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The People of Greenland

Greenlandic People

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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.)

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

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

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.)