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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Filipinos of Oman

The Filipinos of Oman, numbering approximately 96,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Austronesian ethnic community of Tagalog-speaking people who are citizens of, or immigrants from, the Philippines They are an Diaspora people, with Filipino as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Filipino, Central people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Tagalog.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Oman
People Cluster: Filipino, Central
Primary Language(s): Tagalog (tgl)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 96,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046410
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

81%
%
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

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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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 Filipinos 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 Filipinos:
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 Filipinos of Oman

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
readPsalm 32:5

Pray those who are lost will realize their sin, confess their iniquity, and grow in their understanding of salvation through faith in Christ alone.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
readPsalm 96:7

Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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

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20 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
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
FilipinosPG047593FilipinosNew Zealand17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG046415FilipinosQatar255,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosPG046410FilipinosOman96,500No 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
FilipinosPG020255FilipinosAustralia160,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosPG018439FilipinosSingapore174,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG018269FilipinosMalaysia875,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
TagalogPG007783TagalogPhilippines36,800,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG000630FilipinosUnited Kingdom95,500No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosPG042343FilipinosSpain38,500Engaged yet UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism

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