Faroe Islands, FO

Faroe Islands: autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark

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Faroe Islands currently has 7 quality-checked populated place pages and 6 state or regional pages linked on MapSof.

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7

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Quick Facts about Faroe Islands

Population 54,885
Country Denmark, Danish Realm
Different from Fair Isle
Plate code FO
Area 1399 km2
Official name Færøerne, Føroyar
Continent Europe
Easternmost point Point(-6.301666666 62.335)
Latitude & Longitude 62.0000,-7.0000
Legislative body Løgting
Official language Faroese, Danish
Capital Tórshavn
Establishment April 01, 1948 (78 years ago)
Time Zone UTC±00:00
Local time 00:48:41 (23rd April 2026)

Geography

Faroe Islands is located at 62°0'0"N 7°0'0"W (62.0000000, -7.0000000).

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The largest city of Faroe Islands is Tórshavn with a population of 13,541. . See all Faroe Islands cities & populated places.

Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
1960 34,266 - demographic balance
1961 34,730 1.34% demographic balance
1962 35,153 1.2% demographic balance
1963 35,550 1.12% demographic balance
1964 35,946 1.1% demographic balance
1965 36,363 1.15% demographic balance
1966 36,804 1.2% demographic balance
1967 37,258 1.22% demographic balance
1968 37,718 1.22% demographic balance
1969 38,164 1.17% demographic balance
1970 38,587 1.1% demographic balance
1971 38,983 1.02% demographic balance
1972 39,360 0.96% demographic balance
1973 39,731 0.93% demographic balance
1974 40,116 0.96% demographic balance
1975 40,529 1.02% demographic balance
1976 40,974 1.09% demographic balance
1977 41,447 1.14% demographic balance
1978 41,946 1.19% demographic balance
1979 42,468 1.23% demographic balance
1980 43,010 1.26% demographic balance
1981 43,559 1.26% demographic balance
1982 44,105 1.24% demographic balance
1983 44,661 1.24% demographic balance
1984 45,239 1.28% demographic balance
1985 45,840 1.31% demographic balance
1986 46,501 1.42% demographic balance
1987 47,194 1.47% demographic balance
1988 47,789 1.25% demographic balance
1989 48,105 0.66% demographic balance
1990 48,031 -0.15% demographic balance
1991 47,496 -1.13% demographic balance
1992 46,580 -1.97% demographic balance
1993 45,512 -2.35% demographic balance
1994 44,609 -2.02% demographic balance
1995 44,099 -1.16% demographic balance
1996 44,058 -0.09% demographic balance
1997 44,413 0.8% demographic balance
1998 45,050 1.41% demographic balance
1999 45,788 1.61% demographic balance
2000 46,491 1.51% demographic balance
2001 47,135 1.37% demographic balance
2002 47,751 1.29% demographic balance
2003 48,308 1.15% demographic balance
2004 48,782 0.97% demographic balance
2005 49,157 0.76% demographic balance
2006 49,414 0.52% demographic balance
2007 49,554 0.28% demographic balance
2008 49,601 0.09% demographic balance
2009 49,600 -0% demographic balance
2010 49,581 -0.04% demographic balance
2011 49,551 -0.06% demographic balance
2012 49,506 -0.09% demographic balance
2013 49,469 -0.07% demographic balance
2014 47,960 -3.15% (Worldbank)
2015 48,051 0.19% (Worldbank)
2016 49,136 2.21% demographic balance
2017 48,331 -1.67% (Worldbank)
2018 48,497 0.34% (Worldbank)
2019 51,336 5.53% demographic balance
2020 52,153 1.57% demographic balance
2026 54,885 4.98%
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