Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Greenland
Greenland: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita was 0.8688 people per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Greenland, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
In 2025, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Greenland stood at 0.8688 people per person. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Greenland peaked at 0.8688 people per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.5754 people per person, in 1960.
Greenland ranks 39th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Greenland, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.5754 people per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.5928 people per person | +3.0% |
| 1962 | 0.6134 people per person | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 0.6367 people per person | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 0.6636 people per person | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.6786 people per person | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 0.6932 people per person | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.7032 people per person | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 0.7093 people per person | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 0.7136 people per person | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.7161 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 0.7237 people per person | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.7214 people per person | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7239 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7281 people per person | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.7368 people per person | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.7441 people per person | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7548 people per person | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7603 people per person | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.7611 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7625 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.7635 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7689 people per person | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.7731 people per person | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7787 people per person | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7853 people per person | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.7945 people per person | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7967 people per person | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7954 people per person | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7976 people per person | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8002 people per person | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8049 people per person | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8096 people per person | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8128 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.8116 people per person | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8111 people per person | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8121 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8122 people per person | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8119 people per person | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8121 people per person | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8149 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8184 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8207 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8236 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8258 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8271 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.83 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8354 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8412 people per person | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8415 people per person | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.844 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8445 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8484 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8542 people per person | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8549 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.859 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8603 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8624 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.868 people per person | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.868 people per person | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8684 people per person | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.866 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8677 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.866 people per person | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.8677 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.8688 people per person | +0.1% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 0.8688 people per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.8051 people per person, 1.1× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 0.8688 people per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6951 people per person, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.658 people per person | 0.5754 people per person | 0.7136 people per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.737 people per person | 0.7161 people per person | 0.7611 people per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7816 people per person | 0.7625 people per person | 0.7976 people per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8098 people per person | 0.8002 people per person | 0.8128 people per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8279 people per person | 0.8149 people per person | 0.8415 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8564 people per person | 0.844 people per person | 0.868 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8674 people per person | 0.866 people per person | 0.8688 people per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
More population data for Greenland
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.6084 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -2.75 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.6084 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.7286 % change on previous year (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.8929 % change on previous year (2100)
- World population growth -0.7% (2100)
- Population density 0.0907 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 1,776 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.7% (2100)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate 0.1176 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Greenland?
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Greenland was 0.8688 people per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8688 people per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5754 people per person in 1960.
- How does Greenland rank for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Greenland ranks 39th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.