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Daten & Fakten

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Capital

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name: Nuuk (Godthaab)

geographic coordinates: 64 11 N, 51 45 W

time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

time zone note: Greenland has four time zones

etymology: "nuuk" is the Inuit word for "cape" and refers to the city's position at the end of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord
Citizenship

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see Denmark
Legal system

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the laws of Denmark apply where applicable and Greenlandic law applies to other areas
Suffrage

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18 years of age; universal
Area

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total: 2,166,086 sq km

land: 2,166,086 sq km (approximately 1,710,000 sq km ice-covered)
Land use

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agricultural land: 0.6% (2018 est.)

arable land: 0% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 0.6% (2018 est.)

forest: 0% (2018 est.)

other: 99.4% (2018 est.)
Location

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Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
Age structure

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0-14 years: 20.46% (male 5,992/female 5,827)

15-64 years: 67.66% (male 20,271/female 18,820)

65 years and over: 11.89% (2023 est.) (male 3,641/female 3,226)
Birth rate

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13.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate

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9.1 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Languages

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Greenlandic (West Greenlandic or Kalaallisut is the official language), Danish, English
Life expectancy at birth

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total population: 74.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 71.6 years

female: 77.1 years
Major urban areas - population

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18,000 NUUK (capital) (2018)
Median age

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total: 35 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.7 years

female: 34.4 years
Net migration rate

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-5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution

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settlement concentrated on the southwest shoreline, with limited settlements scattered along the remaining coast; interior is uninhabited
Population growth rate

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-0.04% (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate

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1.9 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Urbanization

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urban population: 87.9% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Education expenditures

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10.2% of GDP (2019 est.)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

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5.6% (of GDP) (2016 est.)
Industrial production growth rate

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8.56% (2019 est.) NA
Labor force

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26,840 (2015 est.)
Population below poverty line

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16.2% (2015 est.)
Unemployment rate

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9.1% (2015 est.)

10.3% (2014 est.)
Public debt

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13% of GDP (2015 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)

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0.3% (January 2017 est.)

1.2% (January 2016 est.)
Exports

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$407.1 million (2015 est.)

$599.7 million (2014 est.)
Exports - partners

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Denmark 55%, China 22%, Japan 6% (2019)
Imports

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$783.5 million (2015 est.)

$866.1 million (2014 est.)
Imports - partners

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Denmark 51%, Spain 23%, Sweden 12%, Iceland 7% (2019)
Airports

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15 (2021)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions

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total: 15,649 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2020 est.)
Internet users

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total: 38,920 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 69.5% (2021 est.)
Roadways

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note: although there are short roads in towns, there are no roads between towns; inter-urban transport is either by sea or by air

Telephones - fixed lines

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total subscriptions: 6,352 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (2020 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular

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total subscriptions: 66,605 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 118 (2021 est.)
Disputes - international

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in 2022, Canada and Denmark signed an agreement resolving a managed dispute over uninhabited Tartupaluk/Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland

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