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Greenland

autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and world's largest island
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World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
Climate
arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
Terrain
flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast
Natural resources
coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
People & Society
Languages
Greenlandic, Danish, English
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran, traditional Inuit spiritual beliefs
Government
Government type
parliamentary democracy (Parliament of Greenland or Inatsisartut)
Independence
none (extensive self-rule as part of the Kingdom of Denmark)
National holiday
National Day, June 21
Legal system
Denmark's laws apply in some areas, and Greenland's law for the remainder
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$4.04 billion (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$71,000 (2023 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
0.9% (2023 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
1.2% (2022 est.)
Exports - partners
Denmark 50%, China 23%, UK 5%, Japan 5%, Germany 3% (2023)
Imports - partners
Denmark 58%, Sweden 19%, Spain 8%, Iceland 7%, Canada 2% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Summary

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark[1]. Greenland draws 61,377 Wikipedia views per month (autonomous country within the kingdom of denmark category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Nordic Council[3], Overseas Countries and Territories Association[4], West Nordic Council[5], Inuit Circumpolar Council[6]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingdom of Denmark[7]
  • Country: Kingdom of Denmark[8]
  • Head of government: Jens-Frederik Nielsen[9]
  • Continent: North America[10]
  • Instance of: electoral unit[11], island country[12], dependent territory[13], country[14], autonomous administrative territorial entity[15], country sometimes considered transcontinental[16]
  • Head of state: Frederik X of Denmark[17]
  • Capital: Nuuk[18]
  • Official language: Greenlandic[19]
  • Currency: Danish krone[20]
  • Shares border with: Canada[21], Nunavut[22], Iceland[23], Norway[24]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .gl[25]
  • Anthem: Nuna asiilasooq[26]
  • Basic form of government: parliamentary monarchy[27]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Sermersooq[28], Kujalleq[29], Qeqqata[30], Northeast Greenland National Park[31], Avannaata[32], Qeqertalik[33]
  • Flag: flag of Greenland[34]
  • Legislative body: Inatsisartut[35]
  • Executive body: Naalakkersuisut[36]
  • Highest judicial authority: Greenland High Court[37]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Greenland[38]
  • Part of: Kingdom of Denmark[39], North America[40]
  • Commons category: Greenland[41]
  • Licence plate code: KN[42]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[43], UTC−01:00[44], UTC−02:00[45], UTC−03:00[46], UTC−04:00[47]
  • Telephone country code: +299[48]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Greenland include East Greenland Current[49], an ocean current[50]; West Greenland Current[51], an ocean current[52]; and Groenlandsekade[53], a buurtschap[54], in Netherlands[55].

Why It Matters

Greenland has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Greenland is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for Greenland include East Greenland Current[49], an ocean current[50]; West Greenland Current[51], an ocean current[52]; and Groenlandsekade[53], a buurtschap[54], in Netherlands[55].

Related Entities

Aasiaat Aleqa Hammond Alfred Wegener Besselfjord Station Canada country Danish krone Denmark dependent territory flag of Greenland Frederik X of Denmark Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Hans Enoksen Iceland Ilulissat Ittoqqortoormiit Jens-Frederik Nielsen Jonathan Motzfeldt Kaffeklubben Island Kim Kielsen Kingdom of Denmark Kuupik Kleist Leif Erikson Margrethe II of Denmark Mørkefjord Station Múte Bourup Egede Norway Nuuk Qaqortoq Sisimiut

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000737
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  2. 10w ago · Iketsi · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, electoral unit, island country +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: country sometimes considered transcontinental"
  3. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q33810 (ori)-Psubhashish-ଗ୍ରୀନଲାଣ୍ଡ.wav, De-Grönland.ogg, LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Groenlandia.wav +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Goronulande.wav"
  4. 12w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Greenland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Greenland"
  5. 12w ago · Jberkel · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q33810 (ori)-Psubhashish-ଗ୍ରୀନଲାଣ୍ଡ.wav, De-Grönland.ogg, LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Groenlandia.wav +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Groenlandia.wav, Adding Italian pronunciation audio"
  6. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Woodlark
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q26969, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  7. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 19yzU
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  8. 15w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of northernmost point → {'latitude': 83.6275, 'longitude': -32.66438888888889}
    Coordinates of southernmost point → {'latitude': 59.77305555555556, 'longitude': -43.9225}
    Image → Nuuk (2013).jpg, Greenland 42.74746W 71.57394N.jpg, Extreme-points-of-greenland.svg
    Executive body → Naalakkersuisut
    "/* wbsetqualifier-update:1| */ Located in/on physical feature: Nordostrundingen, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Q24818673 → Nordostrundingen ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRe"
  9. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0004670-Gronsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0004670-Gronsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  10. 20w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → greenland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: greenland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934467|greenland (#289934467)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  11. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/gronsko/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn and W"
  12. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    Fandom article id → north-america:Greenland, countries:Greenland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/gronsko/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
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