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The first census in the Philippines was held in the year 1591 which counted 667,612 people. [8] The majority of Filipinos are lowland Austronesians, [9] while the Aetas , as well as other highland groups form a minority. The indigenous population is related to the indigenous populations of the Malay Archipelago.
The results of a DNA study conducted by the National Geographic 's "The Genographic Project", based on genetic testings of Filipino people by the National Geographic in 2008–2009, found that the Philippines is made up of around 53% Southeast Asia and Oceania, 36% East Asian, 5% European, 3% South Asian and 2% Native American genes. [ 1]
Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) [49] are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic [50] and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Tagalog, English, or other Philippine languages.
The Philippine islands were incorporated into the Spanish Empire during the mid-16th century. [7] Accordingly, Spanish nationality law applied to the colony. [8] No definitive nationality legislation for Philippine residents existed for almost the entire period of Spanish rule until the Civil Code of Spain became applicable in the Philippines on December 8, 1889.
33,424 (2020) [ 19] An overseas Filipino ( Filipino: Pilipino sa ibayong-dagat) is a person of full or partial Filipino origin who trace their ancestry back to the Philippines but are living and working outside of the country. They get jobs in countries, and they move to live in countries that they get jobs in.
2013. (Republic Act No. 10356) Cuban-born American philanthropist. Marcus Douthit. 1980. United States. 2011. (Republic Act No. 10148) American-born player who played for the Philippines men's national basketball team.
Published estimates for the 1st century ("AD 1") suggest uncertainty of the order of 50% (estimates range between 150 and 330 million). Some estimates extend their timeline into deep prehistory, to " 10,000 BC", i.e., the early Holocene, when world population estimates range roughly between 1 and 10 million (with an uncertainty of up to an ...
Manila, its capital, and Quezon City (the country's most populous city) are in Metro Manila. About 13.48 million people (12 percent of the Philippines' population) live in Metro Manila, [ 368] the country's most populous metropolitan area [ 369] and the world's fifth most populous. [ 370]