Faroe Islands: Towns and Villages

flag Contents: Føroyar

Autonomous Country

Capital: Tórshavn

52,110 Population [2020] – estimate

54,945 Population [2026] – estimate

1,399km² Area

39.27/km² Density [2026]

Municipalities

The population of the municipalities (kommunur) of the Faroe Islands according to offical estimates.

Name	Status	Population Estimate 1985-01-01	Population Estimate 1995-01-01	Population Estimate 2005-01-01	Population Estimate 2015-01-01	Population Estimate 2020-01-01	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Eiðis	Municipality	620	631	718	686	761	763	→
Eystur	Municipality	1,725	1,638	1,919	2,000	2,156	2,288	→
Fámjins	Municipality	127	125	114	92	83	73	→
Fuglafjarðar	Municipality	1,640	1,452	1,565	1,516	1,589	1,640	→
Fugloyar	Municipality	62	54	45	40	38	48	→
Hovs	Municipality	153	143	131	117	99	105	→
Húsavíkar	Municipality	192	172	142	117	115	112	→
Hvalbiar	Municipality	828	786	777	724	679	631	→
Hvannasunds	Municipality	460	457	449	395	416	426	→
Klaksvíkar	Municipality	5,015	4,782	5,012	4,932	5,247	5,541	→
Kunoyar	Municipality	101	127	142	129	156	145	→
Kvívíkar	Municipality	513	561	605	568	597	602	→
Nes	Municipality	1,031	1,047	1,211	1,233	1,338	1,618	→
Porkeris	Municipality	355	401	359	301	318	324	→
Runavíkar	Municipality	3,509	3,268	3,722	3,794	4,157	4,443	→
Sands	Municipality	656	557	599	526	532	542	→
Sjóvar	Municipality	935	960	1,041	936	1,089	1,286	→
Skálavíkar	Municipality	225	178	183	140	144	171	→
Skopunar	Municipality	608	541	480	449	440	488	→
Skúgvoyar (Skúvoyar)	Municipality	90	93	62	43	40	35	→
Sørvágs	Municipality	1,078	1,006	1,081	1,085	1,236	1,257	→
Sumbiar	Municipality	542	453	390	352	358	333	→
Sunda	Municipality	1,456	1,331	1,557	1,640	1,810	1,787	→
Tórshavnar	Municipality	16,118	16,500	19,330	20,198	21,926	23,491	→
Tvøroyrar	Municipality	2,117	1,858	1,837	1,723	1,714	1,698	→
Vága	Municipality	1,852	1,639	1,827	1,992	2,130	2,185	→
Vágs	Municipality	1,759	1,428	1,423	1,332	1,351	1,327	→
Vestmanna	Municipality	1,305	1,152	1,241	1,210	1,245	1,257	→
Viðareiðis	Municipality	276	303	341	347	346	329	→
Føroyar [Faroe Islands]	Autonomous Country	45,348	43,643	48,303	48,617	52,110	54,945

Contents: Places

The population of all towns and villages (bygdir og býir) on the Faroe Islands according to offical estimates.

