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Faroe Islands      Country: Faroe Islands Country (UN): Faeroe Islands Internet: .fo Continent: Europe Area: 1399 sq km Population: 47,246 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2003) Population: 48 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Annual Growth Rate: 0.623 % Birth Rate: 14.05 % Death Rate: 8.7 % Life Expectancy: 79.35 years Infant Mortality Rate: 6.12 % Fertility Rate: 2.17 % Labor Force: 24,250 Unemployment Rate: 1 % GDP Per Capita: $31,000 GDP Purchasing Power: $1,000,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 10 Industrial Growth: 8 Inflation Rate CP: 5.1 % Capital: Torshavn Capital Coordinates: 62 01 N, 6 46 W Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Daylight Saving Time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October Merchant Marine: 18 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Roadways: 458 km Airports: 1 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 33000 Internet Hosts: 6915 Telephones Mobile: 42,500 Telephones Main: 23800 Debt External: $64,000,000 Imports: $639,000,000 Exports: $533,000,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 0 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 272,100,000 Electricity Production: 292,600,000 Oil Consumption: 4,550 Oil Production: 0  Map of Faroe Islands

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