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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tagalog of Philippines

The Tagalog of Philippines, numbering approximately 36,950,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnic community of Tagalog-speaking people indigenous to 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: Tagalog

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino, Central
Primary Language(s): Tagalog (tgl)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 36,950,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007783
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

64%
%
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: No longer Unreached

The Tagalog are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Tagalog:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Tagalog of Philippines

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 Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
readPsalm 51:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence that God has turned His face from their sins and forgiven their iniquities.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
read2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will serve others in Jesus' name, and the lost will have an opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.

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

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20 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
FilipinosPG046410FilipinosOman97,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG050594FilipinosMacao33,000No 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
FilipinosPG046415FilipinosQatar255,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosPG000630FilipinosUnited Kingdom96,000No 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
TagalogPG007783TagalogPhilippines36,950,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG047593FilipinosNew Zealand17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishRoman Catholicism

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