Urban population share in Greenland in 2025 — 88.6%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 30.3 pp.
1960–2025 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Greenland
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88.6 | +0.3 pp |
| 2024 | 88.3 | +0.3 pp |
| 2023 | 88.1 | +0.3 pp |
| 2022 | 87.8 | +0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 87.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 87.3 | +0.3 pp |
| 2019 | 87 | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 86.7 | +0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 86.4 | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 86.2 | +0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 86 | +0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 85.7 | +0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 85.4 | +0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 84.9 | +0.4 pp |
| 2011 | 84.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 2010 | 84.3 | +0.4 pp |
| 2009 | 83.9 | +0.2 pp |
| 2008 | 83.6 | +0.4 pp |
| 2007 | 83.2 | +0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 82.8 | +0.2 pp |
| 2005 | 82.7 | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 82.6 | +0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 82.3 | +0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 82.1 | +0.3 pp |
| 2001 | 81.8 | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 81.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 1999 | 81.2 | +0 pp |
| 1998 | 81.1 | +0 pp |
| 1997 | 81.1 | +0 pp |
| 1996 | 81.1 | +0 pp |
| 1995 | 81.1 | +0.3 pp |
| 1994 | 80.8 | +0.3 pp |
| 1993 | 80.5 | +0.2 pp |
| 1992 | 80.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 80.2 | +0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 80 | +0.2 pp |
| 1989 | 79.7 | +0.2 pp |
| 1988 | 79.5 | +0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 79.4 | +0.3 pp |
| 1986 | 79.1 | +0.6 pp |
| 1985 | 78.5 | +0.5 pp |
| 1984 | 78 | +0.5 pp |
| 1983 | 77.5 | +0.4 pp |
| 1982 | 77.1 | +0.4 pp |
| 1981 | 76.8 | +0.4 pp |
| 1980 | 76.4 | +0.6 pp |
| 1979 | 75.8 | +0.6 pp |
| 1978 | 75.2 | +0.2 pp |
| 1977 | 74.9 | +0.4 pp |
| 1976 | 74.6 | +0.3 pp |
| 1975 | 74.3 | +0.2 pp |
| 1974 | 74.1 | +0.2 pp |
| 1973 | 73.9 | +0.2 pp |
| 1972 | 73.7 | +0.3 pp |
| 1971 | 73.5 | +0.4 pp |
| 1970 | 73.1 | +0.5 pp |
| 1969 | 72.6 | +0.6 pp |
| 1968 | 72 | +0.8 pp |
| 1967 | 71.2 | +0.9 pp |
| 1966 | 70.2 | +1.3 pp |
| 1965 | 69 | +1.9 pp |
| 1964 | 67.1 | +2.5 pp |
| 1963 | 64.5 | +2.6 pp |
| 1962 | 62 | +2.2 pp |
| 1961 | 59.8 | +1.5 pp |
| 1960 | 58.3 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.
Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
