Population growth on the Faroe Islands
From 1960 to 2019 the population of the Faroe Islands increased from 34,661.00 to 48,678.00 people. This is a growth by 40.4 percent in 59 years. The highest increase on the Faroe Islands was recorded in 1961 with 1.31%. The biggest decrease in 1993 with -1.01%.In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 152.9 percent.
Around 42% of the inhabitants live in the country's larger cities. This growing trend of urbanization is increasing by 0.8% annually.
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Population development on the Faroe Islands since 1960
(Data given in 1000 inhabitants)| Year | Population Faroe Islands | Change | Birthrate | Deathrate | Population World | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,000 | 1.31 % | 3,075 M | 1.35 % | |||
| 1962 | 36,000 | 1.30 % | 3,128 M | 1.72 % | |||
| 1963 | 36,000 | 1.25 % | 3,193 M | 2.07 % | |||
| 1964 | 36,000 | 1.22 % | 3,258 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1965 | 37,000 | 1.22 % | 3,325 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1966 | 37,000 | 1.18 % | 3,395 M | 2.10 % | |||
| 1967 | 38,000 | 1.16 % | 3,464 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1968 | 38,000 | 1.14 % | 3,535 M | 2.03 % | |||
| 1969 | 39,000 | 1.17 % | 3,609 M | 2.11 % | |||
| 1970 | 39,000 | 1.13 % | 3,685 M | 2.09 % | |||
| 1971 | 40,000 | 1.16 % | 3,762 M | 2.10 % | |||
| 1972 | 40,000 | 1.19 % | 3,839 M | 2.04 % | |||
| 1973 | 40,000 | 1.19 % | 3,915 M | 1.98 % | |||
| 1974 | 41,000 | 1.16 % | 3,991 M | 1.96 % | |||
| 1975 | 41,000 | 1.10 % | 4,066 M | 1.87 % | |||
| 1976 | 42,000 | 1.07 % | 4,139 M | 1.79 % | |||
| 1977 | 42,000 | 1.02 % | 4,212 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1978 | 43,000 | 0.99 % | 4,286 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1979 | 43,000 | 0.57 % | 18.4 ‰ | 6.3 ‰ | 4,358 M | 1.68 % | |
| 1980 | 43,000 | 0.93 % | 17.1 ‰ | 7.1 ‰ | 4,434 M | 1.75 % | |
| 1981 | 44,000 | 0.90 % | 17.2 ‰ | 6.7 ‰ | 4,512 M | 1.76 % | |
| 1982 | 44,000 | 0.88 % | 16.4 ‰ | 7.1 ‰ | 4,593 M | 1.80 % | |
| 1983 | 44,000 | 0.86 % | 15.4 ‰ | 8.1 ‰ | 4,675 M | 1.78 % | |
| 1984 | 45,000 | 0.91 % | 15.4 ‰ | 7.8 ‰ | 4,757 M | 1.75 % | |
| 1985 | 45,000 | 0.98 % | 16.3 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | 4,840 M | 1.75 % | |
| 1986 | 46,000 | 1.08 % | 17.2 ‰ | 8.1 ‰ | 4,926 M | 1.77 % | |
| 1987 | 46,000 | 1.16 % | 16.8 ‰ | 8.0 ‰ | 5,014 M | 1.78 % | |
| 1988 | 47,000 | 1.04 % | 18.4 ‰ | 9.0 ‰ | 5,102 M | 1.77 % | |
| 1989 | 47,000 | 0.72 % | 19.5 ‰ | 7.8 ‰ | 5,191 M | 1.74 % | |
| 1990 | 47,000 | 0.23 % | 19.9 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | 5,281 M | 1.74 % | |
