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Faroe Islands in Figures 2019/2020 Faroe Islands in figures 2019/2020 “Faroe Islands in Figures” is a pocket-size statistical summary of the Faroe Islands in tables and graphs. It contains key information about population, labour market, industry, culture, communication, international trade, economics, geography, climate etc. Furthermore the booklet has an overview of key figures on all the Nordic countries. All the statistics are the lates figures available when published in July 2019 Our statbank is kept updated and might contain newer figures. Faroe Islands in figures 2019/2020 July 2019 Published by: Statistics Faroe Islands Kvíggjartún 1 P.O. Box 2068 FO-165 Argir Phone +298 352800 Fax +298 352801 www.statistics.fo e-mail: [email protected] Country Codes: Symbols: FO: Faroe Islands - Nil DK: Denmark 0 Less than half GL: Greenland . Not applicable FI: Finland .. Data not available AX: Åland IS: Iceland NO: Norway SE: Sweden © 2019, Hagstova Føroya Fotos: By Faroephoto Design and print: Føroyaprent KT UM DS HV N ØR E V L I R S U M Ð E R R K O I N ISSN 1603-8479 541 705 4 Contents Key figures, Nordic countries . 6 Population . 9 Labour market . 14 Social affairs . 18 Health . 19 Culture and religion . 20 Justice . 22 Election . 22 Economic activities . 24 Transport and communication . 26 International trade . 29 National accounts . 30 Public finance . 32 Consumer price index . 34 Geography . 36 Climate . 38 Key figures, Nordic countries FO DK GL FI AX IS NO SE Population and area 1 jan. 2019 Population in 1 000 51 5 806 56 5 518 30 357 5 328 10 230 Females in pct. of total population 48.3 50.2 47.2 50.6 50.1 48,8 49.6 49.7 Area in 1 000 sq km 1.4 43 2 166 338 1.6 103 324 450 Inhabitants per sq km 37 134 0.03 16 19 2 16 23 Fertility rate. 2018 (AX 2017, GL 2015) Total fertility rate 2 483 1 730 2 016 1 407 1 684 1 707 1 560 1 750 Life expectancy at birth. 2018 (IS, SE 2017, FI, AX 2016) Life expectancy, men 80.5 79.0 69.4 78.6 79.3 80.6 81.0 80.4 Life expectancy, women 84.7 82.9 72.5 84.4 84.1 83.9 84.5 84.0 Vital statistics per 1 000 people. 2018 Natural population increase 5.7 1.1 5.9 -1.3 0.3 7.7 2.7 2.3 Net migration 11.0 3.2 -3.6 2.2 10.6 25.3 3.4 8.4 Population increase 16.7 4.3 2.4 0.9 10.1 33.0 6.1 10.7 Marriages and divorces per 1 000 people. 2018 (FI, AX 2017) Marriages 5.6 5.6 .. 4.7 3.9 .. 4.0 5.0 Divorces 1.2 2.6 .. 4.9 1.8 .. 1.8 4.9 Induced abortions. 2016 (FO 2017) Per 1 000 live births 29 263 1 030 177 265 253 224 325 Health staff and hospitals beds per 100 000 people. 2016 (DK 2015, FI 2014) Dentists 94 74 57 73 96 83 86 79 Physicians 262 365 187 309 316 385 462 410 Hospital beds 418 254 1401 435 264 .. 373 244 Labor activity rate. 2017 (FO, SE 2018, GL, AX 2016) Activity rate for population 16-64 years 91.5 78.8 74.6 76.4 81.0 88.4 77.5 82.5 Fishing, total catch. 2017 (FO 2018) Fishing, 1 000 tonnes 660 904 116 155 16 1 204 2 402 222 Fishing, tonnes per inhabitant 12.9 0.2 2.1 0.0 0.5 4.7 0.5 0.0 Note: Country Codes see page 2 6 Key figures, Nordic countries FO DK GL FI AX IS NO SE Population and area 1 jan. 2019 Population in 1 000 51 5 806 56 5 518 30 357 5 328 10 230 Females in pct. of total population 48.3 50.2 47.2 50.6 50.1 48,8 49.6 49.7 Area in 1 000 sq km 1.4 43 2 166 338 1.6 103 324 450 Inhabitants per sq km 37 134 0.03 16 19 2 16 23 Fertility rate. 2018 (AX 2017, GL 2015) Total fertility rate 2 483 1 730 2 016 1 407 1 684 1 707 1 560 1 750 Life expectancy at birth. 2018 (IS, SE 2017, FI, AX 2016) Life expectancy, men 80.5 79.0 69.4 78.6 79.3 80.6 81.0 80.4 Life expectancy, women 84.7 82.9 72.5 84.4 84.1 83.9 84.5 84.0 Vital statistics per 1 000 people. 2018 Natural population increase 5.7 1.1 5.9 -1.3 0.3 7.7 2.7 2.3 Net migration 11.0 3.2 -3.6 2.2 10.6 25.3 3.4 8.4 Population increase 16.7 4.3 2.4 0.9 10.1 33.0 6.1 10.7 Marriages and divorces per 1 000 people. 2018 (FI, AX 2017) Marriages 5.6 5.6 .. 4.7 3.9 .. 4.0 5.0 Divorces 1.2 2.6 .. 4.9 1.8 .. 1.8 4.9 Induced abortions. 2016 (FO 2017) Per 1 000 live births 29 263 1 030 177 265 253 224 325 Health staff and hospitals beds per 100 000 people. 2016 (DK 2015, FI 2014) Dentists 94 74 57 73 96 83 86 79 Physicians 262 365 187 309 316 385 462 410 Hospital beds 418 254 1401 435 264 .. 373 244 Labor activity rate. 2017 (FO, SE 2018, GL, AX 2016) Activity rate for population 16-64 years 91.5 78.8 74.6 76.4 81.0 88.4 77.5 82.5 Fishing, total catch. 2017 (FO 2018) Fishing, 1 000 tonnes 660 904 116 155 16 1 204 2 402 222 Fishing, tonnes per inhabitant 12.9 0.2 2.1 0.0 0.5 4.7 0.5 0.0 Note: Country Codes see page 2 7 POPULATION 8 Population by district. 1 Jan. 2019 Noroyar Eysturoyar Streymoyar Vga Sandoyar 1 272 Sandoyar 3 289 Vga 4 593 Suuroyar 6 140 Noroyar 11 519 Eysturoyar 24 523 Streymoyar Suuroyar 9 Population changes se increase 500 0 -500 2011 2012 2013 4 2015 2016 2017 2018 4 4 4 4 Population by municipalities. 1 Jan. 2019 Total Females in pct. Total Females in pct. Total 51 336 48.3 Vestmanna 1 235 51.0 Fugloyar 37 37.8 Vága 2 087 47.9 Viðareiðis 361 43.5 Sørvágs 1 202 49.6 Hvannasunds 413 47.5 Skopunar 461 45.6 Klaksvíkar 5 183 48.1 Sands 520 50.4 Kunoyar 146 42.5 Skálavíkar 139 47.5 Fuglafjarðar 1 554 46.5 Húsavíkar 110 49.1 Eystur 2 117 46.6 Skúgvoyar 42 31.0 Nes 1 329 48.2 Hvalbiar 674 46.7 Runavíkar 4 038 47.8 Tvøroyrar 1 715 47.8 Sjóvar 1 065 47.5 Fámjins 79 45.6 Eiðis 725 45.5 Hovs 101 48.5 Sunda 1 795 46.2 Porkeris 319 47.6 Tórshavnar 21 592 49.3 Vágs 1 342 47.2 Kvívíkar 592 47.0 Sumbiar 363 46.0 10 Population by gender and age groups. 1 Jan. 2019 Total Males Females Females in pct. Total 51 336 26 534 24 802 48.3 0-6 years 4 971 2 491 2 480 49.9 7-14 years 5 809 2 974 2 835 48.8 15-17 years 2 066 1 081 985 47.7 18-24 years 4 420 2 398 2 022 45.7 25-59 years 22 166 11 721 10 445 47.1 60-66 years 3 981 2 051 1 930 48.5 67 years + 7 923 3 818 4 105 51.8 Immigrants and emigrants. 2018 Immigrants Emigrants Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 1 843 1 055 788 1 279 663 616 From / To country Nordic countries 1 356 697 659 1 640 1 099 541 - Denmark 1 215 615 600 977 460 517 - Greenland 41 25 16 38 24 14 - Iceland 41 21 20 40 26 14 - Norway 30 18 12 22 14 8 - Sweden 24 16 8 13 11 2 - Finland - 2 3 9 6 3 Other countries 487 358 129 -361 -436 75 11 Population by age groups and marital status. 1 Jan. 2019 Divorced Single Widowed Males Females 4 4 4 4 4 44 444 4 4 4 4 -500 0 500 12 SOCIETY 13 Labour force composition. Nov. 2018 Total Males Females Total population 15-74 years 36 522 19 269 17 253 Labour force 31 512 16 999 14 513 –––––––––––– Pct. of population –––––––––––– Activity rate 86.3 88.2 84.1 Employment rate 84.6 86.4 82.5 –––––––––––– Pct. of population –––––––––––– Unemployed 2.0 2.0 1.9 Note: Labour Force Survey Labour force composition. Nov. 2018 4 4 0 Males Females 14 Employees and population (16-74 years) Employees Males Females Population Total 4 4 0 0 4 201 4 Employed by age groups and gender. 2018 Total Males Females Total 30 888 16 655 14 233 ––––––––––––– Pct. of population ––––––––––––– Total 85 86 83 15-19 years 75 75 75 20-24 years 87 86 89 25-34 years 90 92 88 35-39 years 93 95 92 40-44 years 94 94 94 45-49 years 94 97 90 50-54 years 96 97 94 55-59 years 92 93 91 60-64 years 86 88 84 65-74 years 53 59 46 Note: Labour Force Survey 15 Employees by industry.
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