GL
Greenland
North America
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GL · GRL · #198 · 5 cities
Nomad score
38/100
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Key demographics
- Population
- 56.8K
- Density
- 0.0/km²
- HDI
- 0.852 (Very High)
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 70.3 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.71
- Urban population (2025)
- 88.6%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 47.6%
- Profile
- Mature
- Urban population (2025)
- 88.6%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 12.0 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 9.3 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.71
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Greenlandic | kalaallisut |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 96.1% |
| No religion | 2.5% |
| Other | 1.4% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Greenlandic inuit | 89.5% |
| Danish | 7.5% |
| Nordic | 1.1% |
| Others | 1.9% |
- Demonym (male)
- Greenlandic
- Demonym (female)
- Greenlandic
- National anthem
- Nuna asiilasooq
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 70.3 yrs
Education and technology
- Internet users (2017)
- 69.5%
- Mobile subscriptions (2022)
- 118.6/100
- Broadband (2022)
- 32.0/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 3,906/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2022)
- 32.0
Geography and practical
- Area
- 2,166,086 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- North America
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00
- Calling codes
- +299
- Postal code
- ####
- TLD
- .gl
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Greenland has two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center. The top half of the disk is red, and the bottom half is white.
- National anthem
- Nuna asiilasooq