Faroe Islands: Administrative Division

flag Contents: Føroyar

Autonomous Country

52,110 Population [2020] – estimate

54,945 Population [2026] – estimate

1,399km² Area

39.27/km² Density [2026]

Contents: Municipalities

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

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1985-01-01	Population Estimate 1995-01-01	Population Estimate 2005-01-01	Population Estimate 2015-01-01	Population Estimate 2020-01-01	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Eiðis	Municipality	620	631	718	686	761	763	→
Eystur	Municipality	1,725	1,638	1,919	2,000	2,156	2,288	→
Fámjins	Municipality	127	125	114	92	83	73	→
Fuglafjarðar	Municipality	1,640	1,452	1,565	1,516	1,589	1,640	→
Fugloyar	Municipality	62	54	45	40	38	48	→
Hovs	Municipality	153	143	131	117	99	105	→
Húsavíkar	Municipality	192	172	142	117	115	112	→
Hvalbiar	Municipality	828	786	777	724	679	631	→
Hvannasunds	Municipality	460	457	449	395	416	426	→
Klaksvíkar	Municipality	5,015	4,782	5,012	4,932	5,247	5,541	→
Kunoyar	Municipality	101	127	142	129	156	145	→
Kvívíkar	Municipality	513	561	605	568	597	602	→
Nes	Municipality	1,031	1,047	1,211	1,233	1,338	1,618	→
Porkeris	Municipality	355	401	359	301	318	324	→
Runavíkar	Municipality	3,509	3,268	3,722	3,794	4,157	4,443	→
Sands	Municipality	656	557	599	526	532	542	→
Sjóvar	Municipality	935	960	1,041	936	1,089	1,286	→
Skálavíkar	Municipality	225	178	183	140	144	171	→
Skopunar	Municipality	608	541	480	449	440	488	→
Skúgvoyar (Skúvoyar)	Municipality	90	93	62	43	40	35	→
Sørvágs	Municipality	1,078	1,006	1,081	1,085	1,236	1,257	→
Sumbiar	Municipality	542	453	390	352	358	333	→
Sunda	Municipality	1,456	1,331	1,557	1,640	1,810	1,787	→
Tórshavnar	Municipality	16,118	16,500	19,330	20,198	21,926	23,491	→
Tvøroyrar	Municipality	2,117	1,858	1,837	1,723	1,714	1,698	→
Vága	Municipality	1,852	1,639	1,827	1,992	2,130	2,185	→
Vágs	Municipality	1,759	1,428	1,423	1,332	1,351	1,327	→
Vestmanna	Municipality	1,305	1,152	1,241	1,210	1,245	1,257	→
Viðareiðis	Municipality	276	303	341	347	346	329	→
Føroyar [Faroe Islands]	Autonomous Country	45,348	43,643	48,303	48,617	52,110	54,945

Source: Hagstova Føroya, Statistics Faroe Islands.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2026)
Males	28,627
Females	26,318

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	13,107
18-64 years	31,404
65+ years	10,434

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	494
80-89 years	2,346
70-79 years	4,707
60-69 years	6,141
50-59 years	6,804
40-49 years	6,642
30-39 years	7,286
20-29 years	5,911
10-19 years	7,410
0-9 years	7,204