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Greenland People:

Population:
56,375 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 25% (male:7,216; female:6,888)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male:20,897; female:17,823)
65 years and over: 6.3% (male:1,672; female:1,879) (2005)

Median age:
total: 33.83 years
male: 35.15 years
female: 32.14 years (2005)

Population growth rate:
-0.02% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
15.93 births / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
7.77 deaths / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
-8.37 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.17 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2005)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 15.82 deaths / 1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 17.15 deaths / 1,000 live births
female: 14.45 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total: 69.65 years (2005 est.)
male: 66.07 years
female: 73.31 years

Total fertility rate:
2.41 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
NA

HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
100 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS — deaths:
NA

Nationality:
noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic

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

Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran

Languages:
Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English

Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
note: Similar to Denmark proper



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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