||8.0||35.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.995
|
|-
| 1967
| 43,000
|1,685|| 314||1,371
|39.3||7.3||32.0
|align="right" style="color: blue" |6.395
|
|-
| 1968
| 45,000
|1,576|| 333||1,243
|35.3||7.4||27.8
|align="right" style="color: blue" |5.845
|
|-
| 1969
| 46,000
|1,310|| 311|| 999
|28.5||6.8||21.7
|align="right" style="color: blue" |4.580
|
|-
| 1970
| 46,000
|1,144|| 283|| 861
|24.7||6.1||18.6
|align="right" style="color: blue" |3.900
|
|-
| 1971
| 47,000
|1,028|| 289|| 739
|21.8||6.1||15.7
|align="right" style="color: blue" |3.245
|
|-
| 1972
| 48,000
| 948|| 295|| 653
|19.6||6.1||13.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.770
|
|-
| 1973
| 49,000
| 940|| 339|| 601
|19.2||6.9||12.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.690
|36.2
|-
| 1974
| 50,000
| 866|| 332|| 534
|17.5||6.7||10.8
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.300
|28.9
|-
| 1975
| 50,000
| 815|| 313|| 502
|17.5||6.3||11.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.345
|36.8
|-
| 1976
| 50,000
| 859|| 348|| 511
|17.3||7.0||10.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.255
|32.6
|-
| 1977
| 49,000
| 918|| 373|| 545
|18.6||7.2||11.4
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.349
|42.5
|-
| 1978
| 49,000
| 870|| 309|| 561
|17.7||6.4||11.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.197
|26.4
|-
| 1979
| 50,000
| 900|| 393|| 507
|18.2||8.1||10.0
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.187
|37.8
|-
| 1980
| 50,000
|1,034|| 380|| 654
|20.5||7.6||12.8
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.435
|31.9
|-
| 1981
| 51,000
|1,056|| 381|| 675
|20.6||7.5||13.1
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.332
|31.3
|-
| 1982
| 52,000
|1,052|| 408|| 644
|20.6||8.2||12.4
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.236
|37.1
|-
| 1983
| 52,000
| 994|| 433|| 561
|18.9||8.3||10.6
|2.054
|37.2
|-
| 1984
| 53,000
|1,054|| 439|| 615
|20.0||8.3||11.7
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.107
|28.5
|-
| 1985
| 53,000
|1,152|| 435|| 717
|21.4||8.2||13.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.241
|24.3
|-
| 1986
| 54,000
|1,055|| 445|| 610
|19.7||8.3||11.4
|2.044
|22.7
|-
| 1987
| 54,000
|1,104|| 445|| 659
|20.4||8.2||12.2
|2.083
|26.3
|-
| 1988
| 55,000
|1,213|| 432|| 781
|22.1||7.9||14.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.317
|16.5
|-
| 1989
| 55,000
|1,210|| 455|| 755
|21.9||8.2||13.7
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.299
|21.5
|-
| 1990
| 56,000
|1,258|| 467|| 791
|22.6||8.4||14.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.444
|32.6
|-
| 1991
| 56,000
|1,192|| 458|| 734
|21.5||8.3||13.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.421
|34.4
|-
| 1992
| 55,000
|1,237|| 441|| 796
|22.4||8.0||14.4
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.607
|12.9
|-
| 1993
| 55,000
|1,180|| 432|| 748
|21.3||7.8||13.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.578
|26.3
|-
| 1994
| 56,000
|1,139|| 445|| 694
|20.5||8.0||12.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.516
|22.8
|-
| 1995
| 56,000
|1,101|| 480|| 621
|19.7||8.6||11.1
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.542
|20.9
|-
| 1996
| 56,000
|1,051|| 444|| 607
|18.8||8.0||10.9
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.513
|22.8
|-
| 1997
| 56,000
|1,095|| 492|| 603
|19.6||8.8||10.8
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.774
|18.3
|-
| 1998
| 56,000
| 980|| 457|| 523
|17.5||8.1||9.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.491
|20.4
|-
| 1999
| 56,000
| 945|| 479|| 466
|16.8||8.5||8.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.482
|16.9
|-
| 2000
| 56,000
| 879|| 450|| 429
|15.7||8.0||7.7
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.410
|18.2
|-
| 2001
| 56,000
| 942|| 466|| 476
|16.8||8.3||8.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.506
|10.6
|-
| 2002
| 57,000
| 954|| 446|| 508
|16.9||7.8||9.1
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.608
|13.6
|-
| 2003
| 57,000
| 879|| 411|| 468
|15.4||7.2||8.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.328
|8.0
|-
| 2004
| 57,000
| 892|| 479|| 413
|15.6||8.4||7.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.434
|13.5
|-
| 2005
| 57,000
| 886|| 465|| 421
|15.5||8.1||7.4
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.326
|7.9
|-
| 2006
| 57,000
| 842|| 440|| 402
|14.8||7.7||7.1
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.276
|16.6
|-
| 2007
| 57,000
| 853|| 452|| 401
|15.1||7.9||7.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.220
|10.6
|-
| 2008
| 56,000
| 834|| 428|| 406
|14.9||7.6||7.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.249
|9.6
|-
| 2009
| 56,000
| 895|| 437|| 458
|16.0||7.8||8.2
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.340
|4.5
|-
| 2010
| 56,000
| 869|| 504|| 365
|15.5||9.0||6.5
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.185
|8.1
|-
| 2011
| 57,000
| 821|| 476|| 345
|14.4||8.3||6.1
|2.097
|11.0
|-
| 2012
| 57,000
| 786|| 459|| 327
|13.8||8.0||5.8
|2.007
|8.9
|-
| 2013
| 56,000
| 820|| 444|| 376
|14.6||7.9||6.7
|2.066
|8.5
|-
| 2014
| 56,000
| 805|| 461|| 344
|14.4||8.2||6.2
|1.985
|7.5
|-
| 2015
| 56,000
| 854|| 472|| 382
|15.2||8.4||6.8
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.116
|10.5
|-
| 2016
| 56,000
| 830|| 487|| 343
|14.8||8.7||6.1
|2.061
|7.2
|-
| 2017
| 56,000
| 853|| 499|| 354
|15.2||8.9||6.3
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.123
|7.0
|-
| 2018
| 56,000
| 819|| 487|| 332
|14.6||8.7||5.9
|2.022
|7.3
|-
| 2019
| 56,000
| 849|| 548|| 301
|15.2||9.8||5.4
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.115
|11.8
|-
| 2020
| 56,000
| 835|| 520|| 315
|14.9||9.3||5.6
|align="right" style="color: blue" |2.109
|8.4
|-
| 2021
| 56,000
| 761|| 531|| 230
|13.4||9.3||4.1
|1.820
|14.5
|-
| 2022
| 57,000
| 748|| 525||223
|13.2||9.3||3.9
|1.815
|12.0
|-
| 2023
| 57,000
| 716|| 534||182
|12.7||9.4||3.3
|1.769
|12.6
|-
| 2024
| 57,000
| 684|| 521||163
|12.0||9.2||2.9
|align="right" style="color: red" |
|11.7
|}

