| People | Greenland |
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Population:
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57,670 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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1 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 84% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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NUUK (capital) 15,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 22.3% (male 6,514/female 6,330)
15-64 years: 70.2% (male 21,599/female 18,861)
65 years and over: 7.6% (male 2,269/female 2,097) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 33.6 years
male: 35 years
female: 32.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.05% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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14.6 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-5.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.051 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.05 male(s)/female
total population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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void |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 10.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 70.96 years
male: 68.33 years
female: 73.74 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.13 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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void |
Physicians density:
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void |
Hospital bed density:
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void |
Drinking water source:
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void |
Sanitation facility access:
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void |
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 |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic |
Ethnic groups:
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Inuit 89%, Danish and other 11% (2009) |
Religions:
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Evangelical Lutheran, traditional Inuit spiritual beliefs |
Languages:
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Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish (official), English |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2001 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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NA |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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