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Registered foreigners are counted across 192 nationalities.

Philippines

People registered with Philippines nationality number 54,866, which is 3.4% of all registered foreigners and ranks 9 in size. Compared with 45,282 in 2015, 10 years earlier, that is an increase of about 21.2%. They live in 250 districts, and the largest counts are Gyeonggi-do Hwaseong-si with 2,751, Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si with 1,700, and Gyeonggi-do Gimpo-si with 1,472. The index of dissimilarity (D) from Koreans is 0.373, the isolation index is 0.003, and interaction with Koreans is 0.955. The highest location quotient (LQ) is in Jeollanam-do Wando-gun at 25.9, where this nationality is 2.8% of the foreigners in that district. The continent of origin is Southeast Asia. The largest age group is 35-39 at 22.1%, and men are 55.1%. This value alone is based on staying foreigners. Estimated mother tongues are Tagalog/Filipino at 86.5% and Chinese at 1.4%.

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy 2025 (registered foreigners by nationality, registered foreigners by nationality and district, registered foreigners by status of stay), staying foreigners by nationality and age

The index of dissimilarity, the isolation index, and the location quotient are calculated from the open dataset.

Table 1.Key indicators and benchmarks, 2025Unit: people, organizations, index

Year 2025

Indicators	Philippines	All registered foreigners	Relative to total
Registered foreigners	54,866	1,604,920	3.4% of the total
Districts of residence	250	250	All districts
Index of dissimilarity (D)	0.373	0.280	rank 100 of 107
Isolation index	0.0026	0.045	rank 12 of 107
Interaction with Koreans	0.955	0.955	rank 63 of 107
Continent	Southeast Asia	602,559 (37.5% of the total)	9.1% of those from Southeast Asia

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality), segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals; 0 means the two distributions match and 1 means complete separation. Isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. In the All registered foreigners column the three indices treat all registered foreigners as one group and use the same formulas. In the Relative to total column, rank 1 is the highest value among nationalities with 100 or more registered foreigners that year; in the continent row that column gives this nationality's share of all registered foreigners from the continent.

Figure 1.Philippines nationals among registered foreigners, 2006–2025Unit: 10,000 persons

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year.

Note: The vertical scale resets to the size of the selected nationality.

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Year	Philippines	Vietnam
2006	40,246	52,157
2007	42,939	67,197
2008	39,372	79,848
2009	38,423	86,166
2010	39,525	98,225
2011	38,366	110,564
2012	33,194	114,211
2013	38,768	113,843
2014	43,155	122,571
2015	45,282	128,042
2016	46,069	137,769
2017	45,236	151,385
2018	45,305	170,707
2019	45,354	187,334
2020	40,687	181,415
2021	38,035	178,928
2022	43,020	196,883
2023	48,648	227,930
2024	51,991	261,581
2025	54,866	293,907

Table 2.Philippines nationality, top 10 districts, 2025Unit: persons, %

Year 2025

Rank	District	Philippines Nationality	Share of local foreigners
1	Gyeonggi-do Hwaseong-si	2,751	5.0
2	Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si	1,700	4.7
3	Gyeonggi-do Gimpo-si	1,472	5.6
4	Gyeonggi-do Paju-si	1,294	7.9
5	Jeollanam-do Wando-gun	1,236	21.3
6	Gyeonggi-do Gwangju-si	1,217	7.9
7	Gyeongsangnam-do Gimhae-si	1,092	4.0
8	Gyeonggi-do Pocheon-si	1,076	6.4
9	Incheon Seo-gu	1,063	6.4
10	Gyeonggi-do Bucheon-si	1,006	3.2

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by district and nationality).

Note: Nationwide, Philippines nationals make up 3.4% of all registered foreigners, so an area whose share is above that holds relatively many of them.

Table 3.10 districts with the highest location quotient, 2025Unit: people, ratio, %

Year 2025

Rank	District	Philippines Nationality	Location quotient (LQ)	Share of local foreigners
1	Jeollanam-do Wando-gun	1,236	25.9	2.8
2	Chungcheongbuk-do Eumseong-gun	783	7.8	0.8
3	Jeollanam-do Goheung-gun	472	7.4	0.8
4	Gyeonggi-do Pocheon-si	1,076	7.2	0.8
5	Gyeongsangbuk-do Goryeong-gun	227	7.2	0.8
6	Jeollanam-do Yeongam-gun	363	6.8	0.7
7	Jeollabuk-do Jinan-gun	173	6.7	0.7
8	Gyeonggi-do Dongducheon-si	609	6.6	0.7
9	Gyeongsangbuk-do Seongju-gun	224	5.2	0.6
10	Gyeongsangnam-do Haman-gun	311	5.0	0.5

Source: Location quotient from the open dataset.

Note: the location quotient is the local share divided by the national share; above 1.5 counts as over-representation.

