Ifugao people
Young Ifugao men performing the epic Hudhud ni Aliguyon | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 309,816 Aggregated population of Ifugao, Ayangan, and Tuwali as per PSA 2020 (2020 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Philippines (Cordillera Administrative Region) | |
| Languages | |
| Ifugao, Ilocano, Tagalog | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, indigenous folk religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Igorot peoples |
The Ifugao people are the Austronesian ethnic group inhabiting Ifugao province in the Philippines. They live in the municipalities of Lagawe (capital of Ifugao), Aguinaldo, Alfonso Lista, Asipulo, Banaue, Hingyon, Hungduan, Kiangan, Lamut, Mayoyao, and Tinoc. The province is one of the smallest provinces in the Philippines with an area of only 251,778 hectares (622,160 acres), or about 0.8% of the total Philippine land area. In 1995, the population of the Ifugaos was 131,635. The 2020 Census shows an aggregated population of the Ifugao people to be 309,816 including Ifugao, Ayangan, and Tuwali but excluding the Kalanguya people. Although most of them are still in Ifugao province, some have moved to Baguio, where they work as woodcarvers, and to other parts of the Cordillera Region. Significant population of the Ifugao people extend to Cagayan Valley Region or Region 2, particularly in Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Isabela, due to migration and the existence of their ancestral domains in some parts of Nueva Vizcaya. The population of the Ifugao people in Region 2 , including the Kalanguya people are 178,993.