Population January 1st by time and residence type

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	Capital city	Main settlements	Larger settlements	Settlements	Smaller settlements	Smallest settlements	Other localities
1980	9,077	13,414	14,215	6,507	5,300	733	527
1981	9,423	13,587	14,473	7,415	4,549	716	480
1982	9,717	13,818	14,772	7,801	4,163	701	463
1983	9,848	14,036	14,856	7,043	4,783	816	521
1984	9,997	14,239	15,072	7,250	4,643	691	455
1985	10,559	14,475	14,992	7,179	4,709	546	480
1986	10,972	14,701	14,965	7,019	4,793	507	449
1987	11,209	15,116	14,890	6,436	5,081	552	449
1988	11,615	15,459	14,810	6,864	4,719	628	429
1989	11,957	15,473	14,992	6,848	4,991	511	399
1990	12,217	15,498	15,082	7,077	4,804	542	338
1991	12,252	15,496	15,250	7,050	4,654	605	313
1992	12,233	15,560	15,039	6,675	5,045	585	248
1993	12,181	15,319	15,118	7,209	4,495	532	263
1994	12,483	15,279	15,176	7,242	4,458	499	282
1995	12,723	15,401	15,253	6,998	4,644	461	252
1996	12,882	15,422	15,226	7,431	4,174	463	265
1997	12,909	15,499	15,144	7,728	3,926	492	273
1998	13,024	15,637	15,009	8,188	3,528	418	272
1999	13,169	15,694	14,821	7,777	3,917	417	292
2000	13,445	15,676	14,770	7,393	4,145	416	279
2001	13,649	15,664	14,792	7,216	4,270	394	260
2002	13,884	15,765	14,812	7,575	3,887	330	260
2003	13,884	16,060	14,796	7,070	4,273	347	246
2004	14,345	16,016	14,644	7,201	3,941	413	266
2005	14,501	16,127	14,639	6,954	4,022	478	248
2006	14,583	16,204	14,416	7,238	3,767	469	224
2007	14,719	16,074	14,349	7,153	3,693	461	199
2008	15,084	16,096	14,129	6,752	3,746	441	214
2009	15,105	16,277	13,890	6,414	3,703	562	243
2010	15,469	16,311	13,973	6,069	3,936	491	203
2011	15,862	16,447	13,846	6,161	3,566	552	181
2012	16,181	16,635	13,731	5,492	3,973	548	189
2013	16,454	16,510	13,521	5,628	3,506	520	231
2014	16,818	16,404	13,347	5,188	3,754	545	226
2015	16,992	16,325	13,300	4,818	3,885	533	130
2016	17,316	16,204	13,073	5,206	3,328	599	121
2017	17,600	16,165	12,949	4,961	3,528	551	106
2018	17,796	16,267	12,883	5,144	3,090	596	101
2019	17,984	16,287	12,915	4,924	3,206	591	85
2020	18,326	16,299	12,861	5,031	3,124	366	74
2021	18,800	16,345	12,679	5,005	3,171	353	68
2022	19,261	16,242	12,558	4,377	3,590	470	64
2023	19,604	16,192	12,406	4,361	3,563	420	63
2024	19,872	16,373	12,242	4,133	3,536	479	64
2025	19,903	16,633	12,009	4,156	3,312	463	66

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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