Digital 2021: The Faroe Islands
You’ll find our complete #Digital2021 report for the Faroe Islands in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that’s not working for you).
This report contains all the latest internet stats, mobile stats, and social media stats for the Faroe Islands, but read on below for essential insights into digital use in the Faroe Islands in 2021.
The Faroe Islands’s population
The Faroe Islands had a population of 49.0 thousand in January 2021.
The Faroe Islands’s population increased by 188 (+0.4%) between January 2020 and January 2021.
48.1% of the Faroe Islands’s population is female, while 51.9% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].
42.5% of the Faroe Islands’s population lives in urban centres, while 57.5% lives in rural areas.
Internet users in the Faroe Islands
There were 47.8 thousand internet users in the Faroe Islands in January 2021.
The number of internet users in the Faroe Islands increased by 183 (+0.4%) between 2020 and 2021.
Internet penetration in the Faroe Islands stood at 97.6% in January 2021.
Note: we no longer include data sourced from social media platforms in our internet user numbers, so the numbers shown above and in our complete Digital 2021 reports are not comparable with numbers published in our reports from previous years.
Social media statistics for the Faroe Islands
There were 40.0 thousand social media users in the Faroe Islands in January 2021.
The number of social media users in the Faroe Islands increased by 2,000 (+5.3%) between 2020 and 2021.
The number of social media users in the Faroe Islands was equivalent to 81.7% of the total population in January 2021.
Note: Figures for social media users shown here and in our complete Digital 2021 reports may not equate to unique individuals. We have also included new sources in this year’s social media figures, so numbers shown here and in our Digital 2021 reports will not be comparable with numbers published in our previous reports.
Mobile connections in the Faroe Islands
There were 57.1 thousand mobile connections in the Faroe Islands in January 2021.
The number of mobile connections in the Faroe Islands increased by 285 (+0.5%) between January 2020 and January 2021.
The number of mobile connections in the Faroe Islands in January 2021 was equivalent to 116.7% of the total population.
Note: many people have more than one mobile connection, so figures for mobile connections may exceed 100% of the total population.
Additional resources
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