Greenland Demographics Profile 2006

Population

56,361 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 24.5% (male 7,072/female 6,740)
15-64 years: 68.9% (male 20,904/female 17,919)
65 years and over: 6.6% (male 1,768/female 1,958) (2006 est.)

Median age

total: 34 years
male: 35.3 years
female: 32.3 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.03% (2006 est.)

Birth rate

15.93 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate

7.84 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate

-8.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 15.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 69.94 years
male: 66.36 years
female: 73.6 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.4 children born/woman (2006 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

100 (1999)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Nationality

noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic

Ethnic groups

Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12% (2000)

Religions

Evangelical Lutheran

Languages

Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2001 est.)