Filipino speaking countries
Filipino is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in five countries by a minor part of the population.With 125,682 native speakers, Filipino has the highest prevalence in Japan. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 33 percent is on the Northern Mariana Islands. A total of about 182,260.0 people worldwide speak Filipino as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | East Asia | no | 0.1 % | 126,000 |
| Guam | Micronesia | no | 21.2 % | 36,000 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Micronesia | no | 32.8 % | 16,000 |
| Cayman Islands | Caribbean | no | 3.3 % | 2,000 |
| Palau | Micronesia | no | 10.8 % | 2,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Filipino as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.