Greenland
Kalaallit Nunaat
Greenland (GL, GRL) is a territory in North America, with Nuuk as its capital. The currency is the Danish Krone (DKK, DKK). The international dialling code is +299; mobile numbers are written like 22 12 34. There are 4 time zones: America/Nuuk, America/Danmarkshavn, America/Scoresbysund, and America/Thule. Official language: Kalaallisut.
CurrencyDKKDKK
Dial code+299e.g. 22 12 34
Time zone4 zonesUTC−02:00 … UTC+00:00
LanguageKalaallisut
CapitalNuuk
Population57.8K2.2M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Greenland
- Native name
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GL
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GRL
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 304
- Demonym
- Greenlandic
- Capital
- Nuuk
- Region
- Americas › North America
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- Northern America
- Internet domain
- .gl
- Coordinates
- 72, -40
- Area
- 2,166,086 km²
- Population
- 57,751
- GDP
- $3.9B ($66.8K per person)
- Literacy
- 100%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
Danish Krone DKK
- Symbol
- DKK narrow kr
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Cash rounding
- 2 decimals, increment 50
- Example
- kr. 1.234,50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalaallisut kl | Official | 84% (48.5K) | |
| Danish da | 14% (8.1K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Nuuk | UTC−02:00 | UTC−01:00 | Greenland Standard Time | |
| America/Danmarkshavn | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time | |
| America/Scoresbysund | UTC−02:00 | UTC−01:00 | Greenland Standard Time | |
| America/Thule | UTC−04:00 | UTC−03:00 | Atlantic Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +299
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 6 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 112
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 32 10 00 | +299 32 10 00 | XX XX XX | 6 |
| Mobile | 22 12 34 | +299 22 12 34 | XX XX XX | 6 |
| Toll free | 80 12 34 | +299 80 12 34 | XX XX XX | 6 |
| VoIP | 38 12 34 | +299 38 12 34 | XX XX XX | 6 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | 19|[2-9] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, Postal code
Postal code
- Pattern
39\d{2}- Examples
- 3900 · 3950 · 3911
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Kalaallisut (Greenland) locale (kl-GL), amounts in DKK.
- Number
- 1.234.567,891
- Percent
- 45,7 %
- Currency (DKK)
- kr. 1.234.567,89
- Accounting
- kr.-1.234.567,89
- Currency, name
- 1.234.567,89 DKK
- Compact short
- 1,2M
- Compact long
- 1,2M
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 km/h
- Temperature
- 21,5°C
- Date, full
- 2026 marsip 27, tallimanngorneq
- Date, long
- 2026 marsip 27
- Date, medium
- 2026 mar 27
- Date, short
- 2026-03-27
- Time, medium
- 15.04.05
- Time, short
- 15.04
- Date and time
- 2026 mar 27 15.04
- Month and year
- 2026 marsip
- Weekday
- tallimanngorneq
- Relative time
- yesterday · om 3 ulloq unnuarlu · for 2 nalunaaquttap-akunnera siden
- List: and
- A, B, and C
- List: or
- A, B, or C