:People

Population: 48,871 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 24% (female 5,673; male 6,119)
15-64 years: 63% (female 14,164; male 16,835)
65 years and over: 13% (female 3,335; male 2,745) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.99% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 17.54 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate: 7.59 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.29 years
male: 74.91 years
female: 81.8 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.42 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Faroese (singular and plural)
adjective: Faroese

Ethnic divisions: Scandinavian

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran

Languages: Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish

Literacy: NA%

Labor force: 17,585
by occupation: largely engaged in fishing, manufacturing,
transportation, and commerce

@Faroe Islands:Government

Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Faroe Islands
local long form: none
local short form: Foroyar

Digraph: FO

Type: part of the Danish realm; self-governing overseas administrative
division of Denmark

Capital: Torshavn

Administrative divisions: none (self-governing overseas administrative
division of Denmark)

Independence: none (part of the Danish realm; self-governing overseas
administrative division of Denmark)

National holiday: Birthday of the Queen, 16 April (1940)

Constitution: 5 June 1953 (Danish constitution)

Legal system: Danish

Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972),
represented by High Commissioner Bent KLINTE (since NA)
head of government: Prime Minister Edmund JOENSEN (since 15 September
1994)
cabinet: Landsstyri; elected by the local legislature

Legislative branch: unicameral
Faroese Parliament (Logting): elections last held 8 July 1994 (next to
be held by July 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -
(32 total) Liberal Party 8, People's Party 6, Social Democrats 5,
Republicans 4, Workers' Party 3, Christian Democrats 2, Center Party
2, Home Rule Party 2
Danish Parliament: elections last held on 21 September 1994 (next to
be held by September 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA;
seats - (2 t