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Population January 1st 1977-2025
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Population January 1st by time and place of birth
Table: Population January 1st 1977-2025
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Lars Pedersen,
LARP@stat.gl
Latest update
2/11/2025
Unit
persons
Next update
2/10/2026
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www.stat.gl/bee202501/m1
Creation date
1/24/2019
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Yes
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Statistics Greenland
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Total
Greenland
Born outside Greenland
1977
49,717
40,576
9,141
1978
49,148
40,588
8,560
1979
49,338
40,739
8,599
1980
49,773
40,914
8,859
1981
50,643
41,426
9,217
1982
51,435
42,120
9,315
1983
51,903
42,632
9,271
1984
52,347
43,093
9,254
1985
52,940
43,552
9,388
1986
53,406
44,019
9,387
1987
53,733
44,396
9,337
1988
54,524
44,918
9,606
1989
55,171
45,596
9,575
1990
55,558
46,111
9,447
1991
55,620
46,748
8,872
1992
55,385
47,387
7,998
1993
55,117
47,762
7,355
1994
55,419
48,227
7,192
1995
55,732
48,608
7,124
1996
55,863
48,870
6,993
1997
55,971
49,066
6,905
1998
56,076
49,291
6,785
1999
56,087
49,284
6,803
2000
56,124
49,376
6,748
2001
56,245
49,633
6,612
2002
56,513
49,920
6,593
2003
56,676
50,090
6,586
2004
56,826
50,217
6,609
2005
56,969
50,425
6,544
2006
56,901
50,548
6,353
2007
56,648
50,519
6,129
2008
56,462
50,420
6,042
2009
56,194
50,177
6,017
2010
56,452
50,368
6,084
2011
56,615
50,469
6,146
2012
56,749
50,490
6,259
2013
56,370
50,231
6,139
2014
56,282
50,290
5,992
2015
55,983
50,189
5,794
2016
55,847
50,084
5,763
2017
55,860
50,096
5,764
2018
55,877
50,171
5,706
2019
55,992
50,251
5,741
2020
56,081
50,190
5,891
2021
56,421
50,365
6,056
2022
56,562
50,388
6,174
2023
56,609
50,160
6,449
2024
56,699
49,957
6,742
2025
56,542
49,738
6,804
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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 ยง13 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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