PEOPLE
Population:
56,384 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 25.5% (male 7,344; female 7,029)
15-64 years: 68.5% (male 20,894; female 17,715)
65 years and over: 6% (male 1,585; female 1,817) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 33.5 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 31.9 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.01% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
15.96 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
-8.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.18 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 16.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 69.32 years
male: 65.75 years
female: 72.98 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.42 children born/woman (2004 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic
Ethnic groups:
Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and
others 12% (January 2000)
Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran
Languages:
Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English
Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
note: similar to Denmark proper
