Population aged 65 and over in Faroe Islands

17.8% of the population of Faroe Islands was aged 65 or over in 2025.

Measure: Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Faroe Islands, 2025 17.8% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 17.7%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 51st of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Faroe Islands over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period Faroe IslandsWorld
2025 17.8% 10.4%
2024 17.7% 10.2%
2023 17.7% 10.0%
2022 17.8% 9.7%
2021 17.8% 9.5%
2020 17.7% 9.3%
2019 17.5% 9.1%
2018 17.4% 8.9%
2017 17.3% 8.7%
2016 17.1% 8.4%
2015 16.9% 8.3%
2014 16.5% 8.1%
2013 16.1% 7.9%
2012 15.7% 7.8%
2011 15.3% 7.7%
2010 14.9% 7.6%
2009 14.4% 7.5%
2008 14.1% 7.5%
2007 13.8% 7.4%
2006 13.5% 7.3%
2005 13.3% 7.3%
2004 13.3% 7.2%
2003 13.4% 7.1%
2002 13.4% 7.0%
2001 13.4% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 17.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 16.9%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Faroe Islands has the 51st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Faroe Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects