Faeroe Islands

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

49,489 1

Urban:

42.10% 1

Rural:

57.90% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

11.4% 2

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

300

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

0.59%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

First Communions per Year:

Confirmations per Year:

Priests:

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

Catholics per Priest:

308

Parishes:

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6. Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.

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