Faroe Islands
Population growth in Faroe Islands
Population growth in Faroe Islands: 0.95% a year in 1950 and 1.33% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.33% a year
- Since 1950
- +0.38 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 85 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.25% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.25% a year in 2100, between -3.96% a year and 2.85% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 1.58% a year in 2018, the lowest -2.24% a year in 1994.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Faroe Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.33 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 1.26 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1.56 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 1.58 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 1.54 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.35 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 1.21 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.44 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.43 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.35 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.3 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | -1.28 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -0.05 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 0.01 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 0.09 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.1 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.18 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 1.25 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 1.24 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 1.29 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 1.23 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.29 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 0.68 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0.75 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.84 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.8 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.74 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | -2.24 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | -2.08 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | -1.82 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | -1.6 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | -1.29 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 1.24 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 1.11 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 1.01 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.97 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 0.88 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 1.05 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.05 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.2 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.29 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 1.27 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 1.3 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 1.32 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 1.08 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 1.1 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 1.12 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.17 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.18 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.17 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.24 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.02 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 0.88 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 0.95 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 0.97 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.12 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 1.45 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 1.31 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 1.25 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 1.18 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 1.15 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 1.36 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 1.45 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.41 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.31 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.16 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 0.15 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 0.13 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 0.03 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 0.15 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 0.56 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 0.95 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Faroe Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.160.08–2.27 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 1-0.46–2.42 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 0.87-0.84–2.58 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 0.84-1.1–2.74 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.67-1.45–2.77 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 0.69-1.34–2.78 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 0.61-1.45–2.85 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 0.62-1.55–2.89 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.54-1.75–2.85 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 0.55-1.66–2.89 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.47-1.84–2.96 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.45-1.87–2.9 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.45-1.8–3.01 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.42-1.98–3.03 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.39-2.03–3.08 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.38-2.17–3.01 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.37-2.24–2.99 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.38-2.12–3.04 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.35-2.15–3.09 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.35-2.23–3.03 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.35-2.19–2.95 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.31-2.21–3.09 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.31-2.42–3.13 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.34-2.45–3.1 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.26-2.37–3.14 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.23-2.46–3.02 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.28-2.43–2.99 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.21-2.57–3.03 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.2-2.51–3.13 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.19-2.6–3.05 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.16-2.54–2.86 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 0.13-2.67–2.87 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 0.11-2.71–2.71 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 0.14-2.69–3.06 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 0.13-2.6–2.97 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 0.1-2.8–2.92 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 0.14-2.68–2.82 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.13-2.71–2.92 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.11-2.77–2.88 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.16-2.7–2.96 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.12-2.77–2.87 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.13-2.79–2.84 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.07-2.79–2.87 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.08-2.77–2.85 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.1-2.85–2.97 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.1-2.9–2.84 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.1-2.97–2.88 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.07-3.08–2.84 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.07-3.18–2.91 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.07-3.11–3 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.06-3.03–3.03 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.09-3–3.05 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.03-2.99–2.64 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.04-3.2–2.78 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.01-3.37–2.84 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0-3.27–2.66 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.03-3.48–2.87 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.04-3.4–2.69 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.07-3.47–2.67 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.05-3.73–2.51 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.06-3.77–2.68 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.09-3.89–2.76 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.09-3.76–2.68 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.11-3.82–2.9 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.14-3.92–2.71 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.14-3.76–2.73 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.16-3.8–2.77 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.15-3.81–2.81 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.18-4.04–2.71 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.17-3.99–2.73 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.18-3.86–2.98 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.21-3.95–2.68 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.17-4.03–2.81 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.22-3.96–2.69 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.23-3.8–2.81 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.23-4–2.83 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.25-3.96–2.85 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- 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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Faroe Islands in numbers
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