People 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.) |
Median age: | total: 34.1 years male: 35.4 years female: 32.3 years (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: | total: 14.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.61 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.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 100 (1999) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: | NA |
Nationality: | noun: Greenlander(s) adjective: Greenlandic |
Ethnic groups: | Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12% (2000) |
Religions: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Languages: | Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English |
Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2001 est.) |