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Philippines Demographics Profile 2019

The Philippines has a population of over 105 million people, with over one-third being 14 years old or younger. The median age is 24 and population growth is around 1.5% annually. Life expectancy is 69 years and the total fertility rate is 3 children per woman. Major health issues include dengue fever, malaria, and recently a polio outbreak. Over 80% of the population is Roman Catholic and Tagalog is the most widely spoken language. Literacy rates are over 96% and the education system includes 13 years of schooling on average.

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Philippines Demographics Profile 2019

The Philippines has a population of over 105 million people, with over one-third being 14 years old or younger. The median age is 24 and population growth is around 1.5% annually. Life expectancy is 69 years and the total fertility rate is 3 children per woman. Major health issues include dengue fever, malaria, and recently a polio outbreak. Over 80% of the population is Roman Catholic and Tagalog is the most widely spoken language. Literacy rates are over 96% and the education system includes 13 years of schooling on average.

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Philippines Demographics Profile 2019


Population 105,893,381 (July 2018 est.)

Age structure 0-14 years: 33.07% (male 17,870,983 /female


17,151,096)
15-24 years: 19.17% (male 10,360,704 /female
9,934,798)
25-54 years: 37.11% (male 19,987,460 /female
19,312,673)
55-64 years: 6.04% (male 2,932,572 /female 3,462,832)
65 years and over: 4.61% (male 2,001,964 /female
2,878,299) (2018 est.)

Dependency total dependency ratio: 58.2 (2015 est.)


ratios youth dependency ratio: 51 (2015 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 7.2 (2015 est.)
potential support ratio: 13.8 (2015 est.)

Median age total: 23.7 years (2018 est.)


male: 23.3 years
female: 24.2 years

Population growth 1.55% (2018 est.)


rate

Birth rate 23.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Death rate 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Net migration rate -1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Urbanization urban population: 47.1% of total population (2019)


rate of urbanization: 1.99% annual rate of change (2015-
20 est.)

Major cities - 13.699 million MANILA (capital), 1.785 million Davao,


population 967,000 Cebu City, 905,000 Zamboanga, 859,000
Antipolo (2019)
Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2018 est.)

Mother's mean 22.8 years (2017 est.)


age at first birth
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

Infant mortality total: 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)


rate male: 23.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at total population: 69.6 years (2018 est.)


birth male: 66.1 years
female: 73.3 years

Total fertility rate 2.99 children born/woman (2018 est.)

Contraceptive 54.1% (2017)


prevalence rate

HIV/AIDS - adult 0.1% (2018 est.)


prevalence rate

HIV/AIDS - people 77,000 (2018 est.)


living with
HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - deaths 1,200 (2018 est.)

Drinking water improved: urban: 93.7% of population


source rural: 90.3% of population
total: 91.8% of population
unimproved: urban: 6.3% of population
rural: 9.7% of population
total: 8.2% of population (2015 est.)

Sanitation facility improved: urban: 77.9% of population (2015 est.)


access rural: 70.8% of population (2015 est.)
total: 73.9% of population (2015 est.)
unimproved: urban: 22.1% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 29.2% of population (2015 est.)
total: 26.1% of population (2015 est.)

Major infectious degree of risk: high (2016)


diseases food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis
A, and typhoid fever (2016)
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria (2016)
water contact diseases: leptospirosis (2016)
note - on 8 October 2019, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice
regarding a polio outbreak in the Philippines; CDC
recommends that all travelers to the Philippines be
vaccinated fully against polio; before traveling to the
Philippines, adults who completed their routine polio
vaccine series as children should receive a single,
lifetime adult booster dose of polio vaccine

Nationality noun: Filipino(s)


adjective: Philippine

Ethnic groups Tagalog 24.4%, Bisaya/Binisaya 11.4%, Cebuano 9.9%,


Ilocano 8.8%, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo 8.4%, Bikol/Bicol 6.8%,
Waray 4%, other local ethnicity 26.1%, other foreign
ethnicity .1% (2010 est.)

Religions Roman Catholic 80.6%, Protestant 8.2% (includes


Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches 2.7%,
National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.2%,
other Protestant 4.3%), other Christian 3.4%, Muslim
5.6%, tribal religions .2%, other 1.9%, none .1% (2010
est.)

Languages unspecified Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and


English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog,
Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray,
Pampango, and Pangasinan

Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write


total population: 96.3%
male: 95.8%
female: 96.8% (2015 est.)

School life total: 13 years


expectancy male: 12 years
(primary to tertiary female: 13 years (2013)
education)

Education 2.7% of GDP (2009)


expenditures

Maternal mortality 121 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)


rate

Children under 21.5% (2015)


the age of 5 years
underweight

Health 4.4% (2015)


expenditures

Physicians 1.28 physicians/1,000 population (2010)


density

Hospital bed 1 beds/1,000 population (2011)


density

Obesity - adult 6.4% (2016)


prevalence rate

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