:Demographics of the Faroe Islands
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Demographic features of the population of the Faroe Islands include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Faroese, of North Germanic descent. Ethnic Faroese are, in genetic terms, among the most homogenous groups ever found.{{Cite web|url=https://www.faroeislands.fo/the-big-picture/news/faroese-genes-good-for-genetic-research/|title=Faroese genes good for genetic research|website=faroeislands.fo|language=en|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005192415/https://www.faroeislands.fo/the-big-picture/news/faroese-genes-good-for-genetic-research/|url-status=dead}}
File:Faroe-islands-demography.png, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.]]
A 2004 DNA analysis revealed that Y chromosomes, tracing male descent, are 87% Scandinavian.{{Cite journal|last1=Jorgensen|first1=Tove H.|last2=Buttenschön|first2=Henriette N.|last3=Wang|first3=August G.|last4=Als|first4=Thomas D.|last5=Børglum|first5=Anders D.|last6=Ewald|first6=Henrik|date=June 2004|title=The origin of the isolated population of the Faroe Islands investigated using Y chromosomal markers|journal=Human Genetics|volume=115|issue=1|pages=19–28|doi=10.1007/s00439-004-1117-7|issn=0340-6717|pmid=15083358|s2cid=6040039 }} The studies show that mitochondrial DNA, tracing female descent, is 84% Scottish/Irish.Wang, C. August. 2006. Ílegur og Føroya Søga. In: Frøði pp.20–23
Of the approximately 48,000 inhabitants of the Faroe Islands (16,921 private households (2004)), 98% are Danish realm citizens, meaning Faroese, Danish, or Greenlandic. By birthplace one can derive the following origins of the inhabitants: born on the Faroes 91.7%, in Denmark 5.8%, and in Greenland 0.3%. The largest group of foreigners are Icelanders comprising 0.4% of the population, followed by Norwegians and Poles, each comprising 0.2%. Altogether, on the Faroe Islands there are people from 77 different nationalities. The Faroe Islands have the highest rate of adoption in the world, despite a relatively high fertility rate of 2.6 children (while 2.6 may sound high it is still quite low, for comparison Sub-Saharan Africa has a rate of 4.53 in 2022) .{{cite web | url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1026/adoption.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030221732/http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1026/adoption.html | archive-date=30 October 2007 | title=RTÉ News: Adoptions | website=RTÉ.ie }}
Faroese is spoken in the entire country as a first language. It is not possible to say exactly how many people worldwide speak the Faroese language.
The 2011 census, called Manntal, shows that 10% were not born in the Faroe Islands, but of these only 3% were born outside the Kingdom of Denmark. 6.5% of people older than 15 did not speak Faroese as their mother tongue. 33 persons said that they did not understand Faroese at all.{{cite web| url = http://www.sandportal.fo/latest-news/5-200-utlendingar-bugva-i-foroyum/| title = Sandportal.fo| access-date = 24 January 2015| archive-date = 11 November 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191111130044/http://www.sandportal.fo/latest-news/5-200-utlendingar-bugva-i-foroyum/| url-status = dead}} According to the 2011 census, 45 361 Faroese people (people living in the Faroes) spoke Faroese as their first language and 1546 spoke Danish as their first language.
Vital statistics since 1900
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| {{cite web| url = http://www.dst.dk/publikation.aspx?cid=12429&all=true&sort=1| title = Statistical yearbooks of Denmark}}[http://www.hagstova.fo/portal/page/portal/HAGSTOVAN/Statistics_%20Faroe_Islands Statistics Faroe Islands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511090929/http://www.hagstova.fo/portal/page/portal/HAGSTOVAN/Statistics_%20Faroe_Islands |date=11 May 2011 }}
! width="80pt"|Average population ! width="80pt"|Live births ! width="80pt"|Deaths ! width="80pt"|Natural change ! width="80pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000) ! width="80pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000) ! width="80pt"|Natural change (per 1000) ! width="80pt"|Total Fertility Rate |
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| 1900
| align="right" | 15,000 | align="right" | 455 | align="right" | 233 | align="right" | 222 | align="right" | 30.3 | align="right" | 15.5 | align="right" | 14.8 |
| 1901
| align="right" | 15,300 | align="right" | 457 | align="right" | 228 | align="right" | 229 | align="right" | 29.9 | align="right" | 14.9 | align="right" | 15.0 |
