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Faroe Islands: Administrative Division

Contents: Municipalities

The population of the municipalities (kommunur) of the Faroe Islands according to offical estimates.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution).

NameStatusPopulation
Estimate
1985-01-01		Population
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1995-01-01		Population
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2005-01-01		Population
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2015-01-01		Population
Estimate
2025-01-01
EiðisMunicipality620631718686783
EysturMunicipality1,7251,6381,9192,0002,291
FámjinsMunicipality1271251149274
FuglafjarðarMunicipality1,6401,4521,5651,5161,625
FugloyarMunicipality6254454049
HovsMunicipality153143131117106
HúsavíkarMunicipality192172142117112
HvalbiarMunicipality828786777724635
HvannasundsMunicipality460457449395428
KlaksvíkarMunicipality5,0154,7825,0124,9325,488
KunoyarMunicipality101127142129150
KvívíkarMunicipality513561605568620
NesMunicipality1,0311,0471,2111,2331,585
PorkerisMunicipality355401359301325
RunavíkarMunicipality3,5093,2683,7223,7944,409
SandsMunicipality656557599526516
SjóvarMunicipality9359601,0419361,242
SkálavíkarMunicipality225178183140171
SkopunarMunicipality608541480449479
Skúgvoyar (Skúvoyar)Municipality9093624334
SørvágsMunicipality1,0781,0061,0811,0851,238
SumbiarMunicipality542453390352342
SundaMunicipality1,4561,3311,5571,6401,791
TórshavnarMunicipality16,11816,50019,33020,19823,277
TvøroyrarMunicipality2,1171,8581,8371,7231,734
VágaMunicipality1,8521,6391,8271,9922,217
VágsMunicipality1,7591,4281,4231,3321,336
VestmannaMunicipality1,3051,1521,2411,2101,253
ViðareiðisMunicipality276303341347330
Føroyar [Faroe Islands]Autonomous Country45,34843,64348,30348,61754,640

Source: Hagstova Føroya, Statistics Faroe Islands.

Further information about the population structure:

MalesFemales48%52%
GenderPersons
Males28,432
Females26,208
Gender (E 2025)
Males28,432
Females26,208
0-17 years18-64years65+ years24%57.2%
Age GroupsPersons
0-17 years13,133
18-64 years31,278
65+ years10,229
Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years13,133
18-64 years31,278
65+ years10,229
MalesFemales
Age DistributionMalesFemales
90+ years158331
80-89 years10771192
70-79 years23352274
60-69 years30632946
50-59 years36463211
40-49 years35413061
30-39 years38353441
20-29 years32612609
10-19 years38333607
0-9 years36833536
Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years489
80-89 years2,269
70-79 years4,609
60-69 years6,009
50-59 years6,857
40-49 years6,602
30-39 years7,276
20-29 years5,870
10-19 years7,440
0-9 years7,219

The service has to support the EPSG:3857 projection; in case of WMTS as TileMatrixSet name.






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