Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Greenland

Population aged 15–64 in Greenland in 2025 — 38,491 people. Ranked 201 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 119%.

2025 38,491 people −0.97% vs 2024
World rank 201of 217
Period maximum 40,355 people2012
Period minimum 17,576 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Greenland, 1960–202510,00020,00030,00040,00050,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17,576 people1962: 18,668 people1964: 19,734 people1966: 21,042 people1968: 22,986 people1970: 25,050 people1972: 26,897 people1974: 28,779 people1976: 30,483 people1978: 31,726 people1980: 33,719 people1982: 35,912 people1984: 37,634 people1986: 38,432 people1988: 39,091 people1990: 39,120 people1992: 38,278 people1994: 37,873 people1996: 37,901 people1998: 38,000 people2000: 38,211 people2002: 38,822 people2004: 39,385 people2006: 39,643 people2008: 39,598 people2010: 39,947 people2012: 40,355 people2014: 40,073 people2016: 39,960 people2018: 39,696 people2020: 39,616 people2022: 39,446 people2024: 38,869 people2025: 38,491 people
Change over the period: +20,915 (+119%) Average annual rate: 1.21 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Greenland

Greenland 38,491 people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Northern Europe computed 69.53M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Greenland, by year Greenland All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 38,491 −378 −0.97%
2024 38,869 −412 −1.05%
2023 39,281 −165 −0.42%
2022 39,446 −195 −0.49%
2021 39,641 +25 +0.06%
2020 39,616 −73 −0.18%
2019 39,689 −7 −0.02%
2018 39,696 −198 −0.5%
2017 39,894 −66 −0.17%
2016 39,960 +22 +0.06%
2015 39,938 −135 −0.34%
2014 40,073 −108 −0.27%
2013 40,181 −174 −0.43%
2012 40,355 +32 +0.08%
2011 40,323 +376 +0.94%
2010 39,947 +262 +0.66%
2009 39,685 +87 +0.22%
2008 39,598 −43 −0.11%
2007 39,641 −2 −0.01%
2006 39,643 +60 +0.15%
2005 39,583 +198 +0.5%
2004 39,385 +276 +0.71%
2003 39,109 +287 +0.74%
2002 38,822 +327 +0.85%
2001 38,495 +284 +0.74%
2000 38,211 +164 +0.43%
1999 38,047 +47 +0.12%
1998 38,000 +64 +0.17%
1997 37,936 +35 +0.09%
1996 37,901 +0 +0%
1995 37,901 +28 +0.07%
1994 37,873 −57 −0.15%
1993 37,930 −348 −0.91%
1992 38,278 −440 −1.14%
1991 38,718 −402 −1.03%
1990 39,120 −91 −0.23%
1989 39,211 +120 +0.31%
1988 39,091 +315 +0.81%
1987 38,776 +344 +0.9%
1986 38,432 +251 +0.66%
1985 38,181 +547 +1.45%
1984 37,634 +788 +2.14%
1983 36,846 +934 +2.6%
1982 35,912 +969 +2.77%
1981 34,943 +1,224 +3.63%
1980 33,719 +1,065 +3.26%
1979 32,654 +928 +2.93%
1978 31,726 +598 +1.92%
1977 31,128 +645 +2.12%
1976 30,483 +910 +3.08%
1975 29,573 +794 +2.76%
1974 28,779 +930 +3.34%
1973 27,849 +952 +3.54%
1972 26,897 +1,081 +4.19%
1971 25,816 +766 +3.06%
1970 25,050 +1,040 +4.33%
1969 24,010 +1,024 +4.45%
1968 22,986 +1,013 +4.61%
1967 21,973 +931 +4.42%
1966 21,042 +662 +3.25%
1965 20,380 +646 +3.27%
1964 19,734 +466 +2.42%
1963 19,268 +600 +3.21%
1962 18,668 +577 +3.19%
1961 18,091 +515 +2.93%
1960 17,576

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.