Demographics of Greenland

Population: 56,344 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 24% (male 6,926; female 6,597)
15-64 years: 69.1% (male 20,901; female 18,012)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 1,873; female 2,035) (2007 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.03% (2007 est.)

Birth rate: 16.01 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate: 7.93 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate: -8.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.16 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.115 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 14.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.23 years
male: 66.65 years
female: 73.9 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic

Ethnic groups: Greenlander 87% (Inuit and Greenland-born Europeans), Danish and others 13%

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran

Languages: Greenlandic (East Inuit language), Danish, English

Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
note: similar to Denmark proper

See also : Greenland