| Population | 109,180,815 (July 2020 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 32.42% (male 18,060,976/female 17,331,781) 15-24 years: 19.16% (male 10,680,325/female 10,243,047) 25-54 years: 37.37% (male 20,777,741/female 20,027,153) 55-64 years: 6.18% (male 3,116,485/female 3,633,301) 65 years and over: 4.86% (male 2,155,840/female 3,154,166) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 55.2 youth dependency ratio: 46.6 elderly dependency ratio: 8.6 potential support ratio: 11.7 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 24.1 years male: 23.6 years female: 24.6 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.52% (2020 est.) |
| Birth rate | 22.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Death rate | 6 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 47.4% of total population (2020) rate of urbanization: 1.99% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 13.923 million MANILA (capital), 1.825 million Davao, 980,000 Cebu City, 917,000 Zamboanga, 881,000 Antipolo, 753,000 Cagayan de Oro City (2020) |
| 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: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 100.7 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 22.8 years (2017 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 20 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 70 years male: 66.5 years female: 73.8 years (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.92 children born/woman (2020 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 54.1% (2017) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2019 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 97,000 (2019 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 1,600 (2019 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97.7% of population rural: 92.7% of population total: 95.4% of population unimproved: urban: 2.3% of population rural: 7.3% of population total: 4.6% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 95% of population rural: 88.2% of population total: 91.4% of population unimproved: urban: 5% of population rural: 11.8% of population total: 8.6% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact diseases: leptospirosis 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: 98.2% male: 98.1% female: 98.2% (2015) |
| People - note | one of only two predominantly Christian nations in Southeast Asia, the other being Timor-Leste |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2017) |
| Education expenditures | 2.7% of GDP (2009) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 121 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 19.1% (2018) |
| Health expenditures | 4.4% (2017) |
| Physicians density | 0.6 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 1 beds/1,000 population (2014) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 6.4% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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