===Life expectancy at birth===
''total population:''
71.25 years
<br>''male:''
68.6 years
<br>''female:''
74.04 years (2012 est.)

==Ethnic groups==
{{bar box
|title=Ethnic groups of Greenland (2018)<ref name="CIAGREENLAND">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/greenland/ |title=North America: Greenland |date=27 September 2021 |publisher=CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Ethnic groups
|right1=percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Greenlandic Inuit|Inuit]]|Blue|89.7}}
{{bar percent|[[Danes|Danish]] |Orange|7.8}}
{{bar percent|Other Nordic |Green|1.1}}
{{bar percent|Other |Pink|1.4}}
}}
{|class="infobox"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" |'''Significant minority groups'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population by age, citizenship, gender and time |url=https://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0125/BEXST6.px/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Statbank |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! Nationality||Population (2024)
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}||921
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}||349
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}||138
|-
|{{flag|Iceland}}||122
|-
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|121
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}||78
|-
|{{flag|China}}||65
|-
|{{flag|Norway}}||63
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}||54
|-
|{{flag|USA}}||39
|-
|Other America||39
|}

The population of [[Greenland]] consists of [[Greenlandic Inuit]] (including [[mixed-race]] people), [[Danish people in Greenland|Danish Greenlanders]] and other [[Europeans]] and [[North Americans]]. The Inuit population makes up approximately 85–90% of the total (2009 est.). 6,792 people from Denmark live in Greenland, which is 12% of its total population.

In recent years, Greenland experienced a significant increase in immigration from Asia, especially from the [[Philippines]], [[Thailand]], and [[China]].

==Languages==
The only official language of [[Greenland]] is [[Greenlandic language|Greenlandic]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/GL/languages |title=Ethnolgue}}</ref> The number of speakers of [[Greenlandic language|Greenlandic]] is estimated at 50,000 (85–90% of the total population), divided in three main dialects, [[West Greenlandic|Kalaallisut]] (West-Greenlandic, 44,000 speakers and the dialect that is used as official language), [[Tunumiit language|Tunumiit]] (East-Greenlandic, 3,000 speakers) and [[Inuktun language|Inuktun]] (North-Greenlandic, 800 speakers).  The remainder of the population mainly speaks [[Danish language|Danish]]; [[Inuit Sign Language]] is the language of the deaf community.