| 1902
| align="right" | 15,600 | align="right" | 502 | align="right" | 217 | align="right" | 285 | align="right" | 32.2 | align="right" | 13.9 | align="right" | 18.3 |
| 1903
| align="right" | 15,900 | align="right" | 435 | align="right" | 199 | align="right" | 236 | align="right" | 27.4 | align="right" | 12.5 | align="right" | 14.8 |
| 1904
| align="right" | 16,200 | align="right" | 489 | align="right" | 234 | align="right" | 255 | align="right" | 30.2 | align="right" | 14.4 | align="right" | 15.7 |
| 1905
| align="right" | 16,500 | align="right" | 498 | align="right" | 296 | align="right" | 202 | align="right" | 30.2 | align="right" | 17.9 | align="right" | 12.2 |
| 1906
| align="right" | 16,700 | align="right" | 493 | align="right" | 229 | align="right" | 264 | align="right" | 29.5 | align="right" | 13.7 | align="right" | 15.8 |
| 1907
| align="right" | 17,000 | align="right" | 479 | align="right" | 196 | align="right" | 283 | align="right" | 28.2 | align="right" | 11.5 | align="right" | 16.6 |
| 1908
| align="right" | 17,300 | align="right" | 576 | align="right" | 182 | align="right" | 394 | align="right" | 33.3 | align="right" | 10.5 | align="right" | 22.8 |
| 1909
| align="right" | 17,600 | align="right" | 528 | align="right" | 196 | align="right" | 332 | align="right" | 30.0 | align="right" | 11.1 | align="right" | 18.9 |
| 1910
| align="right" | 17,900 | align="right" | 576 | align="right" | 157 | align="right" | 419 | align="right" | 32.2 | align="right" | 8.8 | align="right" | 23.4 |
| 1911
| align="right" | 18,200 | align="right" | 559 | align="right" | 164 | align="right" | 395 | align="right" | 30.7 | align="right" | 9.0 | align="right" | 21.7 |
| 1912
| align="right" | 18,600 | align="right" | 624 | align="right" | 184 | align="right" | 440 | align="right" | 33.5 | align="right" | 9.9 | align="right" | 23.7 |
| 1913
| align="right" | 18,900 | align="right" | 650 | align="right" | 169 | align="right" | 481 | align="right" | 34.4 | align="right" | 8.9 | align="right" | 25.4 |
| 1914
| align="right" | 19,200 | align="right" | 580 | align="right" | 182 | align="right" | 398 | align="right" | 30.2 | align="right" | 9.5 | align="right" | 20.7 |
| 1915
| align="right" | 19,600 | align="right" | 643 | align="right" | 288 | align="right" | 355 | align="right" | 32.8 | align="right" | 14.7 | align="right" | 18.1 |
| 1916
| align="right" | 19,900 | align="right" | 636 | align="right" | 261 | align="right" | 375 | align="right" | 32.0 | align="right" | 13.1 | align="right" | 18.8 |
| 1917
| align="right" | 20,200 | align="right" | 570 | align="right" | 240 | align="right" | 330 | align="right" | 28.2 | align="right" | 11.9 | align="right" | 16.3 |
| 1918
| align="right" | 20,600 | align="right" | 625 | align="right" | 199 | align="right" | 426 | align="right" | 30.3 | align="right" | 9.7 | align="right" | 20.7 |
| 1919
| align="right" | 20,900 | align="right" | 607 | align="right" | 221 | align="right" | 386 | align="right" | 29.0 | align="right" | 10.6 | align="right" | 18.5 |
| 1920
| align="right" | 21,200 | align="right" | 665 | align="right" | 227 | align="right" | 438 | align="right" | 31.4 | align="right" | 10.7 | align="right" | 20.7 |
| 1921
| align="right" | 21,500 | align="right" | 614 | align="right" | 230 | align="right" | 384 | align="right" | 28.6 | align="right" | 10.7 | align="right" | 17.9 |
| 1922
| align="right" | 21,800 | align="right" | 668 | align="right" | 211 | align="right" | 457 | align="right" | 30.6 | align="right" | 9.7 | align="right" | 21.0 |
| 1923
| align="right" | 22,100 | align="right" | 652 | align="right" | 255 | align="right" | 397 | align="right" | 29.5 | align="right" | 11.5 | align="right" | 18.0 |
| 1924
| align="right" | 22,400 | align="right" | 631 | align="right" | 268 | align="right" | 363 | align="right" | 28.2 | align="right" | 12.0 | align="right" | 16.2 |
| 1925
| align="right" | 22,700 | align="right" | 599 | align="right" | 228 | align="right" | 371 | align="right" | 26.4 | align="right" | 10.0 | align="right" | 16.3 |
| 1926
| align="right" | 23,000 | align="right" | 592 | align="right" | 199 | align="right" | 393 | align="right" | 25.7 | align="right" | 8.7 | align="right" | 17.1 |
| 1927
| align="right" | 23,300 | align="right" | 579 | align="right" | 157 | align="right" | 422 | align="right" | 24.8 | align="right" | 6.7 | align="right" | 18.1 |
| 1928
| align="right" | 23,600 | align="right" | 620 | align="right" | 194 | align="right" | 426 | align="right" | 26.3 | align="right" | 8.2 | align="right" | 18.1 |
| 1929
| align="right" | 23,900 | align="right" | 575 | align="right" | 253 | align="right" | 322 | align="right" | 24.1 | align="right" | 10.6 | align="right" | 13.5 |
