Hestur Facts

Area0.2 km²
Population1
Population change (1975 to 2020)-50.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)+0.0%
Local Time
TimezoneWestern European Summer Time
Lat & Lng61.95716, -6.88096
Postal Codes280

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Hestur Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data19751990200020152020
Population21111
Population Density10.7 / km²5.3 / km²5.3 / km²5.3 / km²5.3 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Hestur Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 0% from year 2000 to 2015

LocationChange since 1975Change since 1990Change since 2000
Hestur-50%+0%+0%
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Hestur Population Density

Population Density: 5.3 / km²

LocationPopulationAreaDensity
Hestur10.188 km²5.3 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Hestur Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:
  1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
  2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
  3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Hestur

Hestur (Danish: Hestø) is an island in the central Faroe Islands, to the west of Streymoy and the south of Koltur. Hestur means horse in Faroese. the west coast is a guillemot colony. In the north there is moorland with four small lakes, of which Fa..

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