Territorial change of Greenland

“Greenland” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1734 to 1940. Its territory was largest in AD 1936 – 1939, at ≈ 2.22 million km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1734 – 1737≈ 11 thousand km²
AD 1738 – 1740≈ 11 thousand km²
AD 1741 – 1743≈ 12 thousand km²
AD 1744 – 1756≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1757 – 1768≈ 50 thousand km²
AD 1769 – 1771≈ 64 thousand km²
AD 1772 – 1774≈ 67 thousand km²
AD 1775 – 1777≈ 81 thousand km²
AD 1778 – 1787≈ 81 thousand km²
AD 1788 – 1804≈ 102 thousand km²
AD 1805 – 1829≈ 103 thousand km²
AD 1830 – 1845≈ 103 thousand km²
AD 1846 – 1855≈ 104 thousand km²
AD 1856 – 1884≈ 104 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1894≈ 105 thousand km²
AD 1895 – 1907≈ 106 thousand km²
AD 1908 – 1910≈ 107 thousand km²
AD 1911 – 1914≈ 157 thousand km²
AD 1915 – 1921≈ 159 thousand km²
AD 1922 – 1923≈ 160 thousand km²
AD 1924 – 1925≈ 170 thousand km²
AD 1926 – 1935≈ 171 thousand km²
AD 1936 – 1939≈ 2.22 million km²
AD 1940 – 1940≈ 2.22 million km²
AD 1734AD 1940

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1936 – 1939 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1734≈ 11 thousand km²108 of 132
AD 1738≈ 11 thousand km²102 of 125
AD 1741≈ 12 thousand km²101 of 125
AD 1744≈ 41 thousand km²86 of 129
AD 1748≈ 41 thousand km²89 of 132
AD 1752≈ 41 thousand km²89 of 132
AD 1757≈ 50 thousand km²77 of 132
AD 1762≈ 50 thousand km²78 of 131
AD 1763≈ 50 thousand km²77 of 132
AD 1769≈ 64 thousand km²70 of 128
AD 1772≈ 67 thousand km²68 of 127
AD 1775≈ 81 thousand km²61 of 132
AD 1776≈ 81 thousand km²62 of 132
AD 1778≈ 81 thousand km²62 of 131
AD 1780≈ 81 thousand km²62 of 131
AD 1781≈ 81 thousand km²62 of 131
AD 1783≈ 81 thousand km²61 of 130
AD 1788≈ 102 thousand km²54 of 129
AD 1791≈ 102 thousand km²53 of 128
AD 1792≈ 102 thousand km²53 of 130
AD 1794≈ 102 thousand km²51 of 125
AD 1796≈ 102 thousand km²51 of 124
AD 1797≈ 102 thousand km²51 of 125
AD 1799≈ 102 thousand km²50 of 124
AD 1800≈ 102 thousand km²51 of 123
AD 1803≈ 102 thousand km²50 of 123
AD 1805≈ 103 thousand km²50 of 125
AD 1806≈ 103 thousand km²49 of 138
AD 1807≈ 103 thousand km²48 of 132
AD 1809≈ 103 thousand km²50 of 131
AD 1811≈ 103 thousand km²55 of 131
AD 1812≈ 103 thousand km²57 of 133
AD 1814≈ 103 thousand km²61 of 142
AD 1815≈ 103 thousand km²55 of 139
AD 1820≈ 103 thousand km²53 of 148
AD 1822≈ 103 thousand km²55 of 147
AD 1824≈ 103 thousand km²58 of 148
AD 1825≈ 103 thousand km²60 of 150
AD 1828≈ 103 thousand km²60 of 144
AD 1830≈ 103 thousand km²62 of 143
AD 1834≈ 103 thousand km²63 of 143
AD 1836≈ 103 thousand km²65 of 145
AD 1840≈ 103 thousand km²69 of 155
AD 1842≈ 103 thousand km²71 of 156
AD 1846≈ 104 thousand km²67 of 152
AD 1848≈ 104 thousand km²67 of 147
AD 1849≈ 104 thousand km²66 of 144
AD 1853≈ 104 thousand km²68 of 144
AD 1856≈ 104 thousand km²67 of 149
AD 1857≈ 104 thousand km²66 of 150
AD 1859≈ 104 thousand km²68 of 146
AD 1860≈ 104 thousand km²68 of 142
AD 1861≈ 104 thousand km²68 of 140
AD 1862≈ 104 thousand km²67 of 138
AD 1863≈ 104 thousand km²67 of 139
AD 1864≈ 104 thousand km²67 of 139
AD 1865≈ 104 thousand km²65 of 139
AD 1866≈ 104 thousand km²64 of 133
AD 1868≈ 104 thousand km²62 of 134
AD 1870≈ 104 thousand km²63 of 132
AD 1871≈ 104 thousand km²63 of 113
AD 1873≈ 104 thousand km²60 of 108
AD 1877≈ 104 thousand km²60 of 104
AD 1880≈ 104 thousand km²61 of 104
AD 1884≈ 104 thousand km²62 of 105
AD 1885≈ 105 thousand km²61 of 101
AD 1890≈ 105 thousand km²63 of 99
AD 1895≈ 106 thousand km²59 of 90
AD 1898≈ 106 thousand km²57 of 87
AD 1900≈ 106 thousand km²54 of 84
AD 1905≈ 106 thousand km²56 of 83
AD 1908≈ 107 thousand km²55 of 79
AD 1911≈ 157 thousand km²46 of 76
AD 1912≈ 157 thousand km²46 of 77
AD 1913≈ 157 thousand km²45 of 78
AD 1914≈ 157 thousand km²45 of 76
AD 1915≈ 159 thousand km²44 of 75
AD 1916≈ 159 thousand km²45 of 71
AD 1917≈ 159 thousand km²47 of 71
AD 1918≈ 159 thousand km²48 of 80
AD 1919≈ 159 thousand km²52 of 88
AD 1920≈ 159 thousand km²51 of 84
AD 1922≈ 160 thousand km²52 of 87
AD 1924≈ 170 thousand km²51 of 86
AD 1926≈ 171 thousand km²50 of 84
AD 1927≈ 171 thousand km²50 of 84
AD 1928≈ 171 thousand km²50 of 85
AD 1929≈ 171 thousand km²50 of 85
AD 1930≈ 171 thousand km²51 of 86
AD 1932≈ 171 thousand km²53 of 88
AD 1936≈ 2.22 million km²13 of 89
AD 1938≈ 2.22 million km²14 of 88
AD 1939≈ 2.22 million km²14 of 86
AD 1940≈ 2.22 million km²14 of 77

Its highest rank was in AD 1936: number 89 of 13.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 2 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1941lostUnited States≈ 2.22 million km²
AD 1936gainedNorway≈ 41 thousand km²

Notes on how this country is shown

Parent state: Denmark (colony) — drawn in a lighter shade of the parent state’s colour on the map.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: County of Greenland

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are citizens of Denmark.

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