🇬🇱 Migration to & from Greenland

Historic Net Migration for Greenland (1950-2024)

Greenland has seen a decrease in net migrations since the 1950's.

Year	Net Migration	Overall Population +/-
1950	51	501
1951	-93	411
1952	30	608
1953	19	660
1954	17	719
1955	-5	807
1956	175	1,034
1957	187	1,128
1958	218	1,229
1959	240	1,345
1960	234	1,409
1961	-24	1,216
1962	-33	1,240
1963	-7	1,278
1964	30	1,333
1965	63	1,361
1966	212	1,460
1967	199	1,401
1968	264	1,365
1969	396	1,348
1970	518	1,308
1971	54	762
1972	84	754
1973	104	684
1974	109	606
1975	22	493
1976	-127	346
1977	-524	-18
1978	-490	9
1979	-465	53
1980	4	605
1981	-18	611
1982	-7	630
1983	39	626
1984	22	663
1985	-157	536
1986	-115	521
1987	-126	531
1988	-205	537
1989	-250	499
1990	-648	127
1991	-692	53
1992	-748	12
1993	-733	-1
1994	-696	-16
1995	-433	195
1996	-463	124
1997	-521	77
1998	-486	23
1999	-513	-63
2000	-229	221
2001	-282	184
2002	-313	178
2003	-295	161
2004	-311	129
2005	-476	-43
2006	-480	-91
2007	-505	-110
2008	-522	-132
2009	-562	-147
2010	-46	333
2011	-244	107
2012	-553	-220
2013	-653	-310
2014	-702	-370
2015	-315	66
2016	-342	14
2017	-350	6
2018	-330	-1
2019	-308	22
2020	-328	-31
2021	-324	-45
2022	-323	-57
2023	-318	-79
2024	-284	-87

How is Net Migrations calculated?

The difference between immigrants and emigrants makes up the net migrations of a country. If the net migration numbers for the year are positive and indicated above with green coloring. Then more people immigrated than emigrated to Greenland for that year, equal to the number displayed.

Future Net Migration for Greenland (2024-2100)

Greenland will see an increase of net migrations by the year 2100.

Year	Net Migration	Overall Population +/-
2024	-284	-87
2025	-265	-103
2026	-249	-129
2027	-226	-132
2028	-194	-132
2029	-187	-166
2030	-166	-167
2031	-152	-178
2032	-155	-216
2033	-143	-219
2034	-131	-228
2035	-131	-252
2036	-119	-253
2037	-122	-271
2038	-102	-262
2039	-99	-273
2040	-109	-286
2041	-99	-274
2042	-99	-276
2043	-96	-284
2044	-100	-287
2045	-101	-284
2046	-92	-277
2047	-103	-286
2048	-84	-279
2049	-86	-256
2050	-79	-256
2051	-85	-264
2052	-88	-261
2053	-82	-253
2054	-81	-265
2055	-75	-247
2056	-70	-245
2057	-65	-242
2058	-73	-251
2059	-68	-246
2060	-75	-264
2061	-74	-265
2062	-78	-275
2063	-76	-273
2064	-71	-274
2065	-76	-273
2066	-60	-270
2067	-67	-288
2068	-69	-292
2069	-67	-280
2070	-59	-289
2071	-60	-289
2072	-55	-278
2073	-63	-285
2074	-54	-273
2075	-57	-289
2076	-45	-269
2077	-48	-266
2078	-47	-264
2079	-50	-256
2080	-47	-261
2081	-43	-244
2082	-49	-249
2083	-48	-251
2084	-45	-237
2085	-46	-243
2086	-42	-224
2087	-43	-226
2088	-39	-224
2089	-40	-220
2090	-41	-228
2091	-41	-232
2092	-41	-216
2093	-43	-225
2094	-38	-226
2095	-45	-232
2096	-34	-222
2097	-35	-217
2098	-41	-239
2099	-35	-217
2100	-35	-242

Why is the chart for future net migrations mostly flat?

Predicting and projecting future movements of population is extremely hard. Especially, the further you move into the future. Thus, the scientist and data collectors of the United Nations tend to add a flat number when reasonable projections can't be made.

Causes of Migration

Causes of Immigration to Greenland

Causes of Emigration from Greenland

Common Questions

How many people emigrated from Greenland in 2024?

How many people immigrated to Greenland in 2024?

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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