Faroe Islands
Life expectancy in Faroe Islands
Life expectancy in Faroe Islands: 60.6 years in 1950 and 80.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 80.2 years
- Since 1950
- +19.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 52 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 91.3 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 91.3 years in 2100, between 85.1 years and 99.2 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Faroe Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 80.2 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 79.3 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 79.8 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 80 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 79.9 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 79.8 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 79.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 79.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 79.4 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 79.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 79.2 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 79 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 78.9 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 78.7 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 78.6 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 78.5 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 78.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | 78.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 78.4 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 78.4 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 78.4 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 78.4 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 78.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 78.3 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 78.2 | 66 |
| 1998 | 78 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 77.9 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 77.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 77.7 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 77.5 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 77.4 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 77.3 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 77.1 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 76.9 | 64 |
| 1989 | 76.7 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 76.5 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 76.3 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 76.2 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 76.1 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 76 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 75.9 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 75.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 75.8 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 75.8 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 75.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 75.6 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 75.5 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 75.4 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 75.3 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 75.2 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 75.2 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 75.1 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 75 | 56 |
| 1970 | 74.9 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 74.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 74.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 74.4 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 74.2 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 74 | 54 |
| 1964 | 73.7 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 73.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 73.1 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 72.6 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 72 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 71.3 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 70.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 69.3 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 68 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 66.6 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 65.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 63.9 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 62.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 61.7 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 60.6 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Faroe Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80.479.5–81.3 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 80.679.3–81.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 80.879.2–82.4 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 8179.2–82.9 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 81.279.1–83.3 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 81.479.1–83.7 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 81.679.2–84.1 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 81.879.2–84.4 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 8279.2–84.7 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 82.279.1–84.9 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 82.479.2–85.2 | 75 |
| 2035 | 82.679.1–85.4 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 82.879.1–85.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 82.979.3–86 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 83.179.3–86.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 83.379.4–86.5 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 83.579.5–86.8 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 83.679.5–87.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 83.879.6–87.4 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 8479.9–87.7 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 84.179.8–87.8 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 84.379.9–88.1 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 84.480.1–88.4 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 84.680.3–88.7 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 84.780.5–88.8 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 84.980.5–89 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 8580.7–89.3 | 77 |
| 2051 | 85.280.6–89.5 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 85.380.9–89.7 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 85.581–90.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 85.681.1–90.4 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 85.781.2–90.5 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 85.981.3–90.8 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 8681.4–90.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 86.281.6–91 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 86.381.7–91.2 | 78 |
| 2060 | 86.481.8–91.5 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 86.682–91.8 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 86.782.2–91.9 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 86.982.3–92 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 8782.3–92.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 87.182.6–92.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 87.382.5–92.6 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 87.482.6–92.8 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 87.582.6–93 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 87.682.6–93.1 | 79 |
| 2070 | 87.882.6–93.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 87.982.8–93.5 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 8882.9–93.7 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 88.183–93.9 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 88.383–94.1 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 88.483.1–94.3 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 88.583.2–94.6 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 88.683.4–94.9 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 88.883.4–95 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 88.983.3–95.3 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 8983.6–95.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 89.183.5–95.5 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 89.283.5–95.5 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 89.483.6–95.6 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 89.583.8–95.9 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 89.683.8–96 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 89.784–96.4 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 89.884.1–96.6 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 89.984.2–96.8 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 9084.3–97 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 90.284.2–97.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 90.384.3–97.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 90.484.3–97.5 | 81 |
| 2093 | 90.584.4–97.6 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 90.684.5–98 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 90.884.4–98.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 90.984.5–98.2 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 9184.7–98.4 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 91.184.8–98.6 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 91.284.9–98.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 91.385.1–99.2 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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