Thursday, July 9, 2026

How Greenland's Population Evolved

So I asked Grok/AI to assemble the data from 1955 to present....on Greenland.  Take into mind.....the forced birth-control 1970s/1980s, and it affects numbers (later).

Yeah....the numbers haven't really shifted since early 1990s.

Year       Population      Change    % Change

1955      26,295             N/A         N/A

1956      27,210             +915       +3.48%

1957      28,307             +1,097    +4.03%

1958      29,488             +1,181    +4.17%

1959      30,768             +1,280    +4.34%

1960      32,500             +1,732    +5.63%

1961      33,700             +1,200    +3.69%

1962      35,000             +1,300    +3.86%

1963      36,400             +1,400    +4.00%

1964      37,600             +1,200    +3.30%

1965      39,200             +1,600    +4.26%

1966      40,500             +1,300    +3.32%

1967      41,900             +1,400    +3.46%

1968      43,400            +1,500      +3.58%

1969      44,900            +1,500      +3.46%

1970      46,400            +1,500      +3.34%

1971      47,200            +800         +1.72%

1972      48,300            +1,100      +2.33%

1973      49,000            +700         +1.45%

1974      49,500            +500         +1.02%

1975      49,600            +100         +0.20%

1976      49,700            +100         +0.20%

1977      49,400            -300          -0.60%

1978      49,200            -200          -0.40%

1979      49,600           +400          +0.81%

1980      50,200           +600          +1.21%

1981      51,000          +800           +1.59%

1982      51,500          +500           +0.98%

1983      52,100          +600           +1.17%

1984      52,700          +600           +1.15%

1985      53,200          +500           +0.95%

1986      53,500          +300           +0.56%

1987      54,100          +600           +1.12%

1988      54,800          +700           +1.29%

1989      55,300          +500           +0.91%

1990     55,600           +300           +0.54%

1991

55,500

-100

-0.18%

1992

55,300

-200

-0.36%

1993

55,200

-100

-0.18%

1994

55,500

+300

+0.54%

1995

55,800

+300

+0.54%

1996

55,900

+100

+0.18%

1997

56,000

+100

+0.18%

1998

56,100

+100

+0.18%

1999

56,100

0

0.00%

2000

56,200

+100

+0.18%

2001

56,350

+150

+0.27%

2002

56,609

+259

+0.46%

2003

56,765

+156

+0.28%

2004

56,911

+146

+0.26%

2005

56,935

+24

+0.04%

2006

56,774

-161

-0.28%

2007

56,555

-219

-0.39%

2008

56,328

-227

-0.40%

2009

56,323

-5

-0.01%

2010

56,905

+582

+1.03%

2011

56,890

-15

-0.03%

2012

56,810

-80

-0.14%

2013

56,483

-327

-0.58%

2014

56,295

-188

-0.33%

2015

56,114

-181

-0.32%

2016

56,186

+72

+0.13%

2017

56,172

-14

-0.02%

2018

56,023

-149

-0.27%

2019

56,225

+202

+0.36%

2020

56,367

+142

+0.25%

2021

56,653

+286

+0.51%

2022

56,661

+8

+0.01%

2023

56,865

+204

+0.36%

2024

56,789

-76

-0.13%

2025

56,916

+127

+0.22%


Note: Recent official figures from Statistics Greenland (as of January 1) may vary slightly due to differences in measurement timing (e.g., January 1, 2025: ~56,542), but the midyear series provides a consistent long-term view. Positive changes indicate population growth, while negative changes show lessening. The strongest growth occurred in the 1950s and 1960s due to improved healthcare and migration, with more recent years reflecting stable but fluctuating trends influenced by emigration and low birth rates. 

(macrotrends.net)


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