Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Faroe Islands

Net migration in the Faroe Islands in 2025 — 386 people. Ranked 75 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 712.7%.

2025 386 people −20.9% vs 2024
World rank 75of 217
Period maximum 676 people2018
Period minimum -1,321 people1993

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Faroe Islands, 1960–2025-1,500-1,000-50005001,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -63 people1962: -129 people1964: -133 people1966: -232 people1968: -274 people1970: -155 people1972: -74 people1974: -63 people1976: -13 people1978: 106 people1980: 119 people1982: 130 people1984: 118 people1986: 16 people1988: 22 people1990: -1,203 people1992: -1,280 people1994: -1,310 people1996: 51 people1998: 109 people2000: 301 people2002: 327 people2004: 319 people2006: -179 people2008: -206 people2010: -780 people2012: 8 people2014: 85 people2016: 541 people2018: 676 people2020: 548 people2022: 614 people2024: 488 people2025: 386 people
Change over the period: +449 (+712.7%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Faroe Islands 386 people
World 0 people
Europe & Central Asia 1.18M people
Northern Europe computed 500,927 people
High-income countries computed 2.41M people
Net migration — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 386 −102 −20.9%
2024 488 −111 −18.53%
2023 599 −15 −2.44%
2022 614 −48 −7.25%
2021 662 +114 +20.8%
2020 548 −122 −18.21%
2019 670 −6 −0.89%
2018 676 +42 +6.62%
2017 634 +93 +17.19%
2016 541 +42 +8.42%
2015 499 +414 +487.06%
2014 85 +37 +77.08%
2013 48 +40 +500%
2012 8 −24 −75%
2011 32 +812 +104.1%
2010 -780 −593 −317.11%
2009 -187 +19 +9.22%
2008 -206 −17 −8.99%
2007 -189 −10 −5.59%
2006 -179 +9 +4.79%
2005 -188 −507 −158.93%
2004 319 −6 −1.85%
2003 325 −2 −0.61%
2002 327 −15 −4.39%
2001 342 +41 +13.62%
2000 301 +231 +330%
1999 70 −39 −35.78%
1998 109 +28 +34.57%
1997 81 +30 +58.82%
1996 51 −10 −16.39%
1995 61 +1,371 +104.66%
1994 -1,310 +11 +0.83%
1993 -1,321 −41 −3.2%
1992 -1,280 −24 −1.91%
1991 -1,256 −53 −4.41%
1990 -1,203 −1,231 −4,396.43%
1989 28 +6 +27.27%
1988 22 −9 −29.03%
1987 31 +15 +93.75%
1986 16 +1 +6.67%
1985 15 −103 −87.29%
1984 118 −6 −4.84%
1983 124 −6 −4.62%
1982 130 +1 +0.78%
1981 129 +10 +8.4%
1980 119 +39 +48.75%
1979 80 −26 −24.53%
1978 106 +109 +3,633.33%
1977 -3 +10 +76.92%
1976 -13 +25 +65.79%
1975 -38 +25 +39.68%
1974 -63 +23 +26.74%
1973 -86 −12 −16.22%
1972 -74 −33 −80.49%
1971 -41 +114 +73.55%
1970 -155 +87 +35.95%
1969 -242 +32 +11.68%
1968 -274 +11 +3.86%
1967 -285 −53 −22.84%
1966 -232 −116 −100%
1965 -116 +17 +12.78%
1964 -133 +3 +2.21%
1963 -136 −7 −5.43%
1962 -129 −10 −8.4%
1961 -119 −56 −88.89%
1960 -63

About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

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