Environment-international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA
Geography-note: archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to small coastal lowlands
@Faroe Islands:People
Population: 41,834 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 23% (male 4,971; female 4,777) 15-64 years: 62% (male 13,896; female 12,034) 65 years and over: 15% (male 2,759; female 3,397) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: -1.72% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 13.08 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 8.84 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -21.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female (1998 est.)