| 1991 | 47,000 | -0.33 % | 18.3 ‰ | 8.4 ‰ | 5,369 M | 1.66 % | |
| 1992 | 47,000 | -0.81 % | 17.2 ‰ | 8.5 ‰ | 5,453 M | 1.57 % | |
| 1993 | 46,000 | -1.01 % | 16.6 ‰ | 8.4 ‰ | 5,538 M | 1.56 % | |
| 1994 | 46,000 | -0.89 % | 15.0 ‰ | 8.0 ‰ | 5,623 M | 1.52 % | |
| 1995 | 46,000 | -0.50 % | 14.8 ‰ | 8.4 ‰ | 5,708 M | 1.51 % | |
| 1996 | 46,000 | -0.02 % | 15.5 ‰ | 9.1 ‰ | 5,790 M | 1.45 % | |
| 1997 | 46,000 | 0.40 % | 15.1 ‰ | 8.6 ‰ | 5,873 M | 1.43 % | |
| 1998 | 46,000 | 0.66 % | 14.0 ‰ | 8.5 ‰ | 5,955 M | 1.39 % | |
| 1999 | 46,000 | 0.74 % | 13.9 ‰ | 8.9 ‰ | 6,035 M | 1.35 % | |
| 2000 | 47,000 | 0.64 % | 15.1 ‰ | 7.7 ‰ | 6,115 M | 1.32 % | |
| 2001 | 47,000 | 0.56 % | 13.6 ‰ | 7.7 ‰ | 6,194 M | 1.30 % | |
| 2002 | 47,000 | 0.50 % | 15.0 ‰ | 8.3 ‰ | 6,274 M | 1.28 % | |
| 2003 | 47,000 | 0.42 % | 14.7 ‰ | 8.5 ‰ | 6,353 M | 1.26 % | |
| 2004 | 48,000 | 0.35 % | 14.8 ‰ | 7.9 ‰ | 6,432 M | 1.25 % | |
| 2005 | 48,000 | 0.26 % | 14.7 ‰ | 8.6 ‰ | 6,513 M | 1.25 % | |
| 2006 | 48,000 | 0.15 % | 13.7 ‰ | 8.7 ‰ | 6,594 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2007 | 48,000 | 0.07 % | 14.0 ‰ | 7.9 ‰ | 6,675 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2008 | 48,000 | -0.01 % | 13.8 ‰ | 7.9 ‰ | 6,758 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2009 | 48,000 | -0.03 % | 12.6 ‰ | 7.9 ‰ | 6,841 M | 1.22 % | |
| 2010 | 48,000 | 0.01 % | 13.2 ‰ | 7.2 ‰ | 6,922 M | 1.19 % | |
| 2011 | 48,000 | 0.02 % | 12.0 ‰ | 8.0 ‰ | 7,003 M | 1.17 % | |
| 2012 | 48,000 | 0.04 % | 12.9 ‰ | 8.5 ‰ | 7,086 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2013 | 48,000 | 0.10 % | 13.0 ‰ | 7.6 ‰ | 7,170 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2014 | 48,000 | 0.14 % | 13.2 ‰ | 8.1 ‰ | 7,254 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2015 | 48,000 | 0.19 % | 12.4 ‰ | 7.7 ‰ | 7,339 M | 1.17 % | |
| 2016 | 48,000 | 0.25 % | 13.6 ‰ | 7.7 ‰ | 7,424 M | 1.16 % | |
| 2017 | 48,000 | 0.33 % | 13.1 ‰ | 8.9 ‰ | 7,509 M | 1.14 % | |
| 2018 | 48,000 | 0.34 % | 13.4 ‰ | 7.7 ‰ | 7,592 M | 1.10 % | |
| 2019 | 49,000 | 0.37 % | 7,674 M | 1.07 % |
Birth- and deathrate on the Faroe Islands
Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2018 in the graph: The population on the Faroe Islands increased by about 170 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 7.7 per 1000 people (~ 370 deaths) and the birth rate was 13.4 per 1000 people (~ 650 births). As a result, around 110 inhabitants have migrated to other countries.Over the past 10 years, the number of average deaths per year was 381 on the Faroe Islands. The number of births was 621 annually.
The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.
Birthrate Deathrate