Rural population in Greenland in 2025 — 6,494 people. Ranked 199 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 52.1%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Greenland
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,494 | −145 | −2.18% |
| 2024 | 6,639 | −149 | −2.2% |
| 2023 | 6,788 | −122 | −1.77% |
| 2022 | 6,910 | −146 | −2.07% |
| 2021 | 7,056 | −112 | −1.56% |
| 2020 | 7,168 | −129 | −1.77% |
| 2019 | 7,297 | −140 | −1.88% |
| 2018 | 7,437 | −207 | −2.71% |
| 2017 | 7,644 | −95 | −1.23% |
| 2016 | 7,739 | −91 | −1.16% |
| 2015 | 7,830 | −233 | −2.89% |
| 2014 | 8,063 | −199 | −2.41% |
| 2013 | 8,262 | −324 | −3.77% |
| 2012 | 8,586 | −216 | −2.45% |
| 2011 | 8,802 | −86 | −0.97% |
| 2010 | 8,888 | −205 | −2.25% |
| 2009 | 9,093 | −132 | −1.43% |
| 2008 | 9,225 | −274 | −2.88% |
| 2007 | 9,499 | −240 | −2.46% |
| 2006 | 9,739 | −116 | −1.18% |
| 2005 | 9,855 | −66 | −0.67% |
| 2004 | 9,921 | −96 | −0.96% |
| 2003 | 10,017 | −127 | −1.25% |
| 2002 | 10,144 | −122 | −1.19% |
| 2001 | 10,266 | −155 | −1.49% |
| 2000 | 10,421 | −145 | −1.37% |
| 1999 | 10,566 | −26 | −0.25% |
| 1998 | 10,592 | −7 | −0.07% |
| 1997 | 10,599 | +15 | +0.14% |
| 1996 | 10,584 | +14 | +0.13% |
| 1995 | 10,570 | −89 | −0.83% |
| 1994 | 10,659 | −123 | −1.14% |
| 1993 | 10,782 | −113 | −1.04% |
| 1992 | 10,895 | −108 | −0.98% |
| 1991 | 11,003 | −132 | −1.19% |
| 1990 | 11,135 | −70 | −0.62% |
| 1989 | 11,205 | −5 | −0.04% |
| 1988 | 11,210 | +78 | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 11,132 | −50 | −0.45% |
| 1986 | 11,182 | −250 | −2.19% |
| 1985 | 11,432 | −161 | −1.39% |
| 1984 | 11,593 | −125 | −1.07% |
| 1983 | 11,718 | −61 | −0.52% |
| 1982 | 11,779 | −67 | −0.57% |
| 1981 | 11,846 | −6 | −0.05% |
| 1980 | 11,852 | −135 | −1.13% |
| 1979 | 11,987 | −221 | −1.81% |
| 1978 | 12,208 | −169 | −1.37% |
| 1977 | 12,377 | −259 | −2.05% |
| 1976 | 12,636 | −99 | −0.78% |
| 1975 | 12,735 | −74 | −0.58% |
| 1974 | 12,809 | +38 | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 12,771 | +81 | +0.64% |
| 1972 | 12,690 | +162 | +1.29% |
| 1971 | 12,528 | +41 | +0.33% |
| 1970 | 12,487 | +182 | +1.48% |
| 1969 | 12,305 | +134 | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 12,171 | +93 | +0.77% |
| 1967 | 12,078 | +29 | +0.24% |
| 1966 | 12,049 | −105 | −0.86% |
| 1965 | 12,154 | −232 | −1.87% |
| 1964 | 12,386 | −519 | −4.02% |
| 1963 | 12,905 | −405 | −3.04% |
| 1962 | 13,310 | −244 | −1.8% |
| 1961 | 13,554 | −15 | −0.11% |
| 1960 | 13,569 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
