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Population in Districts and Municipalities January 1st by district, residence, age and time

Table: Population in Districts and Municipalities January 1st 1977-2024 [BEESTC]

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Population in Districts and Municipalities January 1st by district, residence, age and time

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Total
Town
-16	14,775	14,086	13,686	13,376	13,010	12,782	12,490	12,055	11,785	11,640	11,523	11,531	11,882	12,116	12,399	12,640	12,804	13,040	13,298	13,470	13,513	13,516	13,437	13,383	13,396	13,413	13,365	13,263	13,187	12,965
17-64	21,341	21,581	22,301	23,319	24,429	25,467	26,194	27,219	28,174	28,930	29,601	30,239	30,470	30,634	30,501	30,087	29,734	29,791	29,922	29,846	29,774	29,859	29,901	30,071	30,200	30,499	30,761	31,064	31,318	31,424
65+	1,137	1,176	1,219	1,259	1,314	1,366	1,403	1,440	1,452	1,513	1,538	1,547	1,581	1,599	1,653	1,717	1,754	1,828	1,930	1,996	2,065	2,115	2,184	2,265	2,331	2,396	2,471	2,537	2,574	2,682
Settlement
-16	4,795	4,604	4,396	4,192	4,124	3,972	3,797	3,662	3,472	3,374	3,276	3,327	3,323	3,371	3,440	3,457	3,475	3,493	3,464	3,478	3,502	3,524	3,505	3,421	3,393	3,277	3,188	3,106	3,070	3,066
17-64	5,780	5,937	6,041	5,946	6,060	6,193	6,337	6,448	6,476	6,455	6,314	6,409	6,517	6,476	6,413	6,309	6,166	6,083	5,950	5,932	5,967	5,939	5,875	5,872	5,823	5,807	5,756	5,671	5,667	5,615
65+	462	454	479	476	489	481	476	438	431	431	437	436	438	443	457	481	494	493	491	487	493	501	530	520	535	555	575	568	563	579
Nanortalik
Town
-16	555	538	520	517	522	525	476	465	429	417	398	407	400	403	422	444	453	457	487	489	493	482	498	502	468	481	482	461	441	415
17-64	794	791	797	830	906	961	961	976	959	965	940	961	951	960	957	968	978	971	1,001	956	975	950	943	954	958	977	972	979	974	950
65+	47	44	50	55	58	61	67	64	68	72	70	70	68	61	62	71	68	80	76	82	73	74	76	82	80	86	95	89	94	111
Settlement
-16	548	511	498	462	460	437	404	371	347	337	312	318	324	338	329	331	327	322	304	309	306	317	333	321	323	314	279	276	261	228
17-64	723	739	741	721	728	760	784	792	805	778	761	768	760	751	728	708	708	704	660	646	635	625	621	597	596	560	547	527	529	508
65+	81	83	82	83	88	82	80	73	76	77	78	77	76	74	79	81	81	73	70	64	64	62	65	61	60	60	53	52	50	57
Qaqortoq
Town
-16	974	939	876	860	818	811	792	787	778	759	775	780	797	812	834	859	868	892	917	897	865	852	862	856	865	836	824	833	833	856
17-64	1,615	1,641	1,609	1,654	1,669	1,733	1,804	1,863	1,899	2,004	2,148	2,184	2,190	2,183	2,150	2,146	2,078	2,122	2,129	2,107	2,061	2,106	2,116	2,084	2,064	2,063	2,113	2,146	2,112	2,147
65+	82	79	82	80	87	92	95	102	100	112	111	120	129	133	147	156	167	168	170	176	177	178	174	175	185	186	193	197	199	205
Settlement
-16	180	174	169	153	141	134	125	113	101	95	90	94	85	101	113	106	118	116	103	107	105	98	89	78	74	67	58	62	66	60
17-64	215	219	220	220	229	241	245	256	238	238	220	222	234	241	243	225	221	216	207	195	189	183	171	171	159	156	155	146	145	145
65+	32	31	32	29	25	25	27	23	21	20	24	23	20	21	20	22	19	17	16	20	23	22	21	19	19	22	22	24	24	21
Narsaq
Town
