Population
56.8K
Devolution
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,906
in 2023
Top-rated city
Nuuk
of 5 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Greenland
- Capital
- Nuuk
- Continent
- North America / North America
- Area
- 2,166,086 km²
- Population
- 56.8K
- Density
- 0.0/km²
- Government
- Devolution
- UN member
- No
- Independent
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .gl
- Calling code
- +299
- Timezones
- UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-01:00 +1 more
Culture and society
- Languages
- Greenlandic (kalaallisut)
- Religions
- Christianity 96.1%, No religion 2.5%, Other 1.4%
- Currencies
- kr. DKK — krone
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.852
- GDP per capita (2023)
- $78,906
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 70.3 yrs
- Internet users (2017)
- 69.5%
- Urban population (2025)
- 88.6%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 1.1 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2016)
- 5.4/100k