Table 4.By status of stay Philippines nationality, 2025Unit: persons, %

Year 2025

Visa category	Persons	Share
Non-professional Employment(E9)	25,324	46.2
Marriage Migration(F6)	11,966	21.8
Seasonal Worker(E8)	4,136	7.5
Specially Designated Activities(E7)	3,325	6.1
Visiting Cohabitation(F1)	2,613	4.8
Arts & Entertainment(E6)	1,632	3.0
Other statuses(ETC)	1,135	2.1
Other(G1)	990	1.8
Other statuses	3,745	6.8

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The rows of this table add to 54,866, the whole of the Philippines nationality.

Table 5.Age and sex, 2025Unit: persons, %

Year 2025

Age group	Total	Male	Female	Share
0-4	601	310	291	0.8
5-9	1,035	514	521	1.4
10-14	1,192	566	626	1.6
15-19	1,262	570	692	1.7
20-24	2,784	1,512	1,272	3.8
25-29	8,844	5,200	3,644	11.9
30-34	15,852	9,436	6,416	21.4
35-39	16,390	9,564	6,826	22.1
40-44	10,670	5,792	4,878	14.4
45-49	6,496	3,196	3,300	8.8
50-54	3,743	1,782	1,961	5.0
55-59	2,521	1,226	1,295	3.4
60+	2,735	1,151	1,584	3.7

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Only this table counts all foreign residents, so it totals 74,125 rather than the 54,866 registered foreigners

Figure 2.Composition by age and sex, 2025Unit: %

Year 2025

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Note: The bar length is the share each cell holds within the whole nationality. This figure alone uses staying foreigners, so its total differs from registered foreigners.

Figure 3.Change in status-of-stay composition, 2008–2025Unit: %

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The share each status holds within this nationality in that year. The five largest statuses in 2025 are drawn.

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Year
2008	61.5	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.5
2009	60.3	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.6
2010	64.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.9
2011	60.1	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.7
2012	47.7	17.1	0.0	2.4	5.7
2013	51.8	22.5	0.0	2.0	5.5
2014	54.1	22.5	0.0	1.6	6.0
2015	55.1	22.4	0.0	1.3	6.4
2016	56.2	22.6	0.0	0.0	6.8
2017	56.3	23.4	0.0	0.0	6.7
2018	56.1	23.5	0.0	0.0	6.7
2019	55.2	24.0	0.0	0.0	7.0
2020	52.1	26.7	0.0	0.0	6.4
2021	50.1	28.7	0.0	0.0	5.9
2022	50.7	25.9	2.2	0.0	6.3
2023	49.8	23.6	5.0	2.5	6.0
2024	48.0	22.6	6.6	4.3	5.6
2025	46.2	21.8	7.5	6.1	4.8

Figure 4.Residential segregation and exposure over time, 2014–2025Unit: index

Indicators

Source: Segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals, isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. The three run on different ranges, so they are selected one at a time.

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Year	Index of dissimilarity (D)	Isolation index	Interaction with Koreans
2014	0.366	0.002	0.969
2015	0.369	0.002	0.968
2016	0.371	0.002	0.968
2017	0.364	0.002	0.968
2018	0.363	0.002	0.966
2019	0.361	0.002	0.966
2020	0.350	0.002	0.969
2021	0.341	0.001	0.971
2022	0.347	0.002	0.968
2023	0.361	0.002	0.963
2024	0.365	0.002	0.958
2025	0.373	0.003	0.955

Table 6.Philippines nationality, mother-tongue compositionUnit: %

First language		Share
Tagalog/Filipino		86.5
Chinese		1.4
Capiznon		0.9
Aklanon		0.8
Surigaonon		0.7
Masbatenyo		0.7
Kinaray-a		0.6
Rinconada Bikol		0.5

Source: Ethnologue 24th edition, first-language shares by country.

Note: the estimated demand on the language page is this share multiplied by the registered foreign population of each nationality. Shares below 0.5% are not listed, and a person who speaks more than one language is not distinguished.

Figure 5.By province, Philippines nationality, 2025Unit: persons

Year 2025

Count range

Note: The boundaries are shapes simplified for display and are drawn as pen lines. The fill values are the provincial totals from the yearbook and do not depend on the shapes.

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality and district), summed to the province level.

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Province	Philippines Nationality	Share of national
Gyeonggi-do	19,299	35.2
Gyeongsangnam-do	4,315	7.9
Jeollanam-do	4,249	7.7
Seoul	3,638	6.6
Gyeongsangbuk-do	3,369	6.1
Chungcheongnam-do	3,158	5.8
Incheon	3,019	5.5
Chungcheongbuk-do	2,560	4.7
Busan	2,255	4.1
Jeollabuk-do	1,794	3.3
Daegu	1,749	3.2
Ulsan	1,574	2.9
Gangwon-do	1,208	2.2
Gwangju	971	1.8
Jeju-do	829	1.5
Daejeon	664	1.2
Sejong	215	0.4