Greenland
Net migration rate in Greenland
Net migration rate in Greenland: 2.2 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -5.7 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -5.7 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- −7.9 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 203 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- -0.9 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.9 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -18.5 per 1,000 people and 13.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 11.4 per 1,000 people in 1970, the lowest -13.4 per 1,000 people in 1992.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Greenland |
|---|---|
| 2023 | -5.7 |
| 2022 | -5.8 |
| 2021 | -5.8 |
| 2020 | -5.8 |
| 2019 | -5.5 |
| 2018 | -5.9 |
| 2017 | -6.2 |
| 2016 | -6.1 |
| 2015 | -5.6 |
| 2014 | -12.5 |
| 2013 | -11.6 |
| 2012 | -9.7 |
| 2011 | -4.3 |
| 2010 | -0.8 |
| 2009 | -9.9 |
| 2008 | -9.2 |
| 2007 | -8.9 |
| 2006 | -8.4 |
| 2005 | -8.4 |
| 2004 | -5.5 |
| 2003 | -5.2 |
| 2002 | -5.5 |
| 2001 | -5 |
| 2000 | -4.1 |
| 1999 | -9.1 |
| 1998 | -8.7 |
| 1997 | -9.3 |
| 1996 | -8.3 |
| 1995 | -7.8 |
| 1994 | -12.5 |
| 1993 | -13.2 |
| 1992 | -13.4 |
| 1991 | -12.4 |
| 1990 | -11.7 |
| 1989 | -4.5 |
| 1988 | -3.7 |
| 1987 | -2.3 |
| 1986 | -2.1 |
| 1985 | -3 |
| 1984 | 0.4 |
| 1983 | 0.8 |
| 1982 | -0.1 |
| 1981 | -0.4 |
| 1980 | 0.1 |
| 1979 | -9.3 |
| 1978 | -9.8 |
| 1977 | -10.5 |
| 1976 | -2.6 |
| 1975 | 0.4 |
| 1974 | 2.2 |
| 1973 | 2.2 |
| 1972 | 1.8 |
| 1971 | 1.2 |
| 1970 | 11.4 |
| 1969 | 9 |
| 1968 | 6.2 |
| 1967 | 4.8 |
| 1966 | 5.3 |
| 1965 | 1.6 |
| 1964 | 0.8 |
| 1963 | -0.2 |
| 1962 | -1 |
| 1961 | -0.7 |
| 1960 | 7.3 |
| 1959 | 7.8 |
| 1958 | 7.4 |
| 1957 | 6.6 |
| 1956 | 6.4 |
| 1955 | -0.2 |
| 1954 | 0.7 |
| 1953 | 0.8 |
| 1952 | 1.2 |
| 1951 | -3.9 |
| 1950 | 2.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Greenland |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -5.1-12.2–1.3 |
| 2025 | -4.8-14.2–3.1 |
| 2026 | -4.5-15.8–4.8 |
| 2027 | -4.1-17.3–5.5 |
| 2028 | -3.5-16–6.5 |
| 2029 | -3.4-15.7–7.7 |
| 2030 | -3-16.7–8.5 |
| 2031 | -2.8-17.4–8.7 |
| 2032 | -2.8-16.7–9 |
| 2033 | -2.6-16.8–9.6 |
| 2034 | -2.4-18–10 |
| 2035 | -2.4-17.3–9.9 |
| 2036 | -2.2-17.7–10.8 |
| 2037 | -2.3-18.7–11 |
| 2038 | -1.9-17.2–11.5 |
| 2039 | -1.9-17–12.1 |
| 2040 | -2.1-17.8–12 |
| 2041 | -1.9-17.2–11.6 |
| 2042 | -1.9-17.1–12.1 |
| 2043 | -1.9-17.6–11 |
| 2044 | -1.9-19.4–11.1 |
| 2045 | -2-17.8–12.2 |
| 2046 | -1.8-17.4–12.6 |
| 2047 | -2-17.5–12.2 |
| 2048 | -1.7-17.1–12.6 |
| 2049 | -1.7-16.8–12.6 |
| 2050 | -1.6-17.6–13.2 |
| 2051 | -1.7-17.7–13.2 |
| 2052 | -1.8-17.5–12.9 |
| 2053 | -1.7-17.2–12.7 |
| 2054 | -1.7-18.1–12.4 |
| 2055 | -1.5-18.3–12.5 |
| 2056 | -1.5-17.7–12.9 |
| 2057 | -1.3-17.6–13 |
| 2058 | -1.5-17.6–13.5 |
| 2059 | -1.4-17.6–14.3 |
| 2060 | -1.6-17.5–13.1 |
| 2061 | -1.6-17.5–13.2 |
| 2062 | -1.7-18.1–12.7 |
| 2063 | -1.6-18.1–12.8 |
| 2064 | -1.5-17.5–13.6 |
| 2065 | -1.7-18.6–12.6 |
| 2066 | -1.3-17.6–14 |
| 2067 | -1.5-16.6–13.3 |
| 2068 | -1.5-16.1–13.8 |
| 2069 | -1.5-17.2–13.5 |
| 2070 | -1.3-17.1–12.8 |
| 2071 | -1.3-17.4–12.9 |
| 2072 | -1.2-17.6–13.7 |
| 2073 | -1.4-17.8–13.9 |
| 2074 | -1.2-17.1–13.8 |
| 2075 | -1.3-17.9–14 |
| 2076 | -1-17.4–13.8 |
| 2077 | -1.1-17.2–13.4 |
| 2078 | -1.1-17.6–13.1 |
| 2079 | -1.2-17.4–14.4 |
| 2080 | -1.1-16.8–14 |
| 2081 | -1-16.6–14.2 |
| 2082 | -1.2-16.9–14.2 |
| 2083 | -1.2-17.8–13.9 |
| 2084 | -1.1-17.8–13.3 |
| 2085 | -1.1-18.3–13.5 |
| 2086 | -1-17.3–13.4 |
| 2087 | -1.1-18.4–14.4 |
| 2088 | -1-17.5–14.1 |
| 2089 | -1-17.5–14.3 |
| 2090 | -1-17–13.8 |
| 2091 | -1.1-17.1–14.3 |
| 2092 | -1-16.1–13.2 |
| 2093 | -1.1-17.3–13.4 |
| 2094 | -1-16.7–13.2 |
| 2095 | -1.2-16.6–13 |
| 2096 | -0.9-17.4–14.1 |
| 2097 | -0.9-17.2–14.4 |
| 2098 | -1.1-18.4–13.7 |
| 2099 | -0.9-17.9–13.8 |
| 2100 | -0.9-18.5–13.4 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
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