==Religion==
{{main|Religion in Greenland}}{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Religion in Greenland (2010):<ref name="ARDA">{{Cite web |date=21 June 2009 |title=Greenland, Religion and Social Profile &#124; National Profiles &#124; International Data |url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_94_1.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924211510/http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_94_1.asp |archive-date=24 September 2017 |access-date=18 June 2016 |website=Thearda.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2011 |title=Table: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country &#124; Pew Research Center |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511124911/http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country/ |archive-date=11 May 2017 |access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref>|label1=[[Protestantism]]|value1=95.5|color1=DodgerBlue|label2=[[Roman Catholicism]]|value2=0.2|color2=DarkOrchid|label3=Other [[Christianity|Christian]]|value3=0.4|color3=Turquoise|label4=[[Inuit spiritual beliefs]]|value4=0.8|color4=Red|label5=[[Agnostic]]|value5=2.3|color5=Honeydew|label6=[[Atheist]]|value6=0.2|color6=Grey|label7=Other religion|value7=0.6|color7=Yellow}}[[File:Nanortalik church.jpg|thumb|Most Greenlandic villages, including [[Nanortalik]] (Bjørnsted), have their own [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] church under the [[Church of Denmark]]|left]]

The nomadic [[Inuit]] were traditionally [[shamanism among Eskimo peoples|shamanistic]], with a well-developed [[Inuit religion|mythology]] primarily concerned with propitiating a vengeful and [[Sedna (mythology)|fingerless sea Goddess]] who controlled the success of the [[seal hunting|seal]] and [[whaling|whale hunts]].

The first [[Norse colonization of Greenland|Norse colonists]] were [[Norse religion|pagan]], but [[Erik the Red]]'s son [[Leif Ericson|Leif]] was converted to Catholic Christianity by [[List of Norwegian monarchs|King]] [[Olaf Trygvesson]] on a trip to Norway in 990 and sent missionaries back to Greenland. These swiftly established sixteen parishes, some monasteries, and a bishopric at [[Garðar, Greenland|Garðar]].

Rediscovering these colonists and spreading the [[Danish Reformation|Protestant Reformation]] among them was one of the primary reasons for the [[Danish colonization of Greenland|Danish recolonization]] in the 18th century. Under the patronage of the [[Royal Mission College]] in Copenhagen, Norwegian and Danish [[Church of Denmark|Lutheran]]s and German [[Moravian missions in Greenland|Moravian missionaries]] searched for the missing Norse settlements and began converting the Inuit. The principal figures in the [[Christianization]] of Greenland were [[Hans Egede|Hans]] and [[Poul Egede]] and [[Matthias Stach]]. The [[New Testament]] was translated piecemeal from the time of the very first settlement on Kangeq Island, but the first translation of the whole Bible was not completed until 1900. An improved translation using the [[Kalaallisut orthography|modern orthography]] was completed in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |author=Leif Kiil Sørensen |url=http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/225350:Kirke---tro--Groenlandsk-bibel-praesenteret |title=Grønlandsk bibel præsenteret &#124; Kristeligt Dagblad |publisher=Kristeligt-dagblad.dk |date=29 November 2000 |access-date=6 September 2010}}</ref>

Today, the major religion is [[Protestant Christianity]], mostly members of the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[Church of Denmark]]. While there is no official census data on religion in Greenland, the Lutheran [[Bishop of Greenland]] [[Sofie Petersen]]<ref>[http://www.oikoumene.org/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/bells-ring-a-wake-up-call.html "Bells ring a wake-up call for climate justice."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325215706/http://www.oikoumene.org/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/bells-ring-a-wake-up-call.html |date=25 March 2012 }} ''World Council of Churches''. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010</ref> estimated that 85% of the Greenlandic population were members of its congregation in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groenlandsstift.dk/fileadmin/filer/Biskoppen/Groenland_GRUNDLOVEN_og_GEJSTLIGHEDEN_1005_2009_laast_til_ado.pdf |title=Grønland, Grundloven og Gejstligheden |access-date=30 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231654/https://www.groenlandsstift.dk/fileadmin/filer/Biskoppen/Groenland_GRUNDLOVEN_og_GEJSTLIGHEDEN_1005_2009_laast_til_ado.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref> Estimates in 2022 put the figure at 93%.<ref>[https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/denmark/ US State Dept 2022
Kurds inhabited Al-Jazeera, which is part of Kurdistan. report]</ref>

==Spiral case==
{{main|Spiral case}}
In the 1960s and 70s, Greenland was subject to one of the most impactful [[eugenics]] programs ever implemented. At least 4,500 Inuit women were involuntarily implanted with IUD's without their knowledge or consent - about half the fertile population at the time. Within a generation, the birthrate declined by 50%, which led to multigenerational demographic effects. Public officials at the time blamed the decline in birthrate on poverty and cultural trends, but the extent of the involuntary program became public only in 2022 in an investigation known as the [[spiral case]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Adrienne |title=Inuit Greenlanders demand answers over Danish birth control scandal |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63049387 |work=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=30 September 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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