What is the population of Nuuk?
Nuuk has a city population of 14,798. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
Capital city · Greenland · North America
Nuuk
Sermersooq · Greenland
City population
14,798
#1
in Greenland
#31,365
worldwide
64.183, -51.722
About Nuuk
Nuuk, Greenland's capital, has a city-proper population of 14,798 and a metropolitan area of 19,604. The city sits at 5 meters elevation on the island's west coast. Founded in 1721, it has grown at 0.4% annually, with a low population density of 28 people per km².
Nuuk International Airport (GOH) serves the city and region. The municipality is led by mayor Avaaraq S. Olsen. As the largest settlement in Greenland, the city functions as the administrative and population center of the territory.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Metro population
19,604
0.000% of world population
Archive estimateAnnual growth
+0.35%
Archive estimateDensity
28/km²
690 km² metro area
Key Facts
Country
Region
Sermersooq
Founded
1721
Leadership
Avaaraq S. Olsen
Coordinates
64.183, -51.722
Record updated
7 January 2024
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 1 in GreenlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Nuuk | 15K |
Airports
Scheduled-service airports within 100 km, nearest first.
- Nuuk International AirportGOH
2 km from the city centre
Source: OurAirports, matched by distance.
Population Trend in Greenland
No free source publishes city population back to 1950, so the parent country's series is shown instead.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 23,209 |
| 1960 | 32,105 |
| 1970 | 45,465 |
| 1980 | 50,111 |
| 1990 | 55,630 |
| 2000 | 56,209 |
| 2010 | 56,614 |
| 2020 | 56,080 |
| 2030 | 55,050 |
| 2040 | 52,672 |
| 2050 | 49,898 |
| 2060 | 47,364 |
| 2070 | 44,597 |
| 2080 | 41,853 |
| 2090 | 39,491 |
| 2100 | 37,230 |
Nuuk Population FAQ
Where is Nuuk?
Nuuk is in Sermersooq, Greenland. Its coordinates are 64.183, -51.722.
How big is Nuuk compared with other cities in Greenland?
It is the 1st largest of the 1 cities listed in Greenland, holding 26.0% of the national population.