Greenland
Population growth in Greenland
Population growth in Greenland: 2.16% a year in 1950 and -0.14% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -0.14% a year
- Since 1950
- −2.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 185 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.65% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.65% a year in 2100, between -4.13% a year and 1.82% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 4.39% a year in 1960, the lowest -0.66% a year in 2014.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.14 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -0.1 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -0.08 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -0.06 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.04 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | -0 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.01 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 0.03 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.12 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | -0.66 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | -0.55 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | -0.39 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.19 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.59 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -0.26 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | -0.23 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | -0.19 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | -0.16 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | -0.08 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.23 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.28 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.32 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.33 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 0.39 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | -0.11 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0.04 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.14 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.22 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.35 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | -0.03 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | -0 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 0.02 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 0.1 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 0.23 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.9 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 0.98 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 0.98 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.97 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 1.01 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 1.26 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.21 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.23 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.21 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 1.21 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 0.11 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.02 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | -0.04 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 0.7 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.25 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.43 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.6 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.64 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.88 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 3.05 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 3.19 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 3.39 | 2 |
| 1966 | 3.65 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 3.53 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 3.58 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 3.56 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 3.58 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 3.64 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 4.39 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 4.38 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 4.18 | 2 |
| 1957 | 3.99 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 3.81 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 3.07 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.82 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.66 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.52 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.74 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.16 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.16-0.95–0.54 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -0.19-1.18–0.66 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -0.23-1.38–0.73 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -0.24-1.56–0.82 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.24-1.63–0.89 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.3-1.69–0.95 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.3-1.78–0.95 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -0.32-1.91–0.98 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -0.4-1.99–0.93 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -0.4-1.99–0.97 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -0.42-2.23–0.98 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -0.47-2.18–1 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.47-2.29–1.05 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -0.51-2.29–1.08 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -0.49-2.3–1.1 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.52-2.31–1.15 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.54-2.39–1.1 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.52-2.41–1.13 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.53-2.39–1.19 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.55-2.4–1.1 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.56-2.63–1.07 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.55-2.51–1.21 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.54-2.51–1.16 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.56-2.5–1.2 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.55-2.56–1.21 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -0.51-2.46–1.24 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -0.51-2.53–1.25 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -0.53-2.68–1.26 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.53-2.61–1.33 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.52-2.54–1.35 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.54-2.74–1.28 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.51-2.65–1.26 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.51-2.75–1.3 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.5-2.8–1.36 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.52-2.87–1.36 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.52-2.93–1.48 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.56-2.8–1.38 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.56-2.94–1.39 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.59-3.07–1.26 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.59-3.09–1.38 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.59-3.13–1.49 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.59-3.1–1.41 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.59-3.18–1.55 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.63-3.29–1.49 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.65-3.2–1.5 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.62-3.29–1.49 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.65-3.29–1.46 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.65-3.38–1.51 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.63-3.4–1.48 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.65-3.48–1.49 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.63-3.49–1.55 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.67-3.5–1.52 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.63-3.53–1.58 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.62-3.47–1.55 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.62-3.52–1.52 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.61-3.58–1.61 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.62-3.6–1.59 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.59-3.5–1.8 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.6-3.67–1.74 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.61-3.59–1.72 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.58-3.64–1.62 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.6-3.67–1.66 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.56-3.57–1.62 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.56-3.55–1.72 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.56-3.62–1.74 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.55-3.67–1.72 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.58-3.6–1.69 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.59-3.63–1.77 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.55-3.65–1.84 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.58-3.74–1.7 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.59-3.8–1.74 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.61-3.83–1.71 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.58-3.9–1.75 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.57-3.79–1.79 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.63-4–1.83 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.58-4.05–1.84 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.65-4.13–1.82 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Greenland in numbers
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