Demographics of Greenland
Population:
56,309 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate:
0.09% (2000 est.)
Birth rate:
16.85 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate:
7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:
-8.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate:
18.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate:
2.45 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
Ethnic groups:
Greenlander 87% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 13%
Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran
Languages:
Greenlandic (East Inuit language), Danish, English
Literacy:
0-14 years:
27% (male 7,718; female 7,483)
15-64 years:
68% (male 20,860; female 17,272)
65 years and over:
5% (male 1,332; female 1,644) (2000 est.)
at birth:
1 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.21 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.81 male(s)/female
total population:
1.13 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
total population:
68.07 years
male:
64.52 years
female:
71.69 years (2000 est.)
noun:
Greenlander(s)
adjective:
Greenlandic
definition:
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total population:
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female:
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note:
similar to Denmark proper