Commission on Filipinos Overseas

STOCK ESTIMATE OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS

As of December 2010
REGION / COUNTRY
WORLD TOTAL
PERCENTAGE
AFRICA
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46

AFARS AND ISAS

ALGERIA
ANGOLA
BENIN
BOTSWANA
BURKINA FASO
BURUNDI
CAMEROON
CAPE VERDE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
CHAD
CONGO
CONGO, DEM. REP.
COTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST)
DJIBOUTI
EGYPT
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUINEA
GUINEA BISSAU
KENYA
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBYA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALI
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NIGERIA
RWANDA
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SUDAN
SWAZILAND

PERMANENT

TEMPORARY

IRREGULAR

TOTAL

4,423,680
47%

4,324,388
45%

704,916
8%

9,452,984
100%

4,669
0
0
55
0
125
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
1,153
40
0
0
0
0
30
3
0
1,015
260
20
77
0
0
0
0
0
0
500
125
281
0
0
5
0
6
0
400
305
135

62,738
7
5,842
3,545
51
333
11
10
190
15
49
1,056
1,094
180
107
616
2,932
2,000
116
196
308
50
950
151
8
207
70
300
26,772
4,425
140
136
52
200
699
644
822
2,136
145
30
50
1,000
87
10
1,539
1,883
305

7,076
5
500
500
20
50
20
15
30
25
20
300
100
0
60
0
2,480
46
5
20
30
10
40
30
3
40
30
25
500
0
10
20
0
10
110
50
80
500
5
10
10
100
2
0
600
400
25

74,483
12
6,342
4,100
71
508
31
25
221
40
69
1,356
1,194
180
172
616
6,565
2,086
121
216
338
60
1,020
184
11
1,262
360
345
27,349
4,425
150
156
52
210
809
1,194
1,027
2,917
150
40
65
1,100
95
10
2,539
2,588
465

47
48
49
50
51
52

TANZANIA
TOGO
TUNISIA
UGANDA
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE

53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83

AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
CAMBODIA
CHINA
HONGKONG
INDIA
INDONESIA
JAPAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KOREA (North)
KOREA (South)
KYRGYZSTAN
LAOS
MACAU
MALAYSIA
MALDIVES
MONGOLIA
MYANMAR
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
SINGAPORE
SRI LANKA
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
THAILAND
TIMOR-LESTE
TURKMENISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
VIETNAM

84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96

BAHRAIN
IRAN
IRAQ
ISRAEL
JORDAN
KUWAIT
LEBANON
OMAN
QATAR
SAUDI ARABIA
SYRIA
UAE
YEMEN

ASIA, East & South

ASIA, West

EUROPE
97 ALBANIA
98 ANDORRA
99 ARMENIA

0
5
7
0
95
21

222
50
241
280
386
90

50
10
10
20
100
50

272
65
258
300
581
161

288,597
1
30
0
17,657
22
1,844
23,509
678
344
150,254
0
0
10,692
0
2
1,773
26,004
25
0
57
55
153
44,000
1
8,437
0
3,059
0
0
0
0

644,446
1,000
613
5
365
2,001
21,428
141,240
1,103
10,770
127,264
1,360
8
60,267
11
635
11,811
90,269
2,994
143
308
77
649
67,420
1,011
88,077
15
8,295
1,369
93
45
3,800

299,672
350
50
2
2,100
1,260
3,500
5,000
300
800
12,840
0
0
11,400
5
30
3,500
200,000
800
20
150
10
500
48,600
200
2,885
10
3,600
400
50
10
1,300

1,232,715
1,351
693
7
20,122
3,283
26,772
169,749
2,081
11,914
290,358
1,360
8
82,359
16
667
17,084
316,273
3,819
163
515
142
1,302
160,020
1,212
99,399
25
14,954
1,769
143
55
5,100

5,645
85
1,016
45
1,002
108
502
501
140
16
354
135
1,711
30

2,717,046
49,775
909
3,370
28,698
17,063
160,604
23,778
37,858
290,315
1,482,185
13,869
606,443
2,179

127,900
4,000
2,000
2,800
6,000
13,000
8,000
6,000
3,000
15,000
30,000
10,000
28,000
100

2,850,591
53,860
3,925
6,215
35,700
30,171
169,106
30,279
40,998
305,331
1,512,539
24,004
636,154
2,309

314,710
0
300
0

253,870
25
675
25

95,309
2
100
0

663,889
27
1,075
25

100 AUSTRIA
101 AZERBAIJAN
102 BALEARIC ISLANDS
BALTIC STATES (ESTONIA,
103 LATVIA, LITHUANIA)
104 BELORUSSIA (BELARUS)
105 BELGIUM
106 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
107 BULGARIA
108 CROATIA
109 CYPRUS
110 CZECH REPUBLIC
111 DENMARK
112 FINLAND
113 FRANCE
114 GEORGIA
115 GERMANY
116 GIBRALTAR
117 GREECE
118 GREENLAND
119 HUNGARY
120 ICELAND
121 IRELAND
122 ISLE OF MAN
123 ITALY
124 LIECHTENSTEIN
125 LUXEMBOURG
126 MACEDONIA
127 MALTA
128 MOLDOVA
129 MONACO
130 MONTENEGRO
131 NETHERLANDS, THE
132 NORWAY
133 POLAND
134 PORTUGAL
135 ROMANIA
136 RUSSIA
137 SAN MARINO
138 SERBIA
139 SLOVAK REPUBLIC
140 SLOVENIA
141 SPAIN
142 SWEDEN
143 SWITZERLAND
144 TURKEY
145 UKRAINE
146 UNITED KINGDOM
147 VATICAN

