Demographics of Greenland

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Greenland, including population density, ethnicity, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Populations

On 1 July 2014, Greenland had 56,295 inhabitants. This represents an increase of 13 over 1 January but a decrease of 188 over 1 July 2013.[1] The decrease in Greenland's population is due to emigration, as natural growth is positive.

Age structure

0–6 years: 5,605 (male 2,893 ; female 2,712)

7–14 years: 6,531 (male 3,316 ; female 3,215)

15–17 years: 2,462 (male 1,243 ; female 1,219)

18–24 years: 6,491 (male 3,293 ; female 3,198)

25–64 years: 31,128 (male 16,960 ; female 14,168)

65- years: 4,153 (male 2,133 ; female 2,020)[2]

Vital statistics[3][4]

Average population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fertility rate Infant mortality rate
1900 12 416306110 35.626.29.4
1901 12 461301160 38.725.313.4
1902 12 426259167 35.521.613.9
1903 12 428327101 35.126.88.3
1904 12 535283252 43.523.020.5
1905 13 487292195 39.023.415.6
1906 13 493366127 39.129.010.1
1907 13 476362114 37.228.38.9
1908 13 543378165 42.129.312.8
1909 13 564448116 43.134.28.9
1910 13 44335489 33.626.86.7
1911 13 57756215 43.141.91.1
1912 14 48238993 35.728.86.9
1913 14 592390202 43.528.714.9
1914 14 53145873 38.833.45.3
1915 14 545428117 39.831.28.5
1916 14 54544798 39.532.47.1
1917 14 547312235 39.422.416.9
1918 14 550328222 39.323.415.9
1919 14 510614- 104 36.243.5-7.4
1920 14 569429140 40.130.29.9
1921 14 61056545 42.739.53.1
1922 15 545396149 37.327.110.2
1923 15 563326237 38.022.016.0
1924 15 580426154 38.428.210.2
1925 15 66058278 42.937.85.1
1926 16 619340279 39.721.817.9
1927 16 615322293 38.720.318.4
1928 16 680366314 42.022.619.4
1929 17 743353390 45.021.423.6
1930 17 768383385 45.722.822.9
1931 17 779431348 46.125.520.6
1932 17 728625103 43.337.16.2
1933 17 776370406 45.621.823.8
1934 17 807503304 46.428.917.5
1935 18 813835- 22 46.547.7-1.3
1936 18 740811- 71 42.046.1-4.0
1937 18 767474293 43.126.616.5
1938 18 731375356 40.420.719.7
1939 18 76268082 41.637.24.5
1940 19 873356517 46.919.127.8
1941 19 815364451 42.719.123.6
1942 20 904448456 46.122.923.3
1943 20 796429367 39.821.518.4
1944 20 911491420 44.724.120.6
1945 21 818408410 39.519.719.8
1946 21 920416504 43.619.723.9
1947 22 953490463 44.122.721.4
1948 22 883499384 40.522.917.6
1949 22 98989891 44.740.64.1
1950 23 1 129539590 50.023.826.1
1951 23 999550449 42.923.619.3
1952 24 1 034475559 43.119.823.3
1953 25 1 109398711 44.916.128.8
1954 26 1 136388748 44.415.229.2
1955 27 1 234375859 46.414.132.3
1956 27 1 293351942 47.212.834.4
1957 29 1 3613371 024 47.611.835.8
1958 30 1 4102901 120 47.29.737.5
1959 31 1 4912851 206 47.69.138.5
1960 33 1 5862561 330 48.67.840.7
1961 34 1 6442921 352 48.88.740.1
1962 35 1 6103611 249 46.110.335.8
1963 36 1 6712791 392 46.27.738.5
1964 38 1 7973291 468 47.48.738.7
1965 39 1 7383371 401 44.38.635.7
1966 41 1 7813291 452 43.58.035.5
1967 43 1 6853141 371 39.37.332.0
1968 45 1 5763331 243 35.37.427.8
1969 46 1 310311999 28.56.821.7
1970 46 1 144283861 24.76.118.6 2.66
1971 47 1 028289739 21.86.115.7
1972 48 948295653 19.66.113.5
1973 49 940339601 19.26.912.3
1974 50 866332534 17.56.710.8
1975 50 815313502 17.56.311.2 2.26
1976 50 859348511 17.37.010.3
1977 49 918373545 18.67.211.4
1978 49 870309561 17.76.411.3
1979 50 900393507 18.28.110.0
1980 50 1 034380654 20.57.612.8 2.18
1981 51 1 056381675 20.67.513.1
1982 52 1 052408644 20.68.212.4
1983 52 994433561 18.98.310.6
1984 53 1 054439615 20.08.311.7
1985 53 1 152435717 21.48.213.2 2.23
1986 54 1 055445610 19.78.311.4
1987 54 1 104445659 20.48.212.2
1988 55 1 213432781 22.17.914.3
1989 55 1 210455755 21.98.213.7
1990 56 1 258467791 22.68.414.2 2.47 34.8
1991 56 1 192458734 21.58.313.2 2.44 34.7
1992 55 1 237441796 22.48.014.4 2.61 14.7
1993 55 1 180432748 21.37.813.5 2.57 27.7
1994 56 1 139445694 20.58.012.5 2.53 24.0
1995 56 1 101480621 19.78.611.1 2.51 21.2
1996 56 1 051444607 18.88.010.9 2.48 23.0
1997 56 1 095492603 19.68.810.8 2.65 19.2
1998 56 980457523 17.58.19.3 2.44 20.0
1999 56 945479466 16.88.58.3 2.41 17.7
2000 56 879450429 15.68.07.6 2.32 19.0
2001 56 942466476 16.78.38.4 2.48 12.2
2002 57 954446508 16.97.99.0 2.54 15.3
2003 57 879411468 15.57.28.2 2.34 8.4
2004 57 892479413 15.78.47.3 2.40 15.0
2005 57 886465421 15.68.27.4 2.35 9.7
2006 57 842440402 14.87.77.1 2.24 16.7
2007 57 853452401 15.18.07.1 2.29 11.0
2008 56 834428406 14.87.67.2 2.24 9.9
2009 56 895437458 15.97.88.1 2.394 4.8
2010 57 869504365 15.48.96.5 2.259 8.1
2011 57 821476345 14.58.46.1 2.104 10.9
2012 57 786459327 13.88.15.8 1.987 9.0
2013 820444376 14.57.96.7 2.051
2014 805461344 14.38.26.1 1.995
2015 854472382 15.28.46.8
2016 830487343 14.88.76.1
2017 853499354 15.28.96.3

