THE GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHIC SITUAITON IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Global Demography is about the study of worldwide population or
the population of a specific country, city or region. Global Demography is
also related to analyzing and predicting the whole population as well as the
social, cultural, and economic trends related to population. It can help the
government and private businesses around the world to know the statistic
study of human populations it can examines the size, structure, and
movements of populations over space and time. To know the statistic it uses
methods from history, economics, anthropology, sociology, and other fields.
Government censuses and birth and death registers are the main sources of
data used by demographers. However, depending on how accurate official
records are, these sources might be wrong. Surveying smaller populations
within a population is another indirect method used by demographers to
collect data. The inferences about the entire population are then drawn from
the analysis of these samples using statistical models.
According to local authorities, the Philippines is going through a
"demographic transition" in terms of demographics, which is the study of
"the social characteristics and statistics of a population." This is a
combination of factors where a population experiences changes in size, age
structures, and economics due to a change from high to low birth rates, as
well as the rising number of the elderly population. According to a specialist
in economics and demographics, "the demographic transition has enabled
economies to transfer a bigger part of the benefits... into increase of GDP per
capita." To put it another way, the transition entails "the reallocation of
resources from the quantity of children toward their quality," lowering the
ratio of young dependents while raising the number of productive adults,
though this will also result in an increase in aging dependents with their
own unique needs. The "demographic dividend" is a result of the
demographic change in many nations.
The demographic transition in the Philippines is at a point where
fertility is still high but mortality is still comparatively low. The current
population of the Philippines is 113,154,123 as of Friday, December 16,
2022, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.
Such a transition is taking place right now in the country, according to the
Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). Popcom Executive
Director Juan Antonio Perez III said recently that the country recorded the
lowest number of babies born in 34 years in 2020—the first year of the
COVID-19 pandemic. The number of couples getting married also dropped
to its lowest in two decades. There was a “significant drop” of 9.43 percent in
the number of births registered last year, Perez said, bringing the number of
so-called young dependents (those 15 years and below) to 30.7 percent of
the population, compared to 37 percent in 2000. But even as the number of
young Filipinos “appears to be trending significantly lower in recent years,”
said Perez, the number of elderly or senior citizens has been expanding.
Young people must also be taught how to adapt to the changing
demands of the labor market, such as learning new technological skills, in
order to be prepared to enter the workforce. Additionally, the government
must guarantee that once students complete their official education, they
will have employment. In terms of the elderly, the nation must give them
enough material support in addition to the pension that is provided by the
state-owned retirement institutions. In order to avoid future serious and
expensive expenses, better and more economical health care, particularly
the supply of maintenance medications and medical treatments, is also
required. In the interim, those still considered to be productive and active
may be recruited for alternative income-generating jobs like trainers,
advisors, part-time employees, and even paid caretakers.