| 1930
| align="right" | 24,200 | align="right" | 633 | align="right" | 273 | align="right" | 360 | align="right" | 26.2 | align="right" | 11.3 | align="right" | 14.9 |
| 1931
| align="right" | 24,500 | align="right" | 607 | align="right" | 239 | align="right" | 368 | align="right" | 24.8 | align="right" | 9.8 | align="right" | 15.0 |
| 1932
| align="right" | 24,700 | align="right" | 604 | align="right" | 210 | align="right" | 394 | align="right" | 24.5 | align="right" | 8.5 | align="right" | 16.0 |
| 1933
| align="right" | 25,000 | align="right" | 545 | align="right" | 248 | align="right" | 297 | align="right" | 21.8 | align="right" | 9.9 | align="right" | 11.9 |
| 1934
| align="right" | 25,300 | align="right" | 578 | align="right" | 231 | align="right" | 347 | align="right" | 22.8 | align="right" | 9.1 | align="right" | 13.7 |
| 1935
| align="right" | 25,600 | align="right" | 585 | align="right" | 269 | align="right" | 316 | align="right" | 22.9 | align="right" | 10.5 | align="right" | 12.3 |
| 1936
| align="right" | 25,900 | align="right" | 565 | align="right" | 265 | align="right" | 300 | align="right" | 21.8 | align="right" | 10.2 | align="right" | 11.6 |
| 1937
| align="right" | 26,200 | align="right" | 615 | align="right" | 212 | align="right" | 403 | align="right" | 23.5 | align="right" | 8.1 | align="right" | 15.4 |
| 1938
| align="right" | 26,600 | align="right" | 617 | align="right" | 241 | align="right" | 376 | align="right" | 23.2 | align="right" | 9.1 | align="right" | 14.1 |
| 1939
| align="right" | 26,900 | align="right" | 577 | align="right" | 182 | align="right" | 395 | align="right" | 21.4 | align="right" | 6.8 | align="right" | 14.7 |
| 1940
| align="right" | 27,300 | align="right" | 698 | align="right" | 228 | align="right" | 470 | align="right" | 25.6 | align="right" | 8.4 | align="right" | 17.2 |
| 1941
| align="right" | 27,600 | align="right" | 690 | align="right" | 286 | align="right" | 404 | align="right" | 25.0 | align="right" | 10.4 | align="right" | 14.6 |
| 1942
| align="right" | 28,000 | align="right" | 721 | align="right" | 250 | align="right" | 471 | align="right" | 25.8 | align="right" | 8.9 | align="right" | 16.8 |
| 1943
| align="right" | 28,300 | align="right" | 804 | align="right" | 235 | align="right" | 569 | align="right" | 28.4 | align="right" | 8.3 | align="right" | 20.1 |
| 1944
| align="right" | 28,700 | align="right" | 732 | align="right" | 247 | align="right" | 485 | align="right" | 25.5 | align="right" | 8.6 | align="right" | 16.9 |
| 1945
| align="right" | 29,000 | align="right" | 718 | align="right" | 247 | align="right" | 471 | align="right" | 24.8 | align="right" | 8.5 | align="right" | 16.2 |
| 1946
| align="right" | 29,000 | align="right" | 708 | align="right" | 248 | align="right" | 460 | align="right" | 24.4 | align="right" | 8.6 | align="right" | 15.9 |
| 1947
| align="right" | 30,000 | align="right" | 742 | align="right" | 242 | align="right" | 500 | align="right" | 24.7 | align="right" | 8.1 | align="right" | 16.7 |
| 1948
| align="right" | 30,000 | align="right" | 821 | align="right" | 227 | align="right" | 595 | align="right" | 27.4 | align="right" | 7.6 | align="right" | 19.8 |
| 1949
| align="right" | 31,000 | align="right" | 876 | align="right" | 256 | align="right" | 626 | align="right" | 28.3 | align="right" | 8.3 | align="right" | 20.2 |
| 1950
| align="right" | 31,000 | align="right" | 856 | align="right" | 282 | align="right" | 585 | align="right" | 27.6 | align="right" | 9.1 | align="right" | 18.9 |
| 1951
| align="right" | 31,000 | align="right" | 857 | align="right" | 229 | align="right" | 628 | align="right" | 27.6 | align="right" | 7.4 | align="right" | 20.3 |
| 1952
| align="right" | 32,000 | align="right" | 809 | align="right" | 240 | align="right" | 569 | align="right" | 25.3 | align="right" | 7.5 | align="right" | 17.8 |
| 1953
| align="right" | 33,000 | align="right" | 758 | align="right" | 228 | align="right" | 530 | align="right" | 23.0 | align="right" | 6.9 | align="right" | 16.1 |
| 1954
| align="right" | 33,000 | align="right" | 757 | align="right" | 248 | align="right" | 509 | align="right" | 22.9 | align="right" | 7.5 | align="right" | 15.4 |
| 1955
| align="right" | 32,000 | align="right" | 749 | align="right" | 221 | align="right" | 528 | align="right" | 23.4 | align="right" | 6.9 | align="right" | 16.5 |
| 1956
| align="right" | 33,000 | align="right" | 767 | align="right" | 239 | align="right" | 528 | align="right" | 23.2 | align="right" | 7.2 | align="right" | 16.0 |
| 1957
