| People | Greenland |
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Population:
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56,326 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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1 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 23.5% (male 6,788/female 6,464)
15-64 years: 69.2% (male 20,890/female 18,096)
65 years and over: 7.3% (male 1,977/female 2,111) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 34 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 32.3 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.034% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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16.08 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.04 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-8.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.94 male(s)/female
total population: 1.11 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 14.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 70.53 years
male: 66.95 years
female: 74.2 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.39 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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100 (1999) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Nationality:
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noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic |
Ethnic groups:
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Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12% (2000) |
Religions:
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Evangelical Lutheran |
Languages:
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Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2001 est.) |
People - note:
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void |
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