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Diaspora of the Philippines

Try to guess every country in the world that is home to more than 100,000 Filipino expats*.
*various sources pulled from Wikipedia
Quiz by kalbahamut
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Last updated: January 18, 2019
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First submittedJuly 5, 2014
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Number
Country
4,037,564
United States
1,020,000
Saudi Arabia
851,410
Canada
679,819
UAE
325,089
Malaysia
260,553
Japan
232,386
Australia
195,558
Qatar
Number
Country
163,000
Singapore
250,000
Kuwait
199,123
China
115,362
Spain
113,686
Italy
112,000
United Kingdom
108,520
Taiwan
16 Comments
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Level 81
Jul 5, 2014
I guess it's no wonder I've known so many Filipinos in my life, given that the three countries I have spent the most amount of time in before include #1 and #2 on this list. And the third country is the Philippines.

Most of the 207,000 in China are in Hong Kong. I think only 13,000 live in mainland China. I found stats and added up the numbers since the source I had only listed Hong Kong.

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Level 33
Sep 15, 2016
hey, just out of curiosity, what are you doing in saudi arabia?
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Level 81
Sep 15, 2016
I was lecturing at a university there. I left two years ago and have only been back for a 3 months stint since then.
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Level 65
Feb 4, 2015
Argh. So close. Only Kuwait was missing. A bit of a surprise not to see Spain here.
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Level 81
Feb 5, 2015
Spain has about 33,000. Pretty decent number but not on par with the figures seen in these other countries. You can see the whole report here
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Level 81
Feb 5, 2015
There's actually a pretty steep drop-off after Italy. Closest country not on the quiz is Taiwan with about 85k, and then Bahrain and Sri Lanka with about 67k each. Germany is the next highest in Europe.
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Level 21
Nov 3, 2017
Philippines <3
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Level 71
Feb 21, 2018
Great quiz, thank you
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Level 81
Dec 5, 2018
I've updated this with new information from Wikipedia. I'm not sure if it's more or less accurate than what I had before, but there were some pretty big shifts which I noted in the hints. Spain and Taiwan both make the cut, now, having received some of the biggest increases, while in most of the rest of the world the number of Filipino expats seems to be falling- returning home or moving to the USA from the looks of it.
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Level 56
Dec 23, 2018
The changes are over what time period?
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Level 81
Dec 23, 2018
About 4-5 years on average. The Wikipedia data was inconsistent. Really it's just the change vs the original version of the quiz. Maybe I should take that column out.
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Level 90
Jan 18, 2019
@kalbahamut. Yes take it out, unnecessarily confusing.
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Level 81
Jan 18, 2019
okay, done.
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Level 81
Aug 23, 2020
Little Filipina girls are probably the most adorable kids in the world.
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Level 56
May 8, 2024
As a Filipino, I did not expect these Persian Gulf countries.
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Level 45
Jul 29, 2024
Huh did not expect Saudi Arabia