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Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands covers about 1,330 km² (513 mi²), the 184th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Comoros, at about 1,670 km².
- 1,330km²Area, main territory
- 54,000Population
- 0.04In Belgiums
20 km
- Faroe Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 1,330 km²513 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,400 km²Wikidata · 5.0% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.04 |
| Capital | Tórshavn |
| Population | 54,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 41 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 61°N to 62°N |
| In other languages | Islas Feroe Español · Färöer Deutsch · Îles Féroé Français · Ilhas Faroé Português · フェロー諸島 日本語 · 法罗群岛 中文 · 페로 제도 한국어 |
| Continent | Europe |
What the numbers say about Faroe Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 12,781× the size of Faroe Islands.
- At 41 people per km², Faroe Islands is the 124th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 62°N is drawn about 4.6× too large in area, so Faroe Islands looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Faroe Islands's main territory stretches about 112 km north to south and 71 km east to west.
- Our measured 1,330 km² is 5.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Faroe Islands measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1,330 km² | 183rd of 239 |
| Population | 54,000 | 204th of 237 |
| Density | 41 per km² | 124th of 185 |
| Compared with | Its area | Faroe Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.04× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 269 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 281 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 412 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 2,372 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 6,378 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 7,111 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 12,781 its size |
Where Faroe Islands sits
- Faroe Islands's centre lies at 62.1°N, 6.9°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 6,900 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 61°N to 62°N, about 110 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Faroe Islands had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Faroe Islands would have 1.7 million people. It has 54,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Faroe Islands would have 4,940 people. It has 54,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 96,000.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11