page_title: Overseas Filipinos
section_title: Countries and territories with Filipino populations
hierarchical_section_title: Overseas Filipinos / Countries and territories with Filipino populations
caption_attribution_description: Filipino Market, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo
context_page_description: Overseas Filipinos are people of full or partial Filipino origin, i.e. people who trace their ancestry to the Philippines and who live reside outside of the country. This term generally applies both to people of Filipino ancestry and to citizens abroad. As of 2019, there are over 12 million overseas Filipinos.
context_section_description:  Australia: In the 2016 Census, there were 232,386 Filipino Australians.
   Austria: As of 2018, the Filipino community in Austria numbered roughly 30,000. See Filipinos in Austria.
   Brazil: As of 2018 there were about 4,000 Filipinos living in the South American country.
   Canada: See Filipino Canadians.
   Denmark: As of 2016 there were at least 8,000 Filipinos in Denmark.
   Faroe Islands: As of 2017, a total of about 300 Asian women (from the Philippines and Thailand) are living in the Faroe Islands, married to local men (no numbers given of how many women from each of the two Asian countries).
   Finland: As of 2019, there are 5,594 people in Finland born in the Philippines.
   Greece: See Filipinos in Greece
   Hong Kong: As of 2016 Census, there were 186,869 Filipinos in Hong Kong.
   Ireland: As of 2013 there were 13,973 Filipinos in Ireland.
   Italy: As of 2015 there were 168,238 documented Filipinos living in Italy. See Filipinos in Italy.
   Japan: As of 2020 the Philippine government confirmed there were 325,000 Filipinos in Japan.) See Filipinos in Japan.
   Lebanon: As of 2013 there were 29,144 Filipinos in Lebanon.
   Malaysia: See Filipinos in Malaysia
     Nepal: There are approximately 300 Filipinos in Nepal.
   New Zealand: As of 2013 there were about 40,000 Filipino New Zealanders in New Zealand.
   Nigeria: See Filipinos in Nigeria
   Norway: As of 2013 there were about 18,000 Filipinos in Norway, most of them living in the Oslo urban area. In addition to Filipinos who have intermarried with Norwegians, there are at least 900 licensed Filipino nurses, over a hundred oil engineers employed mostly in offshore projects in the western coast of Norway and Filipinos or Norwegians of Filipino descent working in the government sector, diplomatic missions and NGO's and commercial establishments.
   Oman: See Filipinos in Oman
   Qatar: As of 2014, there were approximately 195,000 Filipinos in Qatar.
   Serbia: As of 2018 there are 76 Filipinos living in Serbia.
   Singapore: As of 2017, over 175,000 Overseas Filipinos in Singapore.
   South Korea: As of 2017 there were about 63,000 Filipinos in South Korea.
   Spain: There are about 150,000 Filipino nationals in Spain. In addition, thousands more hold dual citizenship.Being a former colony of Spain, Filipino can apply for dual citizenship within two years residence.
   Sweden: As of 2018 there were 24,456 Filipinos in Sweden.
   Taiwan: As of 2016 there were about 78,000 Filipinos in Taiwan
   United Kingdom: See Filipinos in the United Kingdom. Nurses and caregivers have begun migrating to the United Kingdom in recent years. The island nation has welcomed thousands of nurses and various other occupations from the Philippines during the past 5 years. Many Filipino seamen settled in British port cities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Liverpool even had an area nicknamed 'Little Manila'.
   United States: As of 2010 there were 3.4 million Filipinos in the United States, including those of partial descent. Despite race relation problems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the American Northwest, most Filipino Americans today find it easy to integrate into American society. Filipinos are the second-largest Asian American group in the country. The United States hosts the largest population of Filipinos outside the Philippines, with a Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles designated in August 2002, the first district established outside the Philippines to honor and recognize the area's Filipino community. Most Filipino Americans reside in California; there are other large populations in the New York metropolitan area, and Hawaii.
   Venezuela: As of 2013 there were about 200 Filipinos living in Venezuela.
caption: Filipino Market in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
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