Demographics of Faroe Islands

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date23 Aug 2021

As of 2021, the population of Faroeland Islands is projected at 49.05 thousand, up by 0.38% compared with 48.87 thousand in 2020. Faroeland Islands is ranked 212th in terms of population and 86th in terms of population growth rate.

21.34 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 42.58% of Faroeland Islands population. Faroeland Islands is ranked 179th in terms of urbanization.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Faroe Islands population

Year Population Growth (%)
195031,502-
195532,4781.04
196034,6241.36
196536,8431.19
197039,0081.16
197541,2921.09
198043,3390.93
198545,3280.96
199047,2760.25
199545,625-0.49
200046,7380.67
200547,7310.28
201047,803-0.02
201548,0550.19
201648,1730.25
201748,3260.32
201848,4970.35
201948,6770.37
202048,8650.39
202149,0530.38
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Faroe Islands

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19505,47126,032-17.365
19556,04426,4522.2318.599
19607,41227,2494.3621.383
19659,42927,4714.8525.553
197010,92428,1592.7027.951
197512,55728,8502.7430.326
198013,57029,9440.6831.186
198514,02131,5520.7330.766
199014,56133,0330.8030.594
199515,68630,3541.7634.071
200017,17230,0862.0236.337
200519,20829,0771.6639.781
201019,87028,6800.5540.926
201520,38828,5770.5841.638
202021,15528,7410.8242.398
202121,33528,7680.8542.583