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Faroe Islands population

Faroe Islands population now

56,646

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 54,690–58,875.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 54,713

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 56,530; 95% range, 31 Dec: 54,690–58,875
Median age: 38.1
Aged 65+: 17.8%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2079

male female projection · one cell = 10 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

FRO · 1950–2100 · in brief

Faroe Islands in numbers

The Faroe Islands had 54,713 people in mid-2023, the 210th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 1.7 times its 1950 population of 31,664.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2079 at 65,061, then falling to 63,251 by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 21,126 to 221 thousand.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2081; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it.

The median age was 25.6 in 1950 and 38.3 in 2023; the projection has 48.9 in 2100. 17.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 31.1% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2064 at 38,482.

Among countries it ranks 210th in 2023, 207th in 2050 and 203rd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Greenland in 2025, Bermuda in 2041 and Guernsey in 2050.

Population, mid-2023: 54,713
Rank by population, 2023: 210 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.30% · +702 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 40
Land area, 2023: 1,370 km²
Births, 2023: 690
Deaths, 2023: 564
Net migration, 2023: +599
Children per woman, 2023: 2.24
Median age, 2023: 38.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 80.2 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 31,664
Projected, mid-2050: 63,036
Projected, mid-2100: 63,251

FRO · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Faroe Islands, 1950–2100

