Male population — all countries

Male population — Faroe Islands

Male population in the Faroe Islands in 2025 — 28,342 people. Ranked 202 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 60%.

2025 28,342 people +0.39% vs 2024
World rank 202of 217
Period maximum 28,342 people2025
Period minimum 17,711 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Faroe Islands, 1960–202515,00020,00025,00030,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17,711 people1962: 18,193 people1964: 18,702 people1966: 19,243 people1968: 19,613 people1970: 19,955 people1972: 20,425 people1974: 20,936 people1976: 21,454 people1978: 21,939 people1980: 22,494 people1982: 23,040 people1984: 23,544 people1986: 24,049 people1988: 24,668 people1990: 24,853 people1992: 24,551 people1994: 23,121 people1996: 22,518 people1998: 23,081 people2000: 23,661 people2002: 24,521 people2004: 25,108 people2006: 25,106 people2008: 25,201 people2010: 25,093 people2012: 24,817 people2014: 24,982 people2016: 25,526 people2018: 26,329 people2020: 27,187 people2022: 27,903 people2024: 28,232 people2025: 28,342 people
Change over the period: +10,631 (+60.02%) Average annual rate: 0.73 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands 28,342 people
World 4.13B people
Europe & Central Asia 453M people
Northern Europe computed 54.14M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 28,342 +110 +0.39%
2024 28,232 +98 +0.35%
2023 28,134 +231 +0.83%
2022 27,903 +320 +1.16%
2021 27,583 +396 +1.46%
2020 27,187 +416 +1.55%
2019 26,771 +442 +1.68%
2018 26,329 +444 +1.72%
2017 25,885 +359 +1.41%
2016 25,526 +281 +1.11%
2015 25,245 +263 +1.05%
2014 24,982 +137 +0.55%
2013 24,845 +28 +0.11%
2012 24,817 −71 −0.29%
2011 24,888 −205 −0.82%
2010 25,093 −240 −0.95%
2009 25,333 +132 +0.52%
2008 25,201 +79 +0.31%
2007 25,122 +16 +0.06%
2006 25,106 −4 −0.02%
2005 25,110 +2 +0.01%
2004 25,108 +204 +0.82%
2003 24,904 +383 +1.56%
2002 24,521 +385 +1.6%
2001 24,136 +475 +2.01%
2000 23,661 +330 +1.41%
1999 23,331 +250 +1.08%
1998 23,081 +282 +1.24%
1997 22,799 +281 +1.25%
1996 22,518 −20 −0.09%
1995 22,538 −583 −2.52%
1994 23,121 −965 −4.01%
1993 24,086 −465 −1.89%
1992 24,551 −120 −0.49%
1991 24,671 −182 −0.73%
1990 24,853 −125 −0.5%
1989 24,978 +310 +1.26%
1988 24,668 +329 +1.35%
1987 24,339 +290 +1.21%
1986 24,049 +219 +0.92%
1985 23,830 +286 +1.21%
1984 23,544 +244 +1.05%
1983 23,300 +260 +1.13%
1982 23,040 +271 +1.19%
1981 22,769 +275 +1.22%
1980 22,494 +276 +1.24%
1979 22,218 +279 +1.27%
1978 21,939 +250 +1.15%
1977 21,689 +235 +1.1%
1976 21,454 +255 +1.2%
1975 21,199 +263 +1.26%
1974 20,936 +262 +1.27%
1973 20,674 +249 +1.22%
1972 20,425 +248 +1.23%
1971 20,177 +222 +1.11%
1970 19,955 +176 +0.89%
1969 19,779 +166 +0.85%
1968 19,613 +173 +0.89%
1967 19,440 +197 +1.02%
1966 19,243 +259 +1.36%
1965 18,984 +282 +1.51%
1964 18,702 +262 +1.42%
1963 18,440 +247 +1.36%
1962 18,193 +234 +1.3%
1961 17,959 +248 +1.4%
1960 17,711

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.