Total population | |
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2.3 million[1][2] (2019) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Saudi Arabia | 494,000 |
United Arab Emirates | 291,000 |
Hong Kong | 165,000 |
Taiwan | 147,234 |
Kuwait | 136,000 |
Qatar | 123,000 |
Languages | |
Filipino (national), English (co-official) Philippine languages, Arabic | |
Religion | |
Christianity (majority), Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Filipinos (Overseas Filipinos) |
Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is a term often used to refer to Filipino migrant workers, people with Filipino citizenship who reside in another country for a limited period of employment.[3] The number of these workers was roughly 1.77 million between April and September 2020. Of these, female workers comprised a larger portion, making up 59.6 percent, or 1.06 million. However, this number declined to 405.62 thousand between 2019 and 2020.[4]
OFW money remittances to relatives in the Philippines are a major contributor to the Philippine economy, reaching a total of P1.9 trillion in 2022, which represented some 8.9% of the Philippines' Gross Domestic Product.[3]
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