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January 1.st
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Population January 1st 1977-2025
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Population January 1st by residence type and time
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
Link
www.stat.gl/bee202501/m1
Creation date
1/24/2019
Copyright
Yes
Source
Statistics Greenland
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Population January 1st by residence type and time
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2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Total
55,847
55,860
55,877
55,992
56,081
56,421
56,562
56,609
56,699
56,542
Capital city
17,316
17,600
17,796
17,984
18,326
18,800
19,261
19,604
19,872
19,903
Main settlements
16,204
16,165
16,267
16,287
16,299
16,345
16,242
16,192
16,373
16,633
Larger settlements
13,073
12,949
12,883
12,915
12,861
12,679
12,558
12,406
12,242
12,009
Settlements
5,206
4,961
5,144
4,924
5,031
5,005
4,377
4,361
4,133
4,156
Smaller settlements
3,328
3,528
3,090
3,206
3,124
3,171
3,590
3,563
3,536
3,312
Smallest settlements
599
551
596
591
366
353
470
420
479
463
Other localities
121
106
101
85
74
68
64
63
64
66
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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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{ "query": [ { "code": "residence type", "selection": { "filter": "item", "values": [ "T", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G" ] } }, { "code": "time", "selection": { "filter": "item", "values": [ "2016", "2017", "2018", "2019", "2020", "2021", "2022", "2023", "2024", "2025" ] } } ], "response": { "format": "px" } }
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