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Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are citizens of Denmark.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
4.9 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Economy 5.5
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
- Capital
- Nuuk
- Population
- 56,542 inh.
- Area
- 2,166,086 km²
- Currency
- DKK
- Regime
- parliamentary monarchy
Executive in office
Head of State
Frédéric X de Danemark
Head of Government
Jens-Frederik Nielsen
Government in office 1 members
ministre des Affaires étrangères du Groenland
Vivian Motzfeldt
Parliament
Parlement du Groenland
31 seats
Inception 1979
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
3 G$
GDP / capita
58,499 $
Growth
0.9 %
Life expectancy
70.3 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil 1
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1
Pituffik Space Base
United States of America · Nord-ouest du Groenland
Missile warning and space surveillance.
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
- 2025-03-11
National anthem
Nuna asiilasooq
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- Nordic Council
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 4,440 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,741, or ×0.9.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)