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Aasiaat Facts

Area	2.5 km²
Population	1,922
Male Population	1,011 (52.6%)
Female Population	911 (47.4%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+439.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+178.6%
Median Age	34.7 years (Male: 37.3, Female: 31.1)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$68,210 (2022)
Area Codes	89
Local Time
Timezone	Greenland Summer Time
Lat & Lng	68.70981, -52.86988
Postal Codes	3950

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Aasiaat Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	356	717	690	609	1,922	1,858	1,807
Population Density	142.4 / km²	286.8 / km²	276 / km²	243.6 / km²	768.8 / km²	743.2 / km²	722.8 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Aasiaat Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 178.6% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Aasiaat	+439.9%	+168.1%	+178.6%
Qaasuitsup	—	—	—
Greenland	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Aasiaat Median Age

Median Age: 34.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Aasiaat	34.7 yrs	31.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Qaasuitsup	32.9 yrs	31 yrs	34.6 yrs
Greenland	33.6 yrs	32.1 yrs	35 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Aasiaat Population Density

Population Density: 769 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Aasiaat	1,922	2.5 km²	769 / km²
Qaasuitsup	12,104	576,067.4 km²	0 / km²
Greenland	34,483	2,165,628.3 km²	0 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Aasiaat Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Aasiaat Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$25,043	$22,676	$25,343	$37,793	$47,845	$47,046	$54,747	$68,210
Total GDP	$82M	$72.2M	$79.2M	$115.8M	$138.5M	$127.1M	$139.5M	$171.5M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Qaasuitsup CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Qaasuitsup	290,830 tn	24.03 tn	0.5 tons/km²
Greenland	813,754 tn	23.6 tn	0.4 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Qaasuitsup CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	290,830 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	24.03 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	0.5 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
5/9/16	3:47 PM	4.4	59.8 km	10,000 m	59km NNW of Aasiaat, Greenland	usgs.gov
4/17/16	4:17 PM	4.5	53.2 km	14,340 m	53km NNW of Aasiaat, Greenland	usgs.gov
4/6/16	1:34 AM	4.7	58.3 km	10,000 m	58km NNW of Aasiaat, Greenland	usgs.gov
4/5/16	10:32 PM	4.5	59 km	13,570 m	58km NNW of Aasiaat, Greenland	usgs.gov
5/25/14	5:12 PM	4.2	89.6 km	14,570 m	20km E of Qasigiannguit, Greenland	usgs.gov
7/11/08	9:11 PM	4.1	78.2 km	10,000 m	western Greenland	usgs.gov
6/14/07	8:30 PM	4.3	35.4 km	10,000 m	western Greenland	usgs.gov
2/16/06	6:27 AM	3.7	59.6 km	10,000 m	western Greenland	usgs.gov
2/16/06	2:42 AM	3.6	89.7 km	18,000 m	western Greenland	usgs.gov
2/16/06	12:32 AM	4	82.4 km	18,000 m	western Greenland	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Aasiaat

Aasiaat or Ausiait, formerly Egedesminde, is a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland, located in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago at the southern end of Disko Bay. With a population of 3,102 as of 2014, it is Greenland's fifth-larg..

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