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Greenland

Mapped: The True Size of Greenland, Compared to Most World Maps

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With a population smaller than a mid-sized American suburb and an economy heavily dependent on Danish subsidies, Greenland would seem an unlikely candidate for the center of a geopolitical firestorm. Yet this autonomous Danish territory—home to just 57,000 people and a GDP of roughly $3.3 billion—has become one of the most talked-about places on Earth.