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How many babies are born in Greenland?

714 babies born in Greenland in 2026 — 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 204th largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Greenland through history

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Estimated annual births in Greenland, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside Greenland's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1000 ~42 ~1.1K 40.2 Modelled estimate
1500 ~47 ~1.2K 40.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~137 ~3.93K 34.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~455 ~12.8K 35.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 964 23.2K 41.5 UN estimate
2000 897 56.2K 16.0 UN estimate
2024 762 55.8K 13.7 UN projection
2026 714 55.6K 12.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Greenland are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1964, at about 1.62K. That is roughly 17 times the estimated ~42 births a year in 1000.

At 1.90 children per woman, fertility in Greenland is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.