Population of Faroe Islands

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	22 Apr 2025

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The current population of Faroe Islands is 55,939 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Faroe Islands is projected at 56,002, or 56k, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Faroe Islands is projected at 55,400, or 55k people for the year 2024.

Faroe Islands ranks 209th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Faroe Islands is ranked 45th among 50 countries and territories in Europe.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Faroe Islands population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	31,514	31,664	300	0.947	0.00127
1951	31,814	31,903	178	0.558	0.00126
1952	31,992	32,016	47	0.147	0.00124
1953	32,039	32,044	9	0.028	0.00122
1954	32,048	32,068	40	0.125	0.00119
1955	32,088	32,112	48	0.149	0.00117
1956	32,136	32,324	376	1.163	0.00116
1957	32,512	32,726	428	1.308	0.00115
1958	32,940	33,173	467	1.408	0.00114
1959	33,407	33,651	489	1.453	0.00113
1960	33,896	34,127	463	1.357	0.00113
1961	34,359	34,557	397	1.149	0.00113
1962	34,756	34,963	414	1.184	0.00112
1963	35,170	35,391	442	1.249	0.00111
1964	35,612	35,847	471	1.314	0.00110
1965	36,083	36,347	528	1.453	0.00109
1966	36,611	36,816	411	1.116	0.00108
1967	37,022	37,202	359	0.965	0.00107
1968	37,381	37,560	358	0.953	0.00106
1969	37,739	37,907	335	0.884	0.00105
1970	38,074	38,269	389	1.017	0.00104
1971	38,463	38,703	480	1.240	0.00103
1972	38,943	39,172	459	1.172	0.00102
1973	39,402	39,636	469	1.183	0.00101
1974	39,871	40,106	470	1.172	0.00100
1975	40,341	40,568	453	1.117	0.00100
1976	40,794	41,020	451	1.099	0.00099
1977	41,245	41,468	447	1.078	0.00098
1978	41,692	41,968	552	1.315	0.00098
1979	42,244	42,521	554	1.303	0.00097
1980	42,798	43,072	547	1.270	0.00097
1981	43,345	43,626	561	1.286	0.00096
1982	43,906	44,171	530	1.200	0.00096
1983	44,436	44,670	469	1.050	0.00095
1984	44,905	45,141	472	1.046	0.00094
1985	45,377	45,578	401	0.880	0.00094
1986	45,778	46,002	447	0.972	0.00093
1987	46,225	46,459	467	1.005	0.00092
1988	46,692	46,953	523	1.114	0.00091
1989	47,215	47,509	588	1.238	0.00091
1990	47,803	47,497	-612	-1.289	0.00089
1991	47,191	46,816	-750	-1.602	0.00086
1992	46,441	46,023	-837	-1.819	0.00084
1993	45,604	45,135	-939	-2.081	0.00081
1994	44,665	44,170	-989	-2.239	0.00078
1995	43,676	43,838	324	0.739	0.00076
1996	44,000	44,177	354	0.801	0.00076
1997	44,354	44,540	372	0.835	0.00075
1998	44,726	44,894	336	0.748	0.00075
1999	45,062	45,215	307	0.679	0.00074
2000	45,369	45,663	587	1.286	0.00074
2001	45,956	46,240	568	1.228	0.00074
2002	46,524	46,827	606	1.294	0.00074
2003	47,130	47,423	587	1.238	0.00074
2004	47,717	48,017	601	1.252	0.00074
2005	48,318	48,361	85	0.176	0.00073
2006	48,403	48,428	49	0.101	0.00073
2007	48,452	48,474	44	0.091	0.00072
2008	48,496	48,498	4	0.008	0.00071
2009	48,500	48,489	-23	-0.047	0.00070
2010	48,477	48,169	-615	-1.277	0.00069
2011	47,862	47,934	144	0.300	0.00067
2012	48,006	48,091	170	0.353	0.00067
2013	48,176	48,279	207	0.429	0.00066
2014	48,383	48,490	215	0.443	0.00066
2015	48,598	48,894	591	1.209	0.00065
2016	49,189	49,523	667	1.347	0.00066
2017	49,856	50,243	774	1.541	0.00066
2018	50,630	51,034	808	1.583	0.00066
2019	51,438	51,842	807	1.557	0.00066
2020	52,245	52,587	683	1.299	0.00067
2021	52,928	53,300	744	1.396	0.00067
2022	53,672	54,011	678	1.255	0.00067
2023	54,350	54,714	727	1.329	0.00068

