| Faroe Islands |  |
|---|---|
| Status | Proto Dependency |
| Sovereignty | Denmark |
| Capital | Torshavn |
| Land Area | 1 396km21 |
| Location | Europe, Scandinavia |
| Groupings | Small Islands |
| Population | |
| GNI | |
| ISO3166-1 Codes | FO, FRO, 2342 |
| Internet Domain | .fo3 |
| Currency | Krone (DKK)4 |
| Telephone | +2985 |
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1. Overview
“The population of the Faroe Islands is largely descended from Viking settlers who arrived in the 9th century. The islands have been connected politically to Denmark since the 14th century. A high degree of self-government was granted the Faroese in 1948, who have autonomy over most internal affairs while Denmark is responsible for justice, defense, and foreign affairs. The Faroe Islands are not part of the European Union.”
CIA's The World Factbook (2013)6
As a territory of Denmark I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.
2. Faroe Islands's Modernity and Learning
Technology and Information:
| Internet Users (2016)7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Higher is better7 | |
| 1 | Iceland | 100% |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 99% |
| 3 | Norway | 98% |
| 4 | Bermuda | 97% |
| 5 | Andorra | 97% |
| 6 | Denmark | 96% |
| 7 | Liechtenstein | 96% |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 95% |
| 9 | Netherlands | 94% |
| 10 | Sweden | 93% |
| 11 | Monaco | 93% |
| 12 | UK | 93% |
| World Avg | 48.1% | |
| q=201. | ||
| IPv6 Uptake (2017)8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Higher is better Ratio8 | |
| 1 | Belgium | 55.4 |
| 2 | Germany | 41.8 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 35.1 |
| ... | ||
| 43 | Israel | 1.8 |
| 44 | Italy | 1.7 |
| 45 | Argentina | 1.4 |
| 46 | Faroe Islands | 1.4 |
| 47 | Russia | 1.3 |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 1.3 |
| 49 | S. Korea | 1.2 |
| 50 | Dominican Rep. | 1.1 |
| World Avg | 3.82 | |
| q=176. | ||
3. Religion and Beliefs
#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism
Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below9:
| Christian | 98% |
| Muslim | 0.1% |
| Hindu | 0.1% |
| Buddhist | 0.1% |
| Folk Religion | 0.1% |
| Jew | 0.1% |
| Unaffiliated | 1.7% |
The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Evangelical Lutheran 83.8%, other and unspecified 16.2% (2006 census)10.
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There isn't much information in the database for Faroe Islands, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or posession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.