# Population in Greenland

Population in Greenland was 56,831 in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `gl`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/greenland
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/greenland.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=gl

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 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 |
| 2013 | 56,483 |
| 2012 | 56,810 |
| 2011 | 56,890 |
| 2010 | 56,534 |
| 2009 | 56,323 |
| 2008 | 56,328 |
| 2007 | 56,555 |
| 2006 | 56,775 |
| 2005 | 56,935 |
| 2004 | 56,898 |
| 2003 | 56,751 |
| 2002 | 56,595 |
| 2001 | 56,379 |
| 2000 | 56,185 |
| 1999 | 56,100 |
| 1998 | 56,100 |
| 1997 | 56,000 |
| 1996 | 55,900 |
| 1995 | 55,800 |
| 1994 | 55,500 |
| 1993 | 55,200 |
| 1992 | 55,300 |
| 1991 | 55,500 |
| 1990 | 55,600 |
| 1989 | 55,300 |
| 1988 | 54,800 |
| 1987 | 54,100 |
| 1986 | 53,500 |
| 1985 | 53,200 |
| 1984 | 52,700 |
| 1983 | 52,100 |
| 1982 | 51,500 |
| 1981 | 51,000 |
| 1980 | 50,200 |
| 1979 | 49,600 |
| 1978 | 49,200 |
| 1977 | 49,400 |
| 1976 | 49,700 |
| 1975 | 49,600 |
| 1974 | 49,500 |
| 1973 | 49,000 |
| 1972 | 48,300 |
| 1971 | 47,200 |
| 1970 | 46,400 |
| 1969 | 44,900 |
| 1968 | 43,400 |
| 1967 | 41,900 |
| 1966 | 40,500 |
| 1965 | 39,200 |
| 1964 | 37,600 |
| 1963 | 36,400 |
| 1962 | 35,000 |
| 1961 | 33,700 |
| 1960 | 32,500 |