Faroe Islands People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
52,269 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Faroese (singular and plural)
adjective: Faroese
Ethnic groups
Faroese 85.3% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 8.3%, other Nordic 1.4%, other 4.5% (includes Filipino, Poland, Romanian) (2022 est.)
note: data represent respondents by country of birth
Languages
Faroese 93.8% (derived from Old Norse), Danish 3.2%, other 3% (2011 est.)
note: data represent population by primary language
Religions
Christian 89.3% (predominantly Evangelical Lutheran), other 1%, none 3.8%, unspecified 6% (2011 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 19.69% (male 5,247/female 4,920)
15-24 years: 13.89% (male 3,708/female 3,465)
25-54 years: 37.01% (male 10,277/female 8,828)
55-64 years: 12% (male 3,199/female 2,996)
65 years and over: 17.41% (male 4,352/female 4,636) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 62.8
youth dependency ratio: 33.6
elderly dependency ratio: 29.1
potential support ratio: 3.4 (2021)
Median age
total: 37.2 years
male: 36.9 years
female: 37.7 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.63% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
14.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
8.63 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
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
Urbanization
urban population: 43% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
21,000 TORSHAVN (capital) (2018)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 5.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 81.26 years
male: 78.73 years
female: 83.97 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.29 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020)
Current health expenditure
N/A
Physicians density
2.62 physicians/1,000 population (2016)
Hospital bed density
4.2 beds/1,000 population (2016)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: N/A
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: N/A
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
7.6% of GDP (2019 est.)
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
NOTE: The information regarding Faroe Islands on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Faroe Islands 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Faroe Islands 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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