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

January 1, 2012	120.6
Annual average growth in %	2.3

Population Dec. 31	48 351
Births	576
Deaths	364
Immigration	1 281
Emigration	1 662
Population growth	-169

Total in mill. DKK	6 852
- Fishing industry	1 285
- Construction and other industry	826
- Private service industry	2 217
- Public service and administration	2 524

Balance in mill. DKK	128
Exports in mill. DKK (f.o.b.)	5 401
Imports in mill. DKK (c.i.f.)	5 273

Number of fulltime-unemployed (average)	1 846
Unemployed as % of the labour force (average)	6.8

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in mill. DKK	12 942
- GDP per capita in 1 000 DKK	267
Current Account in mill. DKK (2010)	761
Net foreign liabilities in mill. DKK. (31.12.2010)	-1 595
- net foreign liabilities per capita in 1 000 DKK (2010)	-33

Total taxes	44.2
Taxes on income and wealth	25.8
Taxes on production and imports	13.8
Compulsory actual social contributions	4.6
Capital taxes	0.0

Employees, women	11 487
Employees, men	12 133
Employees, total	23 620
In fishing, fish processing and aquaculture	3 613
In construction & al. manufacturing	3 031
In private services	7 992
In public services	8 984

Total catch in tonnes	354 954
Faroese wet fish catch in tonnes	85 108
Faroese wet fish catch in mill. DKK.	828