Tagalog speaking countries
Tagalog is one out of two official languages in Philippines and is spoken in 8 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population.With 33.37 million native speakers, Tagalog has the highest prevalence in the Philippines. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 33 percent is on the Northern Mariana Islands. A total of about 35.3 million people worldwide speak Tagalog as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | Southeast Asia | yes | 29.3 % | 33,367,000 |
| United States of America | North America | no | 0.4 % | 1,328,000 |
| Canada | North America | no | 1.2 % | 459,000 |
| Japan | East Asia | no | 0.1 % | 126,000 |
| Guam | Micronesia | no | 21.2 % | 36,000 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Micronesia | no | 32.8 % | 16,000 |
| Macao | East Asia | no | 1.7 % | 12,000 |
| 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 Tagalog 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.