Faroe Islands vs Greenland
Greenland has 4% more people than Faroe Islands: 56,831 vs 54,900, a gap of 1,931. Faroe Islands is growing faster (+0.47% vs −0.01% a year), adding about 261 people a year against −5. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Faroe Islands would overtake Greenland in about 7 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2032) — a projection, not a forecast. Faroe Islands is the older society: 17.8% aged 65+ against 11.5% in Greenland, while Greenland has more children (20.7% under 15 vs 19.9%). Faroe Islands is 286.6× as densely populated (39.7 vs 0.1 people per km²). People in Faroe Islands live 12.8 years longer on average (83.1 vs 70.3). GDP per capita is 1.3× higher in Faroe Islands ($74,175 vs $58,499).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Faroe Islands) and 2025 (Greenland); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Faroe Islands vs Greenland — side by side
 Faroe Islands |  Greenland | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 54,9002025 | 56,8312025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.47%2025 | −0.01%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 10.82024 | 12.02024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 8.22024 | 9.32024 |
| Children per woman | 1.912024 | 1.712024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.1 yrs2024 | 70.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 19.9%2025 | 20.7%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 17.8%2025 | 11.5%2025 |
| Density | 39.7 /km²2023 | 0.1 /km²2023 |
| Area | 1,383 km²2023 | 410,450 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 39.6%2025 | 88.6%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +3862025 | -2652025 |
| GDP per capita | $74,1752024 | $58,4992023 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #202 | #201 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Faroe Islands: 1.6× from 1960 to 2025; Greenland: 1.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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Greenland: Greenland vs Cayman Islands, Greenland vs Dominica, Greenland vs Bermuda, Greenland vs Faroe Islands, Greenland vs Saint Kitts and Nevis, Greenland vs Turks and Caicos Islands.
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