Greenland
Urban population in Greenland
Urban population in Greenland: 49% in 1950 and 88.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 88.6%
- Since 1950
- +39.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 41 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 93.8%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 93.8% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Greenland |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 88.6 |
| 2024 | 88.3 |
| 2023 | 88.1 |
| 2022 | 87.8 |
| 2021 | 87.6 |
| 2020 | 87.3 |
| 2019 | 87 |
| 2018 | 86.7 |
| 2017 | 86.4 |
| 2016 | 86.2 |
| 2015 | 86.1 |
| 2014 | 85.7 |
| 2013 | 85.4 |
| 2012 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 84.3 |
| 2009 | 83.9 |
| 2008 | 83.6 |
| 2007 | 83.2 |
| 2006 | 82.9 |
| 2005 | 82.7 |
| 2004 | 82.6 |
| 2003 | 82.4 |
| 2002 | 82.1 |
| 2001 | 81.8 |
| 2000 | 81.5 |
| 1999 | 81.2 |
| 1998 | 81.1 |
| 1997 | 81.1 |
| 1996 | 81.1 |
| 1995 | 81.1 |
| 1994 | 80.8 |
| 1993 | 80.5 |
| 1992 | 80.3 |
| 1991 | 80.2 |
| 1990 | 80 |
| 1989 | 79.7 |
| 1988 | 79.5 |
| 1987 | 79.4 |
| 1986 | 79.1 |
| 1985 | 78.5 |
| 1984 | 78 |
| 1983 | 77.5 |
| 1982 | 77.1 |
| 1981 | 76.8 |
| 1980 | 76.4 |
| 1979 | 75.8 |
| 1978 | 75.2 |
| 1977 | 74.9 |
| 1976 | 74.6 |
| 1975 | 74.3 |
| 1974 | 74.1 |
| 1973 | 73.9 |
| 1972 | 73.7 |
| 1971 | 73.5 |
| 1970 | 73.1 |
| 1969 | 72.6 |
| 1968 | 72 |
| 1967 | 71.2 |
| 1966 | 70.3 |
| 1965 | 69 |
| 1964 | 67.1 |
| 1963 | 64.6 |
| 1962 | 62 |
| 1961 | 59.8 |
| 1960 | 58.3 |
| 1959 | 56.9 |
| 1958 | 55.6 |
| 1957 | 54.3 |
| 1956 | 53.2 |
| 1955 | 52.1 |
| 1954 | 51.1 |
| 1953 | 50.3 |
| 1952 | 49.7 |
| 1951 | 49.2 |
| 1950 | 49 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Greenland |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 88.8 |
| 2027 | 89.1 |
| 2028 | 89.3 |
| 2029 | 89.6 |
| 2030 | 89.8 |
| 2031 | 90.1 |
| 2032 | 90.3 |
| 2033 | 90.5 |
| 2034 | 90.8 |
| 2035 | 91 |
| 2036 | 91.2 |
| 2037 | 91.4 |
| 2038 | 91.6 |
| 2039 | 91.8 |
| 2040 | 92 |
| 2041 | 92.2 |
| 2042 | 92.4 |
| 2043 | 92.6 |
| 2044 | 92.8 |
| 2045 | 93 |
| 2046 | 93.1 |
| 2047 | 93.3 |
| 2048 | 93.5 |
| 2049 | 93.6 |
| 2050 | 93.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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