Spanish people of Filipino ancestry
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 200,000 (2018) Including an estimated 40,000 people with Filipino citizenship only. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga and other urban areas. The following numbers (from 2024) represent Filipinos in Spain with Philippine citizenship only. | |
| Community of Madrid | 17,471 (43.39%) |
| Catalonia | 12,239 (30.40%) |
| Andalusia | 3,372 (8.37%) |
| Balearic Islands | 2,357 (5.85%) |
| Canary Islands | 1,782 (4.43%) |
| Valencian Community | 1,011 (2.51%) |
| Languages | |
| Castilian Spanish • Philippine Spanish • Regional languages of Spain • English • Filipino (Tagalog) • other Indigenous Philippine languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity • Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Spaniards and Filipinos | |
Spanish people of Filipino ancestry refers to Spanish people of Filipino heritage who were born and raised as citizens of Spain, as well as immigrants from the Philippines and their descendants. Some 200,000 Spaniards of part Filipino descent are estimated to live in Spain, including 40,000 undocumented expatriates from the Philippines living in the country who do not hold Spanish citizenship.
Filipino migration to Spain has a long history owing to the Philippines being a Spanish colony for much of its history. Spanish settlers born and raised in the Philippines were originally referred to as "Filipino" (Criollo (Insulares), Mestizos or Peninsulares) individuals, while the native population of the Philippines were called "Indios" (Indigenous or Primitive people).
Filipino migration within the Spanish Empire was recorded as early as the 16th century, the first Filipino migrants to metropolitan Spain only began arriving in the late 19th century, forming the country's first and oldest Asian immigrant community, although mass migration would not begin until after Philippine independence. Rapid growth in the community since the 1990s has led to Filipinos in Spain forming one of the largest Filipino diaspora communities in Europe.
Historically one of Spain's largest Hispanic groups along with other Latin Americans, as well as one of the biggest Asian minority groups, today Filipinos rank alongside the Chinese and Pakistanis as among one of Spain's three largest Asian minorities. Most Filipinos in Spain overwhelmingly live in the country's two largest cities, Madrid and Barcelona, with smaller communities present in the rest of the country.