Migration trends in the Philippines

Asia

7M people from the Philippines have built lives abroad. That's 6.0% of the country population, spread across 93 different countries

115.8M

Population

68.9K

Immigrants

Emigrants

−6.9M

Outflow

1 in every 18 people born in the Philippines now lives abroad

The #10 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in the Philippines

Where people move to

1USA

2.3M32.4%

2Canada

835.8K12.0%

3Saudi Arabia

755.4K10.8%

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Where people come from

1China

27.7K40.2%

2India

19.8K28.7%

3USA

6.5K9.4%

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Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

94.1K immigrants · 2.2M emigrants

2005

Joined the world's 10 largest diasporas

2015

The diaspora abroad passed 5M people

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 4.8M more citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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