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The Filipinos of Spain

The Filipinos of Spain, numbering approximately 38,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnic community of Tagalog-speaking people who are citizens of, or immigrants from, the Philippines. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Tagalog is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Filipino

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Spain
People Cluster: Filipino, Central
Primary Language(s): Tagalog (tgl)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 38,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042343
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Pray for the Filipinos of Spain

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tagalog
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Tagalog Speakers

Media Resources in Tagalog:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Tagalog:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1905 Ang Dating Biblia✓
2012 Magandang Balita Biblia✓✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Tagalog bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Filipinos are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Filipinos:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Filipinos of Spain

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
readPsalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Filipino, Tagalog Across Countries (ROP3 - 109692) reported in the following countries:

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20 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TagalogPG007783TagalogPhilippines36,970,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG050594FilipinosMacao33,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG000630FilipinosUnited Kingdom96,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG050588FilipinosHong Kong198,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG050297FilipinosPalau2,900No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG050231FilipinosAmerican Samoa1,300No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG050226FilipinosNorthern Mariana Islands16,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG050222FilipinosGuam23,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG048525FilipinosItaly77,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG047593FilipinosNew Zealand17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG046415FilipinosQatar255,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosPG046410FilipinosOman97,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG046407FilipinosKuwait212,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG043393FilipinosCanada438,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG043239FilipinosUnited States2,525,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG042440FilipinosGermany67,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG042343FilipinosSpain38,500Engaged yet UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG020255FilipinosAustralia160,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosPG018439FilipinosSingapore175,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG018269FilipinosMalaysia878,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism

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