Philippines
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
87,000
Immigrant Population
0.1%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
6,988,000
Emigrant Population
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Government Efforts to Boost Diaspora Remittances Earn Mixed Results
Diaspora engagement policies can boost remittance flows, but enforcement, inflation, and political instability complicate results.
Filipino Immigrants in the United States
Filipinos make up one of the largest immigrant groups in the United States. They tend to be highly educated, earn high incomes, and are more likely to be naturalized citizens.
Immigrants from Asia in the United States
Immigrants from Asia in the United States are a fast-growing group that tends to be highly educated. But wide disparities in income and opportunity exist across national- origin communities.
Mobility Shutdown: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in Asia and the Pacific
COVID-19 caused a prolonged mobility shutdown across Asia and the Pacific, devastating labor markets, tourism, and education. Migrants bore disproportionate burdens.
Reliant on Labor Migration, the Global South Forges a New Social Contract with Its Citizens
Across the Global South, governments are substituting labor emigration and remittances for domestic welfare, forging a transnational social contract that shapes migration, diplomacy, and state authority.
Aging Societies Rely on Immigrant Health-Care Workers, Posing Challenges for Origin Countries
A global health-worker shortage is pushing wealthy nations to recruit abroad, depleting health systems in the Global South and raising questions about sustainability and equity.
The Philippines’ Landmark Labor Export and Development Policy Enters the Next Generation
Fifty years after launching its labor export policy, the Philippines is rebuilding emigration disrupted by the pandemic, while grappling with persistent worker abuse and bilateral disputes.
Filipino Immigrants in the United States
Filipino immigrants made up the fourth largest U.S. foreign-born group in 2021, with 42 percent concentrated in California.
Reassessing Recruitment Costs in a Changing World of Labor Migration
COVID-19 raised migrant workers' recruitment costs via new testing, travel, and quarantine rules, exposing regulatory gaps and the need for broader worker protections.
Immigrants from Asia in the United States
Following the end of exclusionary laws, migration from Asia to the United States has risen since the mid-1960s. As of 2019, migrants from Asia represented nearly one-third of U.S. immigrants.
