Europe & Central Asia · GLWhere is Greenland?
Greenland is grouped in the World Bank's Europe & Central Asia region. Its listed capital is Nuuk. The profile's representative coordinates are 64.18° N, 51.72° W; they are orientation points, not geometric centroids or boundary claims.
How large is Greenland?
EqualAtlas calculates a consistent spherical area from the same Natural Earth boundary geometry used for the map. For Greenland, that mapped area is approximately 2,154,759 square kilometres, ranking #13 among 238 mapped country and territory profiles. It may differ slightly from figures published by national statistical offices because coastlines, inland water and territorial definitions vary by dataset.
People and place
Greenland had a World Bank population value of 56,831 in 2025. Using the displayed mapped area, that is about 0.03 people per square kilometre. Area and population answer different questions, so EqualAtlas keeps their reference methods visible rather than combining them into an unexplained ranking.
The latest imported life expectancy at birth value is 70.3 years for 2024, ranking #150 among 215 profiles with data. It is a period estimate based on prevailing mortality rates, not a prediction for an individual person.
Population and economic data: World Bank Open Data. Boundary geometry: Natural Earth via world-atlas. Data and methods are explained on the data sources page.
Countries and territories closest in mapped area
These are the three profiles whose mapped areas are nearest to Greenland under the same geometry and spherical calculation.
Algeria
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mexico