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Faroe Islands — 36 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 homogeneous Scandinavian population
1991 homogeneous Scandinavian population
1992 homogeneous Scandinavian population
1993 Scandinavian
1994 Scandinavian
1995 Scandinavian
1996 Scandinavian
1997 Scandinavian
1998 Scandinavian
1999 Scandinavian
2000 Scandinavian
2001 Scandinavian
2002 Scandinavian
2003 Scandinavian
2004 Scandinavian
2005 Scandinavian
2006 Scandinavian
2007 Scandinavian
2008 Scandinavian
2009 Scandinavian
2010 Scandinavian
2011 Scandinavian
2012 Scandinavian
2013 Scandinavian
2014 Scandinavian
2015 Scandinavian
2016 Faroese 89.2% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 7.1%, other 3.7% (includes Icelander, Norwegian, Greenlander, Filipino, Thai, British) | note: data represent respondents by country of birth (2011 est.)
2017 Faroese 89.2% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 7.1%, other 3.7% (includes Icelander, Norwegian, Greenlander, Filipino, Thai, British) | note: data represent respondents by country of birth (2011 est.)
2018 Faroese 87.6% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 7.8%, other 4.6% (includes Icelandic, Norwegian, Filipino, Greenlandic, Thai, British) (2018 est.) | note: data represent respondents by country of birth
2019 Faroese 87.6% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 7.8%, other Nordic 1.4%, other 3.2% (includes Filipino, Thai, British) (2018 est.) | note: data represent respondents by country of birth
2020 Faroese 87.6% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 7.8%, other Nordic 1.4%, other 3.2% (includes Filipino, Thai, British) (2018 est.) | note: data represent respondents by country of birth
2021 Faroese 85.9% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 8.2%, other Nordic 1.4%, other 4.5% (includes Filipino, Romanian, Polish) (2021 est.) note: data represent respondents by country of birth
2022 Faroese 85.3% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 8.3%, other Nordic 1.4%, other 4.5% (includes Filipino, Poland, Romanian) (2022 est.) note: data represent respondents by country of birth
2023 Faroese 85.3% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 8.3%, other Nordic 1.4%, other 4.5% (includes Filipino, Poland, Romanian) (2022 est.) note: data represent respondents by country of birth
2024 Faroese 83.8% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 8.3%, Filipino 1.2%, other Nordic 0.9%, other 4.5% (includes Polish and Romanian) (2024 est.) note: data represent respondents by country of birth
2025 Faroese 83.8% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 8.3%, Filipino 1.2%, other Nordic 0.9%, other 4.5% (includes Polish and Romanian) (2024 est.) note: data represent respondents by country of birth