World Bank · Agriculture

Faroe Islands: Rural population

60.36percent · 2025-2.4% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Faroe Islands from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202560.357
202460.587
202360.802
202261.004
202161.192
202061.331
201961.605
201861.594
201761.668
201661.68
201561.857
201462.091
201362.259
201262.676
201162.702
201062.746
200963.111
200863.532
200763.707
200663.542
200563.668
200463.682
200363.872
200264.063
200164.066
200064.301
199964.328
199864.537
199764.815
199665.11
199565.621
199466.066
199365.792
199265.977
199166.28
199066.521
198966.642
198866.981
198767.125
198667.597
198567.797
198467.691
198367.938
198268.228
198168.398
198068.428
197968.535
197868.612
197768.588
197668.745
197569.086
197469.567
197370.143
197270.772
197171.41
197072.006
196972.574
196873.191
196773.864
196674.578
196575.32
196476.078
196376.838
196277.588
196178.313
196079.002

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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