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Filipinos in cultural minority groups number 3.5 million (6.5% of the population). According to the latest data provided by the Philippine Ethnological Survey, the sizes of ethnic groups in 1984 were as follows:

North Luzon

Ifugao (180,000), Bontoc (148,000), Kankanai (125,000), Kalinga (106,000), Ibaloi (93,000), Apayao (44,000), Itneg (44,000), Gaddang (43,000), Ibanag (36,000), Ikalahan (30,000), Ilongot (29,000), Isinai (28,000)

Central Luzon and Visayas

Negritos (Ata/Ati/Eta 222,000, Baluga/Aeta 65,000, Agta 30,000, Dibabawon 25,000, Dumagat 7,000, Pugot 4,000), Mangyan (111,000),

Palawan Island

Tagbanua (60,000), Batak (7,000), Kalamianes (3,000), Ken Uy Cuyonin (1,200)

Mindanao

Manobo (334,000), Subanon (311,000), B`laan (244,000), Mandaya (210,000), T'boli (200,000), Higaonon (100,000), Tiruray (92,000), Mansaka (90,000), Bukidnon (72,000), Banauan (23,000), Tagakaolo (23,000), Mamanwa (9,000), Manguangan (3,000), Tasaday (28)

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