Structure of the population [5]

Structure of the population (01.07.2013) (Estimates - Population statistics are compiled from registers) :

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 29 867 26 616 56 483 100
0-4 2 142 1 930 4 072 7.21
5-9 2 004 1 942 3 946 6.99
10-14 2 088 2 022 4 110 7.28
15-19 2 130 2 111 4 241 7.51
20-24 2 350 2 283 4 633 8.20
25-29 2 159 2 081 4 240 7.51
30-34 1 954 1 864 3 818 6.76
35-39 1 730 1 440 3 170 5.61
40-44 2 008 1 690 3 698 6.55
45-49 2 980 2 537 5 517 9.77
50-54 2 599 2 123 4 722 8.36
55-59 2 092 1 546 3 638 6.44
60-64 1 425 1 036 2 461 4.36
65-69 1 071 731 1 802 3.19
70-74 629 594 1 223 2.17
75-79 319 365 684 1.21
80-84 143 229 372 0.66
85-89 39 80 119 0.21
90-94 4 10 14 0.02
95-99 1 2 3 <0.01
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 6 234 5 894 12 128 21.47
15-64 21 427 18 711 40 138 71.06
65+ 2 206 2 011 4 217 7.47

Life expectancy at birth


total population: 71.25 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 74.04 years (2012 est.)

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups of Greenland (2010)[6]
Ethnic groups percent
Inuit
 
 88%
Danish
 
 12%
Significant minority groups
NationalityPopulation (2014)
 Iceland197
 Thailand164
 Philippines137
 Sweden97
 Norway74
 Germany59

The population of Greenland consists of Greenlandic Inuit (including mixed-race persons), Danish Greenlanders, Greenlandic Danes and other Europeans and North Americans. The Inuit population makes up approximately 85%-90% of the total (2009 est.).

Languages

The only official language of Greenland is Greenlandic.[7] The number of speakers of Greenlandic is estimated at 50,000 (85-90% of the total population), divided in three main dialects, Kalaallisut (West-Greenlandic, 44,000 speakers and the dialect that is used as official language), Tunumiit (East-Greenlandic, 3,000 speakers) and Inuktun (North-Greenlandic, 800 speakers). The remainder of the population mainly speaks Danish; Greenlandic Sign Language is the language of the deaf community.

Religion

Most Greenlandic villages, including Nanortalik, have their own church.

The nomadic Inuit people were traditionally shamanistic, with a well-developed mythology primarily concerned with propitiating a vengeful and fingerless sea goddess who controlled the success of the seal and whale hunts.

The first Norse colonists were pagan, but Erik the Red's son Leif was converted to Catholic Christianity by King Olaf Trygvesson on a trip to Norway in 990 and sent missionaries back to Greenland. These swiftly established sixteen parishes, some monasteries, and a bishopric at Garðar.

Rediscovering these colonists and spreading the Protestant Reformation among them was one of the primary reasons for the Danish recolonization in the 18th century. Under the patronage of the Royal Mission College in Copenhagen, Norwegian and Danish Lutherans and German Moravian missionaries searched for the missing Norse settlements and began converting the Inuit. The principal figures in the Christianization of Greenland were Hans and Poul Egede and Matthias Stach. The New Testament was translated piecemeal from the time of the very first settlement on Kangeq Island, but the first translation of the whole Bible was not completed until 1900. An improved translation using the modern orthography was completed in 2000.[8]

Today, the major religion is Protestant Christianity, mostly members of the Lutheran Church of Denmark. While there is no official census data on religion in Greenland, the Lutheran Bishop of Greenland Sofie Petersen[9] estimates that 85% of the Greenlandic population are members of its congregation.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stat.gl/dialog/main.asp?lang=en&version=201403
  2. ↑ http://www.stat.gl/publ/en/GF/2013/pdf/Greenland%20in%20Figures%202013.pdf
  3. ↑ United nations. Demographic Yearbooks
  4. ↑ Statistics Greenland
  5. ↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
  6. ↑ "North America :: GREENLAND". CIA The World Factbook.
  7. ↑ Ethnolgue
  8. ↑ Leif Kiil Sørensen (29 November 2000). "Grønlandsk bibel præsenteret | Kristeligt Dagblad". Kristeligt-dagblad.dk. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  9. ↑ "Bells ring a wake-up call for climate justice." Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. World Council of Churches. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010
  10. ↑ "Grønland, Grundloven og Gejstligheden" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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