Natives and citizens and/or nationals of the Philippines
Ethnic group
Filipinos Mga Pilipino
c. 115 million[ 1] (c. 11–12 million in Filipino diaspora )[ 2] [ 3] Philippines c. 100 millionfigures below are for various years United States 4,466,918 (2022)[ 4] Canada 957,355 (2021)[ 5] Saudi Arabia 938,490 [ 6] United Arab Emirates 679,819 [ 7] Australia 408,842 [ 8] Japan 332,293 (2024)[ 9] Malaysia 325,089 [ 10] Kuwait 241,999 [ 11] (December 31, 2020) Qatar 236,000 [ 12] Spain 200,000 (2018)[ 13] Singapore 200,000 [ 14] United Kingdom 164,000 (2021 uk census)[ 15] Taiwan 152,529 (2023)[ 16] Hong Kong 130,810 [ 17] New Zealand 108,297 (2023) [ 18] Italy 100,859 [ 19] South Korea 63,464 [ 20] Germany 60,000 [ 21] France 50,000 (2020)[ 22] Bahrain 40,000 [ 23] Israel 31,000[ 24] Brazil 30,368 (2022)[ 25] Netherlands 25,365 (2021)[ 26] Papua New Guinea 25,000[ 27] Belgium 19,772 (2019)[ 28] Macau 14,544[ 29] Sweden 13,000[ 30] Ireland 12,791[ 31] Austria 12,474[ 32] Norway 12,262[ 33] China 12,254[ 34] Switzerland 10,000[ 35] Cayman Islands 7,600[ 36] Indonesia 7,400 (2022)[ 37] Kazakhstan 7,000[ 38] Palau 7,000[ 39] Greece 6,500[ 40] Finland 5,665[ 41] Turkey 5,500[ 42] Russia 5,000[ 43] Nigeria 4,500[ 44] Morocco 3,000[ 45] Iceland 2,900[ 46] Finland 2,114[ 47] English , Spanish , Arabic , Filipino /Tagalog , and other indigenous languages Predominantly Roman Catholicism [ 48] Minority others are: 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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