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Greenland — Population
Population, Total for Greenland, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
56,831
Population, Total · people · +74.9% since 1960
Population for Greenland was 56,831 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 56,935 in 2005. The lowest was 32,500 in 1960 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.86% per year.
Greenland ranks 201 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 93%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 6.01 million, so Greenland sits below it. It peaked in 2005 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
56,831
First (1960)
32,500
Change
+74.9%
Highest
56,935
in 2005
Lowest
32,500
in 1960
Average
51,940
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.86%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 56,831 |
| 2024 | 56,836 |
| 2023 | 56,865 |
| 2022 | 56,661 |
| 2021 | 56,653 |
| 2020 | 56,367 |
| 2019 | 56,225 |
| 2018 | 56,023 |
| 2017 | 56,172 |
| 2016 | 56,186 |
| 2015 | 56,114 |
| 2014 | 56,295 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. 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.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.