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Greenland
Quick facts
- Capital
- Nuuk
- Population
- 58,000
- Area
- 2,166,086 km²
- Region
- North America
- Languages
- Greenlandic
- Currency
- krone (kr.)
- Demonym
- Greenlandic
- UN member
- No
How Greenland compares
Economy size$3.3 B
162nd of 178 worldwide · 4th of 4 in North America
Income per person$58,499
14th of 178 worldwide · 2nd of 4 in North America
Life expectancy70.3 yrs
120th of 179 worldwide · 4th of 4 in North America
Internet access69.5%
112th of 179 worldwide · 4th of 4 in North America
Highlights
GDP
$3.3 B
World Bank2023
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$58,499
World Bank2023
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
70.3 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
R&D spending
0.6%
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Researchers (per million)
702
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Resource rents
0.0%
World Bank2020
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From the Paleo-Inuit hunters of the high Arctic, through Erik the Red's lost Norse colony and two centuries of Danish rule, to a self-governing Kalaallit nation with a recognised right to independence.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.