This article is about the Filipino diaspora in general. For Filipino migrant workers, see Overseas Filipino Worker.
Overseas Filipinos
Mga Pilipino sa Ibayong-dagat
Map of the Filipino diaspora in the world
Total population
11–12 million (2019)[1][2]
figures below are for various years, per individual supporting sources cited.
Regions with significant populations
United States
4,037,564 (2018)[3]
Canada
957,355 (2021)[4]
Saudi Arabia
725,893 (2022 census) [5]
United Arab Emirates
919,819 (2013)[6]
Japan
275,000 (2021)[7]
Australia
408,836 (2021)[8]
Kuwait
276,000 (2018)[9]
Malaysia
245,000 (2009)[10]
Qatar
240,000 (2017)[11]
Singapore
203,243 (2013)[12]
France
150,000-200,000 (2020)[13][14]
Spain
200,000 (2018)[15]
United Kingdom
200,000 (2017)[16]
Hong Kong
186,869 (2016)[17]
Italy
158,997 (2022)[18]
Jordan
40,538 (2020)[19]
Lebanon
33,424 (2020)[19]
An Overseas Filipino (Filipino: Pilipino sa ibayong-dagat) is a person of full or partial Filipino origin who trace their ancestry back to the Philippines but are living and working outside of the country. They get jobs in countries and they move to live in countries that they get jobs in. This term generally applies to both people of Filipino ancestry and citizens abroad. As of 2019, there were over 12 million Filipinos overseas.[2]
^"Duterte's 'golden age' comes into clearer view". Asia Times. September 2, 2019.
^ ab"Remittances from Filipinos abroad reach 2.9 bln USD in August 2019 - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019.
^Bureau, INQUIRER NET U. S. (September 17, 2018). "New Census data: More than 4 million Filipinos in the US". INQUIRER.net USA.
^"Census Profile, 2021 Census - Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]" (PDF).
^"Saudi Arabia 2022 Census" (PDF). General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^"Know Your Diaspora: United Arab Emirates". Positively Filipino | Online Magazine for Filipinos in the Diaspora. July 17, 2013.
^"出入国在留管理庁ホームページの多言語化について". March 29, 2022 – via Immigration Services Agency.
^"Australia General Community Profile". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
^Michaelson, Ruth (July 23, 2018). "Kuwaiti star faces backlash over Filipino worker comments". The Guardian. United Kingdom. Retrieved February 12, 2019. The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, asked the estimated 276,000 Filipino workers in Kuwait to return home, appealing to "their sense of patriotism" and offering free flights for the 10,000 estimated to have overstayed their visas.
^"No foreign workers' layoffs in Malaysia - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". February 9, 2009.
^Rivera, Raynald C (October 17, 2017). "Contribution of over 240,000 Filipinos in Qatar praised". The Peninsula. Qatar. Retrieved February 12, 2019. Timbayan underlined the important contribution of more than 240,000 Filipinos in Qatar engaged in various sectors, being the fourth largest expatriate community in Qatar.
^"Stock Estimate of Filipinos Overseas As of December 2013" (PDF). Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2019.
^"Filipinos in France". September 22, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^"Les nouveaux Misérables: the lives of Filipina workers in the playground of the rich". theguardian.com. October 12, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
^Masigan, Andrew J. (June 24, 2018). "Economic diplomacy is as important as OFW diplomacy". BusinessWorld. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
Workers and OverseasFilipinos Act of 1995 was enacted. The term was officially adopted by the Philippine government when the Philippine Overseas Employment...
the largest employer of OverseasFilipino Workers (OFWs), and has the largest Filipino population in the Middle East. Filipinos make up the fourth-largest...
of assets. Its services are catered to the needs of OverseasFilipinos (OFs), OverseasFilipino Worker (OFWs), and their families or beneficiaries. Since...
Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly...
Commission on FilipinosOverseas (CFO) (Filipino: Komisyon sa mga Pilipino sa Ibayong Dagat) is an agency of the government of the Philippines under the Office...
July 23, 2023. "Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC)". Embassy of the Philippines in Berlin. Retrieved July 23, 2023. "OverseasFilipinos want OEC abolished"...
Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates are migrants or descendants of the Filipinos living in the United Arab Emirates. 679,819 Filipinos live in the UAE...
would protect Filipino workers and the regulatory components of the overseas employment program. The Migrant Workers and OverseasFilipinos Act of 1995...
Asian Americans, and the largest population of OverseasFilipinos. The first recorded presence of Filipinos in what is now the United States dates to October...
According to a 2013 estimate by the Commission on FilipinosOverseas, a total of 203,243 Filipinos work or reside in the country, a portion of which could...
there are between 40,000 and 46,000 of these Filipinos in Oman. A large destination for OverseasFilipino workers (OFWs), Oman was the only Middle Eastern...
(lit. 'repatriate box') is a corrugated box containing items sent by overseasFilipinos (known as "balikbayans", literally "returning to the country/nation")...
Americans; Indonesians stereotype Filipinos as being gregarious and cheerful. However, there are fears that Filipinos in Indonesia may become the targets...
Filipinos in Kuwait are either migrants from or descendants of the Philippines living in Kuwait. As of 2020, there are roughly 241,000 of these Filipinos...
and Xiamen (7,707). China–Philippines relations Chinese FilipinoFilipinos in Hong Kong — There are around 140,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, many of whom...
delimit the scope of the new department to overseas migrant workers and the welfare of Filipinosoverseas will be handled by the Department of Foreign...
Statistics has 3,067 Filipinos officially registered, the Commission on FilipinosOverseas (CFO) estimated that there are 12,224 Filipinos in Belgium in December...
self-reference used by Filipinos to refer to citizens of the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseasFilipinos in the Filipino diaspora.[page needed]...
the overseasFilipinos, surpassed only by the United States, and one of the fastest-growing groups in Canada. Only a small population of Filipinos lived...
different country. Often, these Filipinos are referred to as OverseasFilipino Workers. There are about 11 million overseasFilipinos living worldwide, equivalent...
fifth largest Asian diaspora, after the Indian diaspora, Overseas Chinese, OverseasFilipinos and the Lebanese diaspora. The term Việt Kiều is used by...
emigration, grants Filipinos passports that allow entry to foreign countries. In 1952, the Philippine government formed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration...
Filipinos are estimated to be the fourth-largest group of foreign workers in Qatar, after Indians, Nepalis and Bangladeshis. With 56,277 Filipinos arriving...
than their native country Overseas Chinese Overseas Citizenship of India OverseasFilipinosOverseasFilipino Worker Overseas Vietnamese Outremer or Crusader...
similar Filipino word, which refers exclusively to overseasFilipinos. "Balikbayan" often refers to (often wealthier) Filipinos who reside overseas and visit...
public office?". Rappler. 11 October 2015. "Overseas Absentee voting" (PDF). Foreign Services of the Philippines. Retrieved 2009-06-01. [dead link] www.comelec...
Filipino mestizos, Spanish-speaking Filipinos, hispanicized Filipinos, and hispanic people from South America who are citizens of the Philippines or...
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