Faroe Islands Population
Faroe Islands had an estimated population of 54,900 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 202nd most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.00% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +0.47% a year.
Faroe Islands at a glance
How Faroe Islands's population is changing
Faroe Islands's population is growing: +0.47% a year, which works out to about +261 people per year, or +1 a day. Births (10.8 per 1,000) and deaths (8.2 per 1,000) alone would give +0.26% a year; net migration adds about 386 people a year (+0.70%). Roughly one in every 149,643 people on Earth lives in Faroe Islands.
Population of Faroe Islands since 1960
In 1960, Faroe Islands had 34,127 people. By 2025 that was 54,900 — 1.6× larger. The fastest growth came between 1978 and 1988, when the population rose by 13%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 34,127 | — |
| 1970 | 38,269 | +12.1% |
| 1980 | 43,072 | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 47,741 | +10.8% |
| 2000 | 45,754 | −4.2% |
| 2010 | 48,656 | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 52,561 | +8.0% |
| 2025 | 54,900 | +4.5% |
Faroe Islands from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Faroe Islands at about 1,586 people in 1800; the UN estimates 56,023 in 2025 (35× 1800) and projects 63,272 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 2079 at 65,083 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 1,586 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 4,840 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 14,773 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 31,690 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 45,687 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 56,023 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 63,060 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 65,007 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 63,272 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Faroe Islands
2 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 54,900. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tórshavn | 13,200 | GeoNames settlement | 24.04% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 2 | Klaksvík | 5,013 | GeoNames settlement | 9.13% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Faroe Islands compares
Faroe Islands has almost the same population as Greenland (56,831).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Faroe Islands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #200 |  Bermuda | 64,555 | +18% | compare → |
| #201 |  Greenland | 56,831 | +4% | compare → |
| #203 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,922 | −15% | compare → |
| #204 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 46,855 | −15% | compare → |
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Nearest countries
Faroe Islands has no land border. Closest by distance:
Iceland 392,404 · 7.1× the population · compare
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In its region
Faroe Islands is the 54th most populous of the 58 economies in Europe & Central Asia, holding 0.0% of the region's 932,525,035 people.
Rankings featuring Faroe Islands
- Smallest countries and territories by population #16
- Highest life expectancy #20
- Richest countries by GDP per capita #16
Cities
Tórshavn, Klaksvík — all Faroe Islands's cities on the map.
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About these numbers
Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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