MigrantoMigration trends in the Faroe Islands
Europe
12.3K people from the Faroe Islands have built lives abroad. That's 22.5% of the country population, spread across 9 different countries
54.7K
Population
7.6K
Immigrants
12.3K
Emigrants
−4.7K
Outflow
Every 5th person born in the Faroe Islands now lives abroad
The #192 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in the Faroe Islands
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
4.1K immigrants · 7.9K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad 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 citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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