Demographics of Faroe Islands

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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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.

Faroe Islands population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	31,502	-
1955	32,478	1.04
1960	34,624	1.36
1965	36,843	1.19
1970	39,008	1.16
1975	41,292	1.09
1980	43,339	0.93
1985	45,328	0.96
1990	47,276	0.25
1995	45,625	-0.49
2000	46,738	0.67
2005	47,731	0.28
2010	47,803	-0.02
2015	48,055	0.19
2016	48,173	0.25
2017	48,326	0.32
2018	48,497	0.35
2019	48,677	0.37
2020	48,865	0.39
2021	49,053	0.38

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Growth

Urban and rural population of Faroe Islands
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	5,471	26,032	-	17.365
1955	6,044	26,452	2.23	18.599
1960	7,412	27,249	4.36	21.383
1965	9,429	27,471	4.85	25.553
1970	10,924	28,159	2.70	27.951
1975	12,557	28,850	2.74	30.326
1980	13,570	29,944	0.68	31.186
1985	14,021	31,552	0.73	30.766
1990	14,561	33,033	0.80	30.594
1995	15,686	30,354	1.76	34.071
2000	17,172	30,086	2.02	36.337
2005	19,208	29,077	1.66	39.781
2010	19,870	28,680	0.55	40.926
2015	20,388	28,577	0.58	41.638
2020	21,155	28,741	0.82	42.398
2021	21,335	28,768	0.85	42.583

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