Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands sits in Northern Europe and uses DKK - Danish krone (kr), FOK - Faroese kr贸na (kr). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
T贸rshavn
14K
Klaksv铆k
5K
Hvalba
713
Population
56.2K
56,210 people
Area
1.4K km2
1,393 square kilometers
Density
40/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
T贸rshavn
62.01, -6.77
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Faroe Islands, officially listed here as Faroe Islands, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Faroe Islands, FO, FRO, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Faroe Islands is grouped under Europe, more specifically Northern Europe, with Europe shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 56,210 people and a land area of 1,393 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 40 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 62, -7, while the capital coordinate reference is 62.01, -6.77. Faroe Islands has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as T贸rshavn (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are T贸rshavn, Klaksv铆k, Hvalba, Skopun and Hvannasund. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Faroe Islands, capital of Faroe Islands, and major urban areas in Faroe Islands. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Devolved governments within a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as no, United Nations membership as no, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include no major listed organizations in this sample. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Faroe Islands uses calling code +298, postal format FO-###, and time zone data listed as UTC+00:00. The number format uses . as the thousands separator and , as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists DKK - Danish krone (kr) and FOK - Faroese kr贸na (kr), while language records include Danish and Faroese. Vehicle data records the driving side as right and vehicle sign codes as FO. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The country dataset does not include a recent Gini entry for this profile.
How to use this profile
This Faroe Islands profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
FO / FRO
Top-level domains
.fo
Continents
Europe
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
right
Vehicle signs
FO
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Faroe Islands is represented by the FO country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
T贸rshavn
T贸rshavn
14,038
primary
#2
Klaksv铆k
Klaksv铆k
4,997
admin
#3
Hvalba
Hvalba
713
admin
#4
Skopun
Skopun
446
admin
#5
Hvannasund
Hvannasund
414
admin
Governance
Government type
Devolved governments within a parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
No
UN member
No
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
. thousands, , decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+298
Postal format
FO-###
Timezones
UTC+00:00
Languages
Danish, Faroese
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
N/A
No country entry