Population: Nationality: Ethnic groups: Languages: Religions: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Population distribution: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Faroe Islands on this page is re-published from the 2018 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Faroe Islands People 2018 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Faroe Islands People 2018 should be addressed to the CIA.
50,730 (July 2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 211
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun: Faroese (singular and plural)
adjective: Faroese
Faroese 88% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 7.6%, other 4.4% (includes Icelandic, Norwegian, Greenlandic, Filipino, Thai, British)
note: data represent respondents by country of birth (2017 est.)
Faroese 93.8% (derived from Old Norse), Danish 3.2%, other 3% (2011 est.)
Christian 89.3% (predominantly Evangelical Lutheran), other 0.7%, more than one religion 0.2%, none 3.8%, unspecified 6% (2011 est.)
0-14 years: 19.89% (male 5,214/female 4,878)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 14.34% (male 3,738/female 3,538)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 37.31% (male 10,252/female 8,676)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 11.69% (male 3,054/female 2,878)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 16.76% (male 4,111/female 4,391) (2017 est.)
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
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total: 37.6 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 37.1 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 38.3 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 66
0.55% (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
14.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
8.8 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
the island of Streymoy is by far the most populous with over 40% of the population; it has approximately twice as many inhabitants as Eysturoy, the second most populous island; seven of the inhabited islands have fewer than 100 people
urban population: 42.4% of total population (2017)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 0.87% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
TORSHAVN (capital) 21,000 (2014)
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1.18 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.94 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
total: 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 173
total population: 80.5 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 78 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 83.2 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 38
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
2.35 children born/woman (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
2.63 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
4.1 beds/1,000 population (2015)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
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b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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