Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Nuuk
- Region
- Americas, North America
- Population
- 56,831 (2025)
- Area
- 2,166,086 km²
- Currency
- krone (DKK)
- Languages
- Kalaallisut, Danish, English
- Calling code
- +299
- Internet domain
- .gl
- ISO codes
- GL, GRL, 304
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00 to UTC
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Greenland covers about 2,166,086 square kilometres. By area it ranks 13th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than DR Congo and a little larger than Mexico. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 72° north, 40° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 56,831 people live in Greenland (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 209th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 0.0 people to each square kilometre. About 89 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 70 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Kalaallisut, Danish, English. A person from Greenland is called Greenlandic.
Money and economy
The currency is the krone (code DKK, symbol kr.). It is also the main currency of Denmark, Faroe Islands. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 3.33 billion (2023), which is about US$ 58,499 for each person (2023).
Time
Greenland spans 4 time zone areas, from UTC-4:00 to UTC. Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Nuuk | 14,798 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in North America
Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.