Greenland
Autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and world's largest island
Also known as Groenland · Kalaallit Nunaat · Greenlandia · GL · GRL
- Capital
- Population
- 56,609(January 1, 2023)
- , 56,542(January 1, 2025)
- , 56,562(January 1, 2022)
- +57 more
- Area
- 2,166,086 km²
- GDP (nominal)
- $3.24B(2021)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- $3.24B(2021)
- Currency
- Official language
- Head of state
- Frederik X of Denmark(since 2024)
- , Margrethe II of Denmark(1972–2024)
- Head of government
- Jens-Frederik Nielsen(since 2025)
- , Jonathan Motzfeldt(1979–1991)
- , Lars-Emil Johansen(1991–1997)
- +6 more
Overview
Economy & society
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
399 statements · 35% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Anthem
- Nuna asiilasooq(since 1979)
- Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit(1916–1979)
- Country
- Kingdom of Denmark(since 1953)
- Part of
- Kingdom of Denmark located in: Greenland
- North America
- Electrical plug type
- Europlug
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- Schuko
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- Type E
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- Type K
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- Europlug
- Mains voltage
- 230 V frequency: 50 Hz
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- 230 V frequency: 50 Hz
- Demonym
- Greenlandic
- גרינלנדי applies to part: masculine
- גרינלנדית applies to part: feminine
- গ্রিনল্যান্ডীয়
- groenlandese applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- groenlandesi applies to part: masculine plural, feminine plural
- calalit
- gronlandes
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- groenlandais applies to part: male
- groenlandaise applies to part: female
- Gronlandano
- グリーンランド人
- 그린랜드인
- kalaaleq
- grønlandsk
- groenlandès applies to part: masculine singular
- groenlandesa applies to part: feminine singular
- grenlandès applies to part: masculine singular
- grenlandesa applies to part: feminine singular
- Graonlannach
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- Diplomatic relation
- European Union statement is subject of: Greenland and the European Union
- Denmark
- Total fertility rate
- 2.037(2014)
- 2.077(2013)
- 2.019(2012)
- 2.117(2011)
- 2.195(2010)
- 2.359(2009)
- 2.247(2008)
- 2.299(2007)
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- 2.256(2006)
- 2.377(2005)
- 2.415(2004)
- 2.372(2003)
- 2.566(2002)
- 2.51(2001)
- 2.329(2000)
- 2.415(1999)
- Geoshape
- Data:Greenland.map
- Different from
- Grönland criterion used: toponym is not unique
- Greenland
- Life expectancy
- 71.8305 years(2013)
- 71.299 years(2012)
- 71.0624 years(2011)
- 70.8571 years(2010)
- 70.4678 years(2009)
- 70.2134 years(2008)
- 69.9827 years(2007)
- 69.5193 years(2006)
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- 69.2207 years(2005)
- 68.8068 years(2004)
- 68.4354 years(2003)
- 68.1627 years(2002)
- 67.6078 years(2001)
- 66.9634 years(2000)
- 66.4034 years(1999)
- Maximum temperature record
- 30.1°C location: Ivittuut
- Native label
- Kalaallit Nunaat ipa transcription: kalaːɬit nunaːt
- Grønland
- Grønland
- Official name
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Grønland
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 81.5167°N, 12.1333°W located in/on physical feature: Nordostrundingen
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 76.7167°N, 72.8333°W located in/on physical feature: Carey Islands
- Minimum temperature record
- -66.1°C(January 9, 1954) location: North Ice
- GS1 country code
- 570-579
- Related category
- Category:Greenland-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Website
- naalakkersuisut.gl language: Greenlandic, Danish
- Discovered
- 870s
- Highest point
- Gunnbjørn Fjeld elevation: 3,694 m
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 83.6275°N, 32.6644°W located in/on physical feature: Cape Morris Jesup
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 59.7731°N, 43.9225°W located in/on physical feature: Cape Farewell
- Coextensive with
- Greenland founded: 1979 · dissolved: 1985
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On other databases
166 identifiers linking Greenland across the web's reference databases
- AllTrails trail IDgreenland
- Apple Maps "auid" identifier5191823357263530730
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID10829
- ArchINFORM location ID4860
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinegrenlandija
- ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID294914269
- Ávvir topic IDruonaeana
- BabelNet ID00041717n
- BBC News topic IDc302m85q1d0t
- BBC Things ID0230f2f6-8b89-4dc0-8150-f8c35abab7cc
- BHCL UUID7f5b49f6-8b43-4d9b-b4a3-63f5ff605298
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID12481723m
- Biblissima authority IDQ26969
- BIBSYS ID5049453
- Booru taggreenland
- Britannica Kids kids level article ID346134
- Britannica Kids scholars level article ID37977
- Britannica Kids students level article ID274658
- British Museum place IDx28318
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDgrönland
- Canadian Encyclopedia article IDgreenland-kalaallit-nunaat
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10000179
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID06777b
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00004551
- CIVICUS Monitor country entrygreenland
- Colon ClassificationSG--7191
- Comic Vine ID4020-56520
- Courrier international topic IDgroenland
- Curlie IDRegional/North_America/Greenland/
- Data Commons IDcountry/GRL
- De Agostini IDGroenlàndia
- Der Spiegel topic IDgroenland
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--982
- DR topic IDgroenland
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0010931
- El Watan topic IDgroenland
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID132325
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Greenland
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDgroenland
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)19yzU
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)559970
- Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists ID5CS4
- ERR keyword ID1075554
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ358
- Euronews topic IDgreenland
- EuroVoc ID1188
- FactGrid item IDQ390940
- Fandom article IDnorth-america:Greenland
- FAST ID1205290
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)GL
- France 24 topic ID (French)groenland
- Freebase ID/m/035v3
- GACS ID29626
- GENC 3-character codeGRL
- GeoNames ID3425505
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7024573
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Greenland
- GitHub topicgreenland
- GND ID4022113-1
- Golden ID (archived)Greenland-B3VB
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm035v3
- Google Maps Customer ID3805433396135780888
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRE0xZGpNU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDgrenlandia
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0031107
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDGrønland
- Grove Art Online IDT034785
- Harper's taggreenland
- Hindustan Times topic IDgreenland
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_364199
- IAB code1304
- IDAI.gazetteer ID2279384
- IdRef ID034018980
- ILO Thesaurus ID-223328434
- IMDb keywordgreenland
- INaturalist place ID7704
- INSEE countries and foreign territories code99430
- Interlingual Index IDi83189
- Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID108438
- ISNI0000000121659419
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codeGL
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codeGRL
- ISO 3166-1 numeric code304
- ISO 3166-2 codeDK-GL
- J9U entity ID987007561793705171
- Joconde location IDT84-4308
- KBpedia IDGreenland-Polity
- Klexikon article IDGrönland
- KulturNav-ID04707b47-106a-4218-9f9f-5f06f92630fb
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/gl
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