Internal migrations

In Greenland internal migration has a significant impact on the regional population size, sex and age distribution. The impact is much greater than the effect of births and deaths and it affects the composition of the population both the locality of migration and the one of removal.

 

22,701 domestic movements were recorded in 2013. Most movements were within the same locality.

 

Sumary table 7.1. Internal migrations

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

18.232

18.739

20.413

20.781

21.766

20.639

21.066

22.313

21.941

21.698

22.701

same town

10.781

11.217

12.250

12.490

13.130

12.040

12.644

13.755

13.200

13.129

14.000

same settlement

1.183

960

1.294

1.271

1.299

1.252

1.112

1.215

1.316

1.191

1.219

between towns

3.882

4.153

4.361

4.428

4.561

4.439

4.548

4.553

4.507

4.440

4.672

between settlem.

308

288

279

302

312

406

337

346

370

418

332

from settl. to town

1.099

1.090

1.115

1.240

1.367

1.323

1.266

1.325

1.392

1.359

1.272

from town to settl.

878

950

1.047

999

1.041

1.057

1.096

1.070

1.124

1.079

1.150

Others

101

81

67

51

56

122

63

49

32

82

56

Source: Statistics Greenland, http://bank.stat.gl/beebaf2b