Northern Europe · territory of Denmark
Faroe Islands
- Capital
- Tórshavn
- Languages
- Danish, Faroese
- Currency
- Danish krone, Faroese króna
- People
- 54,900 (2025)
- Neighbours
- none by land
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Faroe Islands
- 10th lowest population 54,900 · #10 of 210 · 2025
- 11th lowest air pollution (PM2.5) 4 µg/m³ · #11 of 213 · 2024
- 15th highest internet users 98% · #15 of 208 · 2017
Surprising facts about Faroe Islands
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Faroe Islands’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Faroe Islands among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Faroe Islands sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Faroe Islands across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Nearest countries
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vs Iceland 797 km
vs Ireland 965 km
vs Norway 971 km
vs United Kingdom 1,236 km
vs Netherlands 1,281 km
Faroe Islands has no land borders: these are the 5 nearest countries by distance between capitals. Equal-area map centred on Faroe Islands.