Faroe Islands population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	55,077	55,400	645	1.164	0.00068
2025	55,722	56,002	559	0.998	0.00068
2026	56,281	56,526	491	0.869	0.00068
2027	56,772	57,010	476	0.835	0.00068
2028	57,248	57,441	385	0.670	0.00068
2029	57,633	57,831	397	0.686	0.00068
2030	58,030	58,206	353	0.606	0.00068
2031	58,383	58,563	360	0.615	0.00068
2032	58,743	58,903	319	0.542	0.00068
2033	59,062	59,224	323	0.545	0.00068
2034	59,385	59,526	281	0.472	0.00067
2035	59,666	59,801	270	0.451	0.00067
2036	59,936	60,071	269	0.448	0.00067
2037	60,205	60,332	254	0.421	0.00067
2038	60,459	60,577	235	0.388	0.00067
2039	60,694	60,810	232	0.382	0.00067
2040	60,926	61,039	227	0.372	0.00067
2041	61,153	61,270	235	0.384	0.00066
2042	61,388	61,496	216	0.351	0.00066
2043	61,604	61,712	216	0.350	0.00066
2044	61,820	61,928	217	0.350	0.00066
2045	62,037	62,134	194	0.312	0.00066
2046	62,231	62,328	194	0.311	0.00066
2047	62,425	62,531	211	0.337	0.00066
2048	62,636	62,718	165	0.263	0.00065
2049	62,801	62,874	146	0.232	0.00065
2050	62,947	63,035	177	0.281	0.00065
2051	63,124	63,190	131	0.207	0.00065
2052	63,255	63,319	128	0.202	0.00065
2053	63,383	63,443	120	0.189	0.00065
2054	63,503	63,553	100	0.157	0.00065
2055	63,603	63,644	82	0.129	0.00065
2056	63,685	63,718	67	0.105	0.00065
2057	63,752	63,795	87	0.136	0.00064
2058	63,839	63,880	81	0.127	0.00064
2059	63,920	63,953	65	0.102	0.00064
2060	63,985	64,031	91	0.142	0.00064
2061	64,076	64,117	81	0.126	0.00064
2062	64,157	64,191	68	0.106	0.00064
2063	64,225	64,275	101	0.157	0.00064
2064	64,326	64,365	78	0.121	0.00064
2065	64,404	64,446	84	0.130	0.00064
2066	64,488	64,511	46	0.071	0.00064
2067	64,534	64,558	49	0.076	0.00064
2068	64,583	64,615	65	0.101	0.00064
2069	64,648	64,680	64	0.099	0.00064
2070	64,712	64,746	67	0.103	0.00064
2071	64,779	64,802	45	0.069	0.00064
2072	64,824	64,847	46	0.071	0.00063
2073	64,870	64,892	44	0.068	0.00063
2074	64,914	64,933	39	0.060	0.00063
2075	64,953	64,982	58	0.089	0.00063
2076	65,011	65,020	18	0.028	0.00063
2077	65,029	65,040	23	0.035	0.00063
2078	65,052	65,056	9	0.014	0.00063
2079	65,061	65,061	-1	-0.002	0.00063
2080	65,060	65,052	-17	-0.026	0.00063
2081	65,043	65,031	-25	-0.038	0.00063
2082	65,018	64,997	-42	-0.065	0.00063
2083	64,976	64,959	-34	-0.052	0.00063
2084	64,942	64,923	-38	-0.059	0.00063
2085	64,904	64,874	-60	-0.092	0.00063
2086	64,844	64,814	-60	-0.093	0.00063
2087	64,784	64,748	-72	-0.111	0.00063
2088	64,712	64,665	-93	-0.144	0.00063
2089	64,619	64,575	-89	-0.138	0.00063
2090	64,530	64,480	-101	-0.157	0.00063
2091	64,429	64,382	-94	-0.146	0.00063
2092	64,335	64,276	-118	-0.184	0.00063
2093	64,217	64,163	-107	-0.167	0.00063
2094	64,110	64,053	-113	-0.176	0.00063
2095	63,997	63,931	-131	-0.205	0.00062
2096	63,866	63,812	-108	-0.169	0.00062
2097	63,758	63,688	-139	-0.218	0.00062
2098	63,619	63,546	-146	-0.230	0.00062
2099	63,473	63,401	-144	-0.227	0.00062
2100	63,329	63,251	-156	-0.247	0.00062