Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Tórshavn
- Region
- Europe, Northern Europe
- Population
- 54,900 (2025)
- Area
- 1,399 km²
- Currency
- Danish krone (DKK), Faroese króna (FOK)
- Languages
- Faroese, Danish
- Calling code
- +298
- Internet domain
- .fo
- ISO codes
- FO, FRO, 234
- Time zone
- UTC
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- ### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The Faroe Islands covers about 1,399 square kilometres. By area it ranks 187th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Åland Islands and a little larger than Martinique. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 62° north, 7° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 54,900 people live in the Faroe Islands (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 210th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 39 people to each square kilometre. About 40 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 83 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Faroese, Danish. A person from the Faroe Islands is called Faroese.
Money and economy
The currency is the Danish krone (code DKK, symbol kr). It is also the main currency of Denmark, Greenland. Also listed as used here: Faroese króna (FOK). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 4.05 billion (2024), which is about US$ 74,175 for each person (2024).
Time
The Faroe Islands uses one time zone, UTC (Atlantic/Faroe). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Tórshavn | 13,200 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Northern Europe
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.