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Greenland: map and facts
Greenland is in Northern America. It has 56,831 people (2025). It covers 2,166,086 km². That is about 0.03 people per km². Its highest point is Gunnbjørn Fjeld, at 3,694 m.
Facts
- Population: 56,831 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 2,166,086 km² (UN Demographic Yearbook)
- Capital: Nuuk
- Highest point: Gunnbjørn Fjeld, 3,694 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 0% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Gunnbjørn Fjeld: 3,694 m (its highest point)
- Mont Forel: 3,383 m
- Perserajoq: 2,259 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Knud Rasmussen Land, Crown Prince Christian Land, Jameson Land, King Christian IX Land, King Christian X Land, King Frederik VI Coast, King Frederik VIII Land, King Wilhelm Land, Nyeboe Land and Peary Land.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): snow and ice 86.4%, bare ground 6.2%, grassland 5.2%, water 1.9%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 62.9%, hills 18.9%, mountains 17.3%.
Forests covered 0% of its land in 2024, the same as in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Greenland shares land borders with Canada on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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