Faroe Islands: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	31,514		878	415	3.85	60.6
1951	estimate	31,814		880	398	3.85	61.7
1952	estimate	31,992		819	383	3.63	62.7
1953	estimate	32,039		786	364	3.54	63.9
1954	estimate	32,048		764	346	3.52	65.2
1955	estimate	32,088		763	329	3.62	66.6
1956	estimate	32,136		748	312	3.66	68.0
1957	estimate	32,512		782	295	3.83	69.3
1958	estimate	32,940		809	283	3.97	70.4
1959	estimate	33,407		813	273	3.98	71.3
1960	estimate	33,896		788	266	3.85	72.0
1961	estimate	34,359		774	261	3.76	72.6
1962	estimate	34,756		804	258	3.83	73.1
1963	estimate	35,170		832	257	3.90	73.4
1964	estimate	35,612		863	258	3.98	73.7
1965	estimate	36,083		901	259	4.09	74.0
1966	estimate	36,611		905	261	4.04	74.2
1967	estimate	37,022		909	263	3.98	74.3
1968	estimate	37,381		898	265	3.86	74.5
1969	estimate	37,739		844	267	3.56	74.7
1970	estimate	38,074		817	270	3.42	74.8
1971	estimate	38,463		786	272	3.22	75.0
1972	estimate	38,943		816	276	3.25	75.1
1973	estimate	39,402		831	280	3.22	75.2
1974	estimate	39,871		811	284	3.07	75.2
1975	estimate	40,341		784	288	2.90	75.3
1976	estimate	40,794		755	292	2.74	75.4
1977	estimate	41,245		750	295	2.68	75.5
1978	estimate	41,692		741	299	2.60	75.6
1979	estimate	42,244		783	306	2.68	75.7
1980	estimate	42,798		740	313	2.47	75.8
1981	estimate	43,345		752	320	2.46	75.8
1982	estimate	43,906		728	328	2.34	75.9
1983	estimate	44,436		685	337	2.17	75.9
1984	estimate	44,905		695	345	2.17	76.0
1985	estimate	45,377		738	353	2.28	76.0
1986	estimate	45,778		790	358	2.40	76.2
1987	estimate	46,225		794	362	2.38	76.3
1988	estimate	46,692		871	366	2.57	76.5
1989	estimate	47,215		929	368	2.71	76.7
1990	estimate	47,803		961	372	2.78	76.9
1991	estimate	47,191		882	373	2.63	77.1
1992	estimate	46,441		814	373	2.53	77.3
1993	estimate	45,604		765	376	2.50	77.4
1994	estimate	44,665		688	379	2.40	77.5
1995	estimate	43,676		654	382	2.46	77.7
1996	estimate	44,000		690	386	2.58	77.8
1997	estimate	44,354		673	390	2.50	77.9
1998	estimate	44,726		630	394	2.34	78.0
1999	estimate	45,062		629	398	2.34	78.2
2000	estimate	45,369		686	403	2.56	78.3
2001	estimate	45,956		637	409	2.35	78.3
2002	estimate	46,524		693	417	2.54	78.4
2003	estimate	47,130		695	425	2.54	78.4
2004	estimate	47,717		709	435	2.59	78.4
2005	estimate	48,318		719	446	2.63	78.4
2006	estimate	48,403		681	452	2.51	78.4
2007	estimate	48,452		689	459	2.56	78.4
2008	estimate	48,496		682	464	2.57	78.5
2009	estimate	48,500		626	470	2.39	78.6
2010	estimate	48,477		643	477	2.50	78.7
2011	estimate	47,862		593	481	2.33	78.9
2012	estimate	48,006		650	485	2.56	79.0
2013	estimate	48,176		643	491	2.54	79.2
2014	estimate	48,383		641	499	2.56	79.3
2015	estimate	48,598		598	510	2.42	79.4
2016	estimate	49,189		634	511	2.49	79.6
2017	estimate	49,856		656	517	2.50	79.7
2018	estimate	50,630		659	523	2.43	79.8
2019	estimate	51,438		669	532	2.40	79.9
2020	estimate	52,245		676	546	2.36	80.0
2021	estimate	52,928		671	579	2.29	79.8
2022	estimate	53,672		678	614	2.26	79.3
2023	estimate	54,350		690	564	2.24	80.2
2024	estimate	55,077		705	553	2.22	80.4
2025	projection	55,722	55,119–56,341	715	547	2.20	80.6
2026	projection	56,281	54,985–57,623	726	543	2.19	80.8
2027	projection	56,772	54,690–58,875	735	539	2.17	81.0
2028	projection	57,248	54,401–60,390	745	537	2.16	81.2
2029	projection	57,633	53,953–61,774	754	536	2.15	81.4
2030	projection	58,030	53,475–63,341	763	536	2.13	81.6
2031	projection	58,383	53,036–64,792	770	536	2.12	81.8
2032	projection	58,743	52,379–66,383	777	538	2.11	82.0
2033	projection	59,062	52,053–67,854	783	540	2.10	82.2
2034	projection	59,385	51,684–69,158	789	542	2.09	82.4
2035	projection	59,666	51,397–70,956	792	544	2.08	82.6
2036	projection	59,936	50,977–72,545	794	547	2.08	82.8
2037	projection	60,205	50,274–74,675	793	550	2.06	82.9
2038	projection	60,459	49,798–76,355	791	553	2.06	83.1
2039	projection	60,694	49,179–78,132	788	556	2.05	83.3
2040	projection	60,926	48,551–79,869	783	559	2.04	83.5
2041	projection	61,153	48,033–81,279	778	562	2.03	83.6
2042	projection	61,388	47,679–83,384	773	565	2.02	83.8
2043	projection	61,604	46,945–85,233	767	568	2.01	84.0
2044	projection	61,820	46,776–87,055	763	571	2.01	84.1
2045	projection	62,037	46,088–89,759	759	575	2.00	84.3
2046	projection	62,231	45,252–91,331	753	578	1.99	84.4
2047	projection	62,425	44,681–93,389	749	581	1.99	84.6
2048	projection	62,636	44,171–95,621	745	584	1.98	84.7
2049	projection	62,801	43,690–97,565	741	588	1.98	84.9
2050	projection	62,947	43,313–98,704	736	591	1.97	85.0
2051	projection	63,124	43,008–101,339	732	594	1.97	85.2
2052	projection	63,255	42,701–104,131	727	597	1.96	85.3
2053	projection	63,383	41,968–106,203	724	600	1.96	85.5
2054	projection	63,503	41,602–107,409	720	603	1.95	85.6
2055	projection	63,603	40,826–108,587	717	605	1.95	85.7
2056	projection	63,685	40,579–109,955	713	606	1.94	85.9
2057	projection	63,752	40,156–111,789	709	608	1.93	86.0
2058	projection	63,839	39,422–113,335	706	609	1.93	86.2
2059	projection	63,920	38,878–115,448	706	611	1.93	86.3
2060	projection	63,985	38,413–116,291	705	611	1.92	86.4
2061	projection	64,076	38,352–118,975	705	612	1.92	86.6
2062	projection	64,157	37,786–119,954	705	612	1.91	86.7
2063	projection	64,225	37,407–121,760	705	613	1.91	86.8
2064	projection	64,326	36,636–123,428	706	613	1.90	87.0
2065	projection	64,404	36,513–125,958	707	614	1.90	87.1
2066	projection	64,488	36,381–129,920	706	614	1.90	87.3
2067	projection	64,534	35,730–132,881	703	615	1.89	87.4
2068	projection	64,583	35,480–135,460	701	616	1.89	87.5
2069	projection	64,648	34,525–137,924	698	618	1.88	87.6
2070	projection	64,712	34,191–140,643	696	619	1.88	87.8
2071	projection	64,779	33,750–144,531	694	621	1.88	87.9
2072	projection	64,824	33,182–146,675	689	623	1.88	88.0
2073	projection	64,870	32,754–147,905	684	626	1.87	88.1
2074	projection	64,914	32,228–149,338	679	628	1.87	88.3
2075	projection	64,953	31,956–153,131	674	632	1.86	88.4
2076	projection	65,011	31,895–154,890	670	635	1.86	88.5
2077	projection	65,029	31,563–158,510	665	638	1.86	88.6
2078	projection	65,052	31,291–160,370	662	640	1.86	88.8
2079	projection	65,061	30,178–163,336	656	643	1.86	88.9
2080	projection	65,060	29,430–165,906	652	646	1.85	89.0
2081	projection	65,043	28,719–167,495	647	649	1.85	89.1
2082	projection	65,018	28,362–169,399	641	653	1.85	89.2
2083	projection	64,976	27,805–169,682	636	655	1.84	89.3
2084	projection	64,942	27,344–172,616	631	658	1.84	89.5
2085	projection	64,904	27,027–171,396	627	661	1.83	89.6
2086	projection	64,844	26,557–173,879	623	663	1.83	89.7
2087	projection	64,784	26,272–177,360	619	666	1.83	89.8
2088	projection	64,712	26,055–181,407	616	668	1.83	89.9
2089	projection	64,619	25,720–187,474	613	671	1.82	90.0
2090	projection	64,530	25,234–192,344	610	673	1.82	90.2
2091	projection	64,429	24,910–194,471	606	675	1.82	90.3
2092	projection	64,335	24,519–197,322	603	677	1.81	90.4
2093	projection	64,217	24,123–200,443	600	680	1.81	90.5
2094	projection	64,110	23,538–202,928	599	682	1.81	90.6
2095	projection	63,997	23,210–204,324	597	685	1.81	90.8
2096	projection	63,866	22,744–204,077	593	688	1.80	90.9
2097	projection	63,758	22,329–209,563	592	690	1.80	91.0
2098	projection	63,619	21,557–212,869	589	693	1.80	91.1
2099	projection	63,473	21,508–218,782	586	694	1.80	91.2
2100	projection	63,329	21,126–220,622	583	695	1.79	91.3

