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General Information

Region		Northern Europe
Population (000, 2025)		56^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		40.4^a,b
Capital city		Tórshavn
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		20.8^d
Surface area (km2)		1 393^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		106.7^a,b
National currency		Danish Krone (DKK)
Exchange rate (per US$)		7.1^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4^f,g,h	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	79.4 / 86.0^f,g,h	... / ...	... / ...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	101	108^c
International trade: exportsⁱ (million current US$)	1 365	1 476	2 364^e
International trade: importsⁱ (million current US$)	1 225	1 412	1 963^e
International trade: balanceⁱ (million current US$)	140	64	401^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	194^j	...	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	1.2	1.3	1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	41.6	42.2^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.5^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2.4	2.4	2.2^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	81.9 / 77.3	82.2 / 78.0	82.8 / 78.6^a
Population age distribution^b,m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	21.1 / 22.7	20.8 / 23.4	19.9 / 23.5^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	5.5 / 11.2	6.8 / 13.0	8.1 / 14.6^e
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	8.2	7.9	6.7^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	94.2	97.6^o	...
Threatened species (number)	14	29	40^e
Forested area (% of land area)	0.1	0.1	0.1^p
CO2 emission estimatesⁱ (million tons/tons per capita)	0.6 / 12.8	0.8 / 14.9	0.7 / 13.7^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1	1	1^p
Energy supply per capitaⁱ (Gigajoules)	186	210	199^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	15.8	15.8	15.8^e

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for Denmark do not include this area.
c		2023
d		2018
e		2024
f		Population aged 15 to 74 years.
g		Excluding the institutional population.
h		2013
i		Estimate.
j		2011
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in Denmark and Greenland.
o		2017
p		2022