-16	707	645	605	572	543	524	499	449	412	387	399	401	415	425	457	429	424	452	475	474	461	477	462	462	469	468	467	462	484	457
17-64	1,135	1,079	1,078	1,091	1,121	1,199	1,230	1,289	1,297	1,289	1,285	1,297	1,310	1,281	1,265	1,203	1,198	1,183	1,184	1,136	1,123	1,116	1,101	1,103	1,117	1,079	1,088	1,102	1,137	1,108
65+	52	58	59	60	61	70	76	74	89	95	102	105	103	105	108	110	118	118	122	127	125	132	139	143	142	145	144	140	143	158
Settlement
-16	61	50	49	46	46	48	52	53	61	63	63	65	64	58	56	67	75	59	65	54	66	76	82	73	61	62	59	49	44	48
17-64	206	193	188	193	214	201	190	181	211	206	190	191	191	196	186	190	198	179	196	188	207	195	201	206	196	206	199	189	188	174
65+	20	19	21	21	22	20	19	18	16	15	14	14	13	12	16	15	16	15	11	12	13	9	11	9	10	10	15	12	15	16
Ivittuut
Town
-16	9	10	9	7	6	6	4	7	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	0	4
17-64	33	36	32	30	33	34	34	39	29	30	28	20	3	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	17	8	6	27	8	0	9
65+	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Settlement
-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17-64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65+	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paamiut
Town
-16	883	878	802	788	792	755	773	745	730	687	636	618	638	649	637	655	681	680	645	654	611	605	575	569	570	536	539	546	515	502
17-64	1,310	1,290	1,330	1,355	1,397	1,466	1,512	1,564	1,604	1,566	1,530	1,515	1,505	1,466	1,414	1,358	1,358	1,325	1,287	1,257	1,232	1,228	1,192	1,191	1,181	1,164	1,163	1,173	1,165	1,158
65+	82	82	89	94	102	97	99	99	99	103	99	102	103	104	112	116	109	122	124	129	129	124	129	128	132	133	140	136	137	142
Settlement
-16	183	175	156	149	152	148	139	144	122	124	113	115	112	114	123	107	111	95	95	99	83	71	70	60	60	52	46	40	32	38
17-64	214	219	219	215	230	256	268	272	251	245	216	194	204	200	189	176	173	156	144	154	136	121	116	108	107	99	103	93	86	82
65+	16	16	17	18	20	17	16	10	11	14	17	20	20	23	25	28	30	30	30	27	31	31	28	29	29	29	28	22	22	22
Nuuk
Town
-16	2,978	2,807	2,792	2,733	2,713	2,704	2,660	2,560	2,617	2,672	2,680	2,735	2,905	3,005	3,085	3,111	3,158	3,285	3,386	3,462	3,468	3,501	3,527	3,596	3,682	3,687	3,646	3,716	3,715	3,667
17-64	5,359	5,501	5,812	6,108	6,470	6,766	6,939	7,170	7,680	8,037	8,269	8,610	8,776	8,930	8,871	8,836	8,736	8,889	9,008	9,088	9,092	9,153	9,267	9,454	9,543	9,768	9,787	10,151	10,285	10,394
65+	208	219	223	236	240	247	249	267	262	263	260	270	276	282	296	286	287	309	329	332	349	370	375	395	424	429	451	478	501	522
Settlement
-16	192	168	171	151	167	155	145	138	143	134	125	132	138	140	155	154	145	147	132	123	123	127	125	112	115	94	100	99	103	84
17-64	275	278	302	308	320	311	312	306	294	303	286	293	299	297	295	322	287	263	249	239	231	237	231	236	230	243	236	226	232	221
65+	17	20	24	23	26	27	29	27	30	29	29	31	32	33	28	36	35	37	37	36	31	32	34	38	41	41	38	37	33	36
Maniitsoq
Town
-16	1,217	1,170	1,099	1,095	1,054	1,015	988	958	930	876	866	844	882	904	919	891	915	953	943	913	921	928	874	860	852	856	865	839	831	805
17-64	1,628	1,629	1,702	1,827	1,866	1,941	2,010	2,101	2,091	2,068	2,091	2,098	2,104	2,126	2,166	2,041	1,991	1,985	1,942	1,932	1,920	1,916	1,898	1,873	1,886	1,856	1,829	1,838	1,826	1,835