| align="right" | 33,000 | align="right" | 746 | align="right" | 268 | align="right" | 478 | align="right" | 22.6 | align="right" | 8.1 | align="right" | 14.5 |
| 1958
| align="right" | 34,000 | align="right" | 845 | align="right" | 226 | align="right" | 619 | align="right" | 24.9 | align="right" | 6.6 | align="right" | 18.2 |
| 1959
| align="right" | 34,000 | align="right" | 856 | align="right" | 242 | align="right" | 614 | align="right" | 25.2 | align="right" | 7.1 | align="right" | 18.1 |
| 1960
| align="right" | 34,000 | align="right" | 764 | align="right" | 274 | align="right" | 490 | align="right" | 22.5 | align="right" | 8.1 | align="right" | 14.4 |
| 1961
| align="right" | 35,000 | align="right" | 781 | align="right" | 206 | align="right" | 575 | align="right" | 22.3 | align="right" | 5.9 | align="right" | 16.4 |
| 1962
| align="right" | 36,000 | align="right" | 800 | align="right" | 234 | align="right" | 566 | align="right" | 22.2 | align="right" | 6.5 | align="right" | 15.7 |
| 1963
| align="right" | 36,000 | align="right" | 848 | align="right" | 242 | align="right" | 606 | align="right" | 23.6 | align="right" | 6.7 | align="right" | 16.8 |
| 1964
| align="right" | 36,000 | align="right" | 857 | align="right" | 253 | align="right" | 604 | align="right" | 23.8 | align="right" | 7.0 | align="right" | 16.8 |
| 1965
| align="right" | 37,000 | align="right" | 889 | align="right" | 261 | align="right" | 628 | align="right" | 24.0 | align="right" | 7.1 | align="right" | 17.0 |
| 1966
| align="right" | 37,000 | align="right" | 969 | align="right" | 262 | align="right" | 707 | align="right" | 26.2 | align="right" | 7.1 | align="right" | 19.1 |
| 1967
| align="right" | 38,000 | align="right" | 956 | align="right" | 289 | align="right" | 667 | align="right" | 25.2 | align="right" | 7.6 | align="right" | 17.6 |
| 1968
| align="right" | 38,000 | align="right" | 878 | align="right" | 262 | align="right" | 616 | align="right" | 23.1 | align="right" | 6.9 | align="right" | 16.2 |
| 1969
| align="right" | 38,300 | align="right" | 843 | align="right" | 269 | align="right" | 574 | align="right" | 22.0 | align="right" | 7.0 | align="right" | 15.0 |
| 1970
| align="right" | 38,700 | align="right" | 814 | align="right" | 287 | align="right" | 527 | align="right" | 21.0 | align="right" | 7.4 | align="right" | 13.6 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 3.42 |
| 1971
| align="right" | 38,700 | align="right" | 779 | align="right" | 308 | align="right" | 471 | align="right" | 20.1 | align="right" | 8.0 | align="right" | 12.2 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 3.22 |
| 1972
| align="right" | 38,900 | align="right" | 798 | align="right" | 267 | align="right" | 531 | align="right" | 20.5 | align="right" | 6.9 | align="right" | 13.7 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 3.26 |
| 1973
| align="right" | 39,400 | align="right" | 808 | align="right" | 303 | align="right" | 505 | align="right" | 20.5 | align="right" | 7.7 | align="right" | 12.8 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 3.22 |
| 1974
| align="right" | 40,100 | align="right" | 798 | align="right" | 303 | align="right" | 495 | align="right" | 19.9 | align="right" | 7.6 | align="right" | 12.3 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 3.07 |
| 1975
| align="right" | 40,800 | align="right" | 781 | align="right" | 280 | align="right" | 501 | align="right" | 19.1 | align="right" | 6.9 | align="right" | 12.3 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.90 |
| 1976
| align="right" | 41,300 | align="right" | 756 | align="right" | 291 | align="right" | 465 | align="right" | 18.3 | align="right" | 7.0 | align="right" | 11.3 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.74 |
| 1977
| align="right" | 41,800 | align="right" | 759 | align="right" | 271 | align="right" | 488 | align="right" | 18.2 | align="right" | 6.5 | align="right" | 11.7 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.68 |
| 1978
| align="right" | 42,400 | align="right" | 742 | align="right" | 303 | align="right" | 439 | align="right" | 17.5 | align="right" | 7.1 | align="right" | 10.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.60 |
| 1979
| align="right" | 43,000 | align="right" | 790 | align="right" | 269 | align="right" | 521 | align="right" | 18.4 | align="right" | 6.3 | align="right" | 12.1 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.70 |
| 1980
| align="right" | 43,400 | align="right" | 741 | align="right" | 309 | align="right" | 432 | align="right" | 17.1 | align="right" | 7.1 | align="right" | 10.0 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.46 |
| 1981
