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Environment - international agreements:

party to: Marine Dumping - associate member to the London Convention and Ship Pollution

Geography - note:

archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to small coastal lowlands

People ::Faroe Islands

Population:

48,856 (July 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 208

Age structure:

0–14 years: 21.6% (male 5,451/female 5,108)

15–64 years: 64% (male 16,708/female 14,544)

65 years and over: 14.4% (male 3,324/female 3,721) (2009 est.)

Median age:

total: 36.9 years

male: 36.3 years

female: 37.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.397% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 164

Birth rate:

13.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 156

Death rate:

8.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 87

Net migration rate:

−0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 106

Urbanization:

urban population: 41% of total population (2008)

rate of urbanization: 2% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female

total population: 1.09 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 6.32 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 179 male: 6.56 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 79.44 years country comparison to the world: 28 male: 77 years

female: 82.05 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.44 children born/woman (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 101