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Qaanaaq Facts

Area	8.2 km²
Population	509
Male Population	269 (52.9%)
Female Population	240 (47.1%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+430.2%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+166.5%
Median Age	32 years (Male: 34.7, Female: 30.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$68,210 (2022)
Area Codes	97
Local Time
Timezone	Atlantic Daylight Time
Lat & Lng	77.46666, -69.23155
Postal Codes	3971

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Qaanaaq Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	96	196	191	171	509	475	446
Population Density	11.7 / km²	23.9 / km²	23.3 / km²	20.9 / km²	62.2 / km²	58 / km²	54.5 / km²

* Projected

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

Qaanaaq Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 166.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Qaanaaq	+430.2%	+159.7%	+166.5%
Greenland	—	—	—

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

Qaanaaq Median Age

Median Age: 32 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Qaanaaq	32 yrs	30.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Greenland	33.6 yrs	32.1 yrs	35 yrs

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

Qaanaaq Population Density

Population Density: 62.2 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Qaanaaq	509	8.2 km²	62.2 / 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

Qaanaaq Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 to 2030

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

Qaanaaq 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

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

Qaanaaq CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Qaanaaq	7,848 tn	15.42 tn	958.5 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

Qaanaaq CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	7,848 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	15.42 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	958.5 tons/km²

Qaanaaq

Qaanaaq (IPA: [qɑːnɑːq]), formerly Thule or New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of the northernmost towns in the world. The inhabitants of Qaanaaq speak Kalaallisut and ..

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