What is the difference in population between Faroe Islands and Greenland?

1,213 people, with Greenland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Greenland?

106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Faroe Islands vs Greenland: Population

Faroe Islands

54,738 people

in 2023

Greenland

55,951 people

in 2023

Faroe Islands rank

210th

Greenland rank

209th

Population over time

Faroe Islands
Greenland

How they compare

Greenland currently reports 55,951 people against 54,738 people in Faroe Islands, a difference of 1,213 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Greenland ahead.

Faroe Islands ranks 210th and Greenland ranks 209th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Faroe Islands averaged higher in 7 and Greenland in 33.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Faroe Islands	Greenland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	147 people	1,050 people	903 people	Greenland
1100s	150 people	1,072 people	922 people	Greenland
1200s	153 people	1,093 people	940 people	Greenland
1300s	157 people	1,116 people	959 people	Greenland
1400s	160 people	1,138 people	978 people	Greenland
1500s	163 people	1,162 people	999 people	Greenland
1600s	166 people	1,185 people	1,019 people	Greenland
1700s	170 people	1,210 people	1,040 people	Greenland
1710s	212 people	1,361 people	1,149 people	Greenland
1720s	266 people	1,531 people	1,265 people	Greenland
1730s	332 people	1,723 people	1,391 people	Greenland
1740s	415 people	1,938 people	1,523 people	Greenland
1750s	519 people	2,180 people	1,661 people	Greenland
1760s	649 people	2,453 people	1,804 people	Greenland
1770s	812 people	2,759 people	1,947 people	Greenland
1780s	1,015 people	3,104 people	2,089 people	Greenland
1790s	1,269 people	3,493 people	2,224 people	Greenland
1800s	1,586 people	3,929 people	2,343 people	Greenland
1810s	1,982 people	4,420 people	2,438 people	Greenland
1820s	2,478 people	4,973 people	2,495 people	Greenland
1830s	3,098 people	5,595 people	2,497 people	Greenland
1840s	3,872 people	6,294 people	2,422 people	Greenland
1850s	4,840 people	7,081 people	2,241 people	Greenland
1860s	6,051 people	7,966 people	1,915 people	Greenland
1870s	7,563 people	8,962 people	1,399 people	Greenland
1880s	9,454 people	10,082 people	628 people	Greenland
1890s	11,818 people	11,343 people	475 people	Faroe Islands
1900s	14,773 people	12,761 people	2,012 people	Faroe Islands
1910s	18,466 people	14,356 people	4,110 people	Faroe Islands
1920s	21,104 people	16,150 people	4,954 people	Faroe Islands
1930s	24,119 people	18,169 people	5,950 people	Faroe Islands
1940s	27,565 people	20,440 people	7,125 people	Faroe Islands
1950s	32,392 people	26,343 people	6,050 people	Faroe Islands
1960s	36,095 people	38,033 people	1,938 people	Greenland
1970s	40,366 people	48,408 people	8,042 people	Greenland
1980s	45,343 people	52,826 people	7,483 people	Greenland
1990s	45,256 people	55,902 people	10,646 people	Greenland
2000s	47,667 people	56,689 people	9,022 people	Greenland
2010s	49,274 people	56,344 people	7,070 people	Greenland
2020s	53,679 people	56,034 people	2,355 people	Greenland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Faroe Islands or Greenland?: Greenland, at 55,951 people against 54,738 people in Faroe Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Faroe Islands and Greenland?: 1,213 people, with Greenland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Greenland?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Faroe Islands and Greenland rank globally for population?: Faroe Islands ranks 210th and Greenland ranks 209th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.