AMERICAS / TRUST TERRITORIES

148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155

AMERICAN SAMOA
ANGUILLA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
ARUBA
BAHAMAS
BARBADOS
BELIZE

20,498
308
450

2,500
1,007
900

12
0
4,362
3
24
15
2,485
58
6,628
1,680
8,356
5
45,647
0
100
1
70
938
5,118
0
33,055
11
500
0
9
0
210
2
15,574
17,465
68
625
17
10
0
10
15
48
34,098
9,707
12,812
741
1
92,669
5

30
22
223
5
48
78
16,326
415
2,773
421
998
190
8,074
16
6,000
19
83
693
8,182
40
77,124
41
241
61
453
6
94
0
2,884
3,689
417
1,600
484
2,000
27
29
18
24
13,153
2,000
4,717
837
32
94,071
100

3,481,263
500
0
0
63
369
20
4
17

235,135
1,500
20
50
158
1,607
638
52
80

1,500
500
150

24,498
1,815
1,500

42

0
2,000
0
20
2
1,985
20
0
10
40,790
70
2,100
5
5,000
0
10
10
500
0
13,200
30
400
0
20
0
1,000
0
1,200
0
40
800
40
500
5
5
5
5
5,360
2,000
2,000
3,900
5
10,000
20

22
6,585
8
92
95
20,796
493
9,401
2,111
50,144
265
55,821
21
11,100
20
163
1,641
13,800
40
123,379
82
1,141
61
482
6
1,304
2
19,658
21,154
525
3,025
541
2,510
32
44
38
77
52,611
13,707
19,529
5,478
38
196,740
125

166,958
500
5
5
20
900
100
20
5

3,883,356
2,500
25
55
241
2,876
758
76
102

196
197
198
199
200

BERMUDA
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
CANADA
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CHILE
CNMI
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
CUBA
CURACAO
DIEGO GARCIA
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
FALKLAND ISLANDS
FRENCH POLYNESIA
GRENADA
GUAM
GUATEMALA
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
JAMAICA
MEXICO
NETHERLAND ANTILLES
NICARAGUA
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PUERTO RICO
SABA & ST. EUSTATIUS
ST. KITTS NEVIS
ST. LUCIA
ST. MARTIN
ST. VINCENT & THE
GRENADINES
SURINAME
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLAND
(WEST INDIES)
UNITED STATES
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
VIRGIN ISLANDS (US)

201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211

AUSTRALIA
COOK ISLANDS
FIJI
KIRIBATI
MARSHALL ISLANDS (MAJURO)
MICRONESIA, FEDERATES
STATES OF
NAURU
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NIUE
PALAU (BELAU)

156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195

OCEANIA

1
5
235
1
581,095
0
5
2,500
22
158
125
0
0
0
53
65
14
1
2
0
12,675
74
7
251
118
35
83
0
39
19
17
46
10
0
0
0
0
0
63
50

303
11
394
36
80,444
694
151
6,060
50
117
250
150
1,170
5
138
50
46
0
1,012
23
5,000
181
81
216
93
285
479
62
10
98
47
243
340
8
20
33
201
51
100
1,022

100
13
50
5
6,135
100
20
1,500
20
10
100
0
180
0
5
35
5
0
0
0
500
20
10
100
25
40
100
5
5
10
5
10
0
0
0
0
0
5
10
100

0
2,882,420
5
96
0

1,000
128,109
20
100
2,127

0
156,000
10
20
150

3,166,529
35
216
2,277

328,796
302,120
82
164
22
14
14
0
100
25,279
8
23

64,003
40,007
123
26
311
1,073
1,880
241
2,275
3,020
1
4,189

8,001
3,465
5
10
5
0
300
5
0
1,400
1
400

400,800
345,592
210
200
338
1,087
2,194
246
2,375
29,699
10
4,612

404
29
679
42
667,674
794
176
10,060
92
285
475
150
1,350
5
196
150
65
1
1,014
23
18,175
275
98
567
236
360
662
67
54
127
69
299
350
8
20
33
201
56
173
1,172
1,000

212
213
214
215
216
217

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SAMOA
SOLOMON
TONGA
TUVALU
VANUATU

SEABASED WORKERS

773
82
33
82
0
0

10,229
13
458
13
13
131

2,300
5
100
5
0
0

347,150

The top 10 destination countries of Filipinos: US, Saudi Arabia, Canada, UAE, Australia, Malaysia, Japan, UK, Hong Kong and Kuwait.

Permanent - Immigrants, dual citizens or legal permanent residents abroad whose stay do not depend on work contracts.
Temporary - Persons whose stay overseas is employment related, and who are expected to return at the end of their work contracts.
Irregular - Those not properly documented or without valid residence or work permits, or who are overstaying in a foreign country.

Sources : Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Commission on Filipinos Overseas

13,302
100
591
100
13
131
347,150