Philippines vs. Filipinos — What's the Difference?

The Philippines ( (listen); Filipino: Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean, and consists of about 7,640 islands, that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) are the people who are native to or citizens of the country of the Philippines. Filipinos come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups.

A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946

A native or inhabitant of the Philippines.

An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands

A person of Filipino ancestry.

The Austronesian language that is based on Tagalog, draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages, and is the official language of the Philippines.

Of or relating to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, or cultures.