Births and deaths projected to 2100 in Greenland
Greenland: Births and deaths projected to 2100 was 552 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
552
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
207th
of 229 countries
All-time high
552
in 2023
All-time low
307
in 1969
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Births and deaths projected to 2100 in Greenland, 1950–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 552 for births and deaths projected to 2100 in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births and deaths projected to 2100 in Greenland peaked at 552 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 307, in 1969.
That places Greenland 207th out of 229 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Births and deaths projected to 2100 in Greenland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 513 | — |
| 1951 | 496 | -3.3% |
| 1952 | 466 | -6.0% |
| 1953 | 446 | -4.3% |
| 1954 | 419 | -6.1% |
| 1955 | 399 | -4.8% |
| 1956 | 376 | -5.8% |
| 1957 | 347 | -7.7% |
| 1958 | 327 | -5.8% |
| 1959 | 322 | -1.5% |
| 1960 | 321 | -0.3% |
| 1961 | 321 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 323 | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 329 | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 330 | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 325 | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 325 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 322 | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 316 | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 307 | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 315 | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 320 | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 326 | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 333 | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 355 | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 372 | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 386 | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 392 | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 394 | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 396 | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 400 | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 410 | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 417 | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 421 | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 428 | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 439 | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 453 | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 458 | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 466 | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 470 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 475 | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 478 | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 476 | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 468 | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 476 | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 470 | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 473 | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 474 | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 481 | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 474 | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 461 | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 453 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 441 | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 436 | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 449 | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 452 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 449 | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 447 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 455 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 473 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 476 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 486 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 475 | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 468 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 466 | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 467 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 479 | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 484 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 502 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 518 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 527 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 537 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 542 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 552 | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 411.1 | 322 | 513 | 10 |
| 1960s | 321.9 | 307 | 330 | 10 |
| 1970s | 358.9 | 315 | 396 | 10 |
| 1980s | 436.2 | 400 | 470 | 10 |
| 1990s | 474.5 | 468 | 481 | 10 |
| 2000s | 451.6 | 436 | 473 | 10 |
| 2010s | 482.1 | 466 | 518 | 10 |
| 2020s | 539.5 | 527 | 552 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 204 Bailiwick of Guernsey 589 compare
- 205 Bermuda 568 compare
- 206 Faroe Islands 558 compare
- 208 Andorra 486 compare
- 209 Saint Kitts and Nevis 467 compare
- 210 Cayman Islands 352 compare
More health data for Greenland
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.3856 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,447 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 1 (2100)
- Population, male 52.5% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 47.6% (2025)
- Population, male 29,844 (2025)
- Population, female 47.5% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 30.6% (2025)
- Population, female 26,987 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is births and deaths projected to 2100 in Greenland?
- Births and deaths projected to 2100 in Greenland was 552 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest births and deaths projected to 2100 recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 552 in 2023.
- What is the lowest births and deaths projected to 2100 recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 307 in 1969.
- How does Greenland rank for births and deaths projected to 2100?
- Greenland ranks 207th out of 229 countries with data for 2023.
- Is births and deaths projected to 2100 rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Births and deaths projected to 2100. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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