Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Faroe Islands

Population growth in the Faroe Islands in 2025 — 0.47%. Ranked 137 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.78 pp.

2025 0.47% +0.03 pp vs 2024
World rank 137of 217
Period maximum 1.91%2001
Period minimum -3.9%1994

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Faroe Islands, 1961–2025-4-20219611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 1.25%1963: 1.22%1965: 1.39%1967: 1.04%1969: 0.92%1971: 1.13%1973: 1.18%1975: 1.15%1977: 1.09%1979: 1.31%1981: 1.28%1983: 1.12%1985: 1.25%1987: 1.23%1989: 1.27%1991: -0.62%1993: -1.73%1995: -2.46%1997: 1.26%1999: 1.05%2001: 1.91%2003: 1.46%2005: -0.05%2007: 0.09%2009: 0.5%2011: -0.23%2013: -0.09%2015: 0.97%2017: 1.44%2019: 1.54%2021: 1.38%2023: 0.91%2025: 0.47%
Change over the period: −0.78 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Faroe Islands 0.47%
World 0.91%
Northern Europe computed 0.37%
High-income countries computed 0.43%
Population growth — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.47 +0.03 pp
2024 0.44 −0.47 pp
2023 0.91 −0.23 pp
2022 1.14 −0.24 pp
2021 1.38 −0.1 pp
2020 1.48 −0.07 pp
2019 1.54 −0.07 pp
2018 1.62 +0.18 pp
2017 1.44 +0.29 pp
2016 1.15 +0.18 pp
2015 0.97 +0.59 pp
2014 0.38 +0.47 pp
2013 -0.09 +0.43 pp
2012 -0.52 −0.29 pp
2011 -0.23 +0.04 pp
2010 -0.28 −0.77 pp
2009 0.5 +0.15 pp
2008 0.35 +0.26 pp
2007 0.09 +0.14 pp
2006 -0.05 +0 pp
2005 -0.05 −0.78 pp
2004 0.73 −0.73 pp
2003 1.46 −0.03 pp
2002 1.49 −0.42 pp
2001 1.91 +0.57 pp
2000 1.34 +0.29 pp
1999 1.05 −0.17 pp
1998 1.22 −0.04 pp
1997 1.26 +1.33 pp
1996 -0.07 +2.39 pp
1995 -2.46 +1.45 pp
1994 -3.9 −2.17 pp
1993 -1.73 −1.4 pp
1992 -0.34 +0.28 pp
1991 -0.62 −0.16 pp
1990 -0.46 −1.72 pp
1989 1.27 −0.13 pp
1988 1.39 +0.16 pp
1987 1.23 +0.31 pp
1986 0.92 −0.33 pp
1985 1.25 +0.2 pp
1984 1.05 −0.07 pp
1983 1.12 −0.12 pp
1982 1.24 −0.04 pp
1981 1.28 −0.01 pp
1980 1.29 −0.02 pp
1979 1.31 +0.11 pp
1978 1.2 +0.11 pp
1977 1.09 −0.02 pp
1976 1.11 −0.04 pp
1975 1.15 −0.03 pp
1974 1.18 +0 pp
1973 1.18 −0.03 pp
1972 1.2 +0.08 pp
1971 1.13 +0.18 pp
1970 0.95 +0.03 pp
1969 0.92 −0.04 pp
1968 0.96 −0.09 pp
1967 1.04 −0.24 pp
1966 1.28 −0.1 pp
1965 1.39 +0.1 pp
1964 1.28 +0.06 pp
1963 1.22 +0.05 pp
1962 1.17 −0.08 pp
1961 1.25

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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