Filipinos

This article is about the people of the Philippines. For the demographics, see Demographics of the Philippines. For other uses, see Filipino (disambiguation).

Filipinos
Mga Pilipino
Total population
c. 115 million[1]
(c. 11–12 million in Filipino diaspora)[2][3]
Regions with significant populations
Philippines c. 100 million
figures below are for various years
United States4,466,918 (2022)[4]
Canada957,355 (2021)[5]
Saudi Arabia938,490[6]
United Arab Emirates679,819[7]
Australia408,842[8]
Japan332,293 (2024)[9]
Malaysia325,089[10]
Kuwait241,999[11]
(December 31, 2020)
Qatar236,000[12]
Spain200,000 (2018)[13]
Singapore200,000[14]
United Kingdom164,000 (2021 uk census)[15]
Taiwan152,529 (2023)[16]
Hong Kong130,810[17]
New Zealand108,297 (2023)[18]
Italy100,859[19]
South Korea63,464[20]
Germany60,000[21]
France50,000 (2020)[22]
Bahrain40,000[23]
Israel31,000[24]
Brazil30,368 (2022)[25]
Netherlands25,365 (2021)[26]
Papua New Guinea25,000[27]
Belgium19,772 (2019)[28]
Macau14,544[29]
Sweden13,000[30]
Ireland12,791[31]
Austria12,474[32]
Norway12,262[33]
China12,254[34]
Switzerland10,000[35]
Cayman Islands7,600[36]
Indonesia7,400 (2022)[37]
Kazakhstan7,000[38]
Palau7,000[39]
Greece6,500[40]
Finland5,665[41]
Turkey5,500[42]
Russia5,000[43]
Nigeria4,500[44]
Morocco3,000[45]
Iceland2,900[46]
Finland2,114[47]
Languages
English, Filipino/Tagalog, and other indigenous languages
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism[48]
Minority others are:
Related ethnic groups
Indonesians, Native Indonesian, Austronesian peoples

Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino)[49] are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic[50] and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Tagalog, English, or other Philippine languages. Despite formerly being subject to Spanish colonialism, only around 2–4% of Filipinos are fluent in Spanish.[51] Currently, there are more than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines each with its own language, identity, culture, tradition, and history.

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