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Greenland: Rural population

11.43percent · 2025-18.1% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Greenland from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202511.426
202411.68
202311.937
202212.195
202112.455
202012.716
201912.978
201813.275
201713.608
201613.774
201513.954
201414.323
201314.627
201215.114
201115.471
201015.722
200916.144
200816.378
200716.796
200617.153
200517.31
200417.437
200317.651
200217.925
200118.209
200018.548
199918.835
199818.88
199718.928
199618.933
199518.943
199419.206
199319.532
199219.701
199119.826
199020.027
198920.262
198820.457
198720.577
198620.902
198521.488
198421.999
198322.492
198222.873
198123.227
198023.61
197924.167
197824.814
197725.056
197625.424
197525.675
197425.877
197326.064
197226.274
197126.541
197026.913
196927.405
196828.045
196728.826
196629.751
196531.005
196432.942
196335.453
196238.027
196140.219
196041.75

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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