| align="right" | 43,800 | align="right" | 753 | align="right" | 293 | align="right" | 460 | align="right" | 17.2 | align="right" | 6.7 | align="right" | 10.5 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.47 |
| 1982
| align="right" | 44,200 | align="right" | 726 | align="right" | 316 | align="right" | 410 | align="right" | 16.4 | align="right" | 7.1 | align="right" | 9.3 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.35 |
| 1983
| align="right" | 44,500 | align="right" | 688 | align="right" | 361 | align="right" | 327 | align="right" | 15.5 | align="right" | 8.1 | align="right" | 7.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.16 |
| 1984
| align="right" | 45,000 | align="right" | 695 | align="right" | 350 | align="right" | 345 | align="right" | 15.4 | align="right" | 7.8 | align="right" | 7.6 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.17 |
| 1985
| align="right" | 45,500 | align="right" | 740 | align="right" | 340 | align="right" | 400 | align="right" | 16.3 | align="right" | 7.5 | align="right" | 8.8 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.288 |
| 1986
| align="right" | 46,000 | align="right" | 791 | align="right" | 370 | align="right" | 421 | align="right" | 17.2 | align="right" | 8.1 | align="right" | 9.1 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.410 |
| 1987
| align="right" | 46,600 | align="right" | 782 | align="right" | 372 | align="right" | 410 | align="right" | 16.8 | align="right" | 8.0 | align="right" | 8.8 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.358 |
| 1988
| align="right" | 47,300 | align="right" | 870 | align="right" | 424 | align="right" | 446 | align="right" | 18.4 | align="right" | 9.0 | align="right" | 9.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.572 |
| 1989
| align="right" | 47,700 | align="right" | 932 | align="right" | 374 | align="right" | 558 | align="right" | 19.5 | align="right" | 7.8 | align="right" | 11.7 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.706 |
| 1990
| align="right" | 47,600 | align="right" | 947 | align="right" | 359 | align="right" | 588 | align="right" | 19.9 | align="right" | 7.5 | align="right" | 12.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.796 |
| 1991
| align="right" | 47,400 | align="right" | 866 | align="right" | 398 | align="right" | 468 | align="right" | 18.3 | align="right" | 8.4 | align="right" | 9.9 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.624 |
| 1992
| align="right" | 47,100 | align="right" | 809 | align="right" | 400 | align="right" | 409 | align="right" | 17.2 | align="right" | 8.5 | align="right" | 8.7 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.521 |
| 1993
| align="right" | 46,100 | align="right" | 762 | align="right" | 385 | align="right" | 377 | align="right" | 16.6 | align="right" | 8.4 | align="right" | 8.2 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.509 |
| 1994
| align="right" | 44,500 | align="right" | 667 | align="right" | 354 | align="right" | 313 | align="right" | 15.0 | align="right" | 8.0 | align="right" | 7.0 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.392 |
| 1995
| align="right" | 43,600 | align="right" | 644 | align="right" | 365 | align="right" | 279 | align="right" | 14.8 | align="right" | 8.4 | align="right" | 6.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.455 |
| 1996
| align="right" | 43,600 | align="right" | 675 | align="right" | 395 | align="right" | 280 | align="right" | 15.5 | align="right" | 9.1 | align="right" | 6.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.586 |
| 1997
| align="right" | 44,000 | align="right" | 665 | align="right" | 377 | align="right" | 288 | align="right" | 15.1 | align="right" | 8.6 | align="right" | 6.5 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.515 |
| 1998
| align="right" | 44,500 | align="right" | 625 | align="right" | 377 | align="right" | 248 | align="right" | 14.0 | align="right" | 8.5 | align="right" | 5.5 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.336 |
| 1999
| align="right" | 45,100 | align="right" | 626 | align="right" | 401 | align="right" | 225 | align="right" | 13.9 | align="right" | 8.9 | align="right" | 5.0 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.325 |
| 2000
| align="right" | 46,022 | align="right" | 692 | align="right" | 354 | align="right" | 338 | align="right" | 15.1 | align="right" | 7.7 | align="right" | 7.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.586 |
| 2001
| align="right" | 46,867 | align="right" | 632 | align="right" | 360 | align="right" | 272 | align="right" | 13.6 | align="right" | 7.7 | align="right" | 5.9 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.337 |
