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Also Known As Kalaallit Nunaat • Grønland
Heads Of Government High Commissioner (for Denmark): Mikaela Engell; Prime Minister (for Greenland): Múte Bourup Egede
Capital Nuuk
Population (2025 est.) 57,000
Head Of State Danish Monarch: Frederik X
Official Language Greenlandic
Official Religion Evangelical Lutheran (Lutheran Church of Greenland)
Official Name Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenlandic)1; (Greenland)
Total Area (Sq Km) 2,166,086
Total Area (Sq Mi) 836,326
Monetary Unit Danish krone (DKK)
Population Rank (2025) 210
Population Projection 2030 54,200
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi (2025) 0.07
Density: Persons Per Sq Km (2025) 0.03
Urban-Rural Population Urban: (2023) 87.8% • Rural: (2023) 12.2%
Life Expectancy At Birth Male: (2021) 69.2 years • Female: (2021) 74 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate Male: (2015) 100% • Female: (2015) 100%
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000) (2019) 2,942
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$) (2019) 52,445
Political Status self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark with one legislative house (Parliament [31])2
1Called Grønland in Danish, an official language of Greenland prior to June 21, 2009.2A referendum approved in November 2008 endorsed the gradual expansion of Greenland’s autonomy from Denmark; the Greenland government assumed greater responsibility for local matters on June 21, 2009.

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