65+	92	86	85	86	93	100	102	107	101	111	111	101	102	105	112	116	122	129	139	155	170	179	185	196	190	191	205	204	202	207
Settlement
-16	455	434	412	399	392	382	374	376	374	344	319	323	322	335	328	349	341	319	319	323	320	308	304	278	280	274	261	243	222	215
17-64	490	493	486	484	499	502	538	546	553	561	559	563	569	562	551	539	522	509	500	498	504	490	475	470	486	475	473	458	456	449
65+	28	28	34	35	35	39	41	38	43	46	46	45	45	43	46	49	48	54	49	45	50	51	55	48	51	48	48	49	51	50
Sisimiut
Town
-16	1,594	1,527	1,518	1,477	1,414	1,427	1,418	1,370	1,331	1,334	1,352	1,373	1,380	1,396	1,453	1,542	1,523	1,497	1,584	1,634	1,657	1,684	1,673	1,615	1,625	1,596	1,576	1,542	1,578	1,546
17-64	2,042	2,125	2,166	2,376	2,591	2,703	2,736	2,886	3,049	3,095	3,203	3,293	3,272	3,307	3,322	3,266	3,157	3,128	3,160	3,244	3,221	3,272	3,222	3,243	3,268	3,346	3,397	3,402	3,464	3,543
65+	104	105	112	123	131	140	144	149	144	154	161	157	162	168	182	196	201	214	235	239	238	239	254	269	273	279	290	302	308	310
Settlement
-16	171	170	155	155	147	134	123	137	133	130	117	112	111	113	109	115	123	131	124	138	148	162	174	181	196	203	215	188	202	224
17-64	725	775	772	742	694	673	674	680	679	682	610	587	604	569	544	500	391	396	404	433	466	459	469	497	522	526	538	532	548	545
65+	8	8	9	10	12	14	11	9	8	9	7	7	8	10	7	7	4	4	6	8	7	9	10	12	11	9	8	11	9	11
Kangaatsiaq
Town
-16	193	183	168	157	172	166	160	168	162	163	159	155	181	196	213	232	242	239	255	262	273	243	246	221	225	249	233	241	224	231
17-64	189	214	223	244	254	266	269	308	294	303	303	292	316	322	331	343	356	362	378	375	385	369	388	370	378	388	391	391	386	392
65+	15	16	15	10	11	11	12	13	11	11	17	19	18	18	19	21	24	24	29	31	32	29	30	32	33	36	36	38	32	33
Settlement
-16	397	386	349	341	344	336	319	339	323	309	306	297	285	305	311	323	334	357	348	353	362	356	343	371	361	338	336	331	323	319
17-64	360	369	378	390	399	407	427	452	456	452	458	470	471	474	489	492	500	498	469	453	467	464	440	459	465	446	469	463	466	446
65+	16	13	14	16	15	17	20	19	16	21	20	21	26	32	31	32	34	40	43	44	46	41	48	42	39	47	51	50	49	50
Aasiaat
Town
-16	1,396	1,301	1,270	1,152	1,073	1,044	1,003	980	935	901	870	862	855	858	849	862	884	899	894	863	891	908	894	873	883	866	840	821	808	791
17-64	1,840	1,869	1,889	1,918	1,957	1,977	2,032	2,101	2,168	2,156	2,209	2,325	2,291	2,292	2,261	2,207	2,202	2,136	2,080	1,995	2,028	2,047	2,136	2,160	2,154	2,098	2,097	2,088	2,077	2,074
65+	111	115	120	126	123	132	134	139	142	143	152	151	158	158	163	170	167	166	180	181	193	192	194	201	202	210	205	215	215	221
Settlement
-16	139	138	134	122	123	123	119	107	104	106	100	94	102	101	105	97	88	90	92	92	82	78	68	51	57	59	62	63	59	61
17-64	156	156	168	154	165	173	173	158	168	175	175	168	176	173	173	166	164	164	156	158	150	154	147	135	131	142	140	132	126	125
65+	24	23	25	23	26	25	20	19	17	18	18	17	19	17	17	17	16	14	16	17	16	19	21	26	26	24	23	25	25	22
Qasigiannguit
Town
-16	709	703	706	690	667	672	633	610	556	541	520	516	497	489	504	480	470	450	451	451	459	433	442	415	405	394	371	373	361	355
17-64	871	924	956	995	993	1,042	1,049	1,062	1,038	1,076	1,063	1,040	1,021	1,029	1,035	1,002	989	1,010	997	980	946	910	924	887	899	862	861	856	842	819
