Greenland - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Greenland was 49,198 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49,198 in 2020 and a minimum value of 19,024 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 19,024
1961 20,155
1962 21,492
1963 22,926
1964 24,265
1965 25,892
1966 27,334
1967 28,849
1968 30,461
1969 32,095
1970 33,753
1971 34,660
1972 35,585
1973 36,218
1974 36,705
1975 36,897
1976 37,089
1977 37,033
1978 37,075
1979 37,567
1980 38,213
1981 39,013
1982 39,588
1983 40,240
1984 40,896
1985 41,475
1986 41,900
1987 42,559
1988 43,301
1989 43,886
1990 44,312
1991 44,418
1992 44,406
1993 44,438
1994 44,790
1995 45,143
1996 45,335
1997 45,487
1998 45,638
1999 45,708
2000 45,859
2001 46,122
2002 46,473
2003 46,739
2004 46,997
2005 47,175
2006 47,220
2007 47,213
2008 47,196
2009 47,360
2010 48,018
2011 48,217
2012 48,402
2013 48,322
2014 48,308
2015 48,298
2016 48,503
2017 48,629
2018 48,637
2019 48,945
2020 49,198

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Greenland was 87.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.28 in 2020, while its lowest value was 58.53 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 58.53
1961 59.81
1962 61.41
1963 62.98
1964 64.53
1965 66.05
1966 67.49
1967 68.85
1968 70.19
1969 71.48
1970 72.74
1971 73.43
1972 73.68
1973 73.91
1974 74.15
1975 74.39
1976 74.63
1977 74.97
1978 75.36
1979 75.74
1980 76.12
1981 76.50
1982 76.87
1983 77.24
1984 77.60
1985 77.96
1986 78.32
1987 78.67
1988 79.02
1989 79.36
1990 79.70
1991 80.03
1992 80.30
1993 80.50
1994 80.70
1995 80.90
1996 81.10
1997 81.23
1998 81.35
1999 81.48
2000 81.60
2001 81.85
2002 82.10
2003 82.34
2004 82.58
2005 82.86
2006 83.17
2007 83.48
2008 83.79
2009 84.09
2010 84.38
2011 84.76
2012 85.20
2013 85.55
2014 85.81
2015 86.07
2016 86.33
2017 86.57
2018 86.82
2019 87.05
2020 87.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization