How many people live in the Faroe Islands right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
56,679
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 209 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0007%
- Median age
- 37.1 years
- Children per woman
- 2.19
- Life expectancy
- 80.8 years
- People per km²
- 41
According to UN estimates, about 56,679 people live in the Faroe Islands right now. It ranks 209th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Bermuda and Greenland, and it is home to one in every 147,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 730 people are born there and about 540 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 310 people a year. Overall, it gains about 490 people a year.
In 1950, about 31,664 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 79%. The UN expects it to peak around 2079, at about 65,060, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 63,036 people (11% more than today), and by 2100 about 63,251.
Half of its people are younger than 37 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.19 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 81 years (worldwide, 74). There are 41 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of the Faroe Islands in 2026?
- The Faroe Islands has about 56,679 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 56,526.
- How many people are born each day in the Faroe Islands?
- Very few: about 730 a year. About 540 people die each year.
- Is the population of the Faroe Islands growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.87% a year, or about 490 people.
- What will the population of the Faroe Islands be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 63,036, with a peak around 2079 at about 65,060.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Dominica 65,399
- Guernsey 64,639
- Bermuda 64,422
- Greenland 55,587
- Turks and Caicos Islands 47,237
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,012
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,359
- Germany 83,580,342
- United Kingdom 70,046,045
- France 66,775,494
- Italy 58,850,844
- Spain 47,835,413
- Ukraine 39,443,524
- Poland 37,796,177
- Romania 18,765,984
- Netherlands 18,477,005
- Belgium 11,779,076
- Sweden 10,713,769
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.