Faroe Islanders

Faroe Islanders are people who inhabit the Faroe Islands.

Faroese people
føroyingar

Faroese folk dancers, in national costumes.
Total population
c. 70,000
Regions with significant populations
Faroe Islands	≈50,000[1]
Denmark	21,687[2]
Norway	1,981[3]
Iceland	500
Finland	20
Languages
Faroese, Danish (Gøtudanskt accent)
Religion
Lutheranism (Church of the Faroe Islands) Historically also the Norse religion and Roman Catholicism (1000–1538)
Related ethnic groups
Other Germanic peoples (especially North Germanic peoples); Gaels

References

1. According to a 2009 estimate, the population of the Faroe Islands was 49,000, ~92% of that population was Faroese born, which is approximately 45,000. (See demographics of the Faroe Islands)
2. Politiken, 2006 (newspaper written in Danish)
3. "Table 5 Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and sex. 1 January 2009". www.ssb.no.