Faroe Islands
Net migration rate in Faroe Islands
Net migration rate in Faroe Islands: -5 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 11 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 11 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- +15.9 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 22 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- -0.7 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -26.9 per 1,000 people and 24.1 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 13.3 per 1,000 people in 2018, the lowest -29.7 per 1,000 people in 1994.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11.4 |
| 2021 | 12.4 |
| 2020 | 10.4 |
| 2019 | 12.9 |
| 2018 | 13.3 |
| 2017 | 12.6 |
| 2016 | 10.9 |
| 2015 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0.2 |
| 2011 | 0.7 |
| 2010 | -16.2 |
| 2009 | -3.9 |
| 2008 | -4.2 |
| 2007 | -3.9 |
| 2006 | -3.7 |
| 2005 | -3.9 |
| 2004 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 7 |
| 2001 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 1.5 |
| 1998 | 2.4 |
| 1997 | 1.8 |
| 1996 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 1.4 |
| 1994 | -29.7 |
| 1993 | -29.3 |
| 1992 | -27.8 |
| 1991 | -26.8 |
| 1990 | -25.3 |
| 1989 | 0.6 |
| 1988 | 0.5 |
| 1987 | 0.7 |
| 1986 | 0.3 |
| 1985 | 0.3 |
| 1984 | 2.6 |
| 1983 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 2.9 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1980 | 2.8 |
| 1979 | 1.9 |
| 1978 | 2.5 |
| 1977 | -0.1 |
| 1976 | -0.3 |
| 1975 | -0.9 |
| 1974 | -1.6 |
| 1973 | -2.2 |
| 1972 | -1.9 |
| 1971 | -1.1 |
| 1970 | -4.1 |
| 1969 | -6.4 |
| 1968 | -7.3 |
| 1967 | -7.7 |
| 1966 | -6.3 |
| 1965 | -3.2 |
| 1964 | -3.7 |
| 1963 | -3.8 |
| 1962 | -3.7 |
| 1961 | -3.4 |
| 1960 | -1.8 |
| 1959 | -1.5 |
| 1958 | -1.7 |
| 1957 | -1.7 |
| 1956 | -1.9 |
| 1955 | -11.7 |
| 1954 | -12.2 |
| 1953 | -12.4 |
| 1952 | -12.3 |
| 1951 | -9.8 |
| 1950 | -5 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.8-1.9–19.5 |
| 2025 | 6.9-7.6–21.2 |
| 2026 | 5.5-10.6–22 |
| 2027 | 4.8-13.2–22.6 |
| 2028 | 3.2-16.4–22.9 |
| 2029 | 3.1-15.7–23 |
| 2030 | 2.2-16.8–22.7 |
| 2031 | 2.1-18.5–23.1 |
| 2032 | 1.4-19.6–22 |
| 2033 | 1.4-19–22.9 |
| 2034 | 0.6-20.7–22.3 |
| 2035 | 0.3-20.5–23.2 |
| 2036 | 0.3-20.6–22.6 |
| 2037 | 0.3-21.8–23.2 |
| 2038 | 0-22.3–23.9 |
| 2039 | -0-23.3–23.7 |
| 2040 | 0.1-23.1–23.3 |
| 2041 | 0.2-22.1–23.5 |
| 2042 | 0.2-21.9–24.6 |
| 2043 | 0.3-22.9–23.5 |
| 2044 | 0.4-21.4–23.3 |
| 2045 | 0.1-21.6–24.5 |
| 2046 | 0.3-22.8–24.4 |
| 2047 | 0.7-23–24.3 |
| 2048 | 0.1-22.7–23.8 |
| 2049 | -0.1-23.1–24.3 |
| 2050 | 0.3-22.6–23.3 |
| 2051 | -0-23.4–23.9 |
| 2052 | 0.1-22.2–24.7 |
| 2053 | -0.2-22.1–24.1 |
| 2054 | -0.3-22.6–22.2 |
| 2055 | -0.4-23.1–21 |
| 2056 | -0.5-23.8–21.5 |
| 2057 | -0.4-23.7–24.1 |
| 2058 | -0.3-24–24 |
| 2059 | -0.4-23.3–22.4 |
| 2060 | -0.1-23.1–21.1 |
| 2061 | -0.2-23.6–22.6 |
| 2062 | -0.4-23.8–21.9 |
| 2063 | 0.1-23.5–22.2 |
| 2064 | -0.2-23.7–22.3 |
| 2065 | -0.2-24.2–22.2 |
| 2066 | -0.6-23.9–22.6 |
| 2067 | -0.7-23.8–21.8 |
| 2068 | -0.3-23.7–22.3 |
| 2069 | -0.3-24.4–22.9 |
| 2070 | -0.2-24.3–22 |
| 2071 | -0.4-24.5–23.2 |
| 2072 | -0.5-23.9–22.5 |
| 2073 | -0.1-24.5–23.6 |
| 2074 | -0.1-23.8–24.8 |
| 2075 | 0.3-23.7–24.3 |
| 2076 | -0.2-22.9–22.4 |
| 2077 | -0-23.7–23 |
| 2078 | -0.3-25.2–22.8 |
| 2079 | -0.2-25.4–22.2 |
| 2080 | -0.4-26.4–22.9 |
| 2081 | -0.4-24.1–21.8 |
| 2082 | -0.4-24.8–22.8 |
| 2083 | -0.3-26.3–21.5 |
| 2084 | -0.1-26.2–22.8 |
| 2085 | -0.4-26.8–23.2 |
| 2086 | -0.4-25.5–22.3 |
| 2087 | -0.4-26.2–24 |
| 2088 | -0.5-26.4–23.7 |
| 2089 | -0.4-25.9–22.8 |
| 2090 | -0.6-24.6–21.9 |
| 2091 | -0.5-24.7–23.3 |
| 2092 | -0.5-25.8–23.7 |
| 2093 | -0.4-25.9–22.4 |
| 2094 | -0.4-25.3–23.1 |
| 2095 | -0.7-26.1–22.5 |
| 2096 | -0.3-26.1–22.3 |
| 2097 | -0.6-24.9–21.8 |
| 2098 | -0.7-25.5–22.3 |
| 2099 | -0.6-26.3–22.3 |
| 2100 | -0.7-26.9–24.1 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- 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.
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