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Greenland — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Greenland, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.01%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -100.2% since 1961
Population growth for Greenland was -0.01% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.17% in 1965. The lowest was -0.61% in 1977 (about 68.8× the latest value).
Greenland ranks 169 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Greenland sits below it. It peaked in 1965 and has fallen 100% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 97%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.01%
First (1961)
3.63%
Change
-100.2%
Highest
4.17%
in 1965
Lowest
-0.61%
in 1977
Average
0.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.01% |
| 2024 | -0.05% |
| 2023 | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 0.01% |
| 2021 | 0.51% |
| 2020 | 0.25% |
| 2019 | 0.36% |
| 2018 | -0.27% |
| 2017 | -0.02% |
| 2016 | 0.13% |
| 2015 | -0.32% |
| 2014 | -0.33% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.