Faroe Islands

Føroyar

DependencyNorthern Europe, Europe

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Population

56,281

2026 · UN WPPProjection

GDP

$4.05 billion

2024 · World Bank WDIActual

GDP / capita

$74,175

2024 · World Bank WDIActual

Life expectancy

80.8 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Area

1,370 km²

2023 · World Bank WDIActual

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Faroe Islands is dependency in Northern Europe, Europe.

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ISO alpha-2: FO
ISO alpha-3: FRO
UN M49: 234
Wikidata: Q4628

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 56,281
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 56,526
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: 0.9 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 40.8 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Faroe Islands’s density is below the Northern Europe median of 42.7 (14 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 37.1 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Faroe Islands’s median age is below the Northern Europe median of 42 (14 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 106.5 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 2.2 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Faroe Islands’s tfr is above the Northern Europe median of 1.4 (14 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 12.8 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: 311
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: 5.5 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Urban population: 39.6%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Faroe Islands’s urban is below the Northern Europe median of 72.6% (12 profiles with 2025 data), and below the median of 63.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population ages 0–14: 19.9%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 15–64: 62.3%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 65 and above: 17.8%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Faroe Islands’s ages 65+ is below the Northern Europe median of 20.8% (12 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 7.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population of Faroe Islands. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	31,514	estimate
1960	33,896	estimate
1970	38,074	estimate
1980	42,798	estimate
1990	47,803	estimate
2000	45,369	estimate
2010	48,477	estimate
2020	52,245	estimate
2030	58,030	projection
2040	60,926	projection
2050	62,947	projection
2060	63,985	projection
2070	64,712	projection
2080	65,060	projection
2090	64,530	projection
2100	63,329	projection
2101	63,173	projection

Age structure of Faroe Islands as a share of population. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	Ages 65+	Status
1960	7.9% aged 65+	actual
1965	8.4% aged 65+	actual
1970	8.7% aged 65+	actual
1975	9.2% aged 65+	actual
1980	10.1% aged 65+	actual
1985	11.3% aged 65+	actual
1990	11.9% aged 65+	actual
1995	13.6% aged 65+	actual
2000	13.5% aged 65+	actual
2005	13.3% aged 65+	actual
2010	14.9% aged 65+	actual
2015	16.9% aged 65+	actual
2020	17.7% aged 65+	actual
2025	17.8% aged 65+	actual

Economy

National accounts and related World Bank series. Totals are not comparable as “averages” across countries; rates such as GDP per capita include same-year cohort medians where coverage allows.

Gross domestic product: $4.05 billion
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita: $74,175
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP, PPP: Int’l $4.49 billion
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita, PPP: Int’l $82,089
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP growth: 0.8 percent
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GNI per capita: $73,120
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Trade: 105.8 percent of GDP
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Access to electricity: 100%
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Individuals using the Internet: 97.6%
2017 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

GDP of Faroe Islands in current US dollars. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	GDP	Status
1965	$58 million	actual
1969	$70.1 million	actual
1973	$161 million	actual
1977	$348 million	actual
1981	$456 million	actual
1985	$459 million	actual
1989	$872 million	actual
1993	$761 million	actual
1997	$934 million	actual
2001	$1.16 billion	actual
2005	$1.76 billion	actual
2009	$2.3 billion	actual
2013	$2.69 billion	actual
2017	$2.98 billion	actual
2021	$3.7 billion	actual
2024	$4.05 billion	actual

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Inequality Index: No comparable data
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Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
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Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 80.8 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Faroe Islands’s life expectancy is close to Northern Europe median of 82.1 (14 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 9.6 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 78.9 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Faroe Islands’s life exp. male is close to Northern Europe median of 79.8 (14 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 83 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Faroe Islands’s life exp. female is close to Northern Europe median of 83.9 (14 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 5.1 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Faroe Islands’s infant mortality is above the Northern Europe median of 2.6 (14 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 6.5 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Faroe Islands’s u5mr is above the Northern Europe median of 3.2 (14 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
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Adult literacy rate: No comparable data
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Youth literacy rate: No comparable data
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Mean years of schooling: No comparable data
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School life expectancy: No comparable data
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Life expectancy at birth in Faroe Islands. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	60.6	estimate
1960	72	estimate
1970	74.8	estimate
1980	75.8	estimate
1990	76.9	estimate
2000	78.3	estimate
2010	78.7	estimate
2020	80	estimate
2030	81.6	projection
2040	83.4	projection
2050	85	projection
2060	86.4	projection
2070	87.8	projection
2080	89	projection
2090	90.2	projection
2100	91.3	projection

Environment

Forest cover is World Bank WDI. CO₂ is the Global Carbon Project series via Our World in Data — not IEA-EDGAR.

Land area: 1,370 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Surface area: 12,960 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Forest area: 0.1%
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Faroe Islands’s forest is below the Northern Europe median of 24.6% (12 profiles with 2023 data), and below the median of 31.8% among 194 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
CO₂ emissions: 0.7 million tonnes
2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)
CO₂ emissions per capita: 13.1 tonnes per person
2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)
Faroe Islands’s co₂ / capita is above the Northern Europe median of 5.3 (11 profiles with 2024 data), and above the median of 2.8 among 192 core profiles with 2024 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

CO₂ emissions of Faroe Islands. Global Carbon Project via Our World in Data. OWID / Global Carbon Project, OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project).

Data table

Year	Million tonnes	Status
1950	0	actual
1955	0.1	actual
1960	0.1	actual
1965	0.1	actual
1970	0.3	actual
1975	0.3	actual
1980	0.4	actual
1985	0.5	actual
1990	0.7	actual
1995	0.6	actual
2000	0.7	actual
2005	0.7	actual
2010	0.6	actual
2015	0.6	actual
2020	0.8	actual
2024	0.7	actual

Geography

Region: Europe
Subregion: Northern Europe
Natural Earth ADM0_A3: FRO
Cartographic size: Tiny state on the 50m globe (point or small polygon)

Outline from Natural Earth 50m Admin 0. Made with Natural Earth. Not a locator map.

Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: Dependency
Publication tier: Additional profile
Related ISO alpha-3: DNK

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

World Bank World Development Indicators

World Development Indicators. Vintage 13 July 2026. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Gross domestic product (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)
GDP per capita (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
Land area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.TOTL.K2)
GDP, PPP (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD)
GDP per capita, PPP (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD)
GDP growth (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG)
GNI per capita (2024, actual; series NY.GNP.PCAP.CD)
Trade (2024, actual; series NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
Urban population (2025, actual; series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
Population ages 0–14 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS)
Population ages 15–64 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS)
Population ages 65 and above (2025, actual; series SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS)
Surface area (2023, actual; series AG.SRF.TOTL.K2)
Access to electricity (2024, actual; series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Individuals using the Internet (2017, actual; series IT.NET.USER.ZS)
Forest area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
Alternate: Population (2025, actual; series SP.POP.TOTL)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
Alternate: Population growth rate (2025, actual; series SP.POP.GROW)
Alternate: Population density (2023, actual; series EN.POP.DNST)
Alternate: Total fertility rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude birth rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude death rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (male) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (female) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN)
Alternate: Net number of migrants (2025, actual; series SM.POP.NETM)

Our World in Data (Global Carbon Project)

OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project). Vintage OWID CO₂ December 2025. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

CO₂ emissions (2024, actual; series co2)
CO₂ emissions per capita (2024, actual; series co2_per_capita)

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