Faroe Islands
Median age in Faroe Islands
Median age in Faroe Islands: 24.6 years in 1950 and 37.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 37.3 years
- Since 1950
- +12.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 77 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 47.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 47.9 years in 2100, between 40.5 years and 62.6 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 38.3 years in 2015, the lowest 24.6 years in 1950.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Faroe Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37.3 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 37.5 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 37.8 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 37.9 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 37.9 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 37.9 | 29 |
| 2017 | 38.1 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 38.2 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 38.3 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 38.2 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 37.9 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 37.5 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 37.2 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 36.7 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 36.2 | 27 |
| 2008 | 35.9 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 35.6 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 35.3 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 35 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 34.8 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 34.6 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 34.3 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 34 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 33.8 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 33.6 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 33.5 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 33.4 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 33.2 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 33.1 | 24 |
| 1994 | 32.7 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 32 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 31.3 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 30.6 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 30 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 29.6 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 29.4 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 29.1 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 28.9 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 28.6 | 22 |
| 1984 | 28.4 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 28.1 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 27.8 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 27.6 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 27.4 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 27.1 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 26.8 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 26.5 | 21 |
| 1976 | 26.3 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 26.1 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 25.9 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 25.7 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 25.6 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 25.5 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 25.3 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 25.2 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 25 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 24.8 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 24.8 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 24.8 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 24.9 | 21 |
| 1963 | 25 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 25.1 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 25.2 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 25.3 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 25.3 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 25.4 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 25.5 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 25.6 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 25.5 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 25.4 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 25.1 | 22 |
| 1952 | 24.9 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 24.7 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 24.6 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Faroe Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37.137–37.3 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 37.136.7–37.5 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 37.136.4–37.8 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 37.236.3–38.1 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 37.336.1–38.5 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 37.535.9–39 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 37.635.7–39.5 | 32 |
| 2031 | 37.635.4–40 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 37.735.1–40.5 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 37.734.9–40.9 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 37.734.8–41.3 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 37.734.7–41.7 | 33 |
| 2036 | 37.734.7–42.1 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 37.734.8–42.5 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 37.834.9–42.9 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 3834.9–43.2 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 38.234.9–43.5 | 34 |
| 2041 | 38.435–43.9 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 38.635–44.3 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 38.835–44.6 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 3935.1–44.9 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 39.335.2–45.2 | 35 |
| 2046 | 39.535.2–45.5 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 39.735.3–45.9 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 39.835.4–46.4 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 4035.4–46.9 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 40.235.5–47.4 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 40.335.6–47.8 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 40.535.7–48.2 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 40.635.8–48.7 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 40.736–49.1 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 40.936.2–49.5 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 4136.3–50 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 41.236.4–50.4 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 41.436.5–50.8 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 41.636.5–51.2 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 41.836.6–51.5 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 41.936.6–51.9 | 38 |
| 2062 | 42.136.6–52.1 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 42.336.6–52.4 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 42.436.6–52.5 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 42.536.7–52.6 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 42.636.8–52.7 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 42.836.9–52.9 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 42.937.1–53.1 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 4337.2–53.3 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 43.137.3–53.5 | 39 |
| 2071 | 43.337.5–53.8 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 43.437.6–54.1 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 43.537.8–54.5 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 43.737.9–54.7 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 43.838–54.8 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 4438.1–55 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 44.138.3–55.3 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 44.338.4–55.6 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 44.438.5–56 | 40 |
| 2080 | 44.638.6–56.2 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 44.838.8–56.4 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 4538.9–56.7 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 45.239–57 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 45.439.1–57.3 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 45.539.2–57.5 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 45.739.2–57.8 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 45.939.3–58.1 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 46.139.4–58.4 | 41 |
| 2089 | 46.339.5–58.7 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 46.439.6–59 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 46.639.7–59.3 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 46.839.7–59.8 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 46.939.7–60.3 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 47.139.8–60.7 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 47.239.9–61.1 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 47.440–61.5 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 47.540.1–61.9 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 47.640.3–62.2 | 42 |
| 2099 | 47.840.4–62.4 | 42 |
| 2100 | 47.940.5–62.6 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- 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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