| 2002
| align="right" | 47,558 | align="right" | 709 | align="right" | 392 | align="right" | 317 | align="right" | 15.0 | align="right" | 8.3 | align="right" | 6.7 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.557 |
| 2003
| align="right" | 48,118 | align="right" | 705 | align="right" | 405 | align="right" | 300 | align="right" | 14.7 | align="right" | 8.5 | align="right" | 6.2 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.541 |
| 2004
| align="right" | 48,301 | align="right" | 713 | align="right" | 380 | align="right" | 333 | align="right" | 14.8 | align="right" | 7.9 | align="right" | 6.9 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.594 |
| 2005
| align="right" | 48,106 | align="right" | 711 | align="right" | 417 | align="right" | 294 | align="right" | 14.7 | align="right" | 8.6 | align="right" | 6.1 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.639 |
| 2006
| align="right" | 48,269 | align="right" | 662 | align="right" | 417 | align="right" | 245 | align="right" | 13.7 | align="right" | 8.7 | align="right" | 5.0 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.504 |
| 2007
| align="right" | 48,311 | align="right" | 675 | align="right" | 381 | align="right" | 294 | align="right" | 14.0 | align="right" | 7.9 | align="right" | 6.1 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.567 |
| 2008
| align="right" | 48,637 | align="right" | 667 | align="right" | 383 | align="right" | 284 | align="right" | 13.8 | align="right" | 7.9 | align="right" | 5.9 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.581 |
| 2009
| align="right" | 48,530 | align="right" | 614 | align="right" | 386 | align="right" | 228 | align="right" | 12.6 | align="right" | 8.0 | align="right" | 4.6 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.383 |
| 2010
| align="right" | 48,489 | align="right" | 642 | align="right" | 349 | align="right" | 293 | align="right" | 13.2 | align="right" | 7.2 | align="right" | 6.0 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.515 |
| 2011
| align="right" | 48,256 | align="right" | 581 | align="right" | 385 | align="right" | 196 | align="right" | 12.0 | align="right" | 8.0 | align="right" | 4.0 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.312 |
| 2012
| align="right" | 48,030 | align="right" | 619 | align="right" | 408 | align="right" | 211 | align="right" | 12.9 | align="right" | 8.5 | align="right" | 4.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.571 |
| 2013
| align="right" | 48,126 | align="right" | 626 | align="right" | 364 | align="right" | 262 | align="right" | 13.0 | align="right" | 7.6 | align="right" | 5.4 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.546 |
| 2014
| align="right" | 48,591 | align="right" | 639 | align="right" | 394 | align="right" | 245 | align="right" | 13.2 | align="right" | 8.1 | align="right" | 5.1 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.577 |
| 2015
| align="right" | 49,100 | align="right" | 608 | align="right" | 377 | align="right" | 231 | align="right" | 12.4 | align="right" | 7.7 | align="right" | 4.7 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.428 |
| 2016
| align="right" | 49,796 | align="right" | 675 | align="right" | 379 | align="right" | 296 | align="right" | 13.6 | align="right" | 7.7 | align="right" | 5.9 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.639 |
| 2017
| align="right" | 50,466 | align="right" | 656 | align="right" | 447 | align="right" | 209 | align="right" | 13.1 | align="right" | 8.9 | align="right" | 4.2 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.493 |
| 2018
| align="right" | 51,279 | align="right" | 684 | align="right" | 394 | align="right" | 290 | align="right" | 13.4 | align="right" | 7.7 | align="right" | 5.7 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.512 |
| 2019
| align="right" | 52,111 | align="right" | 683 | align="right" | 411 | align="right" | 272 | align="right" | 13.2 | align="right" | 8.0 | align="right" | 5.2 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.434 |
| 2020
| align="right" | 52,925 | align="right" | 678 | align="right" | 366 | align="right" | 312 | align="right" | 12.9 | align="right" | 7.0 | align="right" | 5.9 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.350 |
| 2021
| align="right" | 53,676 | align="right" | 683 | align="right" | 429 | align="right" | 254 | align="right" | 12.8 | align="right" | 8.1 | align="right" | 4.7 | align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.325 |
| 2022
| align="right" | 54,200 | align="right" | 631 | align="right" | 487 | align="right" | 144 | align="right" | 11.6 | align="right" | 9.0 | align="right" | 2.6 | align="right" | 2.071 |
