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84) Faroe Islands
Community
Area 1,393 square kilometres (land area 1,393 square kilometres)
Population, Census years in bold
4,000 (1327)
2,000 (1350)
4,773 (1769)
5,225 (1834)
8,137 (1850)
11,220 (1880)
15,236 (1901)
29,178 (1945)
31,500 (1950)
34,700 (1960) +10.2%
39,100 (1970) +12.7%
43,500 (1980) +11.2%
47,300 (1990) +8.7%
46,700 (2000) -1.3%
47,800 (2010) +2.4%
48,900 (2020) +2.3%
Religion,
|
|
Christian Lutheran |
No religion |
|
2003 |
84.0 |
|
|
2011 |
95.4 |
4.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
1952 |
|
25.0 (+17.0) |
|
8.0 |
|
|
17.5 |
|
1962 |
|
23.0 (+16.0) |
|
7.0 |
|
|
23.0 |
|
1965 |
|
|
16.9 |
|
|
|
25.6 |
|
1972 |
3.3 |
20.0 (+13.0) |
|
7.0 |
|
|
28.9 |
|
1980 |
2.5 |
16.0 (+9.0) |
|
7.0 |
|
|
31.2 |
|
1990 |
2.6 |
17.0 (+9.5) |
|
7.5 |
|
|
30.6 |
|
2000 |
2.6 |
15.0 (+7.3) |
6.9 |
7.7 |
|
|
36.3 |
|
2010 |
2.5 |
13.0 (+5.8) |
6.1 |
7.2 |
21.0 |
14.8 |
40.9 |
|
2014 |
2.6 |
13.6 (+5.5) |
5.7 |
8.1 |
20.3 |
15.8 |
41.5 |
|
2015 |
2.4 |
12.4 (+4.7) |
|
7.7 |
|
|
41.6 |
|
2017 |
2.5 |
13.1 (+4.2) |
|
8.9 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
42.1 |
Life expectancy,
74.5 (1973); 72.4 (M), 76.7 (F)
76.0 (1980); 72.0 (M), 80.0 (F)
77.5 (1990); 74.0 (M), 81.0 (F)
79.0 (2000); 76.5 (M), 81.0 (F)
79.8 (2010); 77.4 (M), 82.5 (F)
81.6 (2015); 79.0 (M), 84.4 (F)
Population of principal cities, MA = Metropolitan Area
TORSHAVN
1,650 (1910)
4,390 (1945)
7,447 (1960)
9,378 (1966)
13,757 (1980)
15,100 (1990)
16,000 (2000)
12,657 (2003)
12,340 (2008)
20,015 (2017) MA
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1986 |
|
|
16,800 |
|
|
2000 |
1,062 |
0.01 |
22,480 |
61.67 |
|
2005 |
1,731 |
0.01 |
35,850 |
80.91 |
|
2010 |
2,300 |
0.02 |
47,400 |
97.99 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1990 |
|
|
|
25.0 |
|
|
|
1999 |
27.0 |
|
11.0 |
|
62.0 |
|
|
2008 |
16.0 |
10.2 |
20.0 |
20.5 |
55.0 |
69.2 |
|
2013 |
18.0 |
|
39.0 |
|
43.0 |
|
|
2016 |
|
15.0 |
|
15.0 |
|
70.0 |
Communications
Language Official,
Danish, Faeroese
|
|
Danish |
Faroese |
|
2014 |
3.1 |
90.8 |
Literacy
99.9% (2010 and later years)
Physical communications � roads, A network of tunnels connecting the various islands of the archipelago has been built.
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1984 |
200 |
|
11,000 |
2,400 |
|
1990 |
433 |
|
13,000 |
3,500 |
|
2000 |
460 |
|
|
|
|
2006 |
463 |
|
18,041 |
4,017 |
|
2017 |
960 |
|
|
|
Railways; None
Electronic communications, �TV
broadcasting began 1984
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1946 |
1,200 |
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
10,529 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
13,781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
|
|
16,800 |
9,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
22,825 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1991 |
|
1,429 |
20,000 |
13,000 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
2,558 |
24,500 |
14,000 |
3,000 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
26,000 |
15,000 |
|
|
|
2000 |
24,952 |
16,971 |
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
2005 |
|
42,500 |
|
25,000 |
|
33,000 |
|
2010 |
20,900 |
|
|
|
|
37,500 |
|
2016 |
23,139 |
54,487 |
|
|
|
48,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to the Faroe Islands,
89,969 (2003)