65+	67	80	81	86	87	89	88	83	86	88	87	91	98	94	93	93	86	83	82	84	93	101	103	104	107	112	110	112	117	117
Settlement
-16	58	57	55	53	53	50	48	46	42	40	39	33	32	34	32	37	40	37	35	40	37	34	42	48	39	39	32	34	33	29
17-64	43	43	41	42	43	43	45	50	53	56	58	60	59	59	61	61	60	59	59	62	61	53	53	57	46	50	44	48	50	44
65+	8	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	8	7	6	8	8	7	3	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	7
Ilulissat
Town
-16	1,521	1,434	1,429	1,459	1,405	1,369	1,356	1,268	1,247	1,250	1,235	1,235	1,237	1,195	1,210	1,238	1,210	1,215	1,201	1,233	1,268	1,243	1,233	1,226	1,188	1,212	1,278	1,256	1,276	1,253
17-64	1,936	1,868	1,977	2,059	2,177	2,253	2,382	2,454	2,534	2,638	2,740	2,819	2,843	2,835	2,774	2,750	2,696	2,678	2,669	2,670	2,711	2,724	2,718	2,754	2,733	2,840	3,002	2,953	2,988	2,967
65+	115	121	129	130	142	137	140	140	148	155	160	160	159	161	151	168	166	164	182	183	189	192	218	220	224	233	245	261	269	291
Settlement
-16	206	207	192	179	158	156	151	143	137	115	122	116	122	119	128	137	129	142	145	151	154	157	145	151	152	167	162	137	143	143
17-64	180	193	200	211	208	211	223	255	263	253	251	233	234	243	243	264	270	276	283	290	288	282	290	285	282	298	280	275	287	290
65+	24	22	26	24	28	29	30	24	19	14	14	12	14	15	14	14	16	17	17	21	24	27	25	27	29	31	40	42	42	41
Qeqertarsuaq
Town
-16	427	400	373	364	338	323	284	279	264	271	273	303	290	305	311	331	323	332	330	319	328	331	299	309	315	314	304	300	278	293
17-64	532	533	521	528	562	595	615	634	658	668	681	707	730	730	724	731	737	729	717	706	683	658	619	607	607	610	620	614	621	625
65+	44	46	47	49	53	55	56	55	54	55	54	53	55	58	55	58	60	64	65	70	74	70	68	77	78	86	82	84	79	83
Settlement
-16	25	28	27	26	26	25	25	23	25	26	26	27	25	28	28	23	28	23	22	22	19	17	20	17	18	16	13	10	15	18
17-64	34	38	40	41	41	45	42	38	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	38	37	41	41	42	42	44	47	35	34	35	36	32	38	34
65+	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	2	1	1
Uummannaq
Town
-16	483	467	448	427	432	396	391	376	380	381	372	359	383	415	424	430	429	426	434	462	468	457	471	453	443	453	432	397	417	392
17-64	628	652	671	705	751	764	775	816	851	866	865	882	910	936	938	912	915	913	946	977	954	952	938	926	921	926	910	867	869	845
65+	44	45	47	43	41	52	57	58	59	58	58	54	54	54	58	56	58	56	60	58	67	72	74	81	79	85	81	83	80	85
Settlement
-16	520	489	461	429	430	404	393	363	320	307	323	339	348	357	367	381	389	406	416	413	439	451	457	461	452	437	423	409	371	367
17-64	632	635	665	636	650	680	695	697	709	722	745	755	747	745	746	752	744	754	742	731	764	774	775	772	760	758	723	697	687	712
65+	77	72	80	79	80	77	71	72	68	63	63	59	59	56	60	61	70	69	68	67	68	68	70	68	75	77	86	86	88	84
Upernavik
Town
-16	386	352	361	344	332	310	313	298	281	280	255	259	284	272	287	293	319	339	336	356	348	349	357	369	365	399	430	401	379	349
17-64	436	412	466	465	503	497	536	576	583	609	634	623	655	612	643	666	685	715	724	721	712	720	704	713	713	715	707	683	718	710
65+	33	35	34	35	35	35	34	33	30	33	32	34	35	34	34	36	40	43	42	54	55	57	59	61	68	71	81	84	81	74
Settlement
-16	655	645	632	613	583	578	556	540	528	543	558	565	562	564	581	600	615	629	670	681	702	711	705	679	663	631	618	652	682	702