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Name	Status	Municipality	Population Estimate 1985-01-01	Population Estimate 1995-01-01	Population Estimate 2005-01-01	Population Estimate 2015-01-01	Population Estimate 2020-01-01	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Æðuvík	Place	Runavíkar	88	65	106	103	103	93	→
Akrar	Place	Sumbiar	43	37	28	19	15	11	→
Ánirnar	Place	Klaksvíkar	14	9	13	57	55	57	→
Argir	Place	Tórshavnar	1,261	1,412	1,888	1,979	2,239	2,614	→
Árnafjørður	Place	Klaksvíkar	73	64	51	54	72	66	→
Bøur	Place	Sørvágs	61	62	70	69	74	72	→
Dalur	Place	Húsavíkar	75	57	48	34	37	38	→
Depil	Place	Hvannasunds	5	3	2	2	2	5	→
Eiði	Place	Eiðis	572	575	658	630	691	689	→
Elduvík	Place	Runavíkar	44	30	26	17	14	12	→
Fámjin	Place	Fámjins	127	125	114	92	83	73	→
Froðba	Place	Tvøroyrar	204	168	140	290	265	255	→
Fuglafjørður	Place	Fuglafjarðar	1,597	1,419	1,539	1,502	1,575	1,630	→
Funningsfjørður	Place	Runavíkar	95	48	63	52	70	60	→
Funningur	Place	Runavíkar	104	110	81	51	50	41	→
Gásadalur	Place	Sørvágs	21	15	14	17	11	15	→
Gjógv	Place	Sunda	89	65	54	28	29	19	→
Glyvrar	Place	Runavíkar	409	321	422	370	419	481	→
Gøtugjógv	Place	Eystur	59	41	53	39	44	51	→
Haldórsvík	Place	Sunda	207	171	162	124	107	119	→
Haraldssund	Place	Kunoyar	52	67	74	64	73	64	→
Hattarvík	Place	Fugloyar	27	32	17	14	11	18	→
Hellurnar	Place	Fuglafjarðar	43	33	26	14	14	10	→
Hestur	Place	Tórshavnar	58	48	39	18	18	14	→
Hósvík	Place	Sunda	235	215	292	308	337	319	→
Hov	Place	Hovs	153	143	131	117	99	105	→
Hoyvík	Place	Tórshavnar	810	1,828	2,949	3,796	4,225	4,701	→
Húsar	Place	Klaksvíkar	38	46	52	43	34	43	→
Húsavík	Place	Húsavíkar	110	110	89	70	69	65	→
Hvalba	Place	Hvalbiar	716	659	664	638	607	566	→
Hvalvík	Place	Sunda	195	169	220	231	252	256	→
Hvannasund	Place	Hvannasunds	244	279	271	227	251	271	→
Hvítanes	Place	Tórshavnar	94	85	96	95	108	106	→
Innan Glyvur	Place	Sjóvar	38	66	81	76	69	79	→
Í Skálafirði	Place	Eystur	4	0	0	0	0	5	→
Kaldbak	Place	Tórshavnar	147	189	217	228	239	249	→
Kaldbaksbotnur	Place	Tórshavnar	13	6	8	9	10	7	→
Kirkja	Place	Fugloyar	35	22	28	26	27	30	→
Kirkjubøur	Place	Tórshavnar	55	53	67	74	82	71	→
Klaksvík	Place	Klaksvíkar	4,726	4,443	4,684	4,597	4,902	5,141	→
Kolbeinagjógv	Place	Sjóvar	40	34	33	25	31	29	→
Kollafjørður	Place	Tórshavnar	777	790	820	749	816	822	→
Koltur	Place	Tórshavnar	6	0	2	1	1	0	→
Kunoy	Place	Kunoyar	49	60	68	65	83	81	→
Kvívík	Place	Kvívíkar	324	367	375	361	389	385	→
Lamba	Place	Runavíkar	116	105	145	140	150	150	→
Lambareiði	Place	Runavíkar	9	8	7	3	6	12	→
Langasandur	Place	Sunda	33	33	36	41	45	40	→
Leirvík	Place	Eystur	790	748	853	895	971	1,036	→
Leynar	Place	Kvívíkar	70	86	122	102	108	121	→
Ljósá	Place	Eiðis	31	32	35	21	29	33	→
Lopra	Place	Sumbiar	132	112	96	87	88	80	→
Miðvágur	Place	Vága	1,022	925	1,032	1,060	1,130	1,137	→
Mikladalur	Place	Klaksvíkar	55	58	45	29	23	29	→
Mjørkadalur	Place	Tórshavnar	41	3	0	0	0	0	→
Morskranes	Place	Sjóvar	48	50	46	30	27	20	→
Múli	Place	Hvannasunds	8	6	4	0	0	0	→
Mykines	Place	Sørvágs	28	18	21	13	16	13	→
Nes	Place	Nes	188	195	232	326	345	369	→
Nesvík	Place	Sunda	3	3	1	1	0	0	→
Nólsoy	Place	Tórshavnar	315	245	264	218	225	220	→
Norðdepil	Place	Hvannasunds	192	159	164	163	161	149	→
