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Faroe Islands — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Faroe Islands, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.47%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -62.1% since 1961
Population growth for Faroe Islands was 0.47% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.91% in 2001. The lowest was -3.90% in 1994 (about -8.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.50% per year.
Faroe Islands ranks 137 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Faroe Islands sits above it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 75% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 51%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.47%
First (1961)
1.25%
Change
-62.1%
Highest
1.91%
in 2001
Lowest
-3.90%
in 1994
Average
0.73%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.50%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 0.44% |
| 2023 | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 1.14% |
| 2021 | 1.38% |
| 2020 | 1.48% |
| 2019 | 1.54% |
| 2018 | 1.62% |
| 2017 | 1.44% |
| 2016 | 1.15% |
| 2015 | 0.97% |
| 2014 | 0.38% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.