Migration trends in Greenland
North America
18.5K people from Greenland have built lives abroad. That's 32.5% of the country population, spread across 12 different countries
56.8K
Population
5.5K
Immigrants
18.5K
Emigrants
−13K
Outflow
Every 4th person born in Greenland now lives abroad
The #182 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Greenland
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
9.2K immigrants · 10.3K emigrants
1995
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 24%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 4.4K
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad