_#_Note: strategically located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic about midway between Iceland and Shetland Islands
_*People #_Population: 48,151 (July 1991), growth rate 0.9% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 17 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 81 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Faroese (sing., pl.); adjective—Faroese
_#_Ethnic divisions: homogeneous Scandinavian population