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
People Faroe Islands
Population:
46,345 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (male 5,103; female 5,077)
15-64 years: 64.4% (male 15,822; female 14,002)
65 years and over: 13.7% (male 2,842; female 3,499) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 35.1 years
male: 34.5 years
female: 35.8 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
0.7% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
13.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
8.7 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2003 est.)