| People | Philippines |
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Population:
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92,681,453 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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311 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 34.1% (male 16,121,508/female 15,487,841)
15-64 years: 61.7% (male 28,524,176/female 28,652,155)
65 years and over: 4.2% (male 1,690,006/female 2,205,767) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 23 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 23.5 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.728% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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24.07 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.32 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 21.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 70.8 years
male: 67.89 years
female: 73.85 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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9,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Filipino(s)
adjective: Philippine |
Ethnic groups:
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Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census) |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 80.9%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census) |
Languages:
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Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 92.5%
female: 92.7% (2000 census) |
People - note:
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