page_title: Nanortalik
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Nanortalik / Population
caption_attribution_description: Population growth dynamics in Nanortalik, Greenland. Numbers from 1991-2010 from Statistics Greenland. (http://bank2.stat.gl/) The graph is own work.
context_page_description: Nanortalik, formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,185 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the eleventh-largest town in the country. The name Nanortalik means "Place of Polar Bears" or "Place Where the Polar Bears Go". It is the southernmost town in Greenland with a population of over 1,000.
context_section_description: With 1,185 inhabitants as of 2020, Nanortalik is the third-largest town in the Kujalleq municipality. The population has been decreasing over the last several years. Most towns and settlements in southern Greenland exhibit negative growth patterns over the last two decades, with many settlements rapidly depopulating.
caption: Nanortalik population growth dynamics, 1991-2010. Source: Statistics Greenland[12]
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