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The Inuit population makes up approximately 85–90% of the total (2009 est.). 6,792 people from Denmark live in Greenland, which is 12% of its total population. In recent years, Greenland experienced a significant increase in immigration from Asia, especially from the Philippines, Thailand, and China.
In the 1960s and 1970s, at a time when the population was increasing, 4,500 Greenland Inuit women and girls (roughly half of all fertile females) were fitted with intrauterine devices (IUDs) by Danish doctors. Sometimes girls (as young as 12) were taken directly from school to have these devices inserted, without parents' permission being sought.
The Greenlandic Inuit (Greenlandic: kalaallit, Danish: Grønlandsk Inuit) are the indigenous and most populous ethnic group in Greenland. [12] Most speak Greenlandic (Western Greenlandic, Kalaallisut) and consider themselves ethnically Greenlandic. People of Greenland are both citizens of Denmark and citizens of the European Union.
Women's sport in Greenland (3 C, 2 P) W. Women's rights in Greenland (2 C) ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view; Toggle limited content width ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Greenlandic This category exists only as a container for other categories of Greenlandic women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Sisimiut (Greenlandic: [sisimiut]), formerly known as Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland, and the largest Arctic city in North America. [Note 1] It is located in central-western Greenland, on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately 320 km (200 mi) north of Nuuk.
Demographics of Greenland This page was last edited on 13 May 2022, at 00:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
A group of women in Greenland are seeking compensation from Denmark over an involuntary birth control campaign launched in the 1960s, their lawyer said on Monday. ... with a population of just 57,000.