| 2023
| align="right" | 54,320 | align="right" | 577 | align="right" | 406 | align="right" | 171 | align="right" | 10.6 | align="right" | 7.5 | align="right" | 3.1 | align="right" style="color: red" | 1.859 |
| 2024
| align="right" | 54,700 | align="right" | 585 | align="right" | 429 | align="right" | 156 | align="right" | 10.7 | align="right" | 7.9 | align="right" | 2.8 | align="right" style="color: red" | |
=Current vital statistics=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ |
| Period
! Live births ! Deaths ! Natural increase |
|---|
| January-February 2024
| 85 | 73 | +12 |
| January-February 2025
| 104 | 72 | +32 |
| Difference
| {{increase}} +19 (+22.35%) | {{decreasepositive}} -1 (-1.37%) | {{increase}} +20 |
=Structure of the population=
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| class="wikitable" |
| width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |
|---|
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 27 631 | align="right" | 25 752 | align="right" | 53 383 | align="right" | 100 |
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 869 | align="right" | 1 822 | align="right" | 3 691 | align="right" | 6.91 |
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 864 | align="right" | 1 756 | align="right" | 3 620 | align="right" | 6.78 |
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 847 | align="right" | 1 829 | align="right" | 3 676 | align="right" | 6.89 |
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 952 | align="right" | 1 758 | align="right" | 3 710 | align="right" | 6.95 |
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 758 | align="right" | 1 435 | align="right" | 3 193 | align="right" | 5.98 |
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 594 | align="right" | 1 379 | align="right" | 2 973 | align="right" | 5.57 |
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 816 | align="right" | 1 681 | align="right" | 3 497 | align="right" | 6.55 |
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 1 661 | align="right" | 1 462 | align="right" | 3 123 | align="right" | 5.85 |
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 1 714 | align="right" | 1 552 | align="right" | 3 266 | align="right" | 6.12 |
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 1 828 | align="right" | 1 515 | align="right" | 3 343 | align="right" | 6.26 |
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 1 793 | align="right" | 1 615 | align="right" | 3 408 | align="right" | 6.38 |
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 1 770 | align="right" | 1 622 | align="right" | 3 392 | align="right" | 6.35 |
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 1 532 | align="right" | 1 497 | align="right" | 3 029 | align="right" | 5.67 |
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 1 373 | align="right" | 1 301 | align="right" | 2 674 | align="right" | 5.01 |
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 1 278 | align="right" | 1 218 | align="right" | 2 496 | align="right" | 4.68 |
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 989 | align="right" | 929 | align="right" | 1 918 | align="right" | 3.59 |
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 544 | align="right" | 622 | align="right" | 1 166 | align="right" | 2.18 |
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 300 | align="right" | 428 | align="right" | 728 | align="right" | 1.36 |
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 131 | align="right" | 254 | align="right" | 385 | align="right" | 0.72 |
| align="right" | 95–99
| align="right" | 17 | align="right" | 71 | align="right" | 88 | align="right" | 0.16 |
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 1 | align="right" | 6 | align="right" | 7 | align="right" | 0.01 |
| width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 5 580 | align="right" | 5 407 | align="right" | 10 987 | align="right" | 20.58 |
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 17 418 | align="right" | 15 516 | align="right" | 32 934 | align="right" | 61.69 |
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 4 633 | align="right" | 4 829 | align="right" | 9 462 | align="right" | 17.72 |
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CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
=Age structure=
: 0–14 years: 19.89% (male 5,214/female 4,878)
: 15–24 years: 14.34% (male 3,738/female 3,538)
: 25–54 years: 37.31% (male 10,252/female 8,676)
: 55–64 years: 11.69% (male 3,054/female 2,878)
: 65 years and over: 16.76% (male 4,111/female 4,391) (2017 est.)
