ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · GREENLAND
Capital of Greenland
The capital of Greenland is Nuuk. The largest, Nuuk, has around 18,326 residents in the city proper — a micro-capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALNuuk
POPULATION18,326
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Nuuk18,326 people
In context
Where Nuuksits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50kNuuk is here
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