| 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 ratios | total dependency ratio: 58.2 (2015 est.) 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 rate | 1.55% (2018 est.) |
| 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 - population | 13.699 million MANILA (capital), 1.785 million Davao, 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 age at first birth | 22.8 years (2017 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.) male: 23.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.9 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 69.6 years (2018 est.) male: 66.1 years female: 73.3 years |
| Total fertility rate | 2.99 children born/woman (2018 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 54.1% (2017) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 77,000 (2018 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 1,200 (2018 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 93.7% of population 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 access | improved: urban: 77.9% of population (2015 est.) 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 diseases | degree of risk: high (2016) 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 expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2013) |
| 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 | 21.5% (2015) |
| Health expenditures | 4.4% (2015) |
| Physicians density | 1.28 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 1 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 6.4% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on December 7, 2019
