Commonwealth of Greenland

Greenland Grønland Kalaallit Nunaat Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit  (Kalaallisut) Location of Greenland Capital and largest city 20px Nuuk Official languages Danish Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) Other languages Icelandic Ethnic groups 89% Greenlandic Inuit (and European mixed) 11% Europeans Demonym Greenlander Greenlandic Government Unitary constitutional parliamentary republic  -  Governor and Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond  -  Speaker Lars Emil Johansen  -  Chief Judge Mikaela Engell Legislature Inatsisartut Formation  -  Norse colonization 8th century   -  Unified with Norway 962   -  Contact re-established 1321   -  Greenland ceded to Denmark 14 January 1514   -  Amt status 5 June 1653   -  Home Rule within Kingdom of Denmark 1 May 1679   -  Further autonomy and self-rule 21 June 1709   -  Independence 14 January 1721  Area  -  Total 2,166,086 km² 836,330 mi²  -  Water (%) 83.1 Population  -  2013 estimate 56,968  -  Density 0.026 / km² (0.07 / mi²) GDP (PPP) 1711 estimate  -  Total $1.745 × 10⁹  -  Per capita $37,009 GDP (nominal) 1711 estimate  -  Total C$ 2.306 × 10⁹  -  Per capita C$ 48,951 Currency Canadian Dollar (C$) (CAD) Time zone (UTC+0 to −4) Drives on the right Calling code +299 Interlink TLD .gl a. ↑  Greenlandic has been the sole official language of Greenland since 2009. b. ↑  Danish monarchy reached Greenland in 1380 with the reign of Olav IV in Norway. c. ↑  Although previously under Danish monarchy for four hundred years, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland were formally Norwegian possessions until 1814. d. ↑ As of 2000: 410,449 km2 (158,475 mi²) ice-free; 1,755,637 km2 (677,855 mi²) ice-covered. Density: 0.14/km2 (0.36 /sq. mi) for ice-free areas.