Full country name: Greenland (Grønland) or Kalaallit Nunaat (local name)
Area: 2,175,600 sq km; estimated 341,600 sq km ice-free, 1,834,000 sq km ice-covered
Population: 56,000
Capital city: Nuuk (Godthåb) (pop. 14,000)
People: 87% Greenlander, 13% Danish and others
Languages: Eskimo dialects, Danish, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect)
Religion: Evangelical Lutheran, shamanism
Government: Self-governing Danish territory since 1979
Head of State: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
Prime Minister: Jonathan Motzfeldt

GDP: US$945 billion
GDP per head: US$16,100
Annual growth: 0.6%
Inflation: 1.2%
Major industries: fish processing (mainly shrimp), handicrafts, furs, small shipyards, tourism
Major trading partners: EU (esp. Denmark), Iceland, Japan, Norway, USA