Land area, km2	1 396
Sea area, km2	274 000

January 1, 2009	117.5
Annual growth in %	4.7

December 31	48 778
Births	664
Deaths	377
Immigration	1 585
Emigration	1 477
Annual growth in %	0.2

Total in mill. DKK	7 035
- Fishing industry	1 251
- Construction and other industry	992
- Private service industry	2 346
- Public service and administration	2 447

Balance in mill. DKK	-690
Exports in mill. DKK (f.o.b.)	4 323
Imports in mill. DKK (c.i.f.)	5 013

Number of fulltime-unemployed (average)	374
Unemployed as % of the labour force (average)	1.3

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in mill. DKK	12 474
- GDP per capita in 1 000 DKK	257
Current Account in mill. DKK (2006)	142
Net foreign liabilities in mill. DKK. (31.12.2006)	-3 738
- net foreign liabilities per capita in 1 000 DKK (2006)	-77

Total taxes	46.6
Taxes on income and wealth	26.4
Taxes on production and imports	15.9
Compulsory actual social contributions	4.3
Capital taxes	0.1

Total number of all ships	257
Total number of fishing vessels	150
All ships in 1 000 GT	252
All fishing vessels in 1 000 GT	104

Total catch in tonnes	521 302
Faroese wet fish catch in tonnes	111 719
Faroese wet fish catch in mill. DKK.	902