Greenland: Municipalities, Major Towns, Settlements & Stations - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. It is not part of the European Union.

Municipalities

The population of the municipalities of Greenland according to official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Estimate (E) 1980-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 1990-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2000-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2010-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2026-01-01
Avannaata	AVA	Ilulissat	522,700	9,425	10,466	11,190	10,973	10,726	10,951	52270000
Kujalleq	KJL	Qaqortoq	51,000	7,921	8,363	8,053	7,589	6,439	6,089	5100000
Qeqertalik	QTL	Aasiaat	62,400	7,546	7,822	7,507	6,776	6,340	5,882	6240000
Qeqqata	QQT	Sisimiut	97,000	8,809	9,638	9,542	9,677	9,378	9,107	9700000
Sermersooq	SMS	Nuuk	575,300	15,528	18,923	19,549	21,232	23,123	24,643	57530000
x [outside municipalities]	OUT		857,600	544	346	283	205	75	68	85760000
Greenland	GRL	Nuuk	2,166,000	49,773	55,558	56,124	56,452	56,081	56,740

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Major Towns

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2026-01-01
1	Nuuk	SMS	20,298
2	Sisimiut	QQT	5,455
3	Ilulissat	AVA	5,150
4	Qaqortoq	KJL	3,081
5	Aasiaat	QTL	2,945
6	Maniitsoq	QQT	2,528
7	Tasiilaq	SMS	1,811
8	Uummannaq	AVA	1,379
9	Narsaq	KJL	1,241
10	Paamiut	SMS	1,205

Contents: Towns, Settlements & Stations

The population of all Greenlandic towns, settlements and stations with more than 100 inhabitants according to official estimates.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 1980-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 1990-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2000-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2010-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2026-01-01
Aappilattoq	Sett	KJL	207	202	167	132	100	81
Aappilattoq	Sett	AVA	119	143	213	180	149	158
Aasiaat (Egedesminde)	Town	QTL	3,196	3,308	3,234	3,005	3,069	2,945
Akunnaaq	Sett	QTL	196	165	102	101	66	59
Alluitsup Paa (Sydprøven)	Sett	KJL	581	527	489	303	202	135
Arsuk	Sett	SMS	314	333	197	156	73	69
Atammik	Sett	QQT	151	201	214	197	196	184
Attu	Sett	QTL	349	353	310	226	203	181
Eqalugaarsuit (incl. Upernaviarsuk Farm, Eqalugaarsuit Farms)	Sett	KJL	201	213	168	137	89	68
Ikamiut	Sett	QTL	106	100	110	96	86	84
Ikerasaarsuk	Sett	QTL	46	74	104	102	90	72
Ikerasak	Sett	AVA	195	221	256	238	233	219
Illoqqortoormiut (Ittoqqortoormiit, Scoresbysund)	Town	SMS	391	461	521	469	345	328
Illorsuit	Sett	AVA	138	117	121	91	0	0
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Town	AVA	3,648	4,191	4,200	4,546	4,670	5,150
Innaarsuit	Sett	AVA	81	111	161	161	180	146
Itilleq	Sett	QQT	113	107	129	112	89	100
Kangaamiut (Gammel Sukkertoppen)	Sett	QQT	533	556	481	357	293	313
Kangaatsiaq (Kangatsiaq)	Town	QTL	411	536	623	586	520	469
Kangerlussuaq (Søndrestrømfjord)	Sett	QQT	682	473	446	556	508	381
Kangersuatsiaq	Sett	AVA	217	256	255	186	130	121
Kullorsuaq	Sett	AVA	203	274	387	436	453	390
Kulusuk	Sett	SMS	402	347	332	286	241	204
Kuummiut (Kuummiit)	Sett	SMS	474	458	389	361	248	228
Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen)	Town	QQT	3,008	3,135	2,929	2,784	2,534	2,528
Nanortalik	Town	KJL	1,402	1,424	1,538	1,448	1,185	1,088
Napasoq	Sett	QQT	234	183	101	85	80	60
Narsaq	Town	KJL	1,728	1,817	1,714	1,613	1,351	1,241
Narsarsuaq	Sett	KJL	136	157	191	158	123	139
Niaqornaarsuk	Sett	QTL	298	317	365	300	249	207
Nuugaatsiaq	Sett	AVA	93	83	100	84	0	0
Nuuk (Godthåb)	Town	SMS	9,077	12,217	13,445	15,469	18,326	20,298
Nuussuaq	Sett	AVA	143	165	192	204	181	170
Paamiut (Frederikshåb)	Town	SMS	2,237	2,219	1,888	1,619	1,308	1,205
Pituffik (Thule Air Base) [← Greenlandic and Danish personnel]	Stat	OUT	494	305	255	165	62	55
Qaanaaq (Avanersuaq, Thule)	Town	AVA	409	551	665	626	646	586
Qaarsut	Sett	AVA	198	223	241	196	174	157
Qaqortoq (Julianehåb)	Town	KJL	2,595	3,129	3,118	3,306	3,059	3,081
Qasigiannguit (Christianshåb)	Town	QTL	1,771	1,612	1,406	1,253	1,081	945
Qeqertaq	Sett	AVA	83	111	136	130	114	101
Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)	Town	QTL	941	1,093	993	907	839	802
Qeqertarsuatsiaat	Sett	SMS	331	321	261	235	169	158
Saattut	Sett	AVA	264	234	277	212	226	231
Saqqaq	Sett	AVA	147	117	198	188	132	154
Sarfannguit	Sett	QQT	112	112	115	126	96	86
Sermiligaaq	Sett	SMS	170	182	207	222	209	158
Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)	Town	QQT	3,976	4,871	5,127	5,460	5,582	5,455
Tasiilaq (Ammassalik)	Town	SMS	1,114	1,465	1,705	1,930	1,985	1,811
Tasiusaq	Sett	AVA	163	166	231	248	252	258
Tiniteqilaaq	Sett	SMS	207	196	146	134	96	83
Ukkusissat	Sett	AVA	169	195	230	170	154	145
Upernavik	Town	AVA	844	918	1,143	1,129	1,092	1,096
Upernavik Kujalleq	Sett	AVA	133	186	186	204	201	178
Uummannaq (Umanak)	Town	AVA	1,175	1,405	1,460	1,299	1,407	1,379

Illorsuit (01/2017: 67 inhabitants) and Nuugaatsiaq (01/2017: 102 inhabitants) experienced a severe tsunami on June 17, 2017.
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Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2026)
Males	29,861
Females	26,879

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	13,350
18-64 years	37,065
65+ years	6,325

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	49
80-89 years	684
70-79 years	2,610
60-69 years	7,240
50-59 years	6,882
40-49 years	7,189
30-39 years	9,520
20-29 years	7,830
10-19 years	7,147
0-9 years	7,589

Country of Birth (E 2026)
Greenland	49,721
Denmark	3,904
Other Country	3,107

Citizenship (E 2026)
Denmark	53,911
Other Citizenship	2,823