• PEOPLE NAME: TAGALOG OF PHILIPPINES

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Central

Language: Tagalog - (tgl)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Philippines

Also found in: American Samoa; Australia; Canada; Germany; Guam; Italy; Kuwait; Malaysia; New Zealand; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Palau; Qatar; Singapore; Spain; United Kingdom; United States

Population: 35,980,000

Global Population: 41,011,700


PEID: 7783

ROP: 109692

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Tagalog of Philippines, numbering 35,980,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Filipino, Central people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 41,011,700 in 18 countries. Their primary language is Tagalog. The primary religion practiced by the Tagalog is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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