Mga Pilipino sa Ibayong-dagat | |
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![]() 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 | |
![]() | 4,037,564 (2018)[3] |
![]() | 957,355 (2021)[4] |
![]() | 725,893 (2022 census) [5] |
![]() | 919,819 (2013)[6] |
![]() | 275,000 (2021)[7] |
![]() | 408,836 (2021)[8] |
![]() | 276,000 (2018)[9] |
![]() | 245,000 (2009)[10] |
![]() | 240,000 (2017)[11] |
![]() | 203,243 (2013)[12] |
![]() | 150,000-200,000 (2020)[13][14] |
![]() | 200,000 (2018)[15] |
![]() | 164,000 (2021 uk census)[16] |
![]() | 186,869 (2016)[17] |
![]() | 100,997 (2023 Italian census)[18] |
![]() | 40,538 (2020)[19] |
![]() | 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]
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.
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.
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