Norðoyri	Place	Klaksvíkar	15	64	84	104	112	152	→
Norðradalur	Place	Tórshavnar	39	21	17	14	9	9	→
Norðragøta	Place	Eystur	458	461	570	629	659	651	→
Norðskáli	Place	Sunda	185	183	248	295	316	312	→
Norðtoftir	Place	Hvannasunds	11	10	8	3	2	1	→
Ørðavík	Place	Tvøroyrar	52	40	39	33	30	25	→
Ørðavíkslíð (Ørðavíkarlíð)	Place	Tvøroyrar	61	67	68	69	58	48	→
Oyndarfjørður	Place	Runavíkar	178	172	182	134	143	128	→
Oyrarbakki	Place	Sunda	112	110	105	144	173	157	→
Oyrareingir	Place	Tórshavnar	15	21	43	40	45	39	→
Oyri	Place	Sunda	133	146	137	139	176	183	→
Porkeri	Place	Porkeris	355	401	359	301	318	324	→
Rituvík	Place	Runavíkar	258	269	275	260	294	348	→
Runavík	Place	Runavíkar	406	438	475	527	584	561	→
Saksun	Place	Sunda	25	34	32	10	10	13	→
Saltangará	Place	Runavíkar	692	694	821	977	1,033	1,245	→
Saltnes	Place	Nes	168	154	151	120	129	162	→
Sandavágur	Place	Vága	768	667	739	881	956	1,004	→
Sandur	Place	Sands	656	557	599	526	532	542	→
Sandvík	Place	Hvalbiar	112	127	113	86	72	65	→
Selatrað	Place	Sjóvar	76	72	62	40	42	37	→
Signabøur	Place	Tórshavnar	28	89	158	133	145	150	→
Skála	Place	Runavíkar	629	548	614	672	746	780	→
Skálabotnur	Place	Runavíkar	78	82	100	106	140	131	→
Skálavík	Place	Skálavíkar	225	178	183	140	144	171	→
Skælingur	Place	Kvívíkar	13	14	11	16	13	13	→
Skarvanes	Place	Húsavíkar	7	5	5	13	9	9	→
Skipanes	Place	Runavíkar	75	44	58	60	47	58	→
Skopun	Place	Skopunar	608	541	480	449	440	488	→
Skúgvoy	Place	Skúgvoyar	87	84	55	33	30	30	→
Søldarfjørður	Place	Runavíkar	328	334	347	322	358	343	→
Sørvágur	Place	Sørvágs	968	911	976	986	1,135	1,157	→
Stóra Dímun	Place	Skúgvoyar	3	9	7	10	10	5	→
Strendur	Place	Sjóvar	733	738	819	765	920	1,121	→
Streymnes	Place	Sunda	164	134	199	263	317	324	→
Stykkið	Place	Kvívíkar	49	45	42	40	40	40	→
Sumba	Place	Sumbiar	360	300	264	246	255	242	→
Sund	Place	Tórshavnar	4	3	3	2	1	1	→
Svínáir	Place	Eiðis	17	24	25	35	41	41	→
Svínoy	Place	Klaksvíkar	66	66	55	27	31	30	→
Syðradalur	Place	Klaksvíkar	12	8	5	6	5	9	→
Syðradalur	Place	Tórshavnar	12	9	7	7	10	8	→
Syðrugøta	Place	Eystur	368	350	406	409	453	515	→
Tjørnuvík	Place	Sunda	75	68	71	56	48	45	→
Toftir	Place	Nes	675	698	828	787	864	1,087	→
Tórshavn	Place	Tórshavnar	12,351	11,568	12,592	12,615	13,506	14,217	→
Trøllanes	Place	Klaksvíkar	16	24	23	15	13	14	→
Trongisvágur	Place	Tvøroyrar	395	392	415	516	513	522	→
Tvøroyri	Place	Tvøroyrar	1,405	1,191	1,175	815	848	848	→
Undir Gøtueiði	Place	Eystur	46	38	37	28	29	30	→
Vágur	Place	Vágs	1,759	1,428	1,423	1,332	1,351	1,327	→
Válur	Place	Kvívíkar	57	49	55	49	47	43	→
Vatnsoyrar	Place	Vága	62	47	56	51	44	44	→
Velbastaður	Place	Tórshavnar	92	130	160	220	247	263	→
Vestmanna	Place	Vestmanna	1,305	1,152	1,241	1,210	1,245	1,257	→
Viðareiði	Place	Viðareiðis	276	303	341	347	346	329	→
Víkarbyrgi	Place	Sumbiar	7	4	2	0	0	0	→

Source: Hagstova Føroya, Statistics Faroe Islands.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2026)
Males	28,627
Females	26,318

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	13,107
18-64 years	31,404
65+ years	10,434

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	494
80-89 years	2,346
70-79 years	4,707
60-69 years	6,141
50-59 years	6,804
40-49 years	6,642
30-39 years	7,286
20-29 years	5,911
10-19 years	7,410
0-9 years	7,204