=Sex ratio=
: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
: 0–14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
: 15–24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
: 25–54 years: 1.18 male(s)/female
: 55–64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
: 65 years and over: 0.94 male(s)/female
: total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
=Infant mortality rate=
5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
=Life expectancy at birth=
: total population: 79.85 years (2012 est.)
: male: 77.37 years
: female: 82.50 years
=Total fertility rate=
: 2.4 children born/woman (2012 est.)
=Nationality=
: noun: Faroese (singular and plural)
: adjective: Faroese
=Ethnic groups=
=Religions=
{{See also|Religion in the Faroe Islands}}
- Protestant Christianity, 97.54% in 2020
=Literacy=
Languages
{{Main article|Languages of the Faroe Islands}}
The official languages are Faroese (derived from Old Norse, closely related to Icelandic), and Danish.
According to the Faroese census of 2011, here is the breakdown of people in the Faroe Islands by language:{{Cite web |title=MT1.3.4 Population by primary language, country of birth of person, father and mother, age and sex |url=https://statbank.hagstova.fo/pxweb/en/H2/H2__MT__MT01__MT0103/MT17.px/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Statistics Faroe Islands}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Languages !# !% |
| Faroese
|align="right"|45,361 |align="right"|93.83 |
| Danish
|align="right"|1,546 |align="right"|3.20 |
| Other Nordic Languages
|align="right"|411 |align="right"|0.85 |
| Other European Languages
|align="right"|607 |align="right"|1.26 |
| Asian languages
|align="right"|290 |align="right"|0.60 |
| Middle East/North African Languages
|align="right"|40 |align="right"|0.08 |
| Other African languages
|align="right"|31 |align="right"|0.06 |
| Sign Language
|align="right"|18 |align="right"|0.04 |
| South American languages
|align="right"|{{Less than}} 3 |align="right"|{{–}} |
| No languages
|align="right"|41 |align="right"|0.08 |
| Total
! colspan="2"|48,346 |
|---|
The percentages have been calculated based on the total number of respondents, which was 48,346 residents of the Faroe Islands who were asked to reply to the questions in November 2011.
Ethnic groups
| class="wikitable"
|+ Population by Place of Birth, 2011 Census{{Cite web |title=MT1.3.4 Population by primary language, country of birth of person, father and mother, age and sex |url=https://statbank.hagstova.fo/pxweb/en/H2/H2__MT__MT01__MT0103/MT17.px/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Statistics Faroe Islands}} |
| Place of Birth
!# !% |
|---|
| Faroe Islands
|align="right"|43,135 |align="right"|89.22 |
| Denmark Proper
|align="right"|3,431 |align="right"|7.10 |
| Greenland
|align="right"|166 |align="right"|0.34 |
| Elsewhere in Nordic
|align="right"|473 |align="right"|0.98 |
| Elsewhere in EU
|align="right"|312 |align="right"|0.65 |
| Elsewhere in Europe
|align="right"|163 |align="right"|0.34 |
| Others
|align="right"|666 |align="right"|1.38 |
| Total
! colspan="2" rowspan="1" |48,346 |
Population by island
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name !Area !Inhabitants !People per km2 !Main places !Regions |
| Streymoy
|373.5 |21,717 |57.4 |Tórshavn and rest of Streymoy |
| Eysturoy
|286.3 |10,738 |37.5 |Fuglafjørður and Runavík |North Eysturoy and South Eysturoy |
| Vágar
|177.6 |2,856 |15.7 |Vágar |
| Suðuroy
|166 |5,074 |30.9 |Suðuroy |
| Sandoy
|112.1 |1,428 |12.4 |Sandoy |
| Borðoy
|95 |5,030 |52.4 |Klaksvík and rest of northern Faroes (Norðoyar) |
| Viðoy
|41 |605 |15 |
| Kunoy
|35.5 |135 |3.8 |Kunoy |
| Kalsoy
|30.9 |136 |4.8 |Mikladalur and Húsar |
| Svínoy
|27.4 |58 |2.7 |Svínoy |
| Fugloy
|11.2 |46 |4 |
| Nólsoy
|10.3 |262 |26.1 |Nólsoy |
| Mykines
|10.3 |19 |1.8 |Mykines |
| Skúvoy
|10 |61 |5.7 |Skúvoy |
| Hestur
|6.1 |40 |7.1 |Hestur |
| Stóra Dímun
|2.7 |7 |1.9 |Dímun |
| Koltur
|2.5 |2 |0.8 |Koltur |
| Lítla Dímun
|0.8 |0 |0 |– |