Faroe Islands
Urban population in Faroe Islands
Urban population in Faroe Islands: 17.5% in 1950 and 39.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 39.6%
- Since 1950
- +22.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 180 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 50.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 50.7% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.6 |
| 2024 | 39.4 |
| 2023 | 39.2 |
| 2022 | 39 |
| 2021 | 38.8 |
| 2020 | 38.7 |
| 2019 | 38.4 |
| 2018 | 38.4 |
| 2017 | 38.3 |
| 2016 | 38.3 |
| 2015 | 38.1 |
| 2014 | 37.9 |
| 2013 | 37.7 |
| 2012 | 37.3 |
| 2011 | 37.3 |
| 2010 | 37.3 |
| 2009 | 36.9 |
| 2008 | 36.5 |
| 2007 | 36.3 |
| 2006 | 36.5 |
| 2005 | 36.3 |
| 2004 | 36.3 |
| 2003 | 36.1 |
| 2002 | 35.9 |
| 2001 | 35.9 |
| 2000 | 35.7 |
| 1999 | 35.7 |
| 1998 | 35.5 |
| 1997 | 35.2 |
| 1996 | 34.9 |
| 1995 | 34.4 |
| 1994 | 33.9 |
| 1993 | 34.2 |
| 1992 | 34 |
| 1991 | 33.7 |
| 1990 | 33.5 |
| 1989 | 33.4 |
| 1988 | 33 |
| 1987 | 32.9 |
| 1986 | 32.4 |
| 1985 | 32.2 |
| 1984 | 32.3 |
| 1983 | 32.1 |
| 1982 | 31.8 |
| 1981 | 31.6 |
| 1980 | 31.6 |
| 1979 | 31.5 |
| 1978 | 31.4 |
| 1977 | 31.4 |
| 1976 | 31.3 |
| 1975 | 30.9 |
| 1974 | 30.4 |
| 1973 | 29.9 |
| 1972 | 29.2 |
| 1971 | 28.6 |
| 1970 | 28 |
| 1969 | 27.4 |
| 1968 | 26.8 |
| 1967 | 26.1 |
| 1966 | 25.4 |
| 1965 | 24.7 |
| 1964 | 23.9 |
| 1963 | 23.2 |
| 1962 | 22.4 |
| 1961 | 21.7 |
| 1960 | 21 |
| 1959 | 20.4 |
| 1958 | 19.8 |
| 1957 | 19.3 |
| 1956 | 18.9 |
| 1955 | 18.6 |
| 1954 | 18.4 |
| 1953 | 18.2 |
| 1952 | 18 |
| 1951 | 17.8 |
| 1950 | 17.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 39.9 |
| 2027 | 40.2 |
| 2028 | 40.4 |
| 2029 | 40.7 |
| 2030 | 41 |
| 2031 | 41.3 |
| 2032 | 41.7 |
| 2033 | 42 |
| 2034 | 42.4 |
| 2035 | 42.8 |
| 2036 | 43.2 |
| 2037 | 43.6 |
| 2038 | 44 |
| 2039 | 44.5 |
| 2040 | 45 |
| 2041 | 45.5 |
| 2042 | 46 |
| 2043 | 46.5 |
| 2044 | 47 |
| 2045 | 47.6 |
| 2046 | 48.2 |
| 2047 | 48.8 |
| 2048 | 49.4 |
| 2049 | 50.1 |
| 2050 | 50.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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