| People | Faroe Islands |
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Population:
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49,267 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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36 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 40% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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void |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 21% (male 5,362/female 4,975)
15-64 years: 64.2% (male 16,837/female 14,788)
65 years and over: 14.8% (male 3,487/female 3,818) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 37.3 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 38.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.428% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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12.95 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.67 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.071 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.09 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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void |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.72 years
male: 77.25 years
female: 82.35 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.42 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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void |
Physicians density:
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void |
Hospital bed density:
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void |
Drinking water source:
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void |
Sanitation facility access:
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void |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Faroese (singular and plural)
adjective: Faroese |
Ethnic groups:
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Scandinavian |
Religions:
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Evangelical Lutheran 83.8%, other and unspecified 16.2% (2006 census) |
Languages:
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Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish |
Literacy:
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NA; note - probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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NA |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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