MigrantoMigration trends in the Faroe Islands
Europe
Faroe Islands loses more people than it takes in: 12.3K emigrants against 7.6K immigrants. Net balance −4.7K — 9% of the country's population
54.7K
Population
7.6K
Immigrants
12.3K
Emigrants
−4.7K
Outflow
1 in 7 residents of the Faroe Islands was born abroad — and 1 in 5 people born in the Faroe Islands lives abroad
#192 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Faroe Islands
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
4.1K immigrants · 7.9K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 51%
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 32%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 9.2K
2015
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
Today
- Migration accounted for 57% of the country's population growth
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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