North America · Northern America
Greenland
Greenland covers about 2,154,000 km² (832,000 mi²), the 13th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Algeria, at about 2,309,000 km².
- 2,154,000km²Area, main territory
- 57,000Population
- 70.2In Belgiums
500 km
- Greenland
Facts
| Area, main territory | 2,154,000 km²832,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 2,166,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 70.2 |
| Capital | Nuuk |
| Population | 57,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 0.0 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 60°N to 84°N |
| In other languages | Groenlandia Español · Grönland Deutsch · Groenland Français · Groenlândia Português · グリーンランド 日本語 · 格陵兰 中文 · 그린란드 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#3 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Greenland
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 7.88× the size of Greenland.
- Greenland ranks 12th of 239 by area but only 203rd of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
- At 0.0 people per km², Greenland is the 184th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 73°N is drawn about 11.9× too large in area, so Greenland looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Greenland's main territory stretches about 2,640 km north to south and 1,450 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,166,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,154,000 km², to within 2%.
How Greenland measures up
Greenland holds 8.9% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Northern America it is the 3rd largest of 3.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,154,000 km² | 12th of 239 |
| Population | 57,000 | 203rd of 237 |
| Density | 0.0 per km² | 184th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 73.1°N | 1st of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Greenland is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 70.2× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 8.84× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 6.02× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 5.77× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 3.93× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.68× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.25× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.23× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.13× its size |
Where Greenland sits
- Greenland's centre lies at 73.1°N, 41.8°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 8,130 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 60°N to 84°N, about 2,650 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
If Greenland had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Greenland would have 2.70 billion people. It has 57,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Greenland would have 8.0 million people. It has 57,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 155.9 million.
About the same size as
Largest in North America
- Canada9,946,000 km²
- United States9,447,000 km²
- Greenland#3 · 2,154,000 km²
- Mexico1,958,000 km²
- Nicaragua129,000 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11