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Faroe Islands: Faroe Islands People Profile

2010/07/07

School with a warning sign,Faroe Islands

Population

Value:

49 057

Date:

July 2010est.

Comparison to the world:

208

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

21.3% (male 5,403/female 5,053)

Year:

2010

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

64% (male 16,777/female 14,644)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

14.6% (male 3,406/female 3,774)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

37.1years

Year:

2010

Name:

male

Value:

36.5 years

Name:

female

Value:

37.9 years

Population growth rate

Value:

0,424%

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

157

Birth rate

Value:

12.9 births/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

157

Death rate

Value:

8.66 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July 2010 est.

Comparison to the world:

Net migration rate

Value:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

Urbanization

Urban population:

41% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization:

2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.069 male(s)/female

Year:

2010

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.07 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

1.15 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.9 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

1.09 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

6.18deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

179

Male value:

6.43 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

5.91 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2010

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

79.58 years

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

77.13 years

Female value:

82.21 years

Year:

2010

Total fertility rate

Value:

2.43 children born/woman

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

Nationality

Noun:

Faroese (singular and plural)

Adjective:

Faroese

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Scandinavian</p>

Religions

Value:

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

Languages

Languages info:

Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish

Literacy

Definition:

Note:

probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper

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