Faroe Islands Demographics Profile 2009

Population

48,856 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 21.6% (male 5,451/female 5,108)
15-64 years: 64% (male 16,708/female 14,544)
65 years and over: 14.4% (male 3,324/female 3,721) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 36.9 years
male: 36.3 years
female: 37.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.397% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

13.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

8.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 41% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.09 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 6.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.44 years
male: 77 years
female: 82.05 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.44 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Nationality

noun: Faroese (singular and plural)
adjective: Faroese

Ethnic groups

Scandinavian

Religions

Evangelical Lutheran 83.8%, other and unspecified 16.2% (2006 administrative data)

Languages

Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish

Literacy

NA; note - probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper