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Live births in Greenland

Live births in Greenland was 789 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.9% from 2022. That is the 204th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count789 Estimated
Change on 2022-1.9%
Rank204th of 236Countries ranked
Series high1,6231964
Series low7892023
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Live births in Greenland, 1950 to 2023

6008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,80019501961197219831994200520231950: 964 count1951: 1,001 count1952: 1,035 count1953: 1,083 count1954: 1,142 count1955: 1,200 count1956: 1,235 count1957: 1,290 count1958: 1,349 count1959: 1,422 count1960: 1,498 count1961: 1,568 count1962: 1,592 count1963: 1,610 count1964: 1,623 count1965: 1,623 count1966: 1,575 count1967: 1,516 count1968: 1,411 count1969: 1,258 count1970: 1,100 count1971: 1,026 count1972: 989 count1973: 925 count1974: 857 count1975: 847 count1976: 858 count1977: 900 count1978: 890 count1979: 922 count1980: 1,010 count1981: 1,042 count1982: 1,046 count1983: 1,021 count1984: 1,067 count1985: 1,128 count1986: 1,097 count1987: 1,117 count1988: 1,201 count1989: 1,225 count1990: 1,246 count1991: 1,219 count1992: 1,236 count1993: 1,203 count1994: 1,150 count1995: 1,103 count1996: 1,070 count1997: 1,077 count1998: 983 count1999: 930 count2000: 897 count2001: 929 count2002: 937 count2003: 895 count2004: 889 count2005: 875 count2006: 846 count2007: 854 count2008: 859 count2009: 885 count2010: 859 count2011: 829 count2012: 807 count2013: 816 count2014: 816 count2015: 843 count2016: 846 count2017: 851 count2018: 836 count2019: 831 count2020: 825 count2021: 816 count2022: 804 count2023: 789 count7501,0001,2501,5001,75019501975200020231950: 964 count1951: 1,001 count1952: 1,035 count1953: 1,083 count1954: 1,142 count1955: 1,200 count1956: 1,235 count1957: 1,290 count1958: 1,349 count1959: 1,422 count1960: 1,498 count1961: 1,568 count1962: 1,592 count1963: 1,610 count1964: 1,623 count1965: 1,623 count1966: 1,575 count1967: 1,516 count1968: 1,411 count1969: 1,258 count1970: 1,100 count1971: 1,026 count1972: 989 count1973: 925 count1974: 857 count1975: 847 count1976: 858 count1977: 900 count1978: 890 count1979: 922 count1980: 1,010 count1981: 1,042 count1982: 1,046 count1983: 1,021 count1984: 1,067 count1985: 1,128 count1986: 1,097 count1987: 1,117 count1988: 1,201 count1989: 1,225 count1990: 1,246 count1991: 1,219 count1992: 1,236 count1993: 1,203 count1994: 1,150 count1995: 1,103 count1996: 1,070 count1997: 1,077 count1998: 983 count1999: 930 count2000: 897 count2001: 929 count2002: 937 count2003: 895 count2004: 889 count2005: 875 count2006: 846 count2007: 854 count2008: 859 count2009: 885 count2010: 859 count2011: 829 count2012: 807 count2013: 816 count2014: 816 count2015: 843 count2016: 846 count2017: 851 count2018: 836 count2019: 831 count2020: 825 count2021: 816 count2022: 804 count2023: 789 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
2023789 Estimated
2022804 Estimated
2021816 Estimated
2020825 Estimated
2019831 Estimated
2018836 Estimated
2017851 Estimated
2016846 Estimated
2015843 Estimated
2014816 Estimated
2013816 Estimated
2012807 Estimated
2011829 Estimated
2010859 Estimated
2009885 Estimated
2008859 Estimated
2007854 Estimated
2006846 Estimated
2005875 Estimated
2004889 Estimated
2003895 Estimated
2002937 Estimated
2001929 Estimated
2000897 Estimated
1999930 Estimated
1998983 Estimated
19971,077 Estimated
19961,070 Estimated
19951,103 Estimated
19941,150 Estimated
19931,203 Estimated
19921,236 Estimated
19911,219 Estimated
19901,246 Estimated
19891,225 Estimated
19881,201 Estimated
19871,117 Estimated
19861,097 Estimated
19851,128 Estimated
19841,067 Estimated
19831,021 Estimated
19821,046 Estimated
19811,042 Estimated
19801,010 Estimated
1979922 Estimated
1978890 Estimated
1977900 Estimated
1976858 Estimated
1975847 Estimated
1974857 Estimated
1973925 Estimated
1972989 Estimated
19711,026 Estimated
19701,100 Estimated
19691,258 Estimated
19681,411 Estimated
19671,516 Estimated
19661,575 Estimated
19651,623 Estimated
19641,623 Estimated
19631,610 Estimated
19621,592 Estimated
19611,568 Estimated
19601,498 Estimated
19591,422 Estimated
19581,349 Estimated
19571,290 Estimated
19561,235 Estimated
19551,200 Estimated
19541,142 Estimated
19531,083 Estimated
19521,035 Estimated
19511,001 Estimated
1950964 Estimated

Greenland compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Greenland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Greenland, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Greenland, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/greenland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Greenland, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/greenland.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Greenland, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/greenland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{united_live_births_greenland_2023,
  author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Greenland, 1950 to 2023}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/greenland. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the live births in Greenland?

Live births in Greenland was 789 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.9% from 2022. That is the 204th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Greenland?

1,623 in 1964, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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