# Population in Faroe Islands

Population in Faroe Islands was 54,900 in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `fo`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/faroe-islands
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/faroe-islands.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=fo

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 54,900 |
| 2024 | 54,640 |
| 2023 | 54,398 |
| 2022 | 53,903 |
| 2021 | 53,291 |
| 2020 | 52,561 |
| 2019 | 51,790 |
| 2018 | 50,997 |
| 2017 | 50,179 |
| 2016 | 49,463 |
| 2015 | 48,898 |
| 2014 | 48,427 |
| 2013 | 48,245 |
| 2012 | 48,290 |
| 2011 | 48,542 |
| 2010 | 48,656 |
| 2009 | 48,790 |
| 2008 | 48,547 |
| 2007 | 48,378 |
| 2006 | 48,335 |
| 2005 | 48,359 |
| 2004 | 48,384 |
| 2003 | 48,032 |
| 2002 | 47,335 |
| 2001 | 46,635 |
| 2000 | 45,754 |
| 1999 | 45,146 |
| 1998 | 44,674 |
| 1997 | 44,132 |
| 1996 | 43,581 |
| 1995 | 43,611 |
| 1994 | 44,695 |
| 1993 | 46,474 |
| 1992 | 47,287 |
| 1991 | 47,447 |
| 1990 | 47,741 |
| 1989 | 47,959 |
| 1988 | 47,356 |
| 1987 | 46,702 |
| 1986 | 46,132 |
| 1985 | 45,709 |
| 1984 | 45,141 |
| 1983 | 44,670 |
| 1982 | 44,171 |
| 1981 | 43,626 |
| 1980 | 43,072 |
| 1979 | 42,521 |
| 1978 | 41,968 |
| 1977 | 41,468 |
| 1976 | 41,020 |
| 1975 | 40,568 |
| 1974 | 40,106 |
| 1973 | 39,636 |
| 1972 | 39,172 |
| 1971 | 38,703 |
| 1970 | 38,269 |
| 1969 | 37,907 |
| 1968 | 37,560 |
| 1967 | 37,202 |
| 1966 | 36,816 |
| 1965 | 36,347 |
| 1964 | 35,847 |
| 1963 | 35,391 |
| 1962 | 34,963 |
| 1961 | 34,557 |
| 1960 | 34,127 |