North America
Overview
Demography
Capital: Nuuk
Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
Population: 56,836
Population density: 0.14/km2
Conventions
Numbering system
Arabic numerals with comma as decimal separator, space as thousands separator
Date format: dd-mm-yyyy
Time: 24h time system
Country code: 00299
Economy
GDP: 3.33 billion USD (2023)
GDP per capita: 58,498.97 USD (2023)
Exports: 2 billion USD (2024)
Imports: 992 million USD (2024)
T-index
0.0021%
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Statistics
Internet users: 69.5% penetration, 38.7 thousand
Urbanisation: 88.32% (2024)
Language data sources: Worlddata / EF; Demography data sources: World Bank / Worlddata / IBAN; Economy data sources: World Bank / OEC / T-index; Statistics data sources: DataReportal / World Bank / WIPO
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Economy
GDP
$3.33 billion (2023)
Product Imports
$992 million (2024)
Market Growth Imports
-0.15% of annual growth
GDP Growth (annual %)
0.87%
GDP per Capita
$58,498.97 (2023)
Product Exports
$2 billion (2024)
Market Growth Exports
3.01% of annual growth
Main online stores
Brugseni, Proshop, SMSK, Madens Verden, Garmin, Bose, NY-FORM, PriceRunner, Pisiffik, Ely
Economy data sources: World Bank / OEC / T-index / Semrush retail ranking / BrandNav / DataReportal / StartupBlink
Trade balance of goods from 2014 to 2025
Source: Statista
T-index
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Media data source: Official Greenland media sites
Internet Data
Internet users
69.5% penetration, 38.7 thousand
Share of web traffic by device
57.99% mobile phones, 40.16% laptop and desktop computers, 1.84% tablet devices and 0.02% other devices
Mobile connection as a percentage of total population: 122%
Most popular web search engines
Google (88.42%), Bing (8.22%), DuckDuckGo (1.40%), Yandex (0.77%), Yahoo! (0.63%), Ecosia (0.34%), Qwant (0.14%), Others (0.08%)
Most used social media
Facebook (72.27%), Pinterest (16.81%), Instagram (5.04%), Twitter/X (3.08%), reddit (1.68%), YouTube (0.84%)
Percentage of mobile connections that are broadband (3G-5G): 90.1%
Internet data sources: DataReportal / Statcounter
Social statistics
Life expectancy
71.55 yrs (2023)
CO2 emissions
10.42 metric tons per capita
Religion
Lutherans (96.0%), Inuit (0.8%), nondenominational (2.5%), other (0.7%)
Social statistics sources: World Bank / Transparency International / Worldometer / World Population Review / World Happiness Report
Research & Development
R&D Expenditure
0.65% of GDP
Research & Development sources: World Bank / OEC / WIPO / IMD
Country Curiosities
Greenland’s name stems from a clever Viking marketing strategy. When Erik the Red was exiled, he wanted to attract settlers, so he named the island “Greenland” to make it sound more appealing, even though most of it is covered in ice. Interestingly, scientists believe that over 2.5 million years ago, Greenland was actually much greener. Recent studies have revealed that ancient soil has been frozen beneath two miles of ice for millions of years. In Greenlandic, the island is called Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning “Land of the Greenlanders,” or Inuit Nunaat, meaning “Land of the People.”
Additionally…
- Greenland is the largest island in the world that isn’t a continent.
- Despite its size, Greenland has one of the smallest populations.
- 80% of Greenland is covered by ice, with the Greenlandic Ice Sheet holding 7% of Earth’s fresh water.
- “Kayak” comes from Greenlandic ‘qajaq,’ invented by hunters.
- It has a 100% literacy rate among those over 15 years old.
- 88% of Greenland’s population is Inuit or of mixed Inuit-Danish descent.
- Greenlanders prefer the terms “Inuit” or “Kalaallit” over “Eskimo,” with “Kalaallit” meaning “Greenlander.”
- Greenland became self-governed, except for foreign policy, only in 2009.
- There are no roads connecting settlements; travel is by boat, plane, or snowmobile.
- Fishing is Greenland’s main industry; it imports nearly everything else.
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