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Capital: Torshavn
Population (2010): 50,000
Annual population growth rate (2000-2010): 0.6%
Population gain (2000-2010): 3,000
GDP per capita: $22,738 (US)
Literacy: >99.0% of adult population
Life expectancy (2010): 79.0

Source: Population data from United Nations (updated May 2011); 2005 GDP per capita (in 2005 PPP $) projected from 2003 GDP in Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la condition autochtone comparée ArcticStat database; Literacy rate for 2000 from 2007 Brittanica

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