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Introduction - Philippines: | Location - Philippines: | People - Philippines: | Population | 91,077,287 (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 34.5% (male 16,043,257/female 15,415,334)
15-64 years: 61.3% (male 27,849,584/female 28,008,293)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 1,631,866/female 2,128,953) (2007 est.) | | Median age | total: 22.7 years
male: 22.2 years
female: 23.3 years (2007 est.) | | Population growth rate | 1.764% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate | 24.48 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate | -1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.041 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.994 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.767 male(s)/female
total population: 0.999 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate | total: 22.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 70.51 years
male: 67.61 years
female: 73.55 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate | 3.05 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | less than 0.1% (2003 est.) | | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 9,000 (2003 est.) | | Hiv aids deaths | less than 500 (2003 est.) | | Nationality | noun: Filipino(s)
adjective: Philippine | | Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations
animal contact disease: rabies (2007) | | Ethnic groups | 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 | 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 | 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: 92.6%
male: 92.5%
female: 92.7% (2000 census) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |