Distillers Country guides / Greenland
Greenland
A one-page guide to Greenland for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Nuuk
- Official languages
- Greenlandic
- Currency
- Danish krone (DKK)
- Time zone
- UTC-4 to UTC+0 (several zones)
- Area
- 410,449 km²
People
- Population
- 56,831 (2025)
- Population growth
- -0.0% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 88.6%
- Aged under 15
- 20.7%
- Aged 65 and over
- 11.5%
- Life expectancy
- 70.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$3.3 billion (2023)
- GDP per person
- US$58,499 (2023)
- Economic growth
- 0.87% (2023)
Climate
Arctic: over 80% of the land is north of the Arctic Circle and the ice sheet covers about 81%. Nuuk daily averages range from -5.1 C to 9.9 C across the seasons.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Greenland; Wikipedia - Economy of Greenland. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.