17-64	529	550	576	585	612	639	660	694	694	693	709	760	793	850	859	875	888	886	899	927	940	973	984	1,002	983	1,002	982	997	1,000	1,012
65+	54	51	48	47	47	44	48	45	43	40	41	40	40	43	43	43	46	48	56	55	54	62	74	78	76	84	88	89	83	90
Qaanaaq
Town
-16	151	137	141	160	147	134	142	136	128	126	112	131	149	162	159	171	194	204	204	217	220	232	231	239	226	223	224	226	205	213
17-64	190	200	218	232	235	243	273	282	298	324	331	349	355	361	345	358	377	371	384	382	369	378	380	387	385	372	381	388	390	403
65+	16	16	15	17	23	24	23	21	23	23	25	26	25	28	29	29	36	37	39	40	39	42	38	39	44	47	43	41	45	44
Settlement
-16	191	187	178	164	153	158	146	134	125	116	108	104	99	96	94	94	87	94	89	84	86	80	76	73	82	79	72	71	77	79
17-64	177	188	182	178	187	191	192	194	195	202	202	197	206	188	182	171	162	159	153	146	148	132	121	118	129	121	128	123	122	117
65+	21	19	21	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	16	16	15	11	9	10	12	11	12	10	8	11	11	8	9	12	11	10	11	9
Tasiilaq
Town
-16	418	421	423	417	435	446	443	453	458	447	469	409	427	464	468	506	548	537	567	598	591	576	579	599	605	638	651	648	649	645
17-64	590	604	647	677	710	764	769	821	860	930	971	936	945	976	1,024	1,019	1,011	989	1,038	1,046	1,086	1,064	1,059	1,056	1,087	1,123	1,111	1,114	1,139	1,112
65+	15	17	20	20	19	18	20	27	25	26	29	25	27	25	21	24	33	35	39	40	47	48	53	50	55	52	56	59	60	64
Settlement
-16	762	737	707	711	715	678	649	607	559	556	525	549	549	533	545	504	492	516	496	480	457	468	461	458	452	438	445	439	434	451
17-64	737	763	782	761	786	815	820	828	823	807	790	851	876	832	835	784	796	794	762	748	712	729	712	703	678	672	688	720	694	707
65+	30	34	31	32	29	28	30	26	27	28	33	38	37	41	49	50	51	53	54	54	50	51	49	45	50	51	56	53	55	62
Ittoqqortoormiit
Town
-16	174	174	146	157	147	155	155	146	140	142	151	144	162	166	167	166	163	183	189	186	191	215	214	217	208	202	200	198	193	191
17-64	213	213	207	225	234	263	268	277	282	306	310	288	293	284	277	279	269	284	277	273	275	295	296	292	298	306	305	311	325	333
65+	10	12	11	9	8	6	7	9	11	11	10	9	9	11	11	11	12	16	17	15	15	16	15	12	15	15	14	14	12	15
Settlement
-16	52	48	51	39	34	26	29	28	28	29	30	44	43	35	36	32	33	10	9	9	13	13	11	9	8	7	7	3	3	0
17-64	84	86	81	65	55	45	49	49	48	45	46	58	54	56	48	46	45	29	26	22	27	24	22	21	19	18	15	13	13	4
65+	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Footnotes

The Population Register contains information on all persons who have resided in Greenland after 1 January 1977. The purpose of the register is to be the basis for population statistics, and to supplement other personal information
with basic information about each person, like address and family relations.The Population register is updated with information from CPR (Administrative Population Register) where the following information is retrieved:
name, gender, age, place of birth, citizenship, marital status, reference to mother, father and spouse, address of residence and more.
According to §13 of the Act on Greenland Statistics, no person-related information is disclosed from the register, except for personal numbers, randomly drawn for surveys

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