Show the numbers: Faroe Islands, mid-2026, by single year of age

Faroe Islands: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	374	352
1	373	352
2	370	350
3	367	346
4	370	348
5	385	352
6	392	361
7	388	381
8	384	396
9	386	400
10	385	392
11	386	380
12	394	364
13	388	348
14	376	348
15	378	355
16	386	354
17	394	365
18	386	394
19	378	396
20	409	382
21	420	382
22	414	394
23	420	401
24	417	378
25	419	364
26	404	340
27	372	304
28	363	292
29	356	284
30	347	283
31	350	295
32	354	316
33	357	332
34	369	351
35	403	378
36	432	378
37	416	364
38	380	349
39	365	347
40	373	338
41	370	308
42	354	286
43	338	300
44	330	336
45	344	338
46	362	319
47	358	310
48	345	311
49	349	314
50	361	312
51	371	312
52	380	308
53	382	308
54	361	312
55	337	309
56	332	315
57	350	323
58	376	331
59	384	344
60	368	338
61	353	320
62	352	304
63	338	312
64	311	309
65	294	295
66	294	301
67	299	300
68	294	289
69	277	284
70	262	266
71	252	248
72	249	245
73	242	238
74	232	241
75	232	244
76	226	248
77	211	231
78	196	198
79	176	175
80	160	156
81	154	150
82	142	156
83	130	148
84	117	128
85	90	109
86	66	90
87	56	78
88	49	70
89	39	58
90	30	50
91	25	43
92	19	37
93	16	32
94	14	26
95	10	21
96	6	16
97	5	12
98	3	8
99	2	7
100+	2	10

FRO · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Faroe Islands, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

FRO · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Faroe Islands

On the UN's projection, the Faroe Islands will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2064: 38,474 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 33,987.

100 aged 15–64

32 children

29 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

FRO · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Faroe Islands, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the Faroe Islands gains 569 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 113 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 20 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 676 (2018) and the most it lost was 1,321 (1993).

In 2024, 8,101 people living in the Faroe Islands had been born in another country, 15 of every 100 people there, against 9 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

FRO · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Faroe Islands

Of every 100 babies born in the Faroe Islands in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 79 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 20 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 4 under 20 and 20 aged 35 or older.

1950
4 · 76 · 20

2023
1 · 79 · 20

2050 · projected
0 · 79 · 21

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 690
Average age when women have a baby: 30.3 years; 29.8 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 5; 28 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in the Faroe Islands by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	0	2	0	0	0	0
15–19	36	108	23	9	3	2
20–24	215	255	129	108	83	56
25–29	266	229	194	195	227	176
30–34	189	121	213	240	272	216
35–39	124	53	103	116	128	111
40–44	45	15	23	21	20	19
45–49	3	1	1	1	3	3
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	878	784	686	690	736	583

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

FRO · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Faroe Islands

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from the Faroe Islands at the end of 2025.

That is an absence from the record rather than a measurement. This count covers the people one agency works with, and a country it does not work in is simply not in it.

How the world's displacement is counted

FRO · of every 100 people

How people live in Faroe Islands

Of every 100 people in the Faroe Islands in 2025, 36 lived in a town or suburb and 64 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

FRO · cities · 2025

Cities in Faroe Islands

No place in the Faroe Islands is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for the Faroe Islands are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.