Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Europe · Northern Europe
Faroe Islands is recorded at 55.4k people in 2024, with total annual change of +645 under the WPP medium variant.
Faroe Islands observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 705 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -553 |
| Natural change | +152 |
| Net migration | +488 |
| Total change | +645 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +645 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -9,661 since 2079 |
| Projected 2100 | 63.3k |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Faroe Islands 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 11.0k, ages 15-64 34.0k, ages 65+ 9.7k.
Faroe Islands 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 11.5k, ages 15-64 38.0k, ages 65+ 13.5k.
Faroe Islands 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 9.0k, ages 15-64 34.6k, ages 65+ 19.7k.
Stage since 2024.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2064.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55.4k | 645 | 705 | 553 | 2.22 |
| 2030 | 58.2k | 353 | 763 | 536 | 2.13 |
| 2050 | 63.0k | 177 | 736 | 591 | 1.97 |
| 2080 | 65.1k | -17 | 652 | 646 | 1.85 |
| 2100 | 63.3k | -156 | 583 | 695 | 1.79 |