sq km

Area - comparative: eight times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 1,117 km

Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200 NM or agreed boundaries or
median line exclusive
200 NM or agreed boundaries or median line territorial sea:
Climate: mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy

Terrain: rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point:
Slaettaratindur 882 m

Natural resources: fish, whales, hydropower

Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% other: 98% (1998 est.)

Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards: NA

Environment - current issues: NA

Geography - note: archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one
uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically located
along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain
limits habitation to small coastal lowlands

People Faroe Islands

Population: 46,011 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 22.3% (male 5,149; female 5,110) 15-64 years:
64% (male 15,650; female 13,801) 65 years and over: 13.7% (male 2,818;
female 3,483) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.74% (2002 est.)

Birth rate: 13.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate: 8.69 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 6.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 82.21 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility
rate: 2.27 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: Faroese (singular and plural) adjective: Faroese

Ethnic groups: Scandinavian

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran

Languages: Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish

Literacy: definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
note: similar to Denmark proper

Government Faroe Islands

Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form:
Faroe Islands local short form: Foroyar local long form: none

Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-gover