Population:
57,600 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23% (male 6,727/female 6,533)
15-64 years: 70.1% (male 21,696/female 18,669)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 2,000/female 1,975) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 33.5 years
male: 34.9 years
female: 31.9 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.062% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
14.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate:
-5.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 84% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.16 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.01 male(s)/female
total population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 10.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.07 years
male: 67.44 years
female: 72.85 years (2009 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
2.19 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
100 (1999)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA

Nationality:
noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic

Ethnic groups:
Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12% (2000)

Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran

Languages:
Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2001 est.)

Education expenditures:
NA