Faroe Islands — Population
Population, Total for Faroe Islands, 1960–2025.
Population for Faroe Islands was 54,900 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 34,127 in 1960 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.73% per year.
Faroe Islands ranks 202 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 93%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 6.01 million, so Faroe Islands sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 12%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 54 of 58 economies; Liechtenstein (41,024) is just below it. That is 5% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 95 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 198th of 216 in 1960 → 200th of 216 in 1970 → 199th of 216 in 1980 → 201st of 217 in 1990 → 204th of 217 in 2000 → 205th of 217 in 2010 → 202nd of 217 in 2020 → 202nd of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54,900 | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 54,640 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 54,398 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 53,903 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 53,291 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 52,561 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 51,790 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 50,997 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 50,179 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 49,463 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 48,898 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 48,427 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 48,245 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 48,290 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 48,542 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 48,656 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 48,790 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 48,547 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 48,378 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 48,335 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 48,359 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 48,384 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 48,032 | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 47,335 | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 46,635 | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 45,754 | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 45,146 | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 44,674 | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 44,132 | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 43,581 | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 43,611 | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 44,695 | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 46,474 | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 47,287 | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 47,447 | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 47,741 | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 47,959 | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 47,356 | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 46,702 | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 46,132 | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 45,709 | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 45,141 | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 44,670 | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 44,171 | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 43,626 | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 43,072 | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 42,521 | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 41,968 | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 41,468 | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 41,020 | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 40,568 | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 40,106 | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 39,636 | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 39,172 | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 38,703 | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 38,269 | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 37,907 | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 37,560 | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 37,202 | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 36,816 | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 36,347 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 35,847 | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 35,391 | +1.2% |
| 1962 | 34,963 | +1.2% |
| 1961 | 34,557 | +1.3% |
| 1960 | 34,127 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Faroe Islands’s Population in 1961?
34,557 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Faroe Islands’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Faroe Islands’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +60.9% in total — about 0.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 54,900; 2024: 54,640; 2023: 54,398; 2022: 53,903; 2021: 53,291. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.