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Faroe Islands: People & Society#

Population50,456 (July 2016 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Faroese (singular and plural)
adjective: Faroese
Ethnic groupsFaroese 89.2% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 7.1%, other 3.7% (includes Icelander, Norwegian, Greenlander, Filipino, Thai, British)
note: data represent respondents by country of birth (2011 est.)
LanguagesFaroese 93.8% (derived from Old Norse), Danish 3.2%, other 3% (2011 est.)
ReligionsChristian 89.3% (predominantly Evangelical Lutheran), other 0.7%, more than one religion 0.2%, none 3.8%, unspecified 6% (2011 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 19.98% (male 5,212/female 4,870)
15-24 years: 14.62% (male 3,784/female 3,592)
25-54 years: 37.25% (male 10,191/female 8,605)
55-64 years: 11.66% (male 3,032/female 2,851)
65 years and over: 16.49% (male 4,023/female 4,296) (2016 est.)
Median agetotal: 37.7 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 38.4 years (2016 est.)
Population growth rate0.53% (2016 est.)
Birth rate14 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
Death rate8.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
Net migration rate0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
Population distributionthe island of Streymoy is by far the most populous with over 40% of the population; it has approximately twice as many inhabitants as Eysturoy, the second most populous island; seven of the inhabited islands have less than 100 people
Urbanizationurban population: 42% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 0.47% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major urban areas - populationTORSHAVN (capital) 21,000 (2014)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.18 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.94 male(s)/female
total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 5.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 80.4 years
male: 77.8 years
female: 83.1 years (2016 est.)
Total fertility rate2.36 children born/woman (2016 est.)
Hospital bed density4.7 beds/1,000 population (2012)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rateNA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDSNA
HIV/AIDS - deathsNA