Overseas Filipino
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 10,238,614 (2013) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States
|
3,416,840 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
1,020,000 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
700,000 |
 Canada
|
662,600 |
 Malaysia
|
245,000 |
 Japan
|
209,373 |
 Qatar
|
195,558 |
 Australia
|
171,233 |
 Kuwait
|
139,802 |
 Hong Kong
|
130,810 |
 Italy
|
128,060 |
 Spain
|
115,362 |
 United Kingdom
|
112,000 |
 Taiwan
|
108,520 |
 South Korea
|
63,464 |
 New Zealand
|
40,347 |
 Lebanon
|
35,000 |
 Israel
|
31,000 |
 Papua New Guinea
|
25,000 |
 Germany
|
20,589 |
 Netherlands
|
16,719 |
 Macau
|
14,544 |
 Sweden
|
13,000 |
 Ireland
|
12,791 |
 Austria
|
12,474 |
 Norway
|
12,262 |
 China
|
12,254 |
 Switzerland
|
10,000' |
 Kazakhstan
|
7,000 |
 Palau
|
7,000 |
 Greece
|
6,500 |
 Turkey
|
5,500 |
 Mexico
|
1,202 |
| Languages | |
| Languages of the Philippines, English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism & Iglesia ni Cristo) · Islam · Non-religious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Filipinos | |
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An Overseas Filipino (Filipino: Pilipino sa Ibayong-dagat) is a person of Filipino origin who lives outside of the Philippines. This term applies to Filipinos who are abroad indefinitely as citizens or as permanent residents of a different country and to those Filipino citizens abroad for a limited, definite period, such as on a work contract or as students. It can also include seamen and others who work outside the Philippines but are neither permanent nor temporary residents of another country. As a result of this migration, many countries have substantial Filipino communities.
Overseas Filipinos are known by a variety of terms with slightly different and sometimes overlapping meanings. Overseas Contract Workers, also known as OCWs, are Filipinos working abroad that are expected to return permanently either upon the expiration of a work contract or upon retirement. Balikbayans are Filipino citizens who have been continuously out of the Philippines for a period of at least one year, Filipino overseas workers, and former Filipino citizens and family who have been naturalized in a foreign country and comes or returns to the Philippines.
who have become citizens of another country and have returned to the Philippines for temporary visits or for a permanent return. Global Filipino is a term of more recent vintage that is less widely used. Overseas Filipino Investor or OFIs are those Filipino expatriates who contribute to the economy through remittances, buying properties and creating businesses. This was coined by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the 14th President of the Philippines.
There was no real Filipino diaspora before the Marcos administration in the 1970s and 1980s. Things radically changed in the early ’70s, when the martial law regime began to organize the deployment of Filipino workers and professionals to countries in the Middle East and North Africa. This move was intended to hit two birds with one stone: first to ensure a steady supply of oil from the oil-rich countries that would welcome Filipino workers, and second, to ease the unemployment problem at home. Ferdinand Marcos defended this policy as a temporary solution aimed at ensuring that the country obtained its oil requirements at a time when the world’s oil market was unstable.
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