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Population January 1st 1977-2025
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Population